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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
2
The national board released a largely cautious update to football rules with minimal play changes. Key edits include clarifications to forward pass eligibility requiring a player to be a yard behind the neutral zone, three-point field goals, optional starting position after a touchback, and a revised center false-move rule to curb offside plays.
Spokane reports Llano A Whyte claims a patent for a static electricity based power airship. A 660 foot craft with 200 pound car, 160 horsepower motors and a 1 million dollar Investors Development company are described. Local officers named Blair, Craddick, Mrs Whyte, Miller. Factory at 725 Bridgeport Avenue to begin construction.
In La Porte Indiana on August 24 Purves heads a purse totaling 810000 in race events for the northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio circuit. The meeting opened today in this city with competitions spanning multiple stakes and stakes purses.
In low Potomac bottoms malaria germs breed causing chills fever ague and debility. Electric Bittera is claimed to destroy them and cure malaria with other afflictions. A testimonial from R M James of Louellen SC praises the tonic. Nightly dosing at 60 cents, Tallman & Co guarantees.
Insurance commissioners national convention begins in Colorado Springs today for a three day session. Addresses will feature some of the nation’s best known insurance men. The article notes the rail gauge expansion space of 7 ft 4 inches in hot weather.
English agricultural societies launch a sparrow bounty program paying for live birds and eggs to curb crop damage. The effort aims to reduce pests while engaging farmers in bird control, with payments issued for captured specimens.
Spokane and inland empire shippers face proposed rate changes. J M Comstock of Spokane Chamber of Commerce cites an open letter urging fair, equitable freight rates and condemning coast rail joint action to lock inland merchants into higher charges. The piece argues for continued resistance and notes recent rate reductions as gains for retailers and consumers.
From the steamer Siberian at San Francisco more than twenty congressmen waved farewell as they set sail for Hawaii. The delegation includes both senators and representatives, many with wives or relatives, to inspect the four largest islands and study labor conditions during a fourteen day visit at the invitation of Hawaii's legislature.
A column offers practical space saving tips for the housewife with limited room including corner cupboards and ventilator windows. It shares simple fish baking and pantry storage techniques, several old time recipes such as pickles and apple slump, plus housekeeping hints, cleaning methods, and basic first aid remedies.
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