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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1904
Page
2
Government backed notice touts a treatment that prevents smut and scab in potatoes and grain. It claims the product is harmless to seed yet kills the germs that cause smut, urging readers to inquire for details.
General news item notes Spain acknowledging Cuba as a nation and naming Gaylan De Ayala as minister. It mentions other varied items including Rhodes Scholar Cheater Martin from St. Johns, N B, and assorted 20th century concerns such as floods, bankruptcies, and labor tensions.
Northwest news notes a 54 percent iron ore assay found in West Oregon City on a Saturday. Other items include Walter E. Davis's fall from a Denver hotel causing a skull fracture, an Oregon school textbooks ruling, Lothian and Indrapura cargoes to Chinese ports, Kate Bessler found dead in Cypress Lawn cemetery, Carmine Petinatto's marriage in Spokane after release, Francis Jenkins buying Elk Creek power plant for electric railroad plans, and a St. Louis convention preparations by the Democratic subcommittee.
Pendleton Eagles seek to erect a three story combined business house and hall on Court street, buying Wheeler building for 6500 with option at 4000 and remaining 6000 to be paid, total project costing about 15000. The hall will house stores offices and a home for the order, facing Court street with plans under consideration. Aiming to be the first Eagles edifice in the nation, the three story brick would be a notable West landmark. Also notes on plant experiments and local notices follow.
Hawaii authorities report a $1.5 million deficit for the current year as the Territorial Legislature opens a special session called by Governor Carter to address treasury finances. A reorganization plan and cost cuts are considered to meet warrants and stabilize funds. A separate item notes a testimonial for Dr King’s New Life Pills. Cattle growers of Oregon schedule a Portland convention April 16 at the Auditorium with GHANT MAYS as secretary.
A crowded roster of guests checked into hotels including Pendleton Seattle Spokane Portland Walla Walla Baker City Meacham Echo Umatilla Weston and others. Names span A W Cadeness J Swift Anna Harotins Edgar Burke George Harris and many more with ties to Seattle Spokane Portland Walla Walla and surrounding towns. The piece ends with the line Opportunity is the cream of time.
An old advertisement discusses hats as fashion and links baldness and dandruff to germs. It promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a scalp treatment to kill germs and restore hair, urging readers to request a sample via mail to the special agent.
Philadelphia marks the 50th anniversary of the first street railway in the city. The Philadelphia & Delaware River Railroad was chartered on April 4, 184, starting with 19 dummy engines and a few horses and mules. It grew rapidly into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, now with over 100 million capital, 2000 cars, 500 miles of track, about 6,000 employees, and roughly 875 million passengers annually. Local capitalists control a large share of U S street railway mileage and capital.
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