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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1890
Page
3
The Gazette notes Union Pacific local service to Canyon City and intermediate points with daily arrivals and departures except Sundays. It highlights travel times, fare savings in cash by taking the night route, and mentions W Lomlar & Co offering procurement contracts for the Gazette and accepting applications.
A bustling page lists prices and offerings from Gilliam & Bieber and partners for wagons, harnesses, boots and shoes, machine oils, and roofing. Dentists, jewelers, grocers, and blacksmiths advertise services and goods in a dense commerce roundup for Heppner and surrounding areas.
The Model store touts bananas and cream at the Model while stocking cigars like Estwella and Dirago Club. It offers soft drinks and sodas and proclaims itself the town’s only cigar tobacco and confectionery shop with a focus on specialty lines.
Notice declares dissolution of the Gunn and Ruark blacksmithing partnership by mutual consent. Al M Gann continues the business at the old stand and will pay all firm debts and settle all claims. Heppner April 26 1890. A M Goose W F Ruane. George Conser authorized to collect rents notes accounts for J B Narren. Brewery accounts sold to Mat Lichtenthall authorized to collect. Heppner May 15 151M).
Taken up on May 8 by the subscriber on Kea Creek about 12 miles from Heppner a roan gelding nine or ten years old weight 500 pounds branded EH on Toft shoulder left stifle right shoulder and a horizontal H with a bar over it. The owner may recover by proving ownership and paying charges. Also a bay horse with star in forehead branded JIG connected on left shoulder about 6 or 7 years old came to the ranch in February. Owner may recover by proving property and paying charges.
A rancher from Heppner offers a reward for the return of two work horses stolen from his place on May 14 1890. A buckskin weighing about 1000 pounds with no brands and a black horse about 1050 pounds with visible hobble and bell were taken from East Fork Willow Creek near Coldwell Crane.
OQ Mallory expands stock to include wire beds chains and refrigerators plus a wide range of furniture sold at cash down. May 189x marks two daily Dolin Pacific System trains between Portland and Spokane Falls with Pullman sleepers and reclining chairs. Tickets and times at Union Pacific ticket agents.
A garbled Heppner area column reports on residents, editors, politics, and social visits. Mentions of J. Sperry in Astoria, Wm Bair as county judge candidate, Mrs Gay’s twins, and Hendersons in Burns. Mentions of local business changes, post office status, and an upcoming excursion train to Cascade Locks for Harvest Queen.
J B Hunt moves goods to John Day Dayville and Canyon City via Goffin McFarland. 40 000 pounds of Predgivt dig stored for levee work in Grant county. teams expected soon. Brown and Hamilton listed as local collectors for Gazette office. Reynolds Hron crew to Sprague Washington for sheep contract. Andrews favored for sheriff. Hermann praised for civil service efforts between Heppner and Fossil. Wool market activity noted with E Campbell aboard. McHaley family returning from Western Oregon ranches.
An ancient advertisement era piece extols Hood a Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine for health blood purification and appetite restoration. It also lauds Syrup of Figs as a perfect laxative praised for mild effective cleansing and refreshing taste.
Prominent figures Hon. D. P. Thompson Hon. Phil Metschan Col. B E W Nevins and Lydell Baker plan talks in Pendleton Arlington and The Dalles with times listed May 16 17 and 18. The notice promotes the West Shore weekly as a superior eastern publication and urges every reader to subscribe.
Wheat and barley quotes from San Francisco and Chicago show mixed grain values. Cattle, sheep, and hog prices fluctuate with regional demand, while beef cattle and lamb markets in Portland indicate modest activity. Potatoes and onions trend weak, poultry dull, wool markets mixed, and butter and hides supply steady.
Local items cover political calls in Morrow county with nominations for representative surveyor and coroner, plus prosecuting attorney and district trends. Reports on stock ranches, wool markets in Heppner, cattle theft arrests, and public health warnings. Includes community updates from Eagle’s Notes on public speaking, real estate sales, lambing, and local civic events.
Cato Joling travels to Baker City with VIO Waving red estate. Reports of pest Iupera favorites, station agent W. H. Fowler returning from Grant, strike ending, and a welcome home. Miller with a mineralogist goes to Fasaul to inspect coal beds. Vituone returns from Baker, plans to visit the Columbia with dough. Trout from Rock Creek. Petrie from Willowcreek. Harvey Condon to the Sound. City lacks a night marshal. R A Miller and Prof Leroy to speak next week. Freeman resigns night job to join The Grande. Carriere fined 11.25 for selling without a license. Depot yard crowded with five engines, 441 in use, Patterson aboard. J Thomas sells sheep. Murray Beardsley on the Sound. Ebi busy hauling stone for riprap. Sheriff Sanderson auctions off Sylvester Carlisle’s estate. Mrs. Morman opens a Nervous restaurant. Dr Flint’s Remedy advertised with descriptive note.
In Heppner last Saturday a funeral was held for the child of Mr and Mrs G W Harprington. The service occurred Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock with family and local attendance noted in the notice.
The passage touts a dramatic recovery from illness as an epoch in an individual's life due to the Great Alternatives and Tovis. It claims benefits for kidney, liver, stomach diseases and general weakness, urging relief from Electric Bitters sold at Alle and A. D. Set ion Co.'s Drug store for $1 per bottle.
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