Conditions Good Around Athena and Area
After recent rain grain crops look very good and farming work speeds up. Work on the working flat road between Athena and Helix progresses with 15 men and teams, funded by county and local farmers. Repairs continue on Athena streets and crosswalks. Jerry Stone undergoes home renovations. Five hundred tons of baled timothy hay from Weston mountains is stored for the Seattle market by Balfour-Guthrie. Many farmers hold wheat awaiting 80 cents. A Masonic meeting invitation for Weston is accepted. The Odd Fellows canton, led by Captain J E Stanfield, advances. Athena high school sees larger attendance and good harmony under Principal Minor. Mrs. Donald McDonald of Walla Walla visits. Bryan Hawks visits Pendleton. Frank Gagnon and wife return from North Yakima.
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Athena
Here
Helix
Jerry Stone
Furmer
Weston Mountain
Independent Warehouse
Balfour-Guthrie Company
Seattle
Adolph Lodge
A. F
A. M
Weston
Canton
Odd Fellows Lodge
J. E. Stanfield
Athena High School
Donald McDonald
Walla Walla
E. A. Dudley
Bryan Hawks
Pendleton
Frank Gagnon
Yakima
Rexall Orderlies Endorsed For Children's Constipation
The Pendleton Drug Co endorses Rexall Orderlies as the safest laxative for children and delicate persons. It claims the remedy is odorless tasteless and colorless with gentle action, no diarrhoea or nausea, and guarantees money back if not satisfying. Available in 12 tablets for 19c and 36 tablets for 26c.
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Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Rexell Orderlies
The
Pendleton Drug Co
New York Bridge Idea Near Upper Manhattan
Scientific American reports New York and New Jersey discussing a highway bridge across the Hudson near the upper end of Manhattan. A near Harlem 117th Street site could allow closer piers, shorter main span, and feasible financing if real estate costs permit.
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Hudson River
Manhattan
Iegend
Bridge Commission
New York
New Jersey
117Th Street
Harlem
Scientific American
Lifting Magnets Work Magic in Midwest Plants
Lifting magnets are widely used in large machine tool plants in the middle west. They handle iron and steel castings and sweep up small metal particles from floors and yards. Suspended from locomotive cranes, they roam near ground level collecting astonishing amounts of steel. They have even recovered pieces long buried to conceal employee mistakes.
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Middle West
Rights of railroads to exclusive baggage transfer franchises
The Pennsylvania state railroad commission generally denies exclusive baggage transfer rights but may grant one transfer company an exclusive franchise if service meets public needs. Agents have no inherent right to station privileges, yet if privileges are granted to any transfer agent the service must be adequate or the privilege must be extended to other agents.
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Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission
London Police Report Highlights Rising Street Accidents
Consul-General Robert J. Wynne notes in the London metropolitan police annual report for 1907 a large rise in street accidents. Fatalities reached 2823, up from 212, injuries totaling 16772, up from 14040, with mechanical traction contributing to the increase as fatalities in that sector rose to 119 from 71.
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London
Robert J. Wynne
Electrically propelled ferryboat enters service on Ftine
The ferry runs on twin screws powered by two 609-barge power interpole xertex motors. A storage battery of 166 cells supplies energy, with additional motors for gang planks and a pump. Side river facilities charge the battery.
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Ftine
Freewater Adcies Elects Officers and Death of James Dougherty
Freewater notices report the Christian Endeavor Society electing officers for the year, and a funeral for James Tanner Dougherty, 17, who died of peri tonitis after illness. Also covered are Sunday School entertainment at the Congregational church and brief Personals notes about local residents.
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Christian Endeavor Society
James Dougherty
C. E
United Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian and Congregational Church
Mr. Miller
Raymond Bixby
Avie Bennett
Francis Norman
Vivian Brinker
Misses Hunt, Crowe and Campbell
William Hoon
Roy
James Tanner Dougherty
R. W. Dougherty
I. B. Hoadley
M. E. Church
Milton
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Twenty Thousand Found Buried Box in Mentone
Bulgarian bank notes valued at twenty thousand were discovered in a buried box in a Mentone vacant lot by a fisherman who reported the find. Police traced the notes to two Bulgarian post office workers alleged to have stolen the funds two years ago and fled toward Nice. Authorities searched but could not locate the box, citing potentially defective clues from a prisoner in Bulgaria.
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London
Mentone
Nice
Bulgaria
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Correspon
Mentone Dig Uncovers Hidden Ground Near Fisherman Incident
A three day excavation in Mentone far from the site where a fisherman reportedly found proceeds in an alleged theft yields no decisive clues. The effort focused on distant ground and sought traces linked to the prior incident, but authorities stated no new material evidence was recovered.
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Dent
Mentone
Woman Sues Western Union Over Telegraph Error
Mrs Rose Polk sues Western Union Telegraph for 15000 damages claiming a misread telegraph changed “Feel” to “Fell” and led her to fear her husband fell from a ten story building in Peoria Ill. Her husband H H Polk was on a 14 story job and the error allegedly caused mental anguish and loss of earnings. She cites 200 in medical bills and ongoing care.
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Louisville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mra
Rose Polk
H. H. Polk
Peoria
Jetter
Jack
O. K
Accident at Tokoa as shot wounds brother in back
While hunting near Tokoa Washington Clyde Goff fired into a burning brush pile and struck his brother Owen in the back with a 22 caliber bullet. The ball was extracted and no danger unless infection develops. Hustle to boost subscriptions offers double credit all week for submitted renewals.
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Tokoa
Wash
Clyde Goff
Owen
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a swift cure for sour stomach indigestion and fermentation. It claims five minutes to relieve acid stomach and digestion for any meals, reducing bloating, belching, and discomfort. A 50 cent bottle is advertised at local pharmacies.
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Mens Shop
Max Baer
Haggage
Freewater Advices
Man
Freewater
David Clark
Clark
le- He
Crah
Sarah Ferguson
Oregon
la Grande
Christian Church of
Hilton
Congregational Church
Mary Tanke
D. C. Sanderson
J. H. Tubesing
Baker City
J. E. Haynie
Sanitary Drug Store
J. B. Romine
Wis
Robert Romine
POR
Wonder Store
Eilers
Main St
W. J. Clarke & CO
Northwestern Gas & Electric Co
East Oregonian
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