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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
8
Bargain alert on limited time tea buys as customers are invited to purchase at nearly half price for a single day. The promotion highlights a simple reminder that purchases from the seller on that day qualify for the discounted rate.
A retailer promotes a broad lineup of hair brushes, promising suitability for all customers. The collection includes budget options and premium brushes described as the best quality Russian bris, aiming to cover every grade.
The article reports Charles Cunningham denying involvement in a Seattle swindle claim alleging a $150,000 fake wrestling and betting scam. Victims include Pendleton, Gwyn, Ner son, TaAlin, and Dr. Blackburn among others. Cunningham says he was not involved and facts suggest he was in Seattle briefly last winter but is preparing an alibi while recovery from a runaway injury limits his movements.
The text recalls a period of travel with a stay in Seattle. It questions whether any time loss occurred through contacts named Maddy, suggesting the subject may have forgotten events or details by that point.
City council met in adjourned session to discuss levee repair funding of 310000. A tour along the river above Main Street bridge examined flood impact while a second inspection below the bridge planned work options and supervision arrangements.
A. G. Wallace of the G. M. Arthur company stated that many laundry operators from Oregon and Washington show strong interest in the upcoming Pendleton convention to be held in September. Attendees from British Columbia and northern California may join, with plans for some to proceed to Denver for the national association meeting immediately after.
Fourth concert of the season unfolds tonight at the court house grounds with eight numbers led by C. C. Sharp. A remaining 21 dollars in the fund may prompt another August 21 performance if the band agrees to play for that amount.
Mrs Eibray Hopper, grandmother of Mrs T B Swearingen, sustained serious injuries after sliding down nine cellar steps at Tom Hopper’s country home. Due to her age she cannot move and is being cared for at the Hopper residence.
Real estate transfer records show William Roesch and wife transfer jot and block 2 in Weston to Adrian Magalion for a consideration of 2860 dollars. The transaction lists the grantors and grantee with the parcel described and the sale price.
The Oregon Daily Journal presents the other side of the U S Bureau of Labor findings that wages rose faster than living costs. Portland leaders dispute the claim, saying wages lag and rents and food costs rose more. Other cities like Pittsburg Lewiston and Columbia report higher living costs outpacing wage gains, with unions nationwide echoing the dispute.
Arlington Record reports a young man provoked a confrontation this week leading to a youth suffering a head injury after a girl threw a rotten egg. Authorities noted the incident as a local disturbance with minimal details available.
An eastern Oregon town Ontario braces for an oil and gas boom after a gas flare from a shallow well suggests a petroleum reservoir beneath the district. Reports note gas evidence near the surface and a Standard Oil agent confirms petroleum gas, signaling potential large-scale development aboard local efforts and new company formation with capital around $1,000,000.
In Umatilla neighbors, Judge Fitzgerald sentences three Indians and one white man to five dollars or a day each for drunkenness. A second group faces Aaron Bowman and Michael Heber, both claiming a scuffle. Heber receives twelve days or twenty six dollars and Bowman ten days or five dollars, after a resisting arrest incident with Marshal Gurdane.
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