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Newspaper
Tillamook Herald
Location
Tillamook, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
3
Rural notices and ads list farm sales and supplies, job bids, and school staff changes. Mentions Tillamook Sheet Metal Works, Star Theatre, and local transport schedule with trains to Portland and return times.
Fragmented ad text lists sales bids for various items including lenses and portraits from a photographer, notes on printing developments, church service times, and a mix of farm property and livestock for sale with terms. Mentions Hay Cats and Tillamook with scattered names and locations.
Fragmented notice advertises carpentry by an experienced builder offering contract or day labor work. Plans are available for all kinds of carpenter work with details provided by the noted craftsman.
Feed and flour prices shown for barley wheat corn and flour including sacks and per unit costs. Entries note sacks 140 to 245 and flour at 7.00 per tbl with deductions for barley and other grains. The listing includes late prices and adjustments for various products.
The Woman's Civic League announces a reception on Wednesday evening at the Commercial Club. Admission is by ticket and tea will be served. All ladies are invited with proceeds supporting league activities and a light refreshment.
In a contested article the Examiner editor misstated the candidate line up. Johnie denied claims while Jolyon was named rail line representative. the editor apologized for the confusion and corrected the record.
Public notice announces sale of horses harnesses and gear at Commercial Stables Tillamook Oregon. Inspect and bid through Herrin Vidito Promos or call an authorized person for details.
The Tillamook Lime Indluct Co. prepares to fix orders for limestone. Communicate to UG Jackson. Westenders urged to bring sacks or extra charges will apply per sack.
Snapshot listing 160 acres at Sand Lake with 220 rich level bottom and 40 acres cranberry land. Creek runs through site one mile from post office near new school. Cedar tree 1.54 feet, 1000 telephone poles. Priced at 16.6 per acre with 1200 down and long time payments. Also joining land sold for 604 per acre years ago. Contact C M Vidito Tilamook Oregon Onionaeta Tillamook Feed Co.
The losses from the Cunard Line steamer Lia Tania attack by a German submarine were laid to rest in a cemetery near Span a. Survivors walked in silence as coffins were transported by carts. No Americans were known to be among the dead, many unidentified or from modest means, with some children listed among the deceased.
Report says Captain Turner remained on the Lusitania’s bridge until the ship sank, then climbed to a surface, grabbed a chair, and clung for two hours before a lifeboat or deck chair helped him. Survivors praise the crew for acting under the circumstances with no complaints.
A Roslyn resident Mrs Mary Lambie and her daughters Elisabeth and Mary perished when the steamship Last tania was torpedoed. A fellow passenger Harry Birchall sent a cable to his father describing his distress and inability to locate the missing family.
A sworn statement by Ralph E. Smith, chief officer of the American steamer Gulflight, describes how the ship carried a large American flag when struck by a German torpedo near the Scilly Islands. The statement was published by the state department.
Germany via Ambassador Gerard informs the United States that submarine commanders are instructed not to harm neutral vessels not engaging in hostilities and that Germany will compensate damages to such ships within the war zone.
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