Edward H. Bohle and Ora Keebler, Wednesday, April 4, 1918; groom son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohle; bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Keebler

Elmer P. Swank of Tangent and Miss May Simons of Tallman, Saturday, March 30, 1918.

Royal Casper Phelps and Miss Margaret Frances Doran, in Toppinish, WA. Groom son of Mrs. J. W. Arbuckle of Waterloo.

Edward A. O'Neil to Miss Katherine Schnabel of Portland, April 18, 1918.

Louie M. Shores of the Happy Home community, and Miss Ruth Lawrence of Lebanon, April 25, 1918. Groom son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shores; bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Lawrence.

Leslie Jenkins of Lebanon and Miss Alta Soule of Lacomb, Sunday (May 17, 1918 paper). Groom son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jenkins; bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Soule of Lacomb.

James Ray and Miss Verda McTimmonds, last Saturday (May 31, 1918 paper). Bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy McTimmonds.

Elmer McTimmonds and Miss Clysta Mabel Rice, March 29, 1918
Sam B. Schimmelpfenning and Miss Hattie Calkins, March 29, 1918
Floyd L. Fitzwater of Lebanon and Miss Mary Jacobs of Albany (May 10, 1918)
Aaron F. Morris of Sweet Home and Miss Clara Lewis of Foster (May 24, 1918)

Body of Capt. Malcolm J. Denney brought to Lebanon. Age 45, pneumonia. April 6, 1918.

Archie D. Roberts, brother of Mrs. Lewis Crandall and Mrs. Harry Witman, died in New York, March 27, measles and other complications. Burial in Prineville.

Leota Luton of the Middle Ridge community, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luton, died Monday. Burial Dodge cemetery. (April 19, 1918 paper)

Hiram Klum, died at the home of his son, Claude, last Sunday, in Portland. Hiram the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Klum, who had a donation land claim near Waterloo. (April 19, 1918 paper)

Glen Rozell, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Rozell of Sweet Home, in England, March 25, 1918. Brother Harold, sister Lillian still at home; sister Mrs. Virgie Barr of Waterloo, and Mrs. Rita Jones of cottage Grove.

Body of George Rowell, age 78 yrs, 9 days, brought to Sweet Home (May 3, 1918 paper). He died in Prineville. Children: Mrs. Fannie Morris and Floyd Rowell of Prineville; Mrs. Ollie Keene of Oregon City; Joseph and Clyde Rowell of Sweet Home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira G. Soule of Lacomb to Albany Wednesday to attend funeral of Mrs. Soule's aunt, Mrs. Joseph Gibson, who died there Monday. (May 24, 1918 paper)

Mr. and Mrs. W. O. McClain to Albany Saturday to attend funeral of Mr. McClain's brother, Edward, who died May 16, 1918.

Mrs. J. A. Smith's nephew, Edward Gettins, Jr., at Camp Lewis, Thursday. Son of Edward Gettins, pioneer Methodist minister.

Martha A. Baltimore (nee Clifton), born May 12, 1839. Married Aaron Baltimore Dec. 31, 1857. Lived 2 miles north of Tallman. Died April 6, 1918. One son, Anthony. Two daughters: Mrs. Annie Powell, Mrs. Viva Stuart. One sister: Mrs. S. E. Barger. Husband died Oct. 1910, son Lincoln Baltimore died Jan. 18, 1917. Masonic cemetery.

Wesley Bland, born Jan. 16, 1871 near Lebanon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bland, died in Salem, April 3, 1918, of erysipelas. Two brothers: Pete of Plainview, Charles of Lebanon; two sisters: Mrs. Will Calkins and Mrs. W. R. Alvin of Lebanon. I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Vernon Harding, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harding of Lacomb, died April 5, 1918, of lockjaw. Masonic cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah Daly, nee Harnett, born in Lebanon March 5, 1866. Died in Dawson City, Alaska March 24, 1918. Daughter of Mrs. L. A. Harnett. Sisters: Mrs. Anna Riggs of Lebanon, Mrs. C. M. Wilson of Chico, CA, Mrs. Francis Fetters of Lansing, MI. Brothers: Marion of Portland, and Charles of Lansing, MI. Burial in Dawson City, AK.

Mrs. Sarah M. Davidson, born in Ohio 1824; married Henry M. Davidson in 1841 in Ohio. Settled on donation land claim near Shedd in 1852. Died May 8, 1918. Daughter Mrs. R. R. Cunningham of Lebanon, W. M. Davidson of Brownsville, T. B. Davidson of Eugene. Buried in Shedd.

Mrs. Adlaide Engleman, May 3, 1918, born in IN, Feb. 18, 1852. Settled with her family near Crabtree. Sons Jacob, Walter and George of Crabtree. Masonic Cemetery.

Robert Hughes, died Monday (May 10, 1918 paper), in Albany. Born in England. Masonic Cemetery. Came to Lebanon from Portland in 1898.

John Jacob Miller, born Oct. 4, 1851 in Himdwil, Switzerland, died May 12, 1918. Married Miss Katherine Meier of Switzerland, May 15, 1875. Came to America in 1883, came to Lebanon about 1888. Children: Mrs. Charles Galloway and Mrs. J. Allen Vogel of Sumner, WA; Miss Emma of Aberdeen, WA; Miss Anna of Seattle, WA; Mrs. Henry Glasser, Miss Amelia, and Edward of Lebanon. Masonic cemetery.

Frank B. Adams, died May 17, 1918, of pneumonia. Born in Ohio Sept. 25, 1876; married Miss Myrtle Millsap. Masonic Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Faulkner, died May 19, 1918, born in ON May 5, 1815. Married Thomas Jefferson Faulkner in Ohio. Son Joel S. of Lebanon; Elias; M. B. and Solon W. of Linn; John, George W. and Mrs. Mary Foster of Crook county. Sand Ridge cemetery.

Mrs. Caroline Pelster, died May 25, 1918, born in Valdorf, Germany Dec. 14, 1827. Married William Bohle in Washington, MO in 1853. Married Rudolph Pelster in 1875 in Washington, MO; he died in Salem, 1912. Children: F. A. Bohle of Lebanon; Mrs. Charlotte Riedesel of Salem; William Bohle of Falls City; E. H. Bohle of Long Pine, NE. City View cemetery, Salem.

To Mr. and Mrs. Arch Arehart, April 6, 1918, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ellis, of Foster, March 19, 1918, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sears, April 6, 1918, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. D. Parton, April 10, 1918, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Brown of Walla Walla, WA, a girl. (no date)
To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Payne, of Lacomb, May 14, 1918, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Everett Watters, May 11, 1918, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Percy Patterson of Sodaville, Sunday, a boy (May 31, 1918 paper)

The Criterion was started by W.H. Brown in 1898. In 1911 it was sold to William Tell Fogel and in 1912 the name was changed to the Linn County Advocate. In November Brown foreclosed and it became the Criterion again. The Lebanon Tribune was established with T.L. Dugger as manager in 1912. In 1924 the Express and Criterion were sold to one owner. Source: "City of Lebanon, Historic Context Statement," by Mary Kathryn Gallagher, Linn County Planning Department, pg. 110.

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