Pendleton Chosen as Next Inland River Convention Site
Pendleton will host the 1918 session of the Columbia and Snake Rivers Waterways Association in April. Delegates from Walla Walla Pasco Lewiston Kennewick and other Inland Empire cities praised Pendleton as a hospitable convention center as they seek a 40 to 60 foot open river system with locks dams and canals to boost transport power and regional growth.
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Mra
Stephen A. Lowell
Columbia and Snake Rivers' Waterways Association
Lewiston
Idaho
Pendleton
Kennewick
Columbia Basin
Walla Walla
Pasco
Inland Empire
Oregon
Washington
W. Db. Lyman
W. P. Gray
Pascos
Columbia
Behring Sea
Gulf of California
Selkirk, Cascade
Sierra Nevada
Pacific Ocean
Canada
American Territory
New England
Tates
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Johnson Creek
Salmon River
Willamette
Stamouth
Eugene
Celilo Canal
Columbia River
Astoria
Portland
Vancouver
Dalles
Celtic
Snake
Williamette
Priest Rapids
Rock Iisland
Kettle Falls
Canadian Rockies
Coeur d'Alenes
Blue Mountains
Alberta
British Columbia
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health
Thousands of American women endure weariness and weakness in mills stores and factories. The advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can restore vigor and health to women suffering from various ailments.
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Lydia KE. Pinkham
Chorus Girls Sing For 87 50 Per Week In London
London reports at the Trades Union congress reveal harsh realities of chorus work. J R Williams of the Musicians' union cites cases where a singer earns 7 60 weekly in a curtain raiser, 10 percent goes to agents, and performers must cover costumes and makeup. Half the year is spent resting.
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London
United States
Trades Union Congress
Newport
J. R. Williams
Musicians’ Union
Williams
Photoplay offerings at Orpheum Sunday crowd pleasers
A local column previews an Orpheum cinema bill featuring four full reels. Highlights include Rosemary Theley in a Vitagraph romance The Boy and the Girl, Edison’s Dueling with youth. American Pathes The Armless Wonder and The Detective's Desperate Chance. Raven Rank in The Burnt Cork. Lubin's The Caretaker.
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Vitagraph
Rosemary Theley
Edison
American Pathe
Raven Rank
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore and Other Shorts
Series of silent film notes listing titles and brief descriptions. Mr. Grouch at the Seashore shows jealousy and comic mishaps as a husband and wife travel to the coast. Also featured are Hroncho Billy for Sheriff and The Woman Hater with Kalem, plus The Little Indian Martyr from Selig with a monk and a boy.
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Good Pictures
Hroncho Billy
Essaney
G. M. Anderson
Kalem
Motion Picture Show at Circle Branch Tonight
A program features Eb iograph farce Through Dumb Luck and Kalem Palestine with biblical Jerusalem scenes. Strong dramas The Girls and the Chaperon and two Western comedies provide sharp contrasts of class and humor. Featured actors include Florence Barker and Fritz Brunette plus Rex Vil lage stories The Old Organist and comedies Dick's Predicament and Dolly the Tomboy.
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Palestine
Kalem
Garden of
Gethsemane
Judas
Christ
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Powers
Florence Barker
Frits Brunnette
Circle Branch
Rex
Dolly the Tomboy
Million Pledged to Ocean to Ocean Highway Plan
Indianapolis reports a Goodyear backed pledge of 300,600 to the Ocean to Ocean Highway with over one million pledged overall. Carl G. Fisher and associates aim to buy materials for a stone coast to coast road to be usable by 1915 for the Panama Exposition, costing ten million dollars per mile.
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Indianapolis
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis and
New York
San Francisco
Fisher
F. A. Sieberling
Goodyear
Mr. Sieberling
C. G. Fisher
Czar and Britain to Divide Persia
London Times reports that a practical division of Persia between Great Britain and Russia seems assured after Sazonoff Grey meetings. Papers forecast the arrangement to preserve trade order, with the Guardian opposing, fearing loss of Persia as a buffer state and a larger British military presence under a mid Persía boundary.
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London Times
London
Persia
Great Britain
Russia
Sergiues Sazonoeff
Foreign Office
Times
Edward Grey
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Teheran
Sir Edward Gray
Sulphurro Health Remedy Promoted by Nature
Sulphurro is marketed as aid to Nature to cleanse blood and purge impurities. It claims sulfur supports natural healing, with a booklet available from C M C Stewart Sulphur Co at 71 Columbia St Seattle. Bottles cost 50 cents and one dollar.
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Elbert Hubbard
Cosmopolitan Magazine
East Aurora
C. M. C. Stewart Sulphur Co
Columbia St
Seattle
Wash
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a magic cure for sour, gassy, and upset stomachs. It claims relief in five minutes and promotes regular use for daily meals, stressing its safety, science basis, and broad sales.
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Pape
Balkan states watch Balmoral talks on Macedonia reforms
M Suzonoff and Balkan reps in London monitor progress on Macedonia reforms. Observers in London note no confirmed alliance among Bulgaria Serbia Greece and Montenegro but acknowledge a rapprochement for protecting their interests amid the near east crisis.
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M. Suzonoff
Balkan
Near East
Turkey
Macedonia
London
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Balmoral Castle
Gress
Stacey Adams Shoe at 137 Main Street
A local ad notes Stacey Adams shoes are available at 137 Main Street. The brief listing highlights footwear offerings in a small storefront context with no additional prices or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacey Adams
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Harp Ltd
United States Marine Band
William H. Santelmann
Mary Sherier
Pendleton Drug Co
Orpheum
Stars
Mabel Hite
Mike Donlin
Words By
Jas. O'Dea
Music By
Anna Caldwell
Jerome H. Remick & Company
Mabel Tite
New York Giant
Liebler & Co
Frank O'Maley
Edward Townsend
The
East Oregonian
Cony
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Czar
Britain
Sulphurro
Dame Nature
Ling
A. Eklund
Main St
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