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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1904
Page
2
The fountain offers soda water praised for purity, cleanliness, dainty service, and perfect flavors. It claims unmatched effort and invites customers to drink there, urging readers to get the habit at the postoffice block.
A chaotic digest reports a Camden New Jersey factory fire and deaths in varied incidents. It notes Miss Martha Bond of New York suicide, a fatal elevator fall in Chicago, Polish executions in Warsaw, and Mexico acquiring the Vera Cruz railway. It mentions Eastern state appropriations to fairs, czar family plans for August, and a Mormon leader urging discretion in conversations with outsiders.
The Stevens county democratic convention unicorrupted its delegates for George Turner for vice president. Ors Morrill of Portland wins second pole in oratorical contest at Williams College Williamsport Pennsylvania. The cornerstone of the new Jewish synagogue at Portland scheduled with ceremony Sunday afternoon. The village cost three hundred fifteen dollars. The state geological survey in Yakima County for a government irrigation project. Governor Chamberlain declines to sign Kentucky governor pardon petition for Caleb Powers sentenced to death. Minnie Eayle domestic in Portland steals silverware and disappears joining burglary gang. Decomposed body of Alfred Peterson student found near Salt Lake City. believed deranged.
Edward Lewis a Spokane waiter faces a possible libel suit against the Spokesman-Review for 5000 dollars or more after the paper used a photograph of him in error while reporting on the Edmund Spencer case. Lewis, back from the Bermudas, endures daily questions and humiliation as readers confuse him with the convicted Spokane killer.
Two hundred fifty Wyoming shearers in Carbon county strike for higher wages. They demand 1 cent more per sheep, seeking the Butte union scale of 4.5 cents, citing poorer fleece quality due to snow scarcity and a wage drop. The Woolgrowers Association refused the raise, and the strike proceeds quietly and orderly.
A detailed summary shows Idaho irrigation works total 5640 miles of canals with an average cost of $6.67 per acre. The report notes 2,652 active irrigation systems with 24 miles per system average canal length and 24 acres irrigated per system. Construction costs totaled $1,124,196 for stream systems, $57,900 for spring systems, and $7,970 for well systems, averaging $8.70, $641, and $27.20 per irrigated acre respectively.
Dr George M Gould of Philadelphia studies lefteyedness and left handedness, suggesting both may stem from the speech center’s abnormal location on the brain’s right side. He warns ambidexterity should be discouraged and notes mixed results when trying to correct dominant use of the left hand.
A long hotel arrivals list records guest names and their origins including Portland Seattle Spokane Walla Walla San Francisco San Francisco Chicago New York Canton Freewater Joplin Minneapolis Meacham and more. The roster shows guests with accompanying spouses and addresses, reflecting a broad geographic mix and frequent travelers.
A testimonial from W H Brown of Lers ville Indiana claims Dr King's New Discovery cured his consumption and related lung complaints after severe asthma and bronchitis. The notice touts the remedy as a peerless treatment for throat and lung troubles, priced at 50 cents and one dollar with trial bottles free.
Unusually good value on ladies wear and pies with prices at 49 cents each. Special prices run through Saturday night April 80th.
PROF F F SHADDUCK of Pendleton Oregon advertises Electrikure and Oxelic body batteries as universal cures. He claims his system improves nerve force and blood nourishment, offers free consultation at Palace rooming house 627 Main Street, and promises batteries and instructions with postage paid both ways. He cites endorsements by medical figures and ships batteries to India and Britain.
Frank Frasier of Penilleian, OF is mentioned in a terse notice fragment without context or dates, leaving unclear purpose or affiliation. Further readable details do not specify his role, activity, or the event referenced.
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