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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
5
The itemized page includes sale notices, new styles from Boston and Holt harvesters, rigging for Holt machines, and farm progress reports. It notes threshing yields from Pilot Rock and Yoakum area, local contractors on Lilleth Street, and thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Bowman for support during illness and bereavement.
A flurry of personal mentions from Pendleton and nearby towns lists visitors and residents arriving at hotels, on trains, and at homes. Names include Walter Hodder, Lee Teutach, J. Mills, James Mullinix, J. H. Dupes, William Bates, Bert Danner, Mrs. Dunlap, AL Mann, WL Van Nuys, John T. Whistler, and many others visiting or traveling between La Grande, Walla Walla, Portland, and local resorts like Yoakum and Tees Springs.
The Frazer stage last night presented a problem play titled Divorced with Margarita Fischer and her company delivering skilled acting. The plot follows a roving husband and wife and a jealous, scheming woman, showing the evils of divorce as the couple split, with the husband granting the other woman a home and $10,000 before his health fails.
A deflated husband confronts poverty and betrayal as a wife forgives him after a fainting spell. The Flacher company follows with a four-note military drama titled The Flac of Truce promising a shift in tone and order tonight.
The article describes the first smoky haze of early Indian summer in Pendleton caused by forest fires. It notes sun rays obscured, a languid feeling, the heat of late August, and contrasts travelers returning from vacations with locals enduring hot days and smoky air.
Levi Eldridge of Pilot Rock harvested 8700 sacks of wheat from 2 acres an average of about 32 bushels per acre with excellent quality. He also threshed 1699 sacks from 110 acres of barley an average near 44 bushels per acre, an unusually heavy yield for the region.
The funeral of Thelma Doane, daughter of Mrs. Lilie Domne, was held at 2:30 this afternoon from Hader's undertakers. Rev. R. H. Copple of the First Christian Church officiated. The child died that night at Daniel Shockey's home.
The Fourth of July committee sues W H Sullivan over a $25 subscription, continued for Friday hearing. Drummer poet Sumpter Reporter receives word, with Thomas Murray Spencer in town en route to an interior trip via Pilot Rock Long Creek Monument Hamilton Heppner and Dayton to ship remains. Clarence Cook Jr the paralysis victim’s remains go to Dayton Washington for interment. Howard of Butter Creek Wales preaches at Butter Creek next Sunday. Note mentions time flying while making up receipts.
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