Ministers intercede for egg thrower Vert is dismissed
Synod members petition city attorney to drop charges against local man John Vert accused of hurling an egg at Portland pastor Rev. Charles W. Hays during a riot. The judge ordered the charge withdrawn after petitions from Dr. Hays and synod leaders, with witnesses testifying and police court crowded by Women’s Christian Temperance Union members.
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Synod
John Vert
Charles W. Hays
Portland
Hays
Synod of Oregon
J. Roy Raley
FitzGerald
Vert
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Raley
Bleakney
James A. Fee
Umatilla County
C. W. Hays
George W. Taylor
Presbyterian Church
Myrtle Point
Pendleton Egg Incident Tied to Local Court Clash
Eyewitnesses described Vert throwing eggs at a minister during a Pendleton gathering in 1910. The minister was struck and identified Vert as the assailant. Letters from local officials urged dismissal to protect Pendleton’s peace, while Synod moderator echoed mercy, amid broader family and society notices.
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Cording
Vert
Myrtle Point
J. C. Lininger
Mary B. Clopton Dies in Portland at 76
Mrs Mary B Clopton longtime Pendleton resident died suddenly yesterday afternoon in Portland at her daughter Mrs C B Jackson s home age 76 received word from sister Miss Ida Boyd who left for Portland to attend the funeral funeral will be held in Portland tomorrow and the remains cremated and sent to Virginia for burial
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Mary B. Clopton
Portland
Pendleton
Virginia
Henry Koester
Gervais
E. Ripper
Jacob Rhode
John Harken
McLain County
Mr. Hansen
Mis
T. D. Matthews
Ada Matthews
Matthews
Minnie Baker
Stanfield
Psent
J. T. Hoskins
Ed Ware
J. Frank Spinning
Walla Walla
Boy awakens after 24 days sleep in Ga. vision tale
Julian Brice, 17, of Gainsville, Ga., slept 24 days after a baseball game and bath. He awoke weak but improving after nourishment and doctors say he may live. He spoke of visions of heaven and angels but refused to describe details.
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Gainsville
Julian Brice
Brice
Heaven
Angela
Pendleton News Roundup Highlights Visiting Officials
Railroad officials from the O R and N are in Pendleton in the private car of Superintendent Williams. C C Berkeley, formerly O R and N division engineer, now with Oregon and Washington road, visits relatives here. Poultryman J M Garrison from Forest Grove attends Pendleton Poultry show planning with an exhibit. William Blakeley returns from Walla Walla after attending Moses Woodward’s funeral. Mrs Charles Stacey and husband look for a Pendleton home after moving from La Grande. Cowboys Jess Cannon and J Chesney plead guilty to carrying concealed weapons, fined $25 each. Teddy Calkins, son of L Calkins, faces juvenile court over dog theft. case pending.
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Cc. C. Berkeley
C. Cc. Berkeley
Oregon & Washington Road
Tacoma
J. M. Garrison
Forest Grove
Oregon
la Grande
Pendleton
Charles Stacey
Jess Cannon
J. Chesney
al Koeppen
Teddy Calkins
Prohibition Campaign speaker backs wider dry territory
Reverend Nathan Evans pastor of First Methodist delivered lectures in the county to promote keeping Umatilla dry and extending the dry area to include the entire state. He returned this morning by motor car from the west end of the county where the talks were given.
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Nathan Evans
First Methodist Church
Umatilla
Return of O R N Foreman Bradburn to Umatilla County
Bradburn, formerly section foreman for the O. R. & N. at Horse shoe Curve and Thorn Hollow, returns to Old Umatilla Co due to ill health after a spell in Montana. He will be reemployed by the O. R. & N. but his station has yet to be announced.
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Old Umatilla, Co
KE. Bradburn
Horseshoe Curve
Thorn Hollow
Montana
Umatilla County
O. R. & N. Company
Train Load of Odd Fellows to Grand Lodge in Sand Point
A special train bearing Odd Fellows from southern Idaho to the northern town of Sand Point for the Idaho grand lodge gathering passed Pendleton last evening. Several Pendleton Odd Fellows and local citizens greeted the travelers at the depot during the brief stop.
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Idaho
Sand Point
Grand Lodge
Pendleton
Name Correction in Death by Own Action Case
A northwest railroad worker formerly known as Cullen died by his own action by swallowing laudanum in a Penland Brothers lodging house room on an October morning. The deceased’s correct name is James Collins, per a cousin’s letter from Prior Lake Minnesota, confirming the alias Cullen used locally.
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Collins
Penland Brothers
James Collins
Cullen
Northwest
John L. Suel
Prior Lake
Minn
Colling
Prominent Speakers Named for Oregon Teachers Meeting
County School Superintendent Welles reports the eastern division of the Oregon State Teachers Association will meet in La Grande next month. Secured instructors include President John N. Cook of North Illinois Normal, Miss Katherine Montgomery of Bellingham State Normal, President Campbell of the University of Oregon, H. A. Adrian of Banta Barbara, and State Superintendent J. H. Ackerman. A railroad round trip fare is set at one and a third times the base price.
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Welles
Oregon State Teachers’ Association
la Grande
John N. Cook
North Ilinois Normal
Katherine Montgomery
Bellingham State Normal
Campbell
University of Oregon
H. A. Adrian
Banta Barbara
California
J. H. Ackerman
Portland Reporter Sees Pendleton Visit On Tour
Ralph Watson a noted Portland newspaper man, long tied to the West Oregonian and Tribune, spent yesterday in Pendleton with Oswald West during an eastern Oregon tour. He suffered a facial skin injury from a car accident near Baker City after the party hit an open culvert at about 39 miles per hour, with all occupants shaken up.
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Ralph Watson
Portland
Pendleton
Weat
Oregonian and Tribune
Portland Journal
Oswald ‘Weat
Oregon
Wem
Watson
West Party
Baker City
Echo Oregon Weather and Social Notes Highlight Past Week
Heavy rain aids winter pastures as Nathan Evans preaches to a crowded Echo Methodist congregation. District Superintendent Sykes to lead quarterly conference at 10 a.m. I.O.O.F. hosts Rebekahs with baskets and a social feast. Residents travel to Pendleton Wichita and Portland for family and business, with Stanfield and Walla Walla connections noted.
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Echo
Ore
Nathan Evans
Pendleton
Sykes
Echo Methodist Church
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Rebekahs
Melissa Briggs
Wichita
Kansas
Moving Picture Shows At The Orpheum Tuesday
The Orpheum presents a program including An Indian Girl's Awakening with romantic intrigue and dramatic photography, The Gambler's Wife showing devotion saving a husband, A Dog on Business a brisk farce, plus musical numbers and a slate of varying features from Pathe Lubin Vitagraph and Ub in dramatic and comedy forms. A Military Kite Flying at Rheims scenic offers a wartime note as well.
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The
Orpheum
Tuesaday
Essanay
Pathe
Bessanny
Song
Smarty
Go After and Encourage Manufacturers to Build a Great City
The call urges city leaders to court manufacturers, arguing that strong industrial partners drive growth, jobs, and a vibrant urban future. It stresses proactive outreach, favorable policies, and collaborative projects to attract investment and improve living standards.
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Miles
Pendietosm
Peniletos
Omes
Bers
Calvia
Guts
Bainn Se
Fats Plese of
Pou Wee
Dan Kemler
W. Brull
Sullivan's
Pendleton Dye Works
East
Alta St
Ingram’s Grocery
Hain
J. R. Raley
Chas. W. Hays
Pendleton, Ore
Synod of
Mr. Hays
W. H. Bleakney
Joel C.lintinger
Julia Ward Howe
Henry Marion Howe
Columbia University
Julia Romana
Anagro
Daphne
Sete Tendent
Perkins Institute For the Blind
David P. HI
New Jersey
Maud
John Elliott
Newsy
Williams
Lonergan
Woodward
William Blakeley
Moses Woodward
Blakeley
Roosevelt
Boston
George Sprattler
New Pergram
Robert
Rheims
Dale Rothwell
Wm. Hanscom
Counst
Berlin
Jack Webster
Women's and Misses Wool Union
Women's and Mises’ Cotton Union
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