Prosecution to push jokes holdup case in Portland court
Oregon case notes two young men L B Reed and Paul B Powers charged after a test of courage held up attorney D E Powers. Deputy DA Hennessy cites Jack Horn precedent where a jokey holdup led to penitentiary time. Reed and Powers free on $100 bond each on concealed weapons charge, unlikely to appear for hearing as municipal court convenes.
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Portland
The
Oregonian
L. B. Reed
Paul B. Powers
D. E. Powers
Hennesey
Powers
Attorney Powers
Grand Jury
Jack Horn
Horn
Burnside Bridge
Goltz
State Penitentiary
Reed
Reed and Powers
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Advertised for Wounds
A 19th century advertisement notes Frank Disberry and Kelli Mina praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a severe knee injury and general healing. It touts quick cures for wounds cuts bruises burns and skin eruptions and claims it treats piles, offered at Tallman & Co for 26 cents.
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Frank Disberry
Kelliher
Mina
Bucklen
Tallman & Co.'s
Servian Prince as Bell-Hop Traces Across West
A Servian prince heir to the throne is alleged to be working as a bell-hop between Denver and San Francisco. A detective agency reports a man named M. Wilswich hired them to find Michael O'Brien, claimed son of late King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia, murdered in Belgrade. The story faces skepticism, but the substantial funds behind the mission suggest some authority backing the strange assignment.
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Denver
Servia
Sancisco
M. Wilswich
Michael O'Brien
Alexander
Draga
Bel
Eight Allegheny Bridges to be Raised and Rebuilt
Public hearing in Pittsburg on raising and reconstructing eight Allegheny River bridges within city limits. War Department engineers recommended changes to improve navigation. Six general traffic bridges and two railway bridges affected. bridge companies and river interests voiced objections. Separately in Copenhagen a letter from Knud Rasmussen confirms plans to bring evidence supporting Dr Cook against Commander Peary.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Board of Engineers
War Department
Cook
Copenhagen
Knud Rasmussen
Mr. Rasmussen
Greenland
Dr. Cook
Peary
The Real Name of O'Brien and His Mysterious Odyssey
A man claims O'Brien is really Michael Obrenovich, brought to America to flee the Garigers linked to the Alexandra and Draga marriage. He was cared for by an Obrenovitch loyalist and looted Newark Michigan before pension cut by Alexander’s death. No reliable news since. a friend reports a bellboy in Chicago, later seen in Denver and possibly San Francisco.
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O'Brien
Michael Obrenovich
America
Alexandra
Draga
Servia
Obrenovitchs
Newark
Alexander
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
Denver
San Francisco
A A U Moves to Disqualify Outlaw League Players
New York The Amateur Athletic Union acts swiftly to curb the Chicago formed outlaw league. President James F. Sullivan orders central association chief Otto B. Schmidt to disqualify any competitor in outlaw league events and urges Chicago to bar officials at such meetings. Sullivan welcomes the struggle, saying it will revive waning amateur sport and that the parent body will prevail.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union of
United States
Outlaw Athletic League
Chicago
James FE. Sullivan
Otto EB. Schmidt
Central Association
Schmidt
Sullivan
Outlaw League
Mr. Sullivan
Middle West
Dr King’s New Discovery Crowned King of Remedies
The advert touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the king of threat and lung remedies. It claims to kill germs and colds, heal coughing, cure sore bronchi and lung inflammation, and stop hemorrhages with testimonials. Trial bottles are offered free with a guaranteed product by Tallman & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Dr. King
Geo
More
Black Jack
N. C
Tallman & Co
Notice of Umailla County Board of Equalization Session
Notice is hereby given that the board of equalization of Umailla county Oregon is in session at the courthouse in Pendleton. All complaints from taxpayers must be filed in the first week or by Saturday evening October 23, 1909. By order Board of Equalization.
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Board of Equalization
Umailla County
Oregon
Sesgion
Hay and Pasture for Sale in Oregon Range
Timothy hay and fine green pasture for sale on Pine Creek Harney County with good shelter and open water elevation 3600 feet Heyes and Van Deweer Van Oregon
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Pine Creek
Harney
Heyes & van Deweer
Van
Oregon
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Hennessy
Dudley Evans
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Rock Springs Coal
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Alta Street
Court House
B. L. Burroughs
Appleburg Fruit Lands
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Appleburg
Pilot
McManus
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