Town Draws A Round of Visitors On Saturday
Weston Iowa residents and visitors fill town scenes with traders clerks and clerks from Magic City. The narrative notes Walla Walla Union marriage license in Timatilla county and visits by J D Shipp from Alba and John P McManum editor of Adams Advance. Rev Edwards of Congregational church travels to Spokane for a brother’s illness. Local merchants and farmers transact business with Pendleton and Echo contacts.
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R. W. King
The
Baptist Church
H. Stansell
Canyon City
M. T. Allen
Echo
Elk Grove
Cal
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Travelers and visits highlighted in Spokane area
Mr. Major's operator arrives this evening for the opening at Jack Candish's cigar store in town Friday evening. M. P. King and wife of Sioux City Iowa are guests at the Golden Rule hotel en route to Eastern Washington for a tour of inspection and plan to return via Portland for a brief stay.
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Spokane
Jack Candish
Mr. Major
M. P. King and Wife
Sioux City
Iowa
Golden Rule Hotel
Washington
Portland
Current Literature Club Explores Oregon History
The Current Literature Club met at Mrs. James A. Fee’s home on Friday November 14 to study Pacific Northwest exploration. Mrs. Hallock read the Indian myth of Coyote destroying the water god while Mrs. Lee Moorehouse presented a paper on the Lewis and Clark expedition and their discovery of the river’s source. Mrs. G J La Dow reviewed Hesekiah Butterworth’s The Log Schoolhouse on the Columbia and shared the Potlatch. Souvenir booklets with questions on prominent Oregon figures were given to members.
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James A. Fee Friay
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Hallock
Lee Moorehouse
G. J. la Dow
Hesekiah Butterworth
Columbia
Dr House Leaves Pendleton for Weston Practice
Dr House departs Pendleton this morning to join Dr J A Best in Weston where he will enter Best's practice. Best has been in Weston two years with a large local practice. House will continue that work. Mrs House stays initially before joining her husband in Central California.
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Dr. House
Weston
J. A. Best
Central California
Pendleton
Tr. Best
California
J. M. Martindale
Life of a Tie and Tamarack Railway Longevity
A railroad expert cites tamarack ties as five year life under good conditions and shorter in harsh soil. Creosote treatment via steam pressure could extend service to five or six years, potentially double in many soils, though not yet widespread on the coast.
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Blue Mountains
Western Railroads
Corner in Wheat Pushes Ten Million Bushels Held by Armour
A Chicago telegram claims Armour, head of Armour Meat Packing, engineered a May wheat corner holding 10,000,000 bushels and threatening higher prices. San Francisco quotes 68 to 72 and a half cents per cental for wheat, with local market at 50 cents and little buying.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Armour
Armour Meat Packing Company
Pendleton
Pacific Coast
New York
Argentine Republic
Armour Corner
Weston News Worthy of East Oregonian Readers
Weston gossip and updates report new enterprises including a leased Gould brick drug store on Malin street and plans for a shingle mill on Weston mountain. Notables visit, moves to Gilliam county, medical work, fountain project, and a mayoral trip to California with health and housing notes. Christine Proebetel departs for California for health reasons. Prof Martindale ill and advised rest after a hemorrhage.
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George Marsh
Pendleton
Joe T. Hinkle
Joe Liewallen
Gilliam County
Weston
Gould
Malin Street
U C. B. Williamson
Milton
George Storey
Weston Mountain
Laevallen
Christine Proebetel
California
Eph Wiliams
Lewis Ragle
Wild Horse Creek
M. W. Turley
G. A. R. McGrew
South Water Street
Bogert Versus Bogert Divorce Filed By William Bogert
Peter West a divorce lawyer filed papers this afternoon in the case of William G Bogert versus Theresa Bogert for an absolute divorce. The couple married in Walla Walla in 1899 and have no children. Desertion is listed as the cause.
Louis Monterastelli Secures Stone Furnishing Contract
Louis Monterastelli has returned from Walla Walla where he secured the contract to furnish stone for a project. The arrival confirms completion of negotiations and expected start of work in the near term.
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Louis Monterastelli
Walla Walla
Work on Jacob Beta's three story brewery building
The project details a three story stone and brick brewery to be erected at once. Stone for the facade will be shipped from Blain and cut from famine Or vgon grey granite.
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Jacob Beta
Blain
Umatilla Indian Woodelo Refuses to Do Jail Work
Woodelo a Umatilla Indian serves a county jail sentence for stealing two trousers from McKean's and allegedly traded a Chanel watch for a pawn broker. He faced two more charges as police recovered watches stored in his blankets. The incident drew attention to his dissatisfaction with jail labor and the janitor’s supervision.
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Woodelo
Umatilla
McKean
Vaile
Wooxtelo
Secret Service hunts counterfeiters and fake medicines
The article warns of a gang making half dollars and quarters in eastern cities and of an unscrupulous dealer selling imitation Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as genuine. It urges insisting on the genuine product with a private stamp and claims the Bitters cure various ailments.
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Secret Service
Business Outlook for Pendleton Holiday Trade Delights Shoppers
The Pendleton business district gears up for Christmas with bright window displays and abundant stock. Umatilla County buyers show steady prosperity as farm families expand purchases, with larger holiday inventories and drifting travel to town signaling strong and enduring trade. Local retailers anticipate demand to exceed fall orders.
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Umatilla
Pendleton
No Apprehension Felt Over Roosevelt Illness
Washington reports no need for alarm about young Theodore Roosevelt. Family says his illness is exaggerated and only a necessary eye rest. He will return to Groton in a week.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Fle
Groton
O R N Company Sells Round Trip Tickets to Portland
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company announces a special seven dollar round trip for the irrigation congress opening in Portland on the morning of the 8th. Tickets go on sale the 17th and are valid for return until the 24th.
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0. R. & N. Company
Portland
Irrigation Congress
Deputy District Attorney Halley Names Stephen A Lowell as Deputy
Deputy District Attorney T. G. Halley of the sixth judicial district appoints his law partner Stephen A. Lowell as deputy. The action formalizes the partnership within the office and confirms Lowell's new role.
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T. G. Halley
Sixth Judicial District
Stephen A. Lowell
Japanese fish demand outstrips supply amid Pacific coast exports
Matsyon, a Tokyo wholesale fish merchant on the Sound purchases supplies and notes rising Japanese demand for fish surpassing available supply. He cites salmon products as a key import and a growing market. An Eastern report mentions a Hobart College student who was accidentally kicked to death at a football game.
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Japan
Matsyon
Tokyo
Hobart College
San Francisco Call
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