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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1911
Page
2
A Rome tale shows the self control of carabinieri during a royal prince's arrival. A soldier felt a pocket theft while saluting, fearing to betray panic or fail to salute. The thief seized the purse as the salute ended, but pursuit began when the salute concluded.
A disciplined individual tracked down a thief, recovering the stolen property intact and proving how self control prevails over impulse. The event highlights firmness and method leading to a complete recovery without loss.
In Saline County Kansas farmers report a booming squirrel population threatening corn yields. Local landowner Scott Mangold cites past losses of fifty bushels and warns damage could rise this season. Other farmers invite outsiders to hunt as authorities warn arrests for protection efforts.
Tarrstown, N. The white leg horn hen owned by John Grohan of Glenville has learned a trick. The hen brings tobacco and pipe to him, scratches a watch on the floor, and Grohan places his pipe. He plans to teach the hen to put out the flame.
A severe storm struck Martine and surrounding areas damaging unharvested wheat. W E Pinke’s house was struck by lightning, injuring several residents. Mrs M H Robinson of Eagle Clo attempted suicide with morphine, was treated at Murray Hospital. Louis Schneider near Palouse shows a wheat stalk real estate display claiming 18% of a stalk grown from one seed.
Mutin Looma a mucker on the 400 foot level of the Morning mine was instantly killed when a rock slab fell on him. He was about 40 years old and lived at the Morning boarding house. He leaves four brothers, including Erlok Looma who are living locally.
North Yakima Wash reports the highest price paid for pears in the Yakima valley. Commission union and growers say Bartlett pears contracted by H L Green and Dr W H Payne of Zillah will fetch 1.55 dollars per box for shipment to Alaska. The prior record was 155 dollars two years earlier.
A severe electrical storm in Eilopta Wash knocks down M. Brown and leaves him unconscious while working in the harvest field. Mr Johnson, also struck, escapes serious injury as high winds cause some damage to standing grain.
North Yakima Washington three brewery employees confronted Martin Feelin and Frank Burkey as they rifled the pockets of Frank Brown who lay drunk behind the brewery. A police call brought officers to the scene before the robbers finished their task. They were arrested and handed to county authorities charged with highway robbery.
Judge J. D. Slater fights trespassers after discovering a hive at the attic corner of Washington and Third streets. Bees have established a hive and are prepared for winter. Slater offers to give the swarm to anyone who removes it.
Allentown attorney Frank Jacobs filed a Lehigh County petition for Mrs Laura Haas to declare her missing husband Charles Haas legally dead if no word by November 9 1911. Haas eloped in 1903 with a 17 year old girl leaving four daughters and about 29000 in assets, stirring local scandal amid rumors of sightings. The case seeks letters of administration for Mrs Haas to access her husband’s life insurance.
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms in East Oregonian building with steam heat gas range in kitchen electric lights hot and cold water and bath Recently renovated Enquire at FB O.
Piles ruin disposition. a tablet medicine taken internally offers a potential cure, avoiding ointments and suppositories. Pendleton Drug Co. and druggists carry Orton It costs $1 for a large box twenty four day treatment. Dr Twenthaed Co., Buffalo NY, offers a booklet.
Olive May Kelly Bennett, once Mrs Kelly and wife of entertainer Murray Bennett, faced divorce proceedings after aiding her husband in a fatal hotel altercation. The case follows a November night at the Hotel Holland where a clerk was killed, with Bennett initially facing murder charges that were dismissed. The article notes her actions and a remarriage name change as it traces the evolving custody and divorce dispute.
Washington, D. C. The housefly should be termed typhoid fly to call attention to the danger of allowing it to breed unchecked says L. O. Howard chief of the agriculture department’s bureau of entomology in a farmers' bulletin just issued. He notes the insect spreads disease and urges control measures.
A Washington crusade to swat the fly pairs with a broader effort to protect public health. Screening windows and doors in summer plus fly catching devices are urged as the surest defense against disease from germ bearing insects. Sanitary upkeep of stables is highlighted as essential to eradicating flies and enforcing stable care laws.
An old advertisement claims a golden wedding proves long life and urges keeping Fralard's Herbine in the house to aid the liver. It touts daily use, noting the product as the remedy whenever the liver becomes inactive. Sold by A. C. Koep pen and trose.
Acting Secretary Winthrop ordered a thorough probe into frauds at Mare Island shorehouse. Report shows pine boards loaned without authority to an uninvolved party. boards returned. No court martial planned.
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