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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
8
A Native woman brings berries and beadwork as annual gifts to a kindly widow. Over four years their friendship grows through signs and meals until the widow dies. The squaw visits the grave with her son and declares the woman saved his life by good medicine, then returns to the forest.
A column recalls a crooked black pine signifying bad habits shaping a man, then tells of a Blue Mountains incident where a white widow saves an Indian child. The tale contrasts youth influence with lifelong character and honors cross cultural kindness from a neighbor who aided an Indian mother and child.
The brief urges immediate attention at the first signs of a cold. Delaying care can allow it to become deeper seated and harder to cure, with each hour lost potentially adding days to suffering. Take action early to shorten illness.
The notice urges customers to show goodwill and donate, promising refunds if not satisfied. It implies a pledge program tied to Mike Schilling's Best products. Local merchants back the initiative, linking customer trust with financial support.
A smut caused a fire yesterday at the Peter Embysk separator on the Fred Embysk ranch two miles northeast of Saxe station. The machine exploded under full speed, destroying the separator and 100 sacks of wheat, valued at about 600 dollars. The wheat was insured with Oregon Fire Relief. the thresher was not insured.
The Olney cemetery reservoir project by contractor W A Fernell has a crew at the site. Main pipe for laterals is on hand and will be hauled to the cemetery within days. The cemetery is to be staked off for pipe laying, with completion planned by September.
Hon Luther D Mahone of Portland will deliver two addresses tomorrow in Pendleton. At 10 40 he speaks at the Presbyterian church on Three Factors of Our Civilization and in the evening at o o clock at the Baptist church on The Supremacy of America. Representative Mahone is a pleasing and forceful speaker and a specialist in these themes. The public is invited.
A party of nine Pendleton residents spending the heated season at Long Beach Wash have the name Umatilla painted in large letters across the front of their cottage. It is the only Umatilla cottage at the resort and serves as Pendleton headquarters. Coast reports say the beach season is very enjoyable.
Pendleton attorneys have signed an August agreement to close their offices at 4 oclock daily. The change affects all partners and staff during the month, with normal hours resuming in September.
Mrs Rebecca McPherrin of Athena sues for divorce from J Frank McPherrin after 28 years of marriage and ten children. She alleges habitual drunkenness, verbal abuse in front of others, and theft of her father from their home. Attorney Will M Peterson filed the circuit action. She seeks alimony and custody of all children.
Mrs Maude Kimberling files for divorce from Emmet Kimberling alleging failure to support and infidelity. They wed Canyon City March 2 1896 and have three children in Mrs Kimberling’s custody. Accuses husband of humiliating conduct with another woman at a Krebshop yard encampment near Independence four years ago. Suit filed here for lower court expenses than Multnomah County.
Mrs James Johns wife of James Johns of Hartman Abstract Company was thrown from a buggy in a Meacham runaway. She sustained severe bruises and a sprained left arm above the wrist and was transported to La Grande for treatment where she remained.
Shorty Foster was arrested at Spirit Lake Sunday on the charge of passing forged checks. He has been taken to Rathdrum to await trial. It is claimed he passed checks totaling $100 with the name of George E. Durkee, a contractor, signed.
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