Overhead Walk Proposed Across R R Tracks on Aura Street
West Pendleton considers closing Aura street to allow an overhead sidewalk to cross the railroad tracks. L A Edding of 320 Aura street urges the railroad company to build the elevated crossing for pedestrians, citing safety and daily schoolchildren’s crossings. The council will revisit the street closure issue after Mayor Murphy returns from California.
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Aura Street
West Pendleton
L. A. Edding
Mr. Edding
Murphy
California
Lady Bute Forms A League Of Marys
London The Marchlones of Bute invite all women and girls named Mary in Bute and Cumbrae to send names and addresses for announcements. Lady Bute plans a League of Marys to promote thrift with gifts to start a post office savings bank. Lady Mary Chrichton Stuart will preside at the inaugural meeting and host a Christmas treat.
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London
Marchlones
Bute
Cumbrae
Mary
Mary Chrichton Stuart
League
Russian noble student shocks University of Washington scene
Baron Dr Osten Lachen, a Russian noble from one of the noble houses, arrived at the University of Washington as a dishwasher before becoming a German tutor in German. He had studied at Zurich and Berlin and reportedly traveled widely in botany and zoology. He came to Seattle from Japan with little funds, worked for 25 cents an hour, and sought a strictly scientific course while pursuing liberal ideas that led to disinheritance after student riots.
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University of Washington
Seattle
Russia
Osten Lachen
Washington
Osten Laschen
University of Zurich
Switzerland
University of Berlin
Byers
Lachen
Japan
Mrs H H Taylor Leaves for San Diego With Father
Mrs H H Taylor leaves tomorrow for San Diego California after visiting her parents in the city for two months. She will be accompanied by her father H Struve who will spend the winter there.
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H. H. Taylor
San Diego
California
H. Struve
Newsy Notes Of Pendleton Thursday Club Meets
The Thursday afternoon club will meet at Mrs. E. P. Marshall's home this week. Hier Berkeley is local agent. Norbourne Berkeley named local agent for Oregon Life Insurance. Dr. E. B. Waffle noted as Picot Lieutenant of the Oregon National Guard Medical Reserve Corps. La Police Court fined D McCormick three days in jail for drunkenness. Robert McConnell paid a $6 fine for the same offense.
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E. P. Marshal
Hierkeley
Norbourne Berkeley
Oregon Life Insurance Company
Waffle
E. B. Waffle
Picot
Oregon National Guard Medical Reserve Corps
D McCormick
Robert McConnell
Marriage License Issued for Ruppe and Cooper
Amorrhage license issued today to Carl Ernest Ruppe and Juliet Hamilton Cooper both of this city. They are to be married in Corvallis on Thursday.
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Carl Ernest Ruppe
Juliet Hamilton Cooper
Corvalliz
Inland Empire Lumber sued for lumber account balance
The Inland Empire Lumber Company of Hermiston and Stanfield has brought suit against H B Allen to collect an outstanding account alleged for lumber purchases.
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Snes
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Hermiston and
Stanfield
H. BE. Allen
Tolleet
Snow depth reports from Ukiah by railroad agent
Walter Adams, local agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad, received a telephone message from Ukiah this afternoon stating the snow was five inches deep there.
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Walter Adams
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Ukiah
Merchant H H Wessel Recalls Clerk Release Charity
H H Wessel, a merchant who helped secure the arrest of clerk George Moore on an alleged failure to turn in all sales money, states Moore was released from jail through Wessel kindness rather than absence of evidence.
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H. H. Wessel
George Moore
Cattleman Clarence Adams Tours Winter Range Route
Clarence Adams of Camas prairie is in Pendleton with H L Bradburn to move cattle to the winter range along the lower Walla Walla river. They report six inches of snow on the mountain when they crossed last Friday.
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Clarence Adams
Camas Prairie
Pendleton
H. L. Bradburn
Walla Walla River
Express messenger Steel's mother gravely ill at Nebraska home
A. E. B. Steel, express messenger for the Northern Express between this city and Pasco, received word this morning that his mother Mrs. E. E. Walden of Kearney Nebraska is seriously ill at 70. He departs Pasco this evening to be at her bedside.
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A. E B. Steel
Northern Express Company
City
Pasco
E. E. Walden
Kearney
Nebraska
Mr. Steel
Residence trades swap homes on South Hill and West Court
Mrs. Lewis Hunter trades her South Hill residence with Charles B. Isaac for his 613 West Court Street home. Isaac’s carpenters work on the interior while Mrs. Hunter and her son plan to move into the Court Street house as soon as it is vacated.
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Lewis Hunter
South Hill
Charles B. Isaac
West Court Street
Isaac
Johns Buys Koontz Hall From Pendleton Academy
James Johns purchases Koontz Hall, the former girls dormitory at Pendleton Academy. Robert Lewis acts for J. H. Koontz of Echo, the donor who reclaimed the building. Reported price around $1,500.
Attempted disfigurement of horse at Orefon Feed Yard
A horse owned by George Haw at the Ore fon Feed Yard was attacked last night while standing in a box stall. A veterinarian hopes to save the animal and avoid its consumption, describing the act as a dastardly attempt to render the horse useless to its owner.
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Orefon
George Haw
Official Call for Meeting of County School Boards
County school officials issue notices for a meeting to be held today in the circuit court room at the courthouse in this city on December 10. State Superintendent Ackerman will attend, and J W J Gauffman will give humorous readings at the session.
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Welles
Circuit Court
Court House
Ackerman
J. W. J. Gauffman
Bear Tranter Arrives With Two Ayrdale Dars In City
Bear Tranter, a pioneer trapper, arrived on the Northern Pacific train from eastern Washington. He reported a poor hunting season but displayed two Ayrdale dars and stated he killed two bears during the year.
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Bear Tranter
W. HH. Eecue
Northern Pacific
Washington
Had Man Alden in Jail for Aggravated Assault
Tom Alden a Men Burroughs teamster is jailed on aggravated assault and battery charges after a street dispute in Main Street. He allegedly struck two boys who refused matches, abused a traveling man, and beat a China man near Main and Alta. Chief Gurdane detained him. Judge FitzGerald indicated the case may proceed to the circuit court.
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Amuck
Tom Alden
Desault
Alden
Burroughs
Main
Alta
Gurdane
FitzGerald
Elreult
Lytton Life Amid Turbulence and Change
In Lytton life stories, Constance Lytton and Lonaem navigate social change, resilience, and personal challenges. The piece reflects local color, historical context, and community remarks shaping daily life and identity.
Imprisoned Suffragist Describes Hospital Trials at Liberal League
A Newcastle suffrage prisoner recalled hospital ward confinement during her activism. She spoke at a King's Weigh House Liberal Christian League session, recounting observing a third class inmate who killed her child yet inspired sympathy due to extreme circumstances, illustrating the era's harsh judgments and moral complexity.
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Newcastle
Liberal Christian League
King's Weigh House
Wilson cites new Bullfinch gold boom in Western Australia
Perth prime minister Frank Wilson told the Western Australian parliament that reports from Bullfinch and Golden Valley indicate a vast gold field rivaling Kalgoorlie. He noted 2100 acres pegged between Corinthian and Bullfinch mines, several lease applications, and growing prospecting along Yilgarn. Government surveys a Bullfinch townsite and possible water pipe. rail link funding may follow after confirming field permanence.
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Perth
West Australia
Frank Wilson
Bullfinch
Southern Cross
Kalgoorlie
Golden Mile
Wilson
Corinthian
Golden Valley
Yilgarn
Hopes HM
Parker's Range
Department of Mines
Lady Abdy Engaged to Young Clerk in Secret Romantic Tie
London society notes a forthcoming engagement between Lady Abdy and Leonard Gibbons a strong athletic clerk once linked to American Leeds Waters. widowhood after Sir William Abdy's controversial past and a history of lavish settlements frame the romance which is kept private for now.
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London
Abdy
Leonard Gibbons
Sir William Abdy
William
Abby
England
Grahame- White
Gibbons
Leeds Waters
Treasure Ship Florencia Search In Bermormy Harbor
In To bermory the hunt for the supposed Florencia wreck continues. Divers have recovered silver coins and sword fragments, and a long black oak log is hoped to be part of the galleon. Thick shells clog the suction pump causing delays in the difficult dig.
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London
Tobermory
Phone Directory Provokes Profanity in Pacific Northwest
Local subscribers react with frustration to a new Pacific Telephone directory a Walla Walla style volume that places Walla Walla first and buries Pendleton Pasco Pomeroy and other towns at the back prompting complaints and vows to keep using older directories until a revised edition is issued.
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Pacific Telephone Company
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Pasco
Pomeroy
Singapore Rubber Trust Project Linked to Large Venture
United States Consul James T. Du Bois reports a new rubber company formed with American capital and English backing that has tapping rights over about 6 million acres of government forests in the Federated Malay States. It holds rights in South Thorneo, Sarawak, and the Karimon Islands, with a $300,000 factory near Karimon Talands and another in Sarawak. Projections foresees millions of pounds of jelatong rubber produced yearly once mills are fully operational in 1911 and 1912.
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United States
Washington
Rubber Trust
James T. du Bois
Singapore
Bie Rubber Company
Federated Malay Ataten
South
Torneo
Sarawak
Karimon Islands
Karimon Talands
Am ericans Dominate Concession Shipments Across Regions
The passage highlights American control of the related market with last year’s shipments totaling 12 824 tons to the United States, 1 009 tons to Great Britain, and 6 008 tons to continental Europe, underscoring a dominant interest in the concession.
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Prise
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin Police Suffer Neurasthenia From Overwork
Berlin police suffer neurasthenia due to overstrained nerves on street duty. Medical experts warn only a yearlong rest for 1,000 officers can curb the problem, prompting convalescent home plans and offers of free building sites including a distant Silesian plot.
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Berlin
Silesian Highlands
Darn the Flag Orders Wave of Government Retrenchment
The administration issues another retrenchment order affecting federal workers. It urges thrift in materials and routines, from economy in pencils to using both sides of scratch pads. The latest directive requires replacing worn flags only after they show significant wear.
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Washington
Edward Everitt Hale
Democrats Hold Big Hands When Pots Run Dry
A Pittsburg Gazette quip notes a wise man remarking that Democrats hold big hands when there is nothing in the pot. The line implies political caution during lean times.
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Jos
Pittsburg
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