City Brevities From Ingrams and Area Vendors
Local listings show Ingrams offering dry wood crockery and kitchenware. Minnis stocks groceries and seeds. Oregon Lumber Yard promotes fence prices and Cascade fir wood. Hardware firms Goodman and Stansberry advertise ranges, hog and bar fences, with vacant rooms for rent and staffing pleas. Fresh fruit and produce from Ingram's grocery, formerly Demott's, plus produce from East Oregonian office rental inquiry and general transfer services noted.
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Oregon Lumber Yard
Goodman Hardware Co
Minnis
Ingram
Gble
Peoplea
Goodman Hardware ‘Co
Labor Day Proclamation by Governor Chamberlain
Oregon Governor George E Chamberlain proclaims Monday September 7 1908 as Labor Day in the state urging public offices to close and private business to suspend observance to honor labor and its role in national life. Signed at the capitol Salem August list day, 190%. Secretary of State B F J Benson also signs.
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George E. Chamberlain
State of
Oregon
Ingram's Grocery Offers String Beans and Lettuce
String beans beets sweet potatoes and lettuce advertised at Ingram's grocery, formerly Demott's, signaling a local produce sale or stock update with familiar store history.
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Ingram’s Grocery
Demott’s
Dances Planned For Fair Week By Armory Committee
During fair week Dances by Company L will be held in the armory to aid in promoting enjoyment for locals and visitors. Johnson's orchestra will play, with Cor poral Tracy Baker chairing a dances committee. A Ta coma item notes Judge Reid ruled the clubs must stop liquor sales or pay a yearly license of 1000 dollars. Clubs affected include Union University Commercial Country and Elks Lodge.
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Tracy Baker
Johnson
Says & Tacoma Item
Reid
Union Club
University Club
Commercial Club
Country Club
The
Elks Lidge
Dats
Local Visitors and Residents Shifting in Hermiston Area
J P McBachemon visits from Helix while Mr and Mrs C L Morgan travel from Hermiston. Echo lawyer J F Shelton arrives from there with Dr Ring, animal industry inspector, on train No 1. Hermiston attorney Rh Johnson attends today, and Dr W R Blankenship of Ukiah visits. Attorney 8 F Wilson of Athena returns from North Carolina trip. E W Dooley, North Yakima stockbuyer, surveys county market. Mrs August Stangier, burned out home resident, now lodging in Dan Bowman house.
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Dr. Ring
Bureau of Animal Industry
F. Wilson
Athena
North Carolina
E. W. Dooley
North
Yakima
August Stangier
Dan Bowman
Dorsey Young Nuptials Pendleton Bride Marries Rail Man
Miss Nelson Lea Dorsey wed Mr. John Hedrick Young at 10 AM in Pendleton with Rev. Ralph Storey officiating. The ceremony featured a wedding bell bower and a luncheon for about 20 guests. The couple, residents of Pendleton, will honeymoon through the West and Bowie, Texas, before settling October 1.
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Nelson Lea Dorsey
John Hedrick Young
L. N. Johnson
Lincoln Street
Ralph EB. Storey
Bapist Church
Quindera Wilcox
Mendelesohn
Flora Stevens
Frank Dorsey
Lloyd Montgomery
Lilbie Johnson
Edna Hogue
Ina Adams
Portland
Young
Bowie
Texas
Briile
Call for Fire Hydrants in East End Community
Residents of the extreme east end lament lack of fire protection with Lewls street’s last hydrant at Long and Lewla streets and no external coverage beyond. The east end school has only interior and ground hydrants while fires have been frequent locally. J F P Carroll appeals to the water board to install a nearby fire plug by the school.
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Lewls Street
Long
Lewla Streets
East End
J. FP. Carrol
Water Board
Wilt Fight Order of Railroad Commission
Officials of the Portland Railway Light and Power oppose a six cent fare between Milwaukee and Portland. The railroad commission had decided that six cents suffices for passage between the two cities, a stance debated since Milwaukee residents raised the issue.
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OF Railroad Commission
Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Milwaukie
Portland
People of
Milwaukee
Railroad Commission
Milwaukie Court Case Heads to Supreme Court
The circuit court sided with the commission in a dispute involving Milwaukie and a transit company. The company has appealed to the state supreme court, while locals prepare figures and funds for the legal fight. If the court rules for the city, refunds may total about 1500 dollars to Portland Milwaukie passengers.
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Supreme Court
Milwaukie
Rnto
Portland
Fire destroys Peters & Roberts Furniture plant in Portland
A Portland fire at Peters & Roberts Furniture Co. on Front and Davis streets destroyed the factory and wholesale department, with an estimated loss of 45,000 and insurance of 66,000. Fire originated in the shipping room, spread rapidly, and the fireboat aided efforts for three hours. President J. C. Roberts put stock at 60,000 with 40,000 insured, declaring a total loss. Nearby, Petaluma, California, shipped a record 14,609 cases of fresh eggs for Alaska aboard the Gold, valued over 16,000 and produced by Dodge Sweeney & Co.
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Portland
Peters & Roberts Furniture Company
Davis Streets
Davis Street
Rupert
J. C. Roberts
Petaluma
Cal
Alaska
Dodge, Sweeney & Co
San Francisco
North
Vessels Transiting Suez in 1907 by Nation and Total Tonnage
The record shows nine American ships totaling 12 527 tons and 2651 British ships at 9 495 868 tons, 580 German ships at 2 253 651 tons, 239 French ships at 606 786 tons, 223 Dutch ships at 682 089 tons, 67 Japanese ships at 259 059 tons, 1 Russian at 259 950 tons, and 86 Italian ships at 202 112 tons. The yearly total reached 4 267 vessels and 14 728 484 tons, with Suez traffic in 1907 rising by 292 ships and 1 282 4930 tons, almost all British. Also an ad offering four light housekeeping suites at 201 South Malin Street.
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Suex
Coffee supply outlook 1909 to 1912 in Brazil and world
Minister Dudley summarizes a Rio de Janeiro report on coffee for 1909 1912. He explains no new trees planted in Sao Paulo since 1902 and expects output to rise about 6 percent from maturing trees, totaling roughly 10 million bags annually. World consumption has grown from 9.6–10 million to about 17.25 million, with 19 million anticipated by 1912. Projected 1908 09 visible supply stands near 14.9 million bags, with 15.2 million expected production for year ending June 30, 1909 and a possible 12 million bags left by 1910 if demand keeps rising.
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Sao Paulo
Electric tramways and motor lines link Japanese empire towns
A consular note says every notable Japanese city has electric tramcars omnibuses or motor cars and major resorts are connected to capitals by these means. There are eight tramway lines with capital about 18.53 million gold and, with smaller firms and planned operations, total capital exceeds 50 million with 845 miles of track. Massage, shampooing and mani curing offered in Smith Crawford building.
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Bunker Hill School
F. E. Livengood & Co
Teutsch’s Old Stand
Ingrams
Ingram’s For Groceries
Oregon Lumber
East Oregonian
Office
Stansberry & Milne
Goodscan Hardware Co
Bluff Street
W. High Street
Petra
Ingram's Grocery
Demott's
Salem
Chamberlain
Ralem
B. F. J. Benson
Secretary of State
Louis Hunziker
Jewelery and Optician
Malin
Oregonian
Koeppr Pens
J. P. McBachemon
Helix
Mrs. C. L. Morgan
Hermiston
J. F. Shelton
Echo
KR. Johnson
W. R. Blankenship
Ukich
Dorsey
Pendicton Girl
Hawthorne
J. F. Carroll
Suez Canal
South Malin Street
Pendleton Gloak & Suit House
Irving B. Dudley
Petropolis
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Santos
Rilo
Victoria
Bahia
Central America
Colombia
Venezuela
Haiti
West Indies
East Indies
Java
Smith-Crawford Building
Alfred Benjamin
Bond Brothers
Pendleton
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