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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
4
Entered at Independence Oregon as second class matter. Local posting records show the newspaper designation and mailing status for the Independence Enterprise.
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Local society items list visitors and residents across Salem, Stayton, Monmouth, Corvallis, and Independence. Highlights include Patience Cooper visiting Stayton relatives, Miss Ella Robinson returning as local telephone operator, and the annual teachers picnic set for May 23 at Rickreall. Also noted are trades, business ads, and engagements plus news of deaths, marriages, and a politician's health setback.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen weak stomachs and combat disease across organs. It urges sick readers to consult Dr. Pierce by letter, offers free specialist opinions, and includes a testimonial from a Cleveland woman describing recovery after using the product.
A new sarcophagus style monument honors Josephus LD Levine and family, built with Barre Vermont granite and a stone wall at the Pioneer cemetery entrance. Salem dealer Win Staiger contracted the work, with stone cutting by Drew J. Ehimer of New York. J. P. Robinson was summoned to Hillsboro by a brother’s serious illness.
A fragmented notice mentions H H Jaspers Undertaker Enbaig and Funeral Directory in Independence and Portland visitors for the president’s visit. It notes railroad companies unable to supply full service and tickets for a sale on May 20th at all stations, urging people to wait for that day.
Mrs KE T Henkle and daughter Emma travel to Portland for the grand Rebekah assembly then Vancouver for a visit. Mrs Joe Leach returns to New Whatcom after visiting relatives, Ruth goes to Portland for a few days. Independence faces up with crime reports and precautionary counsel. Night telephone service likely begins early next month as lines expand. The Independence orchestra will play five pieces at Richreall Saturday after the teachers picnic. W W Brooks, former West Side editor, dies in Portland from appendicitis. Miss Bessie Shepard arrives from Berkeley for the summer with relatives near Zena. Mrs Snyder, wife of the M E pastor, has been seriously ill for months.
Dr T G Merritt of Mehoopany Pa reports a patient with violent hemorrhages from stomach torsion improved from the first dose of Electric Bitters and has had no attack in 14 months. The tonic is guaranteed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles and offered at 50 cents by Kirkland Drug Co.
A notice from Aten Towns reports the loss or capture of sixteen goats from Monmontlll with ear crops and mixed band markings. Reward offered for recovery or information leading to return of the animals.
Greatly alarmed resident reports persistent cough and fear of consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised. purchaser claimed two bottles cured the ailment, with Kirkland Drug Co promotion noted.
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