Pioneer Journey West Through Iowa to Oregon
A family recounts a perilous westward trek via western Iowa and Nebraska, an exodus marked by a stolen wagon horse, a counterfeit story of massacre, and eventual settling near Umatilla Landing. The narrator details building a Campbell ranch on the Oregon trail, hard wintered homesteads, fifty-cent dollars in old grenbacks, and the deaths of husband and two sons to disease and Indian attacks, with graves at Pendleton and Olney.
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Iowa
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Plains
Oregon
Port Tarrmie
Miller
Towa
Denver
Gold
Joe Campbell
Weiser
Idaho
Union Pacific
Fort Bridger
Subletta
Bear River Mountains
Camas Prairie
Boise City
Greene
Green River
Willamette Valley
Umatilia
Bradburn
Wilkes Brothers
Mr. Tupper
Robert Matteron
Campbell Ranch
Horseshoe Curve
Athene
Ohio
Umatilla Landing
Neil
Nell
Ernest
Relth
Columbia River
Portland
Happy Canyon
Bannocks
Broux
Umatillas
Will
Wil
Pendleton
John Crisp
Robert Thompson
Will Campbell
Old Pendleton
Olney
Ely’s Cream Balm Promotes Pure Food Law Compliance
The pure food law aims to shield the public from injurious ingredients in foods and drugs. Ely's Cream Balm is advertised as free of injurious drugs and safe to use for cold in the head, nasal catarrh, and hay fever, with the claim that it meets the new law's labeling requirements.
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Ely
Berlin court seeks brain-bullet study on corpses
The Treves criminal court in Germany asks the Royal Institute of Judicial Medicine in Berlin to experiment on unclaimed morgue corpses to study brain injuries from bullets. Permission from police is needed. only mutilated bodies are usable, with interior and justice ministers likely to consent.
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Berlin
Treves Criminal Court
Royal Institute of Judical Medicine
Interior and Justice
Shall Women Vote Paragraph Promotes Dr Kings Pills
An old promotional blurb claims if women had the vote millions would cast Dr Kings New Life Pills. It asserts the remedy banishes dullness and backache, eases constipation, improves appetite, and tones the system. Sold for 26e at Kooppen Bros.
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Dr. King
New Life
Kooppen Bros
Cleveland's Baking Powder Price Spread Across Grocers
Consumers face uniform pricing for Cleveland's baking powder across leading grocers with rates of 1 pound for 46 cents, 3 pounds for 1 dollar, and 5 pounds for 1 dollar and 66 cents. The note frames the product as an ordinary, widely available item.
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Cleveland
Wedding Unites Shaw and Attebury In Hermiston
In Hermiston on Butter Creek Florence Shaw and Roy Attebury wed in a simple ceremony witnessed by the Shaw and Attebury families plus E. H. Gardiner and Rev. Cash. The new couple reside locally and were joined by Mrs. J. F. McNaught and guests from Granite. The town plans a district No. 112 school event and a Christmas season Dig good titles convention with a schoolhouse warming set for December 2.
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Hermiston
aA_ CC
Crawford
Loudenslager
Maxwell Company
FL McNaught
Ilinois
Mies Florence Shaw
Roy Atte
Newham
Hermiston Methodist Church
At the Moving Picture Shows The Orpheum
The Orpheum offers three films The Banker's Daughter a 1000 foot bio drama about a defended girl’s nerve The Education of Elizabeth a 1900 foot Ka lem farce about a ranch girl educated in the east and her city cousin The Legacy a 1000 foot Vitagraph homespun drama based on real life scenes with broad appeal
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the Orpheum
Elizabeth
Kalem
Saweetheart
Portographs Manager Seeks Full Back For Pendleton All Stars
The Pendleton All Stars manager broadcasts a plea for a full back to strengthen the squad as it faces a high school machine tomorrow afternoon. He cites a need for speed endurance and a powerful header, referencing legendary players and a scoring machine to be perfected. Dudley Clark and Carl Wolff, former captains at Oregon and OAC, are mentioned as half backs on the team.
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Spell
Pendleton All- Stars
Nelson
Dudley Clark
Oregon
Carl Wolff
Lion
The Pastime Sings Broken Doll in Dramatic Style
A Pastime review lauds The Broken Doll as a dramatic story of human sympathy aided by a gifted child actress. It contrasts with other acts like Two Boys in Blue and Oh You Skeleton, noting Polyscope and Selig offerings and a Ghost of the Oven gag for a light vaudeville style program.
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Saya Hank
Bill
Polyscope Co
Martha
Polyscope Co. Tt
Housekeeping Rooms for Rent in East Oregonian Building
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms are available for rent in the East Oregonian building. Features include storm heat electric lights hot and cold water and bath. Recently renovated. Inquire at Bart Oregon Dinn office.
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East Oregonian
Bart Orego- Dinn
Scorer Dispute Persists Over Baseball Hit Totals
Joe Jackson, president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, says no ball player ends a season convinced the official scorer robbed him of at least 20 hits. He adds traveling scorers won’t satisfy players who won’t agree with scorers at all times.
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Joe Jackson
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure
An ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures many ailments once thought incurable. It states the tonic has cured scrofula catarrh rheumatism kidney complaint dyspepsia and general debility and urges readers to take Hood's.
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Hood
Umpire Silk OLaughlin on kicks and fairness in play
Five college twirlers join the Cleveland team reserve list for next season. Names include Fred Blanding Michigan Willie Mitchell Mississippi George Kaler Chiot Pieet Mayberry North Carolina De Mott Lafayette Vean Grege the Portland finger who signed with Cleveland. He struck out 244 in the Pacific Coast league last season over 362 2 8 innings an average of nine strikeouts per game.
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Cleveland
Fred Blanding
Michigan
Willie Mitchell
Misaluvippi
George Kaler
Chiot Pieet Mayberry
North Carolina
de Mott
Lafayette
Vean Grege
Portland Finger
No Better Way to Break a Cold Stupor
An ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as the most effective harmless cure for colds and grippe. It claims relief after the first dose and urges dosing every two hours for three doses, noting quinine is ineffective. The 25 cent package is available from any druggist, per three years of research.
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Pape
Grippe
Minister Lost Trousers In Ant Teased Station Tale
London reports a cabinet minister tale in which he sits on an ant nest and loses his trousers at the end of a country journey. A stationmaster and a London porter arrange a replacement pair of stout corduroys, allowing him to return home. There is now plenty of clean mud in Oregon.
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London
Oregon
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