Town Visitors and Moves Highlight Pendleton News
A stream of visitors and residents were noted in Pendleton and nearby areas. W. R. Garret from Halton and W. F. Bennett from Pilot Rock, along with many other travelers and locals, attended meetings, left for new homes, or visited friends. Notables include Hesczel of Weston, Dr. Perkins of the government pension bureau, and Portland’s Lempke returning from the East. Three cattle trains were planned for Seattle from the W. & I. stockyards, while Miss Eva Switzler visited family in Pendleton before departing for her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hesczel
Weston
C. B. Davis
Elma
Alba
Golden Ryle
H. Susman
Boston
Astoria
H .Walters
Ellensburg
Oregon
Holly van Dusen
Grande Ronde
H. L. Pittock
The
Portland Oregonian
Washington
B. EB. Perkins
Washington D. C
Pendleton
Perkins
Umatilla Indian Reserve
Government Pension Bureau
S. A
Cameron
Great Britain
Manuel Almeda
Portugal
L. W. Chulhan
Biote
St. George
John Luks
Stewart Creek
Pilot Rock
Iain
Mable Nye
Seattle
Eva Switzler
Walla Walla
Mabe Aye
Jett
Dewey Hand
Portland
Hand
Trade from the interior feeds Pendleton base
W C Chapman and L G Watterbury headed home from Pendleton with two four horse wagon loads of groceries from Younger & Son and Boston Star dry goods. The shipments total near $1000 and show Pendleton benefiting from interior trade as far as 200 miles away. Earlier Younger & Son supplied Burns with $200 in groceries. Daily, Pendleton merchants send multiple four horse loads inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
W. C. Chapman
L. G. Watterbury
Susanville
Younger & Son
Boston Star
Burns
Notice to all debtors of B L Smith
Persons knowing themselves in debt to me must settle by October 10. If not paid, accounts and notes will be placed in the hands of an attorney with instructions to collect. B L Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Smith
Sailor boarding houses and sea slavery exposed
An East Oregonian report details brutal sailor boarding house keepers who shanghai strangers, drug and bind victims, force long voyages, place slaves in irons, and mistreat crews. It brands boardinghouses as a chief modern evil, likening mutinies to protests by galley slaves and urging harsh punishment for exploiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Smith
Portland
East Oregonian
Shanghai
Meath
Fragmentary Rhetoric on Renown and Sailor Power
The fragment discusses a hypothetical retreat of a figure named frin and warns that returning without ambition would make him an easy victim to sailors and their keepers, portraying them as masters of vessels and henchmen in a harsh maritime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frin
Howe Keepers
Vousels
Apple-shooting act ends in barber’s death
An inquest in Cold Harbor Springs found that John Volkman, a barber, was accidentally shot and killed during a traveling medicine show on October 28. Charles Melnit, who performed the apple-shot act, fired from about 20 feet. a third shot struck Volkman in the forehead, killing him within an hour. Melnit was arrested for manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cold Harbor Springs
John Volkman
Thes- Plan Hall
Charles Melnit
Medicine Show
Melnit
Vorkman
Volkman
Mennit
WANTS DIVORCE FILED BY CHARLES W FINDLEY
Charles W Findley sues Jennie A Findley for divorce alleging they wed in Michigan in July 1901 and soon moved to Oregon arriving in Umatilla county a day after. He says she left after three months, bought a Chicago ticket without his knowledge and has been unlocatable since. He describes their marriage as loving and affectionate and names Will M Peterson as his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Findley
Jennie A. Findley
Michigan
Oregon
Umatilla County
Chicago
Will M. Peterson
Pendleton Town Team Prepares to Challenge High School
A town body of boys forms a standalone football team not tied to the school. Players include Karl Borie Mark Moorhouse Wl Hessian Berkley Halley Lee Drake James Myrick Frank Downey Tom Milarkey Sol Baum Ralph Coon Ross Carney Clarence Penland and Harry Taylor. They practice hard and plan a game against the high school soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Pendleton
Karl Borie
Mark Moorhouse
Wl Hessian
Berkley Halley
Lee Drake
James Myrick
Frank Downey
Tom Milarkey
Sol Baum
Ralph Coon
Ross Carney
Clarence Penland
Harry Taylor
Husky
Hardware man to build brick warehouse extension
Another Brick Building, T. C. Taylor, the hardware man, is tearing down the old wooden warehouse behind his store. Masons have begun laying the foundation for a brick warehouse that will extend to Garden Street and connect with the rear of the current store. The new building will measure 650 by 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Taylor
Garden Street
Roesch Plans New 60 Barrel Brewery Plant on Court Street
300000 brewery expansion announced by Mr Roesch to build a new brick plant on Court Street east of the Roesch saloon site. The two story facility will house ice and beer making machinery valued at about 2500 and 7000 respectively with total project cost near 30000. Capacity set at 60 barrels daily and 15 tons daily output expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roesch
Court Street
Pendleton
Roesch Brewery
Howard
Fee
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Skin Salvation
An old promotional notice touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions blotches sores and pimples claiming it makes the face glow and can clear eczema salt rheum sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles. Available for 25 cents at Tallman & Co.'s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bucklen
Tallman & Co
Laxative Hremeo Quinine Promises Cold Cure in One Day
Advert: to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Hremeo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature appears on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Bsc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dindinger, Wilson & Company
W. R. Garret
Hal
W. F. Bennett
Pilot Bock
RK. B. Brown
J. M. Garrison
Forest Grove
ER. L. McLaughlin
Summerville
M. Peterson
Lloga
Chris Lempke
W. H. Babb
Charles Mathews Ie
L. A. Clarke
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hans Sitruve
Newt Cooper
W. P
Kihorn
Starbuck
A. B. Noble
Maple Bros
We Mountains
Cold Spring
Frank Blair
Dry Geeds
Lee Teutech
J. A. Best
Alfred Wright
Madame Butterfly
Station
West
Alta Street
West Webb St
Earnhards
Cordovan
Wrinki
Owl
Camas Prairie
Fe Jeton
E. T. Wil
ST. Joe Stor
Lyons Mergan
Carrier Mills
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!