Commercial Club Considers City Hall Rooms in Pendleton
The Pendleton Commercial Association weighs moving council chambers from the Murphy building to the city hall site if funds permit, while planning rejuvenation of its rooms. A remodeling committee proposes Pendleton made furniture for the new club spaces and a report is due on the first Tuesday in November.
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Council
Milarky
Pendleton Furniture
Mlurky
Commercial Association
Dr . Kern
J. R. Raley
T. C. Taylor
A. Lowell
Pendleton
Forster Planing Mill
Plendid Mission
Cold starter caution urges early care
The advisory stresses acting at the first signs of a cold to prevent a deeper, harder cure. It warns that every hour lost at the onset may extend suffering by days, urging immediate action.
Farm wedding near Pendleton unites Gnavauch and Newquist
William Gnavauch and Mise Mabel Newquist were married yesterday at the bride’s parents’ home ten miles south of Pendleton near Sparks station on the Pilot Rock branch. The ceremony at high noon was by Dr. T. B. Ford of the First Methodist church. A large wedding dinner followed. The couple will live on the groom’s farm north of Pendleton.
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William Gnavauch
Mise Mabel Newquist
Pendleton
Sparks Station
Pilot Rock
T. B. Ford
First Methodist
Bank cashier named administrator of Adele St Denis estate
F. and LeGrow, cashier of the Athens bank, was yesterday appointed administrator of the estate of Adele St Denis. The estate includes part of a reservation wheat land and some personal property. Land valued at $12,000.
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F. & LeGrow
Athens Bank
Adele St. Denis
Telegraph poles vanish from Spokane streets under underground plan
Within a year Spokane’s fire limits may be free of telegraph poles as telephone and electric light wires are moved to underground conduits. The telephone company leads in pole removal, with Washington Water Power following after wiring upgrades. The shift aims to beautify business thoroughfares and realize the City Beautiful plan per the Spokane Chronicle.
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Spokane
Telephone Company
Washington Water Power Company
Electric Company
Spokane Chronicle
Six-Horse Team Wrecks On Canyon Burns Road
Last Friday a six-horse team driven by Plas Hawkins left the grade and plunged down a 206-foot embankment on the Canyon Burns road near Gundlach grade seven miles south of town. Hawkins and the team escaped injury, though the wagon was damaged. The accident followed Hawkins attempting to pass a team driven by Dave Caslin. The Bagie warns the road is too narrow in many spots and urges widening or guard rails at the worst bend.
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Plas Hawkins
Canyon-Burns
Gundlach
Hawkins
Dave Caslin
Schilliog's Boat Returns Money If Grocer Refuses
A quirky notice states the grocer will refund money to customers who do not proceed with a purchase. The item humorously appeals to customers about a bargain and refund promise.
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Schilliog
Pendleton Man Named Perfect by Oregon Life
Arthur T. Mathews of Pendleton, a food store worker, is hailed as the perfect man by the Oregon Life Insurance Company after passing exams for policy No. 1400. Born April 6, 1873, he is described as healthy, with strong family longevity and Scotch Irish descent, 6 ft 11½ in tall and 170 pounds, possessing a muscular build and clear health history.
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Pendleton
Arthur T. Mathews
Oregon Life Insurance Company
Mathews
Council Again Debates Street Barricades and Nearby Parlor
Council discussion centered on why the Cottonwood Street barricade remained and the near beer parlor behind a barber shop on Main Street. Mayor Murphy and City Attorney Raley noted the bar must be visible from the street and the parlor must relocate. An amended ordinance adds penalties for scorching by vehicle, with fines up to 50 dollars and up to 25 days in jail. The council also approved buying a fire alarm striker for the new city hall and directed payoff of two Court Street bonds and one Main Street bond of 250 dollars each.
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Montgomery
Cottonwood Street Board
Cottonwood Steat
Main Street
Murphy
Raley
Vaughan
Court Street
Wedding Ties Tacoma Couple After Ocean Voyage Romance
Mrs Laura Devenny Nash of Pendleton Oregon and Frederick Jackson Setelle were wed in St Luke's Tacoma at 5 pm after meeting in January aboard the steamship Alamedia en route to Honolulu. Rev Webb officiated, couple to reside in Tacoma. Nash had lived in Pendleton for ten years.
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Laura D. Nash
Oregon Journal
Tacoma
Wash
Laura Devenny Nash
Pendleton
Ore
Frederick Jackson Setelle
Portland
Settelle
Honolulu
Nash
Setelle
Alaska
City's New Buildings Attract Attention
Clancy M. Lewis, representative of Pacific Builder and Engineer of Seattle, was here yesterday. He is preparing a special number and collecting photographs and data on new buildings under way in the city.
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Clancy M. Lewis
Pacific Builder and Engineer
Seattle
Wonder Store Bargains Sale Ad by Despain & Bonnel
A promotional notice urges shoppers to visit the Wonder Store for bargains on Friday or any day. It is signed by Despain & Bonnel without listing specific goods or prices.
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Wonder Store
Despain & Bonnel
Milton Rancher Rudolph Siefker Dies in Walla Walla
Rudolph Siefker a Milton area farmer died at St Marys hospital in Walla Walla at 2 20 pm He was 37 years old and had lived in the area since age 12 emigrating from Germany He is survived by his wife two children two sisters Mrs A B Peterson of Iowa and Mrs Peter Werner of this city and two brothers Henry Selfker of Estoria and Wm Selfker of North Dakota The remains are at MacMartin Co undertaking parlors awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Walla Walla
Rudolph Siefker
Milton
St. Mary's Hospital
Selsher
United States
Germany
A. BE. Peterson
Lowa
Peter Werner
Henry Selfker
Estopia
Washington
Wm. Selfker
North Dakota
MacMartin & Co
Jahn Defense Insanity Trial Close to Resting
Jahn’s defense in a Washington state insanity trial aims to show mental illness runs in his family. Howard Hathaway opened for the defense detailing Jahn’s emigration from Germany at age 11 and family history of self harm and threats. The defense plans to call Mrs. Jahn, the defendant’s wife, as the first witness.
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Fiverett
Wash
Jahn
Jenay B. Price
Howard Hathaway
Germany
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Standard Grocery Co
Commiercial Association
Committee
F&s
Tallman & Co
Winslow Bros
Newquist
LeGrow
Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
A. Matthews
Oregon Life
Colesworthy
Qilton
Everett
L. Adler, Bros. & CO
Max Baer
Alexander’s Dep't
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