Local notices and ads mix in Oregon City brief
Fresh oysters at Hohbachs and Bond Bros offer fall salt options. Minnis handles dry wood, hay, paste, and wood for sale with ample stock. Bond Bros promotes Benjamin clothes. Unfurnished rooms for rent at East Oregonian office. Cottage for rent with bath and electric lights at 100 Bluff Street. Stansbery and Mline offer prompt transfer services. Hiawatha hair tonic promises hair growth with a $100 guarantee, sold by Tallman & Co.
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Hohbach's
Bond Bros
Minnis
Paul Schneider
Nolin
Oregon
Benjamin
East Oregonian
Bluff Street
Stansbery & Mline
Bennett suit arrives as Campbell Millinery sale looms
Notice notes a Benjamin size suit and a forthcoming sale starting Wednesday at Campbell Millinery. A Lost Leather bill folder with a small indexed account book was left at this office.
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Benjamin
Bond Bree
Campbell Millinery
Definition and irony in a lecture anecdote
A lecturer cites a woman praising her husband as a model, while an Irishman riffs that model means a imitation real thing. He adds a quip on worldviews, defining the world as saying what you think the next day.
Daniel Webster on Contingency Fees Expression
The note shows Daniel Webster declining to take a case for a contingent fee. He says he does not desire professional employment, and though he sometimes engages in matters, he never does so on contingencies. This would make him a mere party to a lawsuit.
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Daniel Webster
Johnny's Plot Fails as Measles Reach Family
A Boston Transcript item notes public concern as a teacher warns Johnny to go home and stay away until his sister recovers from measles. Freddy Brown reports the sister is staying with their Aunt in Chicago.
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Johnny
Johnny Jones
Freddy Brown
Pflease
Chicago
Boston Transcript
Doctor's quip about deafness and age causes pause
A Houston Post quip presents a doctor who jokes that a wife’s hearing loss is due to aging. The exchange prompts reflection on aging and health.
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Houston Post
Quotes on fortune and merit from Swift
A concise reflection notes that fortune is acknowledged by the miserable while the happy attribute success to prudence and merit, highlighting a view on how people assign cause to luck versus ability. The aphorism contrasts sorrow with self credit in achievement.
From cattle to sheep in Sweetwater county expansion
A Salt Lake backed group led by John C. Mackey plans converting southern Sweetwater county from cattle to a winter sheep range. They have bought land from Richard Sung to Phil Mass with hundreds of acres of timber grazing and meadow, often including livestock, and will invite Mormon colonists to settle, cultivate, and herd with monthly pay.
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Sweetwater County
Henry's Fork
Rock Springs
Salt Lake
John C. Mackey
Richard Sung
Phil Mass
Balancing on a Log: A Day’s Work by a River Logger
A vivid description from Wide World Magazine of a logger who must stand on a rotating half submerged log, keeping balance as he guides other logs downstream with a pike pole and chain booms, all while numb fingers endure the cold.
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Wide World Magazine
Immune. Boreham’s attempted story story thwarted
A Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a character declaring immunity after having already told Boreham a story he plans to force on others. The exchange captures a tense moment where one speaker asserts protection from Boreham's intrusion.
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Boreham
Cleveland
Signs by Charles Lane and Son Expert Sign Writer
A brief notice from the Philadelphia Press remarks on signs and a hired expert sign writer. The ad hints that Charles Lane & Son employ skilled sign artists for creating signs.
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Charles Lane & Son
Help Wanted and Good Suit Ads at Local Shops
Help wanted for ladies clothes at Robinson's Domestic Laundry. Bond Bros. offers a good suit for every man in Tmatilla county with local shop emphasis and sales appeal.
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Robinson
Bond Bros
Tmatilla County
Numerous Visitors and Travelers Stop in Local City
A long list of people including Mr. and Mrs. G. J. La Dow, E. R. Ferguson, James Johns, Clay Branstetter, J. E. Taylor, J. T. Hinkle, Will Switzler, Herbert Manasasco, W. A. Hunt, Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Vaughan, Mina Tella Kuebler, W. J. Furnich, E. G. Marquis, H. B. Gillette, Mrs. F. J. Moule, G. W. Knight, R. Alexander, J. H. Wallace, Edward Burke, Rev. Levi Johnson, C. H. Carter, O. P. Morton, J. F. McNaught, Mrs. T. T. Geer, Conductor W. H. Kelsay, and others were recorded as visitors or travelers in the city or nearby areas, with brief trips to Portland, Hermiston, Meacham, La Grande, and Seattle noted.
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G. J. la Dow
Echo
E.R. Ferguson
la Grande
James Johns
Walla Walla
Clay Branstetter
J. E. Taylor
J. T. Hinkle
Will Switzler
Umatilla
Herbert Manasasco
Athena
F. J. Moule
Hermiston
Teachers’ Institute
G. W. Knight
Portland
R. Alexander
J. H. Wallace
Edward Burke
Hermiston Realty Company
Levi Johnson
Meachim
C. H. Carter
O. P. Morton
J. F. McNaught
T. T. Geer
Salem
W. H. Kelsay
Portland-Pendleton
Gerald Tuttle
Seattle
Norbourne Berkeley
Granite
Walter Pierce
E. L. McBroom
Golden Rule Hotel
Ritter
Golden Rule
Horace Jones
Land Office Department
J. H. Alexander
Elks Lodge to Initiate Candidate at Eagle Hall
Pendleton lodge No. 288 B P Elks announces a special meeting at Eagle's hall tonight at 7 30 for an initiation. All Elks urged to attend and witness the merry chase on the green pasture. Also ad for a 10 room modern house for rent on the north side two blocks from the bridge. Inquire Bowman photo studio.
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Pendleton Lodge
B. P
Elks
Eagies’ Hall
Bridge
Enquire Bowman Photo Studio
Perfect Womanhood and the Menace to Happiness
The article warns that suffering from feminine organ ailments undermines a woman’s happiness and marriage. It urges women to act quickly if fatigue, dark circles, backache, headaches, or irregularities appear, recommending a tonic to build up the system.
The Bell That Was Not A Fire Alarm
A New Hampshire hotel guest uses a water pitcher as a bell and mislabels her fire alarm, prompting the bell boy to reveal the room bell. The anecdote ends with playful misunderstanding about bells and fire alarms. Also notes Hickory Bark Cough Remedy from Western Pennsylvania Dunkard grandmothers, sold by Pendleton Drug Co.
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New Hampshire
Washington Star
Pennsylvania
Pendleton Drug Co
The First Fly Fisher Becomes An American Tradition
The article traces early artificial flies spun to imitate insects feeding trout and explains why feathers and red hackle were chosen. It notes the hobby’s growth to around 2,000 fly patterns today, with salmon flies, bass and trout lures, and color contrasts like pea cock hair and red wool remaining popular.
Nineteen striking operators return to Chicago work
Nineteen striking operators resumed work in Chicago yesterday, ending a brief walkout that affected local operations. The move restores normal service as workers resume duties after a stoppage.
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Chicago
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Monster Bargain Basement Sale
Teutsch's
Dep't
Hiawatha
Tts
Hiawatha Hall Tonic Co
Tallman & Co
China
United States
Louis Hunziker
Jeweler and
Optitian
Main St
Japan
Ise
Kochi
Koeppens
Philadelphia Press
W. A. Hunt
City
Hotel
Mrs
E. A. Vaughan
A. A. Roberts
Mina Tella Kuebler
Heppner
W. J. Furnich
Bingham Springs
E. G. Marquis
Adama
H. B. Gillette
F. L. Smith
Eugene
A. H. Sunderman
Jack Watson
The
Peoples Warehouse
Lee Moorhouse
Bert Huffman
Ta Grande
George D. O'Conner
Northern Pacific
Bakery City
Huntington
W. H. McCormmack
Coon and Willams
E. B. Aldrich
Vancouver
Wash
Knights of Pythias
Ida Hamblen
Order
America
0. M. Castleman
Everett Castleman
Mr. Castleman
Pullman
F. l. By
Coenhall
Norma
Frankle
Coykendall
Denver
Lydia E. Pinkham
Petaluma
Calif
Anton Nolte
Pendleton
Vanden” Sale
Pendleton Cloak & Suit House
Northern Pacific Railway
W. Adams
A. D. Chariton,a. G. P. As
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