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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
9
Fragmentary text describes a remedy to counter a serious feminine derangement and to restore heat and balance with a medical or domestic treatment. The readable lines reference a Seton method or device and the need for rapid relief.
A historic letter testifies to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for various female illnesses. The ad claims the product has cured thousands of women and cites a Parsons Kansas resident praising relief from severe symptoms after morphine failed.
Freewater plans another market day on April 11 as funds near $3000 fund river dyking to guard against floods along the Walla Walla and Umatilla. Ranchers subscribe and work on river banks has begun. In Milton, C. Rickard sells alfalfa land at $150 per acre, J. Emery sells 67? acres near Dump school for $160 per acre to A A Bixby, and H. Wilson sells three lots in Gross addition to J B Smith for $609. A. A. Pearson buys Milton residence property and plans to relocate soon.
The thirteenth annual Umatilla county Pioneer association reunion will run May 25 29 and 30 with Dr F D Hashbrouck as chairman and Clark Wood as secretary. David B Campbell of Monmouth will give a piano recital at Normal assembly hall tonight. Weston youths plan a home talent play The Borderland during the reunion. G H Sams of Freewater buys J H Clark land on Dry creek for 6600 moves there soon. J H Ridenous James Harris join shearers with Hughes and Kearney crew and will shear 50 000 head in Montana then more locally. A teachers Institute for county teachers set for April 25.
In Grande on April 3 two men from the Walla Walla valley studied beet culture with intent to assess conditions here. If favorable, at least 265 experienced gardening families from Walla Walla will emigrate seeking to grow beets and aid the sugar company in replacing foreign labor. The company aims to attract these families to work in the valley. United States sugar interests push for local beet production to reduce reliance on immigrant labor.
An old advertisement claims Plenty of Trouble stems from a stagnant liver and bowels and promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a reliable purifying remedy. It promises relief from headache billousness and jaundice and notes the product is 25 cents at Tallman & Co s drug store.
J J Butter of Portland has completed a seed and plant shipment valued at 61105 to a wealthy Japanese firm after a thorough northwest investigation by experts. The deal highlights Northwest produce interests gaining Japanese buyer confidence through careful quality checks and export readiness.
The Amathia Caledonian society votes to hold the annual picnic in Athena on May 22 and 23. Invitations go to Caledonian societies across Oregon and eastern Washington, with rail discounts. Saturday will feature a political rally with candidates meeting voters. T. T. Geer visited Pendleton this week in support of his candidacy for representative. H. M. Cake will speak in Athena on April 7.
Nine years ago a Mill Creek Indiana Territory man nearly died. A druggist prescribed Electric Bitters. He bought a bottle, gained strength, and recovered from a near fatal illness. Tallman & Co. drug store sold the product under guarantee for 60 cents.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys purify blood and health hinges on kidney function, urging readers to try a sample and to mention the paper when contacting Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
Echo April 4 report notes large cattle shipments recent days leaving few cattle remaining to feed over winter. Herds are strong and hay supplies plentiful amid good weather. Buyers plan summer sales. some hay will be shipped. Sheep shearing begins next week in Butter Creek region with thousands to be sheared by hand. Umatilla Ranch’s W H Daugherty reports sales of several land tracts irrigation near here. buyers include Reeves with 47 acres and G E Ward with 69 acres.
La Grande April 3 Union county commissioners cut off fifty thousand four hundred twelve dollars and eight cents of county indebtedness in a single afternoon yielding a dramatic reduction reported by the county court as it closed what is described as a notable financial move.
County officials led by County Judge Henry and Commissioners J M Selder and Ben Brown cancelled warrants totaling fifty thousand dollars in a lengthy session. The action reduced Union County's debt to about sixty five thousand dollars, including accrued interest, with a forecast of no creditors in roughly two years.
An insidious kidney disease warning urges early action with Foley's Kidney Cure to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Pendleton Drug Co.
Notice to Poultry Raisers stating hatching season open and offering settings of full blood single comb white leghorn eggs at $7 per hundred. Customer information via Main 88. A Nolte seeks trade quantities and inquiries.
Notice to the public that Fred Weber has disposed of his implement store in this city and asks all persons owing him money to call and settle their accounts.
A brief, punchy notice claiming refunds are paid to Mike Schilling for grocer purchases. It frames a customer service stance that not everything is money back and asserts a policy of compensation when products fail to meet expectations.
In North Yakima, a new lien action attaches to a local well on the Yeackel property. Flower and Company supplied the casing and pump, Buffington and Ison dug the well and put it in service. They seek judgments and attorney fees totaling about 676 dollars with interest from December 1907, while seeking 275.90 with interest for their claim.
In a unique legal view a man can grant a deed to an artesian well that sits on another's land. The well is treated as a separate property interest with its own deed, allowing sale of the well independently of the surrounding land.
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