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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
3
Fruit and vegetables advertise affordable produce including Nice Hubbard squashes Sweet Potatoes and fresh Cranberries promising savings and quality for shoppers. The tone resembles a vintage ad or market blurb highlighting good value and fresh goods.
Milton reports seven new houses under construction and Harvey McDonald from Walla Walla buys 440 acres near Milton for 1144,000. The town sees hunting trips, a pistol accident injuring a boy’s finger, a theater comedy, saloon election tensions, and a temperance lecture drawing crowds. Local residents visit relatives, attend events, and weddings cited from Freewater to Walla Walla.
Walla Walla Washington December 1 The morning the local postoffice opened in five new buildings erected by Jayco and Co and leased to the government for ten years at a monthly rent of 110 dollars. Workmen moved the mail and fixtures from the old quarters all day yesterday and the doors opened promptly. The new fixtures include all modern handling appliances with five hundred late lock boxes and spacious registry and money order departments. Carriers and rural delivery setups are arranged to speed letter delivery. Postmaster Brunton, in charge of fitting the office, says it is the Northwest’s most modern post office. The building is heated by steam and has gas and electric lights.
Two Chelan county inmates Jared and Harrison escaped Starbuck jail by concealing themselves. They were pursued by Sheriff Keller with bloodhounds and tracked along the Snake River country to Wallula, then captured Saturday night and returned to the state penitentiary.
A Weet Point Louisiana man credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing a severe cold and obstinate cough described as consumption by several physicians. He claims it saved his life though once doomed, noting a weight of 227 pounds. Trial bottles are advertised free at Talmans drug store.
Delegates from seamen unions across the country gathered in Milwaukee on December i for a week long International Seamen's Union convention. Key topics include forming an informational international publication, investigating the Gulf of Mexico district, creating a union pennant, and establishing an office for the International Seamen's Union.
Admiral Dewey hoisted four stars on the Mayflower and set sail from the Washington navy yard with his personal staff for Culebra Island. He is to command the combined fleets in the Caribbean maneuvers, arriving Friday or Saturday, and may not return to Washington until spring. A separate item notes Colorado's new travel rule requiring physician certificates for invalids boarding trains, aiming to curb contagious disease aboard.
The Morgan Iron Works, a large local foundry, was auctioned to satisfy creditor claims. The plant, held by a receiver for months, remains in operation while the sale proceeds under a court order. No bid below $27,000 will be considered.
A signed notice from Pendleton Oregon dated December 1 1902 states an agreement to set monthly rates for horse care. One horse housed with hay costs 150 dollars per month and one horse with hay and grain costs 14 dollars per month, effective December 1 1902.
The Queen Hotel on Garden Street between Court and Alta opens with 30 well lit and ventilated rooms. Recently erected by Joe Ell, it features electric lights and baths. The Queen Chop House and Oyster House on Main Street will be run in connection by Messrs.
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