Pendleton Prepares to Host Visitors with Ample Rooms
Citizens respond with generous room offers as Pendleton canvass shows capacity for up to 1000 guests per night during fair week. Accommodation committee reports nearly all residents willing to host visitors, with system for 2000 sleeping spaces and a parcels check room. Headquarters open Saturday at local business offices for reservations and coordination.
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Asociatin
Pendleton
Almeet Eters
Dan P. Smythe
Ben L. Burroughs
Teutsch & Bicker
Oregonian
For Sale Rubber Tired Buggy and Horses
An ad offers a new rubber tired buggy priced at 150 with harness and a six year old driving horse described as gentle for women or children. Also listed is a one year old mare. Must be sold at once. Inquiries to Crab Creek Lumber Co or call Black 2207.
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Crab Creek Lumber Co
Phone Black
Pendleton News In Brief Grand Jury Progress And Local Happenings
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports no grand jury report yet while witnesses arrive by train. County Court meets in regular session to audit bills. A former cigar dealer, now J E Beam’s bookkeeper, starts at Ben L Burroughs fuel and ice. A few folding beds remain for Round-Up at cost. call Main 106. A reception for Rev. Milnes at Col J H Raley’s home on College Street invites all. High School opens mornings. Principal Hampton will assist college hopefuls 9 to 11 with credentials and report cards.
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J. H. Raley
College Street
Frank J. Milnes
The
Presbyterian Church
Milnes
A. C. Hampton
Centralia and Pendleton Fans Celebrate Berger Hero
Judge FitzGerald dealt four more inebriates before his bar this morning, with one patron sobering more than others. John Doe paid a five dollar bail. George Cummings Dan Mulwolen and Hugh Prunes received three days in hospital. Berger Joe Berger of Centralia shined in Monday’s Chehalis clash, guiding his team to the Whellington State League pennant by two points. He allowed only two hits as fans lifted him on their shoulders after the win.
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FitzGerald
John Doe
George Cummings
Dan Mulwolen
Hugh Prunes
Landslide Alters Hill Slope Near Vincent Street
A small landslide on the north slope at the foot of Vincent street created a thirty foot wide barren strip just below the mill race headgate and deposited several tons of surface wash. No homes were seriously damaged though a backyard was filled with slimy dirt.
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Vincent Street
Littl
Byers
Glob Trotect Back From Alaska Visit
Co Y Daniels arrives home after touring interior Alaska. He criticizes freight rates as unaffordable for most, notes tourists spend little, and observes abundant garden crops yet grain and potatoes struggle due to long days. He doubts the country’s profitability for average residents.
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Glob
Co Y. Daniels
Alaska
Alsaka
Daniela
Chinese Government Aids Suppressed Famine Relief Effort
The Chinese government moves to relieve about 800000 famine victims in the Yangtze valley after devastating floods. Shanghai’s Board of Trade arranges a loan of 500000 dollars, to be contributed to relief for thousands in need.
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Shanghai China
Wufferere
Yang Tee Kiang
Shanghai Board of Trade
Court Protects Old Thief From Man He Had Robbed
In New York a judge scolded former employer William F. Delmage for hassling Jacob Heitz after Heitz served four years of upright living. Delmage was found guilty of disorderly conduct for following and discharging Heitz from two jobs. The magistrate ordered Delmage to stop hounding Heitz and bound him $1000 for six months to enforce the order. Heitz pleaded guilty to stealing $5 worth of meat four years earlier. his sentence was suspended.
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New York
Butts
Jacob Heitz
Heitz
William F. Delmage
Magstrate
Delmage
Heltz
Mitchell and Hammond Marriage in Virginia 1797
The marriage of Alexander Mitchell aged 109 to Jane Hammond aged 16, both residents of Virginia, was published in the December 28, 1797 record. This item notes a union between two named individuals and the state location.
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Alexander Mitchell
Jane Hammond
Virginia
Wolgast Moragn Pictures in City Pendleton Fight Fans
Pendleton fight fans will see Ad Wolgast in action for the first time this city night at the Grand theatre. Keating of Keating and Flood Portland will show Wolgast Moran films and recounts of his fights, including the Moran bout with Johnson. Wolgast is slated to meet Packey McFarland in Milwaukee on September 15.
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Pendleton
Ad Wolgust
Shampion
Grand Theatre
Wolgast-Moragn
T L. C. Keating
Portland
Keating & Flood
Keating
Tommy Burns
Johnson
Wolgast
Moran
Packey McFarland
Milwaukee
Pendleton Sports
Chloroform for Buffalo Horses After Wealthy Master Dies
In Buffalo a pair of carriage horses valued at $800 will be euthanized by the Humane Society. They had ten years of service for the late John Bleechers, a wealthy manufacturer, and were to be disposed of in this humane way as the family no longer needed them. An officer urged others to show similar justice, condemning selling aged animals to peddlers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Humane Society
John Bleechers
Bleechers
The
Marks Trail to Own Body Kills Self Near Spray
In York Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy Earl Lepry killed himself with a shotgun in a thicket on EB Finneh bath farm near Spray after scattering arrow marks and clothing to guide observers to his body He had been reading sensational fiction and left a note saying The chase of my death is trouble Do not think hard of me when you find it out The note appeared after his disappearance yesterday and was found this morning.
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Lad
Self
York
Earl Lepry
EB. P. Finneh
Ind
Earle's renewed marriage linked to Europe voyage
Ferdinand Pinney Earle of affinity fame wed again in Europe with Dorothea Elbert Stewart of Northamptonshire. The couple married by special license in late June and plan a journey through India the Far East and Japan before returning to Earle's country home. They will traverse America visiting the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park.
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Naples
Monroe
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Europe
Dorothea Elbert Stewart
Workingham
Baghind
Iate
Earle
India
Far East
Japan
America
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Park
Parasol Found in Shark Recovered by Lighthouse Crew
Miss Laura Dorr of Saugatuck, Connecticut, claims a silk parasol recovered from the stomach of a large shark caught near Lewes Delaware by the government lightship crew. She says she lost it when a Long Island Sound steamer dropped it overboard in early summer and identified the monogram on the handle.
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Wonma
Long Island Sound
Lewes
Del
Government
Laura Dorr
Saugatuck
Cana
Long Island and Sound
Miss Dorsey
Ay Time Picture Showes Continued From Page Five
A fragmentary item describes suspects called burglars being arrested after a Raspleton incident. The men prove their innocence and exit the courtroom with a reward. A character named Matt Nixey jokes no more detective work. The text hints at comedy and confusion with garbled phrases and a 1000 feet of laughter.
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Raspleton
Matt “Nixey
Jeff
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