Big Apple Show Sees 28 Entries From 9 States and Canada
Spokane reports twenty eight entries for the National apple show state competitions. Exhibits must include a barrel or three boxes of a single variety. About 60 to 60 varieties expected from Oregon Idaho Montana Washington New Mexico Texas Oklahoma and others before the November 15 show. Prizes are $100 for first and $60 for second with contests by geographical lines including eastern middlewestern southern western and foreign country specials.
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Oklahoma
American Tourist in London Might Ask for Direction
A cheeky exchange unfolds as an American tourist asks where he is in London and a local reply jokes about being in the worst part, creating a brief comic moment amid travel confusion.
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Constable
Bobby
Lunnon
London
Sale of French restaurant furniture in Pendleton Oregon
Notice is given that on November 11, 1908 at 10 a.m. the French restaurant at 683 Main Street Pendleton in Umatilla County Oregon will be sold at public auction for cash. Items include all fixtures and furnishings of the restaurant and lodging house upstairs, plus beds and bedroom sets, carpets, linens, and dining room equipment. The sale is to satisfy a mortgage executed August 1909 by J W Boyer and Alley Boyer to Swearingen Brothers, with possession taken by the mortgagees. Dated Pendleton November 3 1909. T D Taylor Sheriff and mortgagee agent.
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Umatilla County
Oregon
J. W. Boyer
Alley Boyer
T. B
N. D. Swearingen
Swearingen Brothers
Pendleton Marshal to Auction Two Unclaimed Mules
Two brown mules with halters and a scarred hock, about 15 years old and 900 pounds, are held at the Pendleton city pound. If unclaimed within ten days from November 1 1908, they will be sold at public auction for cash at 2 pm on November 12 1909 to cover costs. Proceeds go to expenses of sale.
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Webb and Cosble Streets
Sald
Livestock Market Sees Week of Price Declines and Shipper Control
A Stockdale Stockyards survey outlines a week of falling cattle prices as shippers hold stock to ride out the market. Higher grade cattle sell near top values, while ordinary lots drop 25 to 60 cents. Hogs see a see-saw week due to heavy arrivals and mixed quality, with Portland emerging as a rival to Chicago and Omaha. Sheep movement to Portland totals 1802 head as fat lambs remain scarce and prices edge up 2 to 6 cents.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Fatoy Lamba
Priccarly
The Amazing Escape of Horace McKinley the Land Fraud Artist
The notorious land fraud figure Horace McKinley fled Oregon fraud schemes and eluded pursuit across continents. After hiding in China as a disguised Russian tourist, he faced aid from outlaws linked to Hung Hu Tse and a daring Ming dynasty style escape plan thwarted by a Russian informant. Detective Kerrigan escorted McKinley from San Francisco to justice, with a $4090 Chinese reward prompting his near capture and renewed flight.
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Macadamize Road Trial Near Ui La Grande Ore
Unionity plans to macadamize two miles of Booth lane the county's worst road for an experiment. The route connects the northern county with Island City and La Grande and absorbs much labor and money. Residents along the valley will share costs as it is a heavily used highway with Sandridge volunteers offering rock hauling for 30 days and many La Grande residents donating cash.
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Ore
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la Grande
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Two Men Talk to Ghostly Corpse on Train
Medford Oregon November six. Arthur Brown publisher of Rogue magazine and B H Harris timber man met a stranger on a Southern Pacific train from Weld California to Portland. After a brief chat they realized the man died in their midst and an undertaker was summoned at Ashland.
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Ore
Arthur Brown
Rogue
B. H. Harris
Thomas Noo- Iwan
Southern Pacific
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Weld
Cal
Portland
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Doubtful Advantage in Banter Between Widows and Singles
A witty exchange features Madge noting widows' advantage over single women who know all about men, and Jack retorts that only dead men truly understand widows. The repartee highlights gendered humor about relationships and knowledge.
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Madge
Wheat Market Tone Holds Firm Across Pacific Northwest
Portland reports a bullish wheat market as producers hold back in anticipation of higher prices. Northwest traders see limited cash purchases, declines elsewhere, and strong miller and exporter demand keeping prices steady. Theodore B. Wilcox, head of Portland Flouring Mills, calls wheat cheap even at current levels.
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Portland Flouring Milla Company
Thumb sucking boy shocks factory district reader
In a New Jersey factory town, a teacher lectured on dirt. A student pointed out a boy who rarely washed his hands, declaring that he was “suckin’ his thumb.” The quip frames a grim irony about danger and innocence in a cautionary tale.
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Jimmies
Success Magazine
City Livery Stable Leads Thompson Street Ad
Carney & Brailey Props offer livery feed and ale stables with reliable rigs at all times and a connected cab line. Phone main 70.
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Brailey
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