A Innocent Widow Opens Season at Local Theater
The Oregon theater opened last evening with Mss Courtenay Morgan in the Innocent Widow as the first night attraction. Work on interior improvements continues. a formal reopening is set for September 23. The stage and curtain wowed guests, with new scenery and parlor sets enhancing the venue. Several famed riders and ropers, including Lee Caldwell and Ella Lazinka, are en route for the upcoming Round-Up carnival.
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Mss Courtenay Morgan
Oregon Theater
Lee Caldwell
George Fletcher
Clarence Adams
Ella Lazinka
Cowpunchers Arrive Round-Up Entry List Grows
Entry lists expand as famous riders prepare for the round up event with noted names including Van quished by Blue Blazes Glen Cox also known as Fergie Professor McCoy Jasper McCarty Sid State Walter Colorado Ben Corbett and Charles Rhinehart among others in the rodeo showcase.
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Yin
Glen Cox
Fergie
McCoy
Jasper McCarty
Sid State
Walter Colorado
Ben Corbett
Charles Rhinehart
Wyoming
Russian Princess Weds Cornet in Horse Guards Troop
Princess Tatana Constantinayva, daughter of Grand Duke Constantine, wed Prince Constantine Bagration-Mukh ransky, a cornet in the Horse Guards, with the emperors blessing the ceremony in St. Petersburg. A Duma bill proposes 200000 dollars for Prince R Bagration-Mukhransky tied to unliquidated claims against the Russian treasury. An imperial ukase allowed most nongrand ducal royals to marry outside their house.
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Constantine
Czar Biesses
St. Petersburg
Tatana Constantinayva
Constantine Constantinovitch
Constantine Bagration-Mukhransky
Horse Guards
Duma
R Bagration-Mukhransky
Ruling Ends Display of Loaded Guns in Courtroom
West Chester Pa Judge William Butler Jr rules that in cases of concealed weapons the loaded weapon need not be shown to juries. Instead sworn officer testimony will describe its condition. The district attorney is directed to tell officers not to bring loaded firearms into court.
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West Chester
William Butler, Jr
Chester County
Jade Hatter
Butler
Accident saves lives at Wisconsin sawmill
In Couderay Wisconsin Ira and John Seham aged 12 and 11 escaped death when an inexperienced sawmill operator lost control of a log carriage at Bekkejal Lumber Eddy Creek mill. The carriage sped back and forth and the piston head blew out, wrecking the carriage but saving the boys. The mill will be shut a week for repairs.
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Couderay
Ira
John Seham
Bekkejal Lumber Company
Eddy Creek
Sretant
Attention Modern Woodmen Dues Notice From Clerk
Dues payment request directed to members of Modern Woodmen of America. Clerk ELDER lists address 129 faat Court, WE, urging timely settlement of obligations.
Marriage License Issued to James Carroll and Kate Duncan
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports a marriage license was issued Saturday afternoon to James D. Carroll and Kate Duncan, both residents of the city. Mrs Cranston is injured suffering a sprain. she remains homebound from an ankle injury sustained two weeks ago. Kupers & McCook sold a 60 horsepower Altmin Taylor gasoline engine to Pen Nell, a Wild Horse rancher, to replace horses. Round-Up room solicitors are to meet at the Commercial club rooms tonight at o'clock to receive pay from the accommodations committee. M B Marcell, a panorama picture maker, is in town to operate a machine for Round-Up events and displays Astoria centennial pictures, including a six-foot-long image with each person clearly shown.
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Kupers & McCook
Pen Nell
Altmin & Taylor
Commercial Club
Panorama Picture
M. B. Marcell
Astoria
Arnold's Carnival Arrives with Twelve Attractions on Rail Road
Arnold's carnival opened in the city this morning on Railroad Street with twelve tented attractions along with a ferris wheel and a merry-go-round. Free attractions include balloon ascensions and other features drawing crowds to the bustling midway.
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Arnold
Railroad Street
Tucker divorce suit filed over cruel treatment
Cora Belle Tucker sues Frank C. Tucker for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment alleging their 1897 marriage produced two children. She seeks custody of the children, $20 alimony and trial costs. Peterson & Wilson represent her.
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Cora Belle Tucker
Frank C. Tucker
Peterson & Wilson
George Gillette Returns to Local Victoria Office
George Gillette, who recently re signed from the Western Union local office to manage the Victoria outpost, has returned from the far city and will not return. He was dissatisfied with conditions there and, offered other good positions, chose not to remain in the Canadian city. He will stay here during the week and decide his final location after the Round-up.
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George Gillette
Western Union
Victoria
Peniion
Police Court Debtors and Drunks in City Hustle
In Police Court John Halley Jr acting as secretary for the absent judge handled cases. Offenders included Ike Purr and John Wallatee, Indians, who forfeited a five dollar bail for drunkenness. W Howard and Fred Long were declared vagrants and ordered to leave within thirty minutes under threat of ten days in jail. Charles Scitgier received six days for drunkenness, and Christy Macésthetta had a ten dollar bail forfeited for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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John Halley, Jr
Jadee
Pity Gerald
Feir
His
Huey
Ike Purr
John Wallatee
W. Howard
Fred Long
Charles Scitgier
Hastile
Macésthetta
Mrs Silhaugh Speaks On Purity And Civic Righteousness
Mrs. Silhaugh of Seattle spoke twice in Pendleton on Wednesday on purity and civic righteousness, touring the state by order of the W C T U president. Her talks required personal sacrifice but inspired local W C T U members and boosted membership. She plans to return in October to organize a youths branch of the union.
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Silhaugh
Pendleton
Jackson Silhaagh
Seattle
Spokane Merchants Plan Tour Through Inland Empire
Spokane Merchants set an annual junket stopping in Milton for an hour and Athena for forty minutes before Pendleton. Leaving Walla Walla at 30 dollars, they travel to round up events with a 11 14 hour Pendleton stay, then depart at midnight.
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Spokane
Athena
Pendleton
Park
Chief Gardane Bucking Horse Stunt Tops Local Pageant
Chief Gardane of Police attempted a cowboy display this morning riding a horse borrowed to patrol better. The animal balked at a wagon and bucked, tossing the chief, tearing his hat and gear, while cheers from hundreds echoed the mishap.
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Gardane
Tom Gardane
Local Pastor Denounces Astor and Lambert in Sermon
Rev Franka Milnes, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, harshly denounces Rev Joseph Lambert of Elmwood Congregational church who performed the Astor Porcenu wedding ceremony. Milnes calls the marriage illegitimate and accuses Lambert of betraying decorum and core Republican principles amid Astor’s social circle. He questions John Jacob Astor’s regard for public opinion and moral standards.
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Franka Milnes
Presbyterian Church
Joseph Lambert
Elmwood
Astor-Porce
John Jacob Astor
Opening of District Festive Week in Pendleton
Festive week kicks off with local leaders in charge of the event at La-ka-ka-hats and a pavilion filled with booths from Pendleton Auto, Buckeye Extract, Alexander Department Store, St. Josephs Academy, Pendleton High, Pacific Light & Power, and other state participants. Tomorrow is Educational Day with programs arranged by City Superintendent Lanters and County Superintendent Welles including band, choir, and addresses by Rev. Milnes, Lt. Mursteene, and others.
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Pendleton Auto Company
Buckeye Extract Company
Alexander Department Store
St. Josephs Academy
Pendleton High School
Pacific Light & Power Company
Delta
Pendleton Betting
Alex Manning
Lanters
Welles
MuBle
Frank J. Milnes
R. Alderman Mursteene
Hop Tickers Strike Over Wage Demands in Chehalis
Chehalis Washington September 11 war mood spreads in hop fields as pickers protest wages. Pincus 500 pickers demand raise from one dollar to one and a half. Pincus orders them from his houses and calls sheriff to oust them. At Claber's Reich 700 pickers join similar demand.
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Chehalis
Wash
Sane Pincus
Dobson
Pincus
Claber
Reich
Battle in Sheng Tu Sze Chuan Prov Ends in Riots
Reported clash between indigenous natives and Sheng Tu Sze Cheng Tu residents leaves over twenty rioters and several soldiers dead. American women and children have evacuated Cheng Tu under escort as details reach the state department.
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Washington
Sheng Tu Sze Chuan
State Department
Cheng Tu
Royalists Gather in Orense to Attack Lisbon
Lisbon dispatch reports royalists assembling at Orense plan to march on Lisbon as soon as a $2.5 million loan arrives from Brazil and England. They hire 5,000 armed men, heavy artillery and bomb-dropping aircraft for the proposed assault while the republicans mass 22,000 troops to defend Portugal.
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Lisbon
Brazil
England
Orense
Repubic
Portugal
Molasses Tank Fire Terrifies New Orleans District
A five million gallon molasses tank burned in the commercial district in New Orleans at noon today. The flood reached about fifteen feet, forcing scores of people to climb poles to escape the rising syrup. Casualties and injuries reported as responders battled the blaze.
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New Orleans
Astors in New York Yacht Anchored Voyage Ends Secret
In New York on September 11 Colonel Astor and his bride left their yacht anchored in the North River last night. They have not been seen since and are not yet expected to return to Newport.
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Astors
New York
Colonel Astor
North River
Newport
Notice to Public About Thursday Delivery Change
Notice to public states delivery will be restricted Thursday afternoon to allow Round-Up helpers access. Stokes General Delivery will not handle deliveries that day. PENLAND Bros. appears as the business related to the notice.
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Stookes
Bids for Submarines Under Eight-Hour Law
Navy department opened bids for four submarine torpedo boats from Lake Torpedo Boat of Bridgeport Connecticut and Electric Boat of New York. Lake bid 416000 to 445000 dollars per boat, Electric Boat 481000 to 498000 dollars per boat, with additional estimates for one two or three boats under various types and tonnages. Awards will take weeks after review.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Bridgeport
Tallow Candles and Tyler’s Confederate Death
Tallow candles replaced wood splinters for lighting in 1290 while Tyler, a member of the Confederate States Congress, died.
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Tyler
Confederate States Congres
Official Report on Prussia Yields Predicts Doom
Berlin reports grim Prussian crop conditions with drought and pests devastating staples. Potatoes and sugar beets are poor, fodder crops fail, cattle sales rise as owners fear winter without feed. Pasturage erodes, winter crops stalled, soil baked and plowing nearly impossible.
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Prussian
Berlin
Prussia
Reward for Strayed Brown Mare Mule from Oregon Ranch
Ten dollars reward offered for a brown mare mule about 500 pounds missing since June 1 from W. W. Harrah’s ranch in Fendleton Oregon. Branded GT on left shoulder. Reward for return or information leading to recovery.
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W. W. Harrah
Fendleton
Ore
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Cornet
HORSE
Pendleton Dye Works
Phone Main
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Lota
Mark Moorhouse CO
E. Court Street
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Satchy
James D. Carroll
Kate Duncan
Armold
Rogers Guaranteed
Pune
Femeries Cab
Gerry Spoons
Clark’s Grocery
Main Street
Raps
Astor
Lambert
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Portuges
Penland Bros
Pitiness Buoton Store
Kryptok and Teric
Dale Rothwell
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Kes
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