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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1905
Page
2
A Pendleton reader derides fake penny shows and banner ads selling shoddy goods. The author urges honest dealing with Golden Rule prices and dependable items such as sateen gingham and dress fabrics, inviting locals to compare window displays for true value.
Cholera epidemic worsens in Madras as crowds flock from outlying districts. Japan gains coal and inland passage rights in Korea, signaling economic mastery. New Orleans reports 100 yellow fever cases with 62 deaths by August, and E L Short dies in New York of heart failure. Russian inquiry into American car coupler makers underway.
A jumble of notes reports Mulligan at Po cattello leaving a note blaming his wife’s conduct, an eastern syndicate buying Grant’s Pass placer mines, a truck death at Astoria, a record grain crop forecast for Douglas county Washington, Jesuit appointments at Gonzaga and Seattle colleges, a Grofina Idaho asylum land expansion, eight thousand voters for a Home Telephone franchise election in Boo Mane, Governor Mead pardoning William Henry of Bellingham, Portland July exports of flour and timber to San Francisco, lightning death near Kalispell Montana, and Coeur d Alenes mill power shortages threatening shutdown without rain.
A dense list of hotel arrivals and guests across cities including Portland, Spokane, San Francisco, St. Paul, Duluth, Athens, and Pendleton. Notable names include Walla Walla, J. D. Scharff, Fred Clark, Geo. W. Oliver, J. Settle, A. Stillman, and H. A. Durand among many others visiting or staying at various hotels such as Hotel Pendleton.
A Cumberland mother recalls that after two doctors gave up on her 11 month old daughter, Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds relieved the illness. Four bottles cured the child, now in perfect health. Trial bottle free at Tallman & Co. drug store, 50c and $1.00 guaranteed.
The Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles announces an annual meeting in Denver California with the American Osteopathic Association. The O R N offers a round trip rate of 59 dollars. Tickets on sale August 10 11 and 12. Round trip to August 16 with final return within 30 days of issue. For details contact EB C SMITH Agent O R N.
Foresters of Ameren Buffalo announce round trip tickets for a shore occasion August 14 and 15 to Muftato with return by 90 days from travel. Fare given as $78.00. agent EB. C. Smith, Co. R. & N. details and mileage limits noted. Food tip mentions Cleveland's Baking Powder.
A conservative forecast from Featte News sources predicts Alaska will produce twenty five million dollars in virgin gold this season, driven by new mines in Fairbanks and Klondike districts. Winter and spring work yielded multi million dollar cleanups, with large shipments from Nome and widespread construction of pumping and hydraulic equipment.
W B Poland general manager reports over 1250 workers on Alaska Central railroad construction with 600 rails and two locomotives to be shipped aboard the ship Buith to Seward for August delivery. Tracklaying advances to mile 22 and grading to mile 42 with 200 more men planned for the branch line. Large material stockpiles at Seward are being shipped on nearly every steamer.
Two young Norwegian women, Dagmar Nordberg and Ranghild Brellesen, travel to the United States to marry Hartverg and Charles Elyigen of Spokane. Immigration inspectors interview steerage passengers aboard the Steamship Arable at Chariesa. the brides designate plans to join their sweethearts, who had earlier found success in the West and funded their journey. Both 19, they depart by train toward the Pacific coast after docking.
Fragmentary text notes a trip across the ocean and eagerness to reach future homes. References to a mile side by tall before jem are garbled, leaving incomplete details about persons, voyage events, or destinations.
Lewiston dispatch reports the Nex Perce Indiana contesting hunter and fisher laws seeking access on public land. Joseph Peterson, a Nea Perce Indian, was fined for fishing on the reservation and appeals, with attorney Flanidcomb and S. L. McFarland handling the case. The appeal to the district court will challenge the demurrer as the main issue. The Washington Supreme Court has reportedly ruled similarly in favor of Indians on related points.
Mendish sufferer from Flat Rock Michigan reports Bucklens Arnica Salve as the best healing dressing for ulcers sores and cancers. The remedy soothes and heals cuts burns and could be obtained at Tallman Co drug store.
A sharp remark from a financial magnate about Euclid’s axiom prompts a wry image of merging lines. The mathematician turns to the multiplication table for consolation, reflecting a dry, satirical clash of disciplines.
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