Wheat Information Drives Farmers Union Grain Agency
The Farmers Union Grain Agency of this city maintains two country warehouses at Fulton and Myrick and handled 140,760 sacks of wheat this season while purchasing 109,000 sacks directly. Manager Tom Robertson says the bureau secures wheat quotations via terminal agents in Portland and Seattle to guide farmers, and will direct farmers to higher prices even if the agency isn’t buying. The agency operates separately from Farmers Mutual Warehouse Co with yards at Tielix Stanton and Wansyce and also sells staple farm goods for cash.
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Farmers’ Union Grain Agency
Portland
Seattle
Tom Robertson
Jor
Locsi “Iver
Fulton
Myrick
Farmers’ Mutual Warehouse Co
Tielix
Stanton and
Wansyce
Aerial Ferry Proposed For Oakland San Francisco Line
Articles of Incorporation filed for San Francisco Oakland Aerial Line to operate a six mile aero plane service between Oakland and San Francisco. The company is capitalized at 240.66 dollars. Warren's Music House provides contact via phone 624.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Notes from Pendleton and Nearby Events
Newsy notes describe remodel work at Welch Edgar store on Court Street with new cages and shelves. A hospital death is reported for Anmstow Stephens 62 a former Baker County miner at Eastern Oregon State Hospital from Organic heart disease. Lorenzen Home Sold details H Lorenzen selling west-end property to H Brown for 1425 dollars via KT Wade. Petitions May Sul Replied cites city attorney interpretation allowing nominating petitions until fifteen days before election. Me nnyvtils Leave for Idaho notes J McConnell moved to Soda Springs with family leasing a ranch. A Band to Come covers G A Cadet Regiment Band stop en route to Corvallis concert December 29 with a dance afterward. Aid Society Lecture features J D Cain Portland Boys and Girls Aid Society speaker with Yellowstone Park talk at Presbyterian Church. Public offering collected after the talk.
Warning to Cigar Dealers Over Illicit Tobacco Sales
District Attorney Steiner issues a warning about minors buying cigarettes in local cigar stands. The flute law imposes a $40 fine for tobacco sales to minors, with Steiner inviting complaints and promising prosecutions. Also reports a ham theft case leading to a 60 day sentence. Isabelt Well Known Here. Frank Habelt of Cecil Oregon sent a marriage proposal to Miss Mary Collier, a leprosy patient, a Pendleton resident notes. Collier intends to return to a leprosy colony in New Brunswick. Habert offered to marry if she would not return.
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Steiner
Isabelt
Frank Habelt
Cecil
Ore
Misa Mary Collier
Pendleton
Paul Hemmelgarn
W. Fletcher
Miss Collier
Chicago
New Brunswick
Habert
Sequel to Disappearance Sparks Multiple Civil Suits
Three suits totaling nearly 20000 dollars were filed in the bireast court as a sequel to the disappearance of Peter J. Suhl, Vansycle farmer. Clarke hardware dealer WW W claims 107.59 plus 3462.30 on notes. Edgar W. Smith sues for 12006 plus 1009 attorney fees. J W McCormmach and W L Withee seek 1295 on a note and 326.70 for services and merchandise. Raley & Raley and Carter & Smythe represent the plaintiffs amid Suhl’s sudden disappearance. Read Loses Its Case notes the Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal hour of service law for railroads.
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Solis
Peter J. Suhl
Bireast
Clarke
American National Bank
Edgar W. Smith
J. W. McCormmach
W. L Withee
Raley & Raley
Clark, Carter & Smythe
Smith
J. A
Freezing Weather Set to Spread From North to South
Washington reports a Weather Bureau forecast of freezing temperatures reaching Florida early next week. Frosts are likely down to the 26th parallel in Florida, with temperatures dipping later in the week except in the Northwest. A disturbance will move from the extreme Northwest Tuesday bringing rain and snow, general in the Northwest and reaching central valleys by week end.
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Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
Warning to American women on time spent on beauty
Mrs O M Townsend of Zanesville told the Women's Home Missionary Society in Washington to spend less time beautifying and more on mental improvement and aiding others. She urged priorities of efficiency and cited current focus on beauty, culture, diet, and clothes as hindering mental progress. The society backed a report advocating systematic beneficence and tithing to the church and charitable works.
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Washington
O. M. Townsend
Zanesville
Women’s Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. J. Reynolds
Paxadena
Cal
Romance Ends in Death as Bride-to-Be Fails to Arrive
J Douglas Jack 44, a Baker Oregon businessman linked to Balfour Guathria, died of pneumonia after his fiancée began crossing the ocean from Scotland to marry him. She planned to visit Oregon or attend the wedding set for February next year. Jack arrived from Edinburgh three years ago and became popular in local golf circles. The text notes a company tie and a quote from Warren's Music House.
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Patrick Kelly
Milton
Kelly
Empire
Scheer
Moody
Justice Court
Baker, Ore
Scotland
J. Douglas Jack
Balfour-Guathria Company
Jack
America
Edinburgh
Baker
Orienis
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Standard Grocery CO
Frank O'Gara
Johnson Sts
News OF
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Union Grain Agency
Colon
H Macpherson
A. C
Oregon
Europe
Farmers’ Union of
Bend
Pointe
Montana
Condon
Tondon
Billings
Mont
Heppier
Heppner Gagette Times
Emmer Cochran
Braoshaw
French
John Kinsman
John Gates
Lenraf
Williams and Dooles
Lane
West Umatilla
Northern Pacific Company
tLoen
Umatilla
Portland Realty
Harry Huber
Walla Walla
North Pacific Fruit Distributers
Spokane
San Francisco-Oakland
Warren
Boynton
W.L. Boynton
Prop
Main Street
Newsy
Cizan Stone
Welch Edgar
Court Street
Anmstow Stephens
Baker County
Eastern
Oregon State Hospital
Idaho
McConnell
Soda Springs
Payette
G. A
la Grande
Harry Walters
Corvallis
Read
Supreme Court
Milavouri, Katent and Texas Railroad
Francis Bacon
E. T. Wade
Pendleton, Ore
New York
Golden Rule Syndicate
Adios
Saul
Messaline and Peau de Chine
Norfolk
Messaline and
Taffeta Vadrakitt
Joss Brow
Ie Clothes Makers
Fimere
Schloss Bros
Alen
Muat
Belloss Bros
Hoya
Lions
Wm. Hanscom the Jeweler
Workingmen’s Clothing Co
St. George Hotel
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