Milton City Treasures Swell From First Day in Office
Milton May 26 P N Step hens the new marshal shows no mercy by netting more in fines and penalties in under 24 hours than five months of prior collections. Poll tax arrears and loose dogs trigger enforcement while sidewalks receive orders for immediate repairs. Milton holds a successful first sales day despite fewer articles. Personal notes list attended commencements and regional visits from business leaders and bankers.
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Milton
P. N. Stephens
Marshall
Ey Treasury
Richey
Edny Fulton
Lois Shangle
Earl Stirm
Eastern Oregon State Normal School
Weston
W.F. Devine
Smith-Premier Typewriter Company
Seattle
Rev. C. A. Rexroad
Roseburg
Oregon
Harris Brothers
Cayuse Station
W. H. Steen
J. L. Elam
Bank of
Pastime Theatre Shows More Moving Pictures in City
The Pastime Theatre boasted the largest display of moving pictures in the city, attracting larger crowds than any other local venue. It promotes updated programs and ongoing screenings to draw cinema enthusiasts.
Caledonians prepare for annual picnic at City Park
Uma tilla county Caledonia society invites members and neighbors to June 4 and 5 events in Athena. Secretary H A Barrett promises a bigger and better picnic with City Park as host for the first time. The two day program includes Scottish dances, athletic events, two baseball games, and other American sports. Hundreds from Pendleton and surrounding areas are expected to attend.
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H. A. Barrett
Umatila County Caledonia Society
Athena
Barrett
Chrcus
Caledonians
Rescued From a Burning Automobile Near York
John Hanan, a wealthy show manufacturer, and his wife were saved from a blazing car in front of the Metropolitan opera house during a Lambs club event. A rear car crash ignited the gas tank, flames swept the street, police and firemen worked as a crowd gathered. a officer and Mr Hanan pulled his wife to safety amid spreading fire.
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York
John Hanan
Metropolitan Opera House
Lambs’ Club
Hanan
Kills to Stop the Fiend Ulcer Cure Sold Locally
John Deye of Gladwin Michigan suffered a running ulcer for 12 years and spent over 400 dollars on doctors without relief. Bucklen's Arica Salve reportedly cured the ulcer and fever sores, boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum. Also promoted for piles burns cuts with a 25 cent price at Tallman Company and Pendleton Drug Company storefronts.
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John Deye
Gladwin
Mich
Bucklen
Tallman @ Co
Pendleton Drug Co
Oregon Woman Chosen Mills College President
Miss Luella Clay Carson head of the English department at the University of Oregon accepted the presidency of Mills College left vacant by Mrs C T Mills. A western woman with 22 years at Oregon she holds degrees from Oregon and Washington and has taught at Chicago Harvard and Cornell summer schools. She authored several textbooks including The Handbook of English Composition. Her Mills tenure begins with the August school year.
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San Francisco
Luella Clay Carson
Mills College
C. T. Mills
Mills
University of Oregon
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Harvard
Cornell
Danforth to Meet Gorman in Kansas City Ten-Round Fight
Promising middleweights Tom Danforth and Joe Gorman are signed for a ten round bout at the Labor Temple in Kansas City Missouri tonight. The match is billed as a major local boxing event with both fighters seeking a decisive early career win.
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Danforth
Gorman
Kansas City
Tom Danforth
Joe Gorman
Labor Temple
Wheat Farmers Forecast High Yields In Athena Area
In Athena Oregon May 27 farmers expect fifty to sixty bushels per acre due to favorable rains. Wheat crops look exceptionally good and a bumper harvest seems likely as dry weather previously limited growth. Citizens plan artesian wells led by Durant of Walla Walla with three machines, hopeful of pressurized water near the surface.
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Walla Walla
Athena
Ore
Umatilla County
Durant
Walla Walla Valley
Athenia
Death by own action on Riverside Drive and Recreation Pier
A man and a woman both attempted suicide in New York at dawn. The man died after leaping from the Riverside Drive viaduct at 129th Street, while Grace Anthony of Brooklyn was stopped from leaping into the North River near Recreation Pier. A note signed John expressed doomed love to "Dearest Lily." Grace cited loneliness and lack of money. Police suspect identity mystery due to her attire.
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New York
Riverside Drive
129Th
Manhattan
Recreation Pier
North River
Grace Anthony
Brooklyn
Lily
John
Howland Invents Wireless Printing System in Norway
Captain Howland of the Norwegian navy unveiled a wireless telegraph system that prints messages. Demonstrations occurred at Melsomylk with a station 12 1 2 miles away at Tromo. The device can transform signals into ordinary or secret characters using a tabulator, promising secrecy and automatic dispatch. Norwegian naval authorities plan financial support.
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Christiania
Howland
Melsomylk
Tromo
Nelson Favored in Forty-Five Round World Title Bout
Nelson is the favorite in San Francisco for the 45 round world lightweight title fight with Dick Hyland scheduled for tomorrow night. Hyland has backers who doubt Nelson's readiness after limited training and question his condition against the speedy challenger.
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Nelson
San Francisco
Ivory Soap Guidance for Laundering Delicate Items
The excerpt advises doing delicate washing at home with Ivory Soap and lukewarm water. It emphasizes not entrusting lace handkerchiefs, colored goods, or exceptionally beautiful shirt-waists to a laundress, urging self washing for these items. It promotes Ivory Soap as pure and suitable for this care.
Doan's Kidney Pills Aid Pendleton Woman
Pendleton Oregon resident Mrs E J Meiners reports dramatic relief from years of kidney trouble and backache after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says a few doses stop attacks quickly and keeps the remedy on hand, with Pendleton Drug Co supplying the product. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Bright
Pendleton
E. J. Meiners
Lewis St
Ore
Dean
Doan
Pendleton Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Marathon at Capital Washington 15 Miles Tomorrow
Washington hosts a modified fifteen mile marathon tomorrow due to the marathon microbe affecting fans. The winner receives an exact duplicate bronze statue of Johnny Hayes from the London Olympic games plus other prizes. Also listed: for rent a new five room cottage with modern conveniences at Lot 60, yard and barn. inquire 613 Pine Street.
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Capital Washington
Washington
Johnny Hayes
London
Pine Street
Instant relief from dread catarrh promised by Hyomej
An advertisement touts Hyomej as a cure for catarrh asthma croup and bronchitis claiming instant relief and a guarantee of cure or money back. It describes the product as an antiseptic air from eucalyptus fluid in inland Australia and notes a $1 complete outfit with optional 60 cent refills. Endorsement from Ada Hopkins of Coldwater Michigan dated August 22 1908.
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Australia
Ada Hopkins
Cutter Avenue
Coldwater
Mich
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Pendleton Readers
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FOX Realty Company
Barrett Bldg
Walla Walla, Wash
Umatilla Meadows
Fox Realty Co
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