Invitations to district fair attract cautious replies from leaders
Secretary FitzGerald reports courteous regrets from President Roosevelt and W J Bryan about attending the district fair. Roosevelt cites inability to attend from Oyster Bay September 3 1908. Bryan via Charles W Bryan cites heavy campaign demands from Lincoln September 1 1908. Taft has not yet replied. organizers promise a strong speaker lineup during the fair week.
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Fitz Gerald
Oyster Bay
Charley
Taft
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
W. HE. Taft
Medernach Opens Moving Picture Theater In Pendleton
J P Medernach pioneer resident has fitted up the former Mint saloon storefront on Main Street as a two story brick building and transformed it into a moving picture theater. He has spent the past week remodeling and painting the space ready for tonight’s opening.
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J.P. Medernach
Pendleton
Mint Saloon
Moving Picture Theater Ag
Northwest
New Show Opens Tonight with New Pictures and Songs
The act announces readiness for the grand opening tonight featuring all new pictures and songs. Johnson's orchestra will perform evenings, and a Powers Cameragraph machine heads the equipment stack. A double lamp dissolving picture unit and a separate border projector accompany the curtain. A suxelophone will deliver illustrated songs in clear, human-voiced tone.
Guarding Against Fires by Clarence Kearney Special Officer
Clarence Kearney, former night policeman, now serves as a special officer inspecting business and residence areas for rubbish piles. He warns owners to remove burnable rubbish and notes several dangerous piles near buildings. Police see recent fires as reason for the precautionary measure.
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Clarence Kearney
Teachers Contracts Filed For Opening Of Schools
The county superintendent's office reports new teacher contracts as schools prepare to start. Daltsy McIntyre will teach three months in district 15 at $55 monthly, Winnifred Duff nine months in district 31 at $50, Nelile M. Monkman nine months in district 14 at $70, Bertha M. Randall nine months in district 14 at $86, Anice Barnes six months in district 66 at $55, Margaret E. Winnifield nine months in district 6 at $79, Edna Rothbey eight months in district 9 at $60 per month.
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Daltsy McIntyre
Winnifred Duff
Nelile M. Monkman
Bertha M. Randall
Anicé Barnes
Margaret E. Winnifield
Edna Rothbey
Anderson in Trouble Again After Poker Raid
Kansas City news notes Charles W. Anderson once pardoned by President Roosevelt is missing as a gambling case is called. He was arrested Saturday in a poker raid but claimed the game was friendly. Convicted felon once, he fled federal prison, lived under a reformed life with a grocery store, marriage, and seven years of anonymity before a former inmate identified him.
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John Kelliher
California
Gurdane
Kelliher
San Jose
Spokane
Kansas City
Charles W. Anderson
Jean Val Jean
Roosevelt
Anderson
School Supt Welles Heads State Meeting in Salem
Frank K. Welles county school superintendent travels to Salem for a state meeting of county superintendents required by law. The session will likely occupy the rest of the week. Ernest Ruppe will oversee the wood business recently bought by Aen Burroughs from Henry Lantzer for a week or more. Burroughs will take charge once relieved at Pendleton Lumber Company.
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Frank K. Welles
Salem
State
Ernest Ruppe
Aen Burroughs
Henry Lantzer
Burroughs
Pendleton Lumber Company
J Mitchell New Theater Manager Visits Oregon City
J Mitchell genial and versatile new manager of the Oregon theater was here briefly today. He departed on the 12:30 Spokane train but plans to return to the city Friday.
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C, J. Mitchell
Oregon Theater
Spokane
Parish Aid Society to Meet Tomorrow at 2
The Parish Aid society of the Church of the Redeemer will meet at Mrs. Leo Moorhouse's home tomorrow at 2 o'clock sharp. Denver engineers from Atlantic to Pacific attend the annual exhibition and convention of the National Association of Stationary Engineers. A reception is planned this evening with sessions and tours of Colorado's scenic wonders on subsequent days. The ladies auxiliary also convenes at Albany hotel.
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Leo Moorhouse
Denver
Colo
Rept
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Pacific
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Colorado
Albany Hotel
Pendleton dairy ordinance details and penalties
The document outlines dairy sale rules for Pendleton including udder sanitation, milk handling, and milk storage standards. It bans sale from diseased households, requires isolation permits for ill handlers, mandates tuberculin testing of cows, and sets fines and jail terms for violations. The piece also notes a Seattle county political contest and a Pueblo convention opening with state Senate nominees to be named.
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City of
Pendleton
City Recorder
Primary nominations under new state primary law
Springfield and Jefferson City report broad party activity as state conventions advance under the new primary law. Delegates from each party gather to adopt platforms nominate presidential electors and university trustees, with key races including Cowherd vs Hadley for the Democratic and Republican nods, and the Stone Folk Senate contest. In Seattle, Ankeny, Mead, Cosgrove seek endorsement amid varied interest and indications of rebuked ring politics in the wide primary.
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Springfield
Jefferson City
Missouri
Cowherd
Hadley
Seattle
Ankeny
Mead
Samuel Cosgrove
Gompers Plans Nationwide Campaign Tour Work
Chicago reports a labor leaders conference adopts a plan to have Samuel Gompers stump the country. The plan includes distributing literature favoring the democrats through labor circles. Democratic leaders are relieved by state chairman reports as Bryan plans campaign events tomorrow in Peoria Illinois.
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Chicago
Gompers
Ture
Bryan
Kern
Peoria
Fatal Motorcycle Crash At Coronado Race Track
San Diego Sept 8 A young motorcyclist O Taylor lies between life and death in a local hospital after a race crash on the Coronado track. He lost control near the finish of a five mile event, crashed into a fence and was hurled ninety feet. His skull was fractured and his face severely lacerated.
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San Diego
Cal
O. Taylor
Terday
Coronado
Investors Fever Grips Constantinople for Turkish Stakes
Foreign capitalists rush to Constantinople as Europe views Turkey as a new frontier for safe investments. The note promises potential enormous returns amid toehold on a land long deemed underdeveloped. Read the Hast Oregonian.
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Constantinople
Europe
Beavers Sweep Leaders In Portland Fall Shower Battle
In Portland Oregon on September 7 the Beavers defeated leaders amid showers. Nagle struggled as Loe Angeles and Portland exchanged hits. Also noted are Pacific Coast and Northwestern League items with Seattle Vancouver Aberdeen rain postponement and millinery ad.
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Portland
Ore
Beavers
Nagle
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