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Newspaper
Roseburg Plaindealer
Location
Roseburg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
3
The readable bits mention improving a tree with a few cents and references to prices and various items. The text is fragmented with garbled words and lacks coherent events or entities to establish a clear news item or action.
Local items note title and loan references and filing papers, new Hilde brand sweaters, rooms for rent at the old Abraham property, Mrs Willett leaving for Coburg to join her husband on the East Side railroad, and J D Hamilton offering abstracts. Canyonville residents Fullerton and Diazier transact business in Roseburg. Roseburg to Cass County travel via Roseburg Marsfield route with 6 AM departures. D S T West expands fire insurance offerings from City Hall office.
The town notes Graves the Photographer back in business while C A Gardner and wife visit relatives near Albany. Glendale seeks bids for 1000 feet of six foot sidewalk. Miss Sadie Welle returns from San Francisco. Local officials and merchants record holidays and newspaper advancements.
Music lovers invited to Burr's Popular Music House to inspect a wide display of pianos including Chickering Kimball Crown Orchestrel and Victor models. The store offers mandolins guitars and banjos from G. F. Stewart and Washburn with prices from $2.50 and sole agency for the Columbia gramophone. Doors open to the public with no admission charged and a government bond guarantee on all instruments.
A crowded Christmas Eve program at the Roseburg M E church featured songs recitations and an orchestra as Santa Claus arrived by telegraph from Seattle Portland Seattle and Beattle. Children received gifts amid festive lights and a chorus of bells and horns signaling Santa’s arrival and departure to other cities. Names of local children joined in the event with a joyful community tone.
Mrs. Guy T. Thompson of Granite Street Asmano died Tuesday night after a long pulmonary disease. Her husband, secretary of the Southern Oregon Oil Company, survives with their three year old son W. W. Thompson. The Thompsons, Chicago transplants, promoted the Oregon Midland Railroad later taken up by others. Funeral at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at home, Rev. L. M. Idleman officiating, burial in Hargadine cemetery.
Long & Sons displays a small collection of sea shells and curios at their depot with notes about a few items including a mummified mermaid and sea-porcelain pieces, advertised as affordable during a visiting call.
The Supplemental Chamber Co filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk in Roseburg on Friday. Capital stock is 9000 dollars, divided into 900 shares of ten dollars. Incorporators are H B Cullette Joe Lyons and W W Kent, with offices in Drain and Roseburg. The company aims to manufacture and sell supplemental chambers for guns and other arms, with principal office at Drain. The invention by Mr Gillette is cited as the basis, emphasizing convenience and economy.
Lattet Lodge No. 1 S A F and ALM held a Saturday ceremony with about forty members and seven visiting Masons. Worshipful Master E J Stroud installed Master O P Coshow and other officers. A banquet followed with refreshments and a strong sense of brotherly love and communal tradition.
Marriage notice records Fred J. McGrew of Aviland and Miss LeVarte Cooley of Lebanon tying the knot at the Presbyterian Manse on December 22. Also reported is the December 24 1902 Roseburg ceremony of Herbert H. High and Bertha B. Smith with the groom a brakeman beginning his life with his bride amid best wishes.
In Roseburg at the bride’s home, Hammersia Williams-Ip and Ullock-Georgh announce a marriage ceremony conducted by Dr Robert Deatie OMcinticg. The event includes family witnesses and local officiants in attendance.
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