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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1906
Page
8
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Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, 87, longtime missionary bishop of Oregon, died at his Portland home after heart and stomach troubles. He built up Episcopal missions in Washington and Oregon, helped establish Good Samaritan hospital and Bishop Scott Academy, and left a widow, two daughters and a son.
The Dalles Chronicle reports engineer J M Swain is badly burned from Bridal Well wreck two months ago and may never work on the railroad again. His hands are badly damaged and almost unusable though massage may help. Also noted is a missing man case involving J M Bentley. Bentley is later confirmed safe at his office with $19 in his possession. Dr E N Hutchinson, a stock inspector, designed dipping vats for the Salt Lake line, praising his practical experience.
A crowded Frazer theater last night saw Murray and Mack perform Around the Town and drew praise despite competition from other comedy troupes. The Trocadero quartet emerged as the hit of the evening, earning repeated encores.
Eureka Lodge I O C F plans an April 4 entertainment to celebrate the orders foundation. A committee meeting will set final arrangements. Past winter entertainments by the lodge were well received and this event will continue that standard. Left for South Dakota Mr and Mrs Louis Lyman and B S Waffle and family depart for Sioux Falls. They will visit a nephew Frank Brooks in Hillyard before continuing.
Visited J. S. Mathews, pioneer O. R. & N. foreman, in South Omaha after years apart. James Mathews, prominent local attorney, was en route to Seattle and had not seen his brother for over 12 years.
The grand lodge of the order of Elke will meet in Denver from July 17 to 18 this year. Pendleton Lodge may send a delegation as preparations for the occasion are underway.
The East Oregonian, edited by Misa Lulu Lorénz, is praised for regular county coverage. The Weaton Leader commends the paper for zeal and fidelity in reporting county affairs, noting it as a top daily outside Portland.
W F Matlock promotes paving main streets in Pendleton as a sample, willing to share costs if possible macadam or bitulithic paving is done. He returned from a two month tour of the United States Mexico and Canada and recounts fire escape escape from the Chamber of Commerce fire. He supports improving Court and Water streets and signed petitions for Main and Court paving.
Mother Agnes, mother general of the Sisters of St Francia, heads the order with U S headquarters in Philadelphia. She is visiting St Josephs Academy and St Anthony’s Hospital in the city on a tour of inspection amid the order’s network of schools and institutions across the United States.
A short note promotes Spring Time products claiming to ease Spring Fever aches bone pain heartache and tired feelings by stimulating the digestive system and cleansing impure blood. The language reflects a 19th or early 20th century tone.
Advert reads a tonic for many ailments including poor appetite and dyspepsia. Claims cure for flatulence indigestion costiveness female ills malaria fever and ague. Endorsed as a universal remedy with promotional urging to try it.
The text describes the sisterhood operating a highly successful academy and hospital in a city on the Pacific coast. It notes the institutions are among the best in the region and under excellent management, with time spent visiting various places where the sisterhood conducts either a school or hospital.
The Bridges quartet, praised after last Thursday's church appearance, will close the Christian church entertainment Saturday evening. Four 40-voice chatus are drawn from Pendleton. Frank R. Bridges, the manager, plans an eastern Oregon tour and a permanent base for the troupe, with headquarters yet to be chosen. Policeman Jesse C. Stansel was acquitted today of murdering Sheriff William J. Thompson in a duel on January 9.
Frank R. Bridges of Chicago directs a chorus class this week and will lead a rehearsal next Saturday night at the Christian church. After rehearsal the Bridges quartet will perform a concert with mixed and male quartets, elocution, guitar and mandolin nets and impersonations. This is billed as one of Pendleton's best concerts. admission is free.
Successors to Peyche J. P. McManus, editor of the Pilot Rock Record, now keep two young coyotes as pets. Captured recently, the pups are nine days old with eyes not yet opened.
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