Forest fires burn near Pilot Rock in sheep range
Forest fires sweeping the J. N. Burgess sheep range about twenty five miles south of Pilot Rock cause great damage and are not yet under control. The report notes local residents traveling to Pendleton and nearby towns, with social updates and community notices from the Pilot Rock area.
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Pilot Rock
J. N. Burgess
H. A. Casteel
George Carnes
Portland
H. H. McReynolds
Elaie
Pendleton
Earl Woods
Willie Bunyan
Elma Sherman
Jinks Jaques
Carl Beanland
Mervyn
Bruce Gilbert
Memory Orange
Ed Westgate
George Sherman
Paul Gilliland
Arthur Geinger
Glen Harrison
Marvin Roy
Lon Etter
Benson
Burglar in Town Seeks Health Not Wealth
A spoofing ad urges arrest of a “bad cough” burglar in households. It promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for all coughs colds and chest troubles. The pitch lists prices of 265c h0c and 1 per bottle and is issued by A C Koppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
A. C. Koppen & Bros
Radium Spring Found Near Basle in Roman Site
Zurich professor Kohlrausch reports detecting a Roman spring at Romerbad near Zofingen between Basle and Lucerne. He says the waters contain radium and claim the springs are the strongest radium waters in Europe, said to cure gout and rheumatism. Some skeptics quip the springs imply man’s failure to fix the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Kohlrausch
Switzerland
Romerbad
Zofingen
Basle
Lucerne
Europe
Remarkable crawl to feet relief touted by doctors
An old hoax advert claims Mrs Pyockett walked after five years of pain using a supposed remedy. The notice, from Walter Luther Dodge & Co, Chicago, promotes a product named TIZ that supposedly draws out pore clogging exudations and promises cure with a one box price of 2 cents plus mailing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Milton Arrivals and Departures In Milton Oregon
Special Correspondence from Milton Oregon notes W S Mayberry and family have returned from Vale Malheur county and plan to buy property here. J N Stone of the Fruit Growers Union expected home from Sioux City Iowa next week. Mrs F A Sikes leaves for Spokane as a delegate to the annual MEB conference. Miss Ster Neil of Pendleton to teach 3rd and 4th grades in Grove school and reside with Mrs Lee Berry. Various locals visit, move, or travel including A R Patrick leasing room space above Henderson’s, A B McEwen greeting friends, and Merritt Tinker visiting from North Yakima. Walter Henry leaves for Spokane to reside after Musgrove Co. service.
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Milton
Ore
Mayberry
Vale
Malheur County
Richard Mayberry
Yale
J. N. Stone
Fruit Growers’ Union
Sioux City
Iowa
F. A. Sikes
Spokane
Ster Neil
Pendleton
Grove School
Lee Berry
Mesdames
W. EF. Miller
E. McQueen
Garden City
Ballard's Snow Liniment Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement urges protection against accidents with Ballard's Snow Liniment. It touts relief for sprains bruises cuts scalds rheumatism neuralgia bunions and general pains, noting price points of 25c 50c and $1 and listing A G Koeppen & Bros as the sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Koeppen & Bros
Boy’s Toy Causes Lese Majeste in Berlin Suburb
A five year old Schoenberger boy on a balcony imitated the imperial trumpet call, causing a crowd of Berlin residents to salute an absent motor car. An alert lieutenant halted traffic, and a police officer confiscated the toy trumpet as authorities weigh charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herlin
Schoneberg
Berlin
Hugie Blasta
Schoenberger Urchin
Leutenant
Siberia Bars Capital in Oil Lands Fight
An Novee Vremya report questions foreign capital in western Siberia and notes the 1992 law restricts foreigners from acquiring or holding land in the Steppe province and Cossack lands. It records that land is allegedly being transferred to foreigners in defiance of the law and calls for enforcement or revision. There is also concern among Commerce and Finance Ministry officials about foreign company operations on Maikop oil fields in the northern Caucasus.
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Low
Howevr
Petrabure
Novee Vremya Crossen
Siberia
Inez Culumn
Maikop
Caucasus
Resident of Celilo Dies in Hermiston
Special correspondence from Hermiston Oregon notes the death of Mrs F P Hill at W H Starrs home four miles southwest of Hermiston after illness described as the white plague. Body to be taken to Celilo for interment. W L Thompson of Celilo was in Hermiston yesterday. Mrs George Briggs and daughter Eleanor, badly burned July Fourth, are visiting Pendleton. A large party from Erie Pennsylvania, landowners under the project, expected tonight to start improvements on their lands. Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermiston
Ore
W. H. Starr
F. P. Hill
Celilo
Oregon
W. L. Thompson
George Briggs
Elenor
Pendleton
C. i. Morgan
Erie
Hall
Tiall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Druggista
Sunset list of September reads on sale at stands
September Sunset advertises Arizona the 47th Star by Governor Richard E Sloan and Fremont and the Bear Fing War by William Simpson in Sunset for September, now on sale at all news stands for fifteen cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
47Th
Richard E. Sloan
Fremont
William Simpson
Wanted Stubble Field Pasture For 156 Gentle Horses
Person seeks pasture space for 156 gentle horses with straw and water on site. Respond with offerings to W. P. York at Galena P.O., Grant County, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. York
Galena
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