City Brevities Season at the fair and notices
A collage of small notices and classifieds from Pendleton: hotel and lodging ads, furniture for sale, second hand lumber, house rentals near the court house, school supplies offer, book shop free bag with sets, conservatory enrollments, degree of honor meeting, street paving jobs, dairy products pricing, beer and beverage ads, and assorted lost and found items. Also requests for salesmen and printer trainees, and a missing silver item.
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Fraaler's
Conservatory
Pendleton Academy
Koonts Hall
Secret Society Hall
Warren Construction Co
Delta
John Gagen
Eagle Building
Scourge of Canada Thistle Endangers Lewiston Valley Crops
The article warns of invasive Russian and Canadian thistles spreading in Lewiston and West Vineland. It notes rapid growth along river flats, neglected lots, and private tracts, urging urgent joint action by the county board and town council to enforce the law and eradicate the pests before they cause extensive damage to orchard and track growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Teliine
Yolo Eine
Lewiston
Lewleton
Tanda
Board of County Commissionere
Tome Ane
Methodist Women Get Contract for Woodmen Day
The women of the M. E. church will provide the banquet for the Woodmen of the World on Wednesday evening September 26, the Woodmen Day at the fair. This note appears in the Bast Oregonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EB. Church
Personal mentions from a regional city news roundup
A string of brief personal notes covers travelers and locals across Walla Walla La Grande Meacham and Milton. Names include William Yonkaeft Charles Campbell Mre Charles W Myere Hoslie Hicks and Miss Hosie Hicks plus James Bellew and Engineer Bansom. Several items mention trips, arrivals and departures to Portland Spokane Eureka and Meacham with references to relatives and the county fair commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yonkaeft
Tekow
Walla Walla
Hhchow
Durkee
Spokane
Salem Journal Decries Poor Entertainment by League
The Salem Journal complains of treatment of the Ordon Development League meeting in Salem. Prominent state leaders and out of town guests were drawn for social events but found no real chance to discuss matters of vital interest, leaving visitors frustrated and vowing no repeat involvement. Local organizers faced blame for missing genuine engagement and state figures faced a disappointing reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Journal
Salem Journal
Salem
Ordon Development League
State Development League
Joral
Derby
H. B. Thirleen
John H. Scott
J. A. Albert
F. A. Turner
Hotel Willamette
State League
Noel
Manhmer
Anneh Hong
Diilapitoe
Klamath
Coo Bay
Oregon
Oregon towns raise funds through per capita tax
A 10 cent per capita tax on residents aged four to twenty supported local libraries and public entertainments. Counties like Douglas and Klamath reported extra funds from fines or lists, with figures such as $210.69 and $100.71. The commission includes Governor Chamberlain Superintendent Ackerman and others from the Portland Library and state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witwey
Heri
Tiny
Aness
Salen
Ital
Belilwin
Laine Courtly
Douglas
Klamath
Molheur
Tillamook
Goeore Ef, Chamberlain
J. H. Ackerman
J. L.campbell
Mtee
Mary FF. Isom
Portland Nibrary
W. He Ayer
Mise
Cornelia Marvin Ty
Commipeston
Markham's 10 Test Books Nominates Noted Works
Edward Markham lists ten books as the best, naming Maurice Hewlett Richard You and Nay. Joseph Conrad Lord Jim. Robert Hitchens The Garden of Allah. Edith Wharton The House of Mirth. May Sinclair The Divine Fire. Upton Sinclair The Jungle. Jack London The Sea Wolf. Stewart Edward White The Blazed Trail. Dexter The Breath of the Gale. Frank Norris The Octopus. Portland public school enrollment reaches 14,410 with projections to 16,000 by Oct 1. For Rent Six room furnished house inquire H F Johnson phone black 2142.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Markham
Bucreese
Maaurice Hewlett
Richard You
England
Edith Wharton
May Sinclair
Vypton Sinclair
Jack London
hi—Stewart
Edward White
Great Northwest
Dexter
Japan
Frank Norris
William Collier Opens The Quilt In Pendleton Review
A large Pendleton audience filled the stuffy theater to witness William Collier launch the season with On the Quilt. Collier’s quiet wit drew hearty laughter amid cramped seating as he welcomed minor troupe members and staged his own roast, delivering a lively curtain-call performance despite limited space on stage and a yacht cabin setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collier
Yeing Collier
Uke Collier
Collier
Hans
Life Support
End of a Bad Gang in Lewiston Claims Trio
Lewiston County dispatch reports the capture and removal of a thieves trio including Michael Burns, once linked to robbing Clarkston stores last June. Burns, later deemed insane after a sun-exposure escape, has been discharged cured and confined on burglary charges. He suffered hospital injuries and speech loss, with physicians deeming his condition dangerous. The gang escape on July 4 from Asotin county jail, later apprehended at Goose Inland by Sheriff Richards. Stange and Brown face fates tied to prior incidents. Brown remains jailed in Washington. Additional items mention a railroad tragedy near Toledo and public notices about local commerce and health ads for Herpicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Tribune
Michael Burns
Clarkston
Raytum
Fred Stange
Frank Brown
Asotin
Stee
Goose
Richards
Posse
Stang
Harry Draper
Anne Ain
Brownie
Walla Walls
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Pendleton
Bunker Hill School
Teutsch’s
Waltrees
Bullt
Outermoor Mattreuses
Baker & Folsoi
Aenap
Graham Furniture Co
Logan Treet
Elmer Turner
Crawford's
Thompson
Association Blsek
Court House
Tol Court Street
South Main Street
Portland
Oreggon
Chambers
Joackson Street
Postton Permanent
Chicago
East Oregonian
Louis Hunziker
Main Street
Canada Thistle
Tumwiston
The
Bast
Oregonian
Koeppens
Popular Price Drug Store
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Ballou
Milton
Ory
County Fair Commission
Far
Pell Down
Stave Litrary Commission
Markham
Cholee Fe Meer Plothon
H. F. Johnson
Renin
Nottingham
Lewiston Country
Bob Thiewss
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Maumee River
Toledo
Baker & Folsom
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Baldniss
Newbro
Sendie
Herpside Co
Detroit
Mich
Ely
Tarrhandl
Drugeista
Mini Ely Brothers
Warren Street
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