City Brevities and Local Notices
Various local notices advertise fresh Olympic oysters at Holhbachs, free skates at the rink, a women’s washing help wanted, hospital bazaars for St Anthony’s, and several sales on lumber and coal. Also listed are free athlete tickets, unclaimed items, available housing, and unfi nished ads for goods and services at Ingrams Grocery and the Wonder Store.
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Woodcraft
St. Anthony's Hospital
Graham
Oregon Lumber Yard
Toekaters
Ireland
Whitman's
Sur
Fbiastern College
Minnis
Wonder Store
Oak Wood
Whitman Star George Philbrook Leaves for Notre Dame
George Philbrook, Whitman College star and widely known Northwest athlete, left for Notre Dame College in Indiana. He could not join this season due to new conference rules. Wil Martin of Tousche t has been elected track captain, succeeding Philbrook, with strong expectations for the team.
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Walla Walla
George Philbrook
Whitman College
Northwest
Notre Dame College
Philbrook
Tessle
Wil Martin
Touschet
Martin
Rectograph to photograph county records in Walla Walla
In Walla Walla on October 20 a rectograph is being installed in the county auditor’s office by the Dean-McLean Abstract company. The device will photograph records for abstracts, promising faster work and clearer copy. The output costs several hundred dollars and the page image will be large enough for readable words.
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Walla Walla
Dean-McLean Absitlet Company
No National Speakers for Washington Campaign
Seattle Oct. 206 Excepting for Senator Fulton who speaks in Seattle there will be no Republican national speakers in Washington during the campaign. Nan D. Eberuler of the state committee expected Senator La Follette to deliver an address but La Follette had western dates cancelled. Burner Dixon of the speakers bureau said he was going into the doubtful states from San Francisco.
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Seattle
Wash
Fulton
Washington
Cimpalen
Nan D. Eberuler
Mittter
la Pollette
la Follette
Bunter Dixon
Hurian
World
Dollivey
San Francisco
Luzon Island Records Three Light Earthquakes
Reports from Luzon state the three earthquake shocks felt yesterday caused no extensive damage. Shocks were light. Also mentions Mrs Sim White tired of buying ground coffee and Folger's Golden Gate Whole Roast. Free skating tickets at Ireland's rink.
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Manus
Island
Luzon
Toiay
Ireland
Pendleton Busy Social and Business Visit List
Pendleton sees a flurry of visitors and locals on business and social calls. Notables include Senator Fulton heading to Echo to speak, and J. A. Eoldings kin Mary A. Haes visiting Pendleton with Mrs. Schulile from Vancouver. Residents from Adams Adams to Freewater, Hermiston, Weston, Ukiah and Milton travel for meetings, trips and farm talks, with George W. Coutts and Hamley Harness crew departing for Arington to hunt geese.
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Kid Marshall
Echo
St. A
Lindner
Pitot Rock
Pearl Hales
Adams
Pendleton
Frank Sloan
Eeho
IL. Y
Portland
JA. Hales
John
Vinson
Freewater
Rh. M. Powers
Weston
John P. Wilbur
Athena
J. J. Smith
Williams
Hermiston
Devgus Ball
Walla Walla
J. Jackson
Sid Saylor
Umatilla
Busines
George W. Coutts
J. J. Hamley
The
Hamley Harness Company
Umati In
Indian Reservation
Arington
Robbery at Walla Walla shocks local business
Robbery at Walla Walla involved E. R. Warner and Mr Worth with a large Russia feather pocketbook stolen from a private drawer. Fire and life insurance policies worth 4000 plus two wills and a note were taken along with a firm deed and receipts from the safe. Police expect to arrest the guilty party before sundown.
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E. RR. Warner
Mr. Worth
Woodmen of the World
Hanover Fire Insurance Company
Charles Worth
Hattie Worth
E. H. Williams
GAVPCH Named Permanent Receiver for Bank
Claud Gatch holds the position as permanent receiver for the bank amid reports he seeks relief from the role. He has requested the department appoint a successor so he may continue bank examiner duties. No statement on the bank’s condition has been released, while La Grande mobilizes a plan to form a new bank to replace the suspended institution.
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Claud Gatch
Farner & Tradora
Ta Grinds
Ad Vines
la Grande
Scriber Bank
Tacoma Plans World’s Greatest Stadium in Tacoma Washington
Tacoma is launching a public subscription to raise 100000 for a grand athletic stadium to accompany Tacoma High School. Officials say the venue will form a natural amphitheater and be ready for Yukon exposition events with many athletic contests held there.
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Tacoma
Wash
Taucoma
Tacoma High School
Suppragettes Campaign in California Statement
California suffragettes plan an extensive campaign led by women lecturers to tour the state. The movement aims to culminate in a prolonged siege of the state legislature in the next session.
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bin Franelkoep
California
Lwve
Firemen Plan Thanksgiving Ball at Eagles Hall
Local fire department officials met to organize a general department meeting on November 9 to plan a grand Thanksgiving ball. With a move into new quarters at City Hall, firefighters are raising funds to equip the new quarters and have already received substantial voluntary donations for the event at Eagles hall as a major community affair.
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City Hall
Eagles Hall
Amusements: The Dinws and Dime Twine Present Busy Card
The Dinws and Dime Twine showcase amusements with fresh pictures never before seen in the city at The Pastime. Featuring A Baller's Sweetheart Two Broken Hearts and The Naughty Little Princess. Songs include The Heart You Lost in Maryland You'll Find in Tennessee. Orpheum offers new film service with A Voice From the Dead The Broken Hearts and Tricked Into Giving His Concert Mammas Boy as the gong.
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Maryland
Tennessee
The
Orpheum
Mammna
Milton Man Loses 317 At Walla Walla Races
Walla Walla October 26 S J Owens of Milton was robbed of 317 during a Saturday race event. Police are investigating after he reported the loss of his roll to the crowd.
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Walla
S. J. Owens
Milton
Qwenstas
Baker City Man Dies on a Train in Wisconsin
Willam J Rogers, 44, a well known farmer from near Baker City, died suddenly yesterday aboard a train en route to Pardeeville, Wisconsin. He was traveling with his wife and son to settle at his Pardeeville home.
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Milwaukee
Willam J Rogers
Baker City
Pardeeville
Wis
Alfalfa Data in Grande Ronde Sparks Mill Interest
Editor notes a Valle del Grande Ronde alfalfa crop report from the Observer prompts a Wick figure to seek more data on local production before proposing a new alfalfa meal mill. The inquiry aims to gauge suitability and potential site choices like Betlo, with the Commercial Club to handle next steps.
Mysterious skeleton found on hillside near Tone pitiish
A human skeleton was discovered two miles from Tone pitiish last week by a worker. The remains show no wearing apparel or means of identification and appear to have been buried in the ground for several years, according to initial inspection by Mgeiga.
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Tone Pitiish
Wockroen
Mgeiga
Forest fires sweep Berkshire and Green Mountains region
North Adams Mass Oct 20 thick smoke covered the Berkshire Mountain region in western Massachusetts and the foothills of the Green Mountain range in southern Vermont. Fires have burned thousands of acres of timber lands and portions were growing dangerous tonight with hundreds of square miles of woodland threatened east of Bennington Vermont.
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North Adams
Mass
Berkshire Mountain
Masaachuseuts
Free Mountain Range
Vermont
Bennington
Michigan Pires Are Dying Out
Detroit reports shifting winds bring relief to fire swept districts in both peninsulas. Flames are burning out as damage from lumber, buildings, and timber loss is estimated at 2 million dollars.
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Detroit
Upper
Lower Peninsula
Murderer of Six Denied an Appeal
Washington Oct 19 Herman Billek of Chicago convicted of poisoning six Verrall family members in 1906 was denied a U S supreme court appeal from Judge Landis ruling He faces hanging unless the governor intercedes
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Washington
Herman Billek
Chicago
Verrall
United States Supreme Court
Landis
Arrest of Sephew of Admiral Togo in Chicago
Glaski Togo claiming kin to the famed Admiral Togo was arrested in Chicago on disorderly conduct charges after entering a police station and demanding a patrol wagon be sent to a prestman who had assaulted him. He grew boisterous when police secured him.
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Sephew
Togo
Chicago
Glaski Togo
Admiral Togo
Abruzzi Will Not Give Up on Katherine Elkins
Rome reports the engagement between Duke Abruzzi and Katherine Elkin is intact. The duke wired the king to continue his pursuit, despite prior reports the king required consent from brothers Duke Oeta Count Turin and the Dowager Queen for permission to wed.
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Rome
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkin i
Oeta
Turin
Abruozal
Martin to Accept Manslaughter Sentence to Cure Habit
Edward Martin, convicted of murder in a Portland pawn shop killing, said he will accept a manslaughter verdict to cure his morphine habit, seeking a sentence around 15 years unless the maximum 18 years is imposed. He claimed innocence but willing to comply if the penalty helps him quit drugs.
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Portland
Ore
Edward Martin
Nathan Wolff
Martin
Taft Heads Into Final Two Weeks of Campaign Tour
Newark NJ Oct 19 Taft begins strenuous campaign run spanning New Jersey Delaware Ohio and Indiana with stops in Blaney and planned visits through Delaware and Ohio during the last two weeks before the election.
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Newark
N. J
Taft
Harney County Boy Fatally Shoots Father in Burns Oregon
News from Burns Oregon reports Lennie Vickers, a Harney County youth, shot and killed his father Thomas Vickers at a farm several miles from Burns on August 8 after claiming his father attacked him while intoxicated. Lennie surrendered to authorities.
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Harney County
Pather
Thomas Vickers
Lennie
Fiers
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Pieco
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McKay Creek
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A. I. Stephens, Jr
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Don Fulano
F. K. Wellesly
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Herbiston
Roy V. Peringer
Pentetonm
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Chora Haven
Vanccouver, Wash
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Aura Street
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McComb
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Oregonian
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Speks Alfalfa
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