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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1904
Page
3
The semi annual report to the state board outlines the Oregon State Reform school opening in 1891 for boys. It lists superintendents BL Miles M W Smith RB Mendricks M Crossan HE Bickers and N H Looney and notes that 72 boys have entered since its existence.
An older advertorial piece praises nature sparing the rose’s mind and celebrates Newbro s Serpienes as a germ killer for hair loss. It credits scientists with finding a germ that burrows into follicles and promotes hair growth with Serpeste. Sold by druggists Bend 10e stamps for samples via The Herpicide Co Detroit Mich F W Schmidt Co.
The Comstock Pumping Association led by Supt Leon Hall plans draining flooded lodes at Gold Hill through Alta Mining Company shafts. Imminent Malige plant work begins on Caledonia next week to lower water and expose rich ore pockets valued at 14 to 2 per ton. Thousands of tons lie below water awaiting uncovering and long term employment for many men.
Spokane county hosts Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads with diverse asset values. The Northern Pacific shows 871,2700 assessed for 1488 per mile, while the Great Northern lists 56 miles valued at 827,806 or 14,752 per mile. When excluding operating land grants and related property, land outside the active division is valued at about six thousand per mile, assessed at 14,839 for Northern Pacific and 14,743 for Great Northern, near zero percent of actual value. Florists in Session at St. Louis World’s Fair marking largest meeting in the society’s history with horticultural displays and new growing methods.
The twelfth annual convention of the National Railway Master Blacksmiths Association opens in Indianapolis with President George H. Lindsay calling 200 delegates to order. Attendees from nearly every state will discuss improving the blacksmithe branch of railroad service.
A vintage advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a perfect pain killer and liver regulator. It claims they cleanse the system, improve complexion, cure headaches, and leave a good mouth feel. Moore of Indianapolis endorses them as unlike other pills which gripe and sicken. Sold by Tallman & Co.
Two thousand cloak makers in Cleveland are poised to walk out in contract cloak shops after gathering this morning. They demand higher wages and a closed shop. The National W. C. T. U. harshly condemns Bishop Potter's subway taverns idea.
Thinning ranks shorten march to accommodate weakened veterans and disable riders. The four hour Boston parade on August 16 featured strict military discipline with no women or children in the line, disabled veterans in carriages, and prominent reviewing stands on the Common and Boylston Street. DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve advertised amid the notices.
August 15 20 National encampment Grand Army Huston August 2 27 American Mining Control Portland September 4 Conclave Knights Templar San Francisco September 19 2021 Oregon Irrigation Aid devition Ontario Malhour county Inland Empire Teachers Association Pendleton October 19 20 21 National Irrigation Association El Paso Texas November 15 18
An anecdotal note extols Hocklen's Arnica Salve as a preventive remedy for burns sores ulcers and piles. It claims the salve can avert death in emergencies. The item also reports the British ship Inverkip sunk in a collision with the Loch Carron off Ireland with twenty lives lost.
An editor recounts a neck swelling that grew rapidly, feared cancer, and was treated without surgery using Cutleura Resolvent and Cutleura Ointment. The reader describes repeated cleansing, ointment applications, and drainage each morning, claiming the tumor disappeared in three to four weeks along with related chest symptoms. A sister reportedly had a similar recovery years earlier. Chicago, Nov. 19, (date obscured).
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