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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
4
Gleaver Bros. advertise as Pendleton Oregon boot and shoe merchants offering footwear and related services. The notice presents a local business listing with branding and location details for customers seeking footwear.
Sparse, ad like jumble of names and offers. Hudson and Zehner cigars, Peter West secondhand books, Tara departments of drugs and fabrics. Tallman Co promotes music stock and patterns. Dr Whitaker advertises dental work. Wessel store sale at cost. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills recommended. Spring chickens and sweet potatoes offered. The mixed copy resembles a midcentury local business directory.
Ty Whitaker listed as a dentist offering varied dental work. The ad also promotes bikes, confectionery, and tobacco at a Cycle shop run by W. Fletcher. Tallman & Co. offer a books incentive for children. Local farming notes mention G Planting near Adana with 20 acres of wheat. A severed artery incident involves W E King while fruit paring. medical aid at Pendleton.
Fat Annie known as Annie Edna dies after drinking from a bottle containing strychnine and alcohol as autopsy shows the poison in her stomach. Suspects Columbia Georgy and Tuya-Taxii face arraignment before Justice Thomas Fits Girraid. A Pendleton wedding between John K. Trumcock and Melissa Chalifoe is reported at the Golden Tulip hotel.
A succession of Pendleton residents and visitors are noted today including Ma J J Roulstone of Adatie and Mrs James Beat visiting Pendleton. Thomas Means, proprietor of the Cottage Hotel Vilatlin, and Mrs Yates returning from Milton report a corner stone issue. Gunter Clark, formerly with the R R S bridge crew, to new freight line between La Grande and Cissantile. Mrs J Shenerman and daughter Miss Currin return from San Francisco after sixteen days. Mr and Mrs Sid Saylor and Mrs Susan Welch with Jane Welch depart for Portland. Jimmy to attend Portland Business College. Miss Ethic Bradley among Green of Port Bliss Street Fair candidates. Mrs Sheridan and others en route to Letina Springs for sewer work. B Morford and family depart for Wallowa county. Charlie M Pierce, cashier at Farmers Bank of Weeton, heads to Paw Rabis California then returns for Merv. Mrs George F Tienberger travels to Anchorage Alaska to pursue teaching. Mer Hosaperg has been in Pendleton as bookkeeper for W F Matlock.
A. D. Silliman reports on proposed reforms to the Woodmen of the World constitution. The executive council would be abolished, with most powers moved to the head managers. Meetings and representation rules are altered, including term lengths and succession provisions. The article notes salary and personnel changes on the head officers and committees.
Fragmentary report describes Aleutian coast mining hopes near Thitel harbor and Klondike miners moving into the Nene country after arrival by Notw to Seattle. It notes staking up to 12 of 14 times, wages of 7 to 9 dollars a day, and perishable goods seller activity. Several dates and river names appear as voyage details through Seattle, with a departure and return timeline ending in Pendleton for rest before further decision.
Despite poor vote collection today Miss Milarkey remains in first place with Miss Luckey second and Miss Welles third in the carnival queen competition. The article notes preparations for the Mari Gru ball, band hiring, and the Midway attractions as the town gears up for the largest entertainment event yet.
F Brown a county teacher has returned from Nome City Alaska and is at Hotel Pendion. He left Portland May 1 and arrived Nome June 4 after a voyage.
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