Two More Concrete Walks Planned in Pendleton
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports Henry Taylor applied to build a concrete walk on Jackson Street while Mrs Pauline West seeks similar improvement for Garden Street. William Lamson the mill railroad carpenter died in an accident and his body was sent to The Dalles. Theodore F Howard visits with his brother J A Howard after twenty years. Indian Johnny asked strangers for meals, was detained, and will eat at city expense for three days. George Sterling pleaded guilty to a drunk charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Taylor
Jackson Street
Pauline West
Garden Street
Dalles
William Lamson
Gibbon
Johnny
Kearney
FitzGerald
George Sterling
Sulery
Mothers Entertain Mothers By The Upstreamers Class
Miss Lecnl Evans The Upstreamers class hosted a mothers night last Tuesday in the church parlors. Decor featured purple and gold pennants and a musical program included George Hackathorn DeyLone Waters and welcomes by Chester Reed with a reply from A. J. Owen. Refreshments were served by several class members and about forty guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecnl Evans
George Hackathorn
DeyLone Waters
Chester Reed
A. J. Owen
Eddie Rayburn
Dewey Benson
Arnold Minns
Joe Wilcox
Wedding Serenaders Fire On Greenwood Party In Del Duke
Two members of a Greenwood wedding party in Delaware were shot by serenaders outside the bride family’s home. Martin Wiley, 42, a prominent local, died. John Collins, a young farmer, was left in serious condition as about 100 serenaders fired dozens of shots after the bride and groom did not appear. The mob dispersed after the volley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Greenwood
Martin Wiley
Wiile
John Collins
Louie Long
Homer Lynch
Wiley
Collins
Six Year Old Testimony Convicts Woman of Liquor Nuisance
A Kansas City Kansas case saw a six year old boy testify that he saw his father buy liquor at Mrs Rachel Jones's home. The boy testified the father paid, and the court fined Mrs Jones $200 in the municipal court. The boy George Mecum named his father Orville Mecum as the purchaser. His mother accompanied him in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Rachel Jones
Papa
George Mecum
Orville Mecum
British liners for Canadian run adopt cruiser sterns
London reports a new departure in the construction of ocean-going liners for the Canadian service. British companies plan to fit cruiser sterns on recent and future ships to gain extra speed readiness and steering control, a feature previously confined to naval vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New liner fleets may speed Atlantic voyage to Halifax
In agreement with the admiralty and Canada a plan seeks to build liner fleets that could be converted for war. The Alsatian Calgarian 18000 ton ships and the Empresa Empress of Asia 15000 ton ships for Canadian Pacific are built on a new method. If kept, these lines could complete Liverpool Halifax in four and a half days with possible gun emplacements mounted on wireless cue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Alsatian
Calgarian
Allantine
Empresa
Russia
Assia
Canadian Pacific Company
Atlantic
Liverpool
Halifax
Electoral Reform Opposed in Councils Across France
Paris reports the summer session of the Counsells Genereaux opened with electoral reform by proportional representation as the main topic. In Indre et Loire a resolution urged rejection by the senate, as did Bure and Haute Marne. Thirty councilors of Charente Inferieure including Emile Combes condemned the reform as dangerous to the republic. In Aln Dr Camille Baudin denounced proportional representation as a direct threat to the constitution, prompting a prefectural protest. Savoy’s Antoine Perrier urged a compromise between universal suffrage and proportional representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Counsells Genereaux
Indre-et-Loire
Council
Senate
Bure
Haute Marne
Charente Inferieure
Emile Combes
Busla
Department
Aln
Camille Baudin
Baudin
Savoy
Antoine Perrier
Nine policemen remove 390 pound woman from Nickelodeon
In Portland Oregon Miss Alice Banks Rankl, a 390 pound performer, slept off a quart of whiskey at Sixth and Couch. Patrolman Graves called five patrons plus Police Captain Moore to move her to the jail’s woman’s section. Judge Tatwel fined her $20 for the disturbance and she faced court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Graves
Alice Bank
Sixth
Couch Streets
Moore
Miss Rankl
Miss Banks
Moers
Mixes
Miss Ranks
Tatwell
En dowment Policy premium payment plan noted
A fragment notes a weekly payment of two dollars toward the premium on a thousand dollar endowment policy. The line hints at an option or description of the policy but lacks full context or completion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Grocery Company, Inc
Frank O'Gara
Bernard O'Gara
Soc,Treas
Royal M. Sawtelle the Jeweler
First National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
Frazier-Nelson
Pendleton
Umatilla County
New York City
Frazier-Nelson Co
Main Street
Newsy
Theodore F. Howard
J. A. Howard
Oaksdale
Wash
Charivars
WILKE
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Wm. Hanscom the Jeweler
Rochester
Kirschbaum Hacket-Carhart
Workingmen’s Clothing CO
Schieme
Conseils
Pat
Nickelodeon
THE
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Edgar W. Smith
Oregonian
Oregon
Who-Is
Webb St
State Hotel
China
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