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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1903
Page
6
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as the purest quickest remedy for infant and child skin ailments and related disorders. It promises instant relief for irritated skin, calmer sleep for restless babies, and safety plus economy, claiming universal utility and superiority over physicians and other products.
United States labor commissioner Carroll D Wright reports 1902 saw average family living costs rise to 944.61, up from 296.76 in 1896, with food costs increasing 19 per year since 1889. Western states show similar pressure while wages lag. The notice ends noting Frazer production of a musical tonight featuring Jefferson De Angelis and a strong cast.
A Marion Indiana woman, Gertrude Fenner, suffered a severe lung illness and pneumonia due to deep-seated coughing. After using One Minute Cough Cure from Tallman & Co, she was cured, regained her weight from 2 pounds to normal, and restored health and strength.
The Toreador closes the program with performances by Sun S Shubert Nixon and Zimmerman to prevent Jefferson Angellé Opera Company from presenting The Toreador at the London Gaiety.
A booklet describes investments of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Sent free on application. Contains details on agent ranks, policyholders, and amounts paid. Includes names Alma D. Kats manager Boise Idaho and Frank L. Hammond district manager Pendleton Oregon.
Eight months of stomach trouble ended after trying many remedies. Patient reports rapid improvement with Ackers Dyspepsia Tablets and expresses gratitude. Correspondence from Vancouver and offer of a free trial package from W. H. Hooker & Co. in Buffalo.
The Park Theater, under Manager La Vera, presents a top bill with a striking necromancy act by Mrs La Vera praised as the best yet in Pendleton. The Waltons impress as Chinese impersonators, Hurt Vincent varies well, Lang renders a pleasing number, Miss Grey recites effectively, and Gerald and Errol draw applause until Buck the dog interrupts. Six boys provide comic relief with bread and milk.
The Jewele Shirley company will stage a three nights engagement at the Frazer beginning Monday December 7 presenting A Modern Magdalene Camille and Trilby as announced in the East Oregonian last Saturday.
Wreckage from the flood fills the creek bottom between Heppner and Lexington, with perhaps over a thousand cords of debris sold as fuel at one dollar per load. Farmers and interior settlers haul hundreds of cords away, while two inches to a foot of wash silt enriches the ground. Clearing the wreckage will take effort, but overall damage is slight.
A Chicago conference of delegates from farmers unions in the United States and Canada aims to form the American Society of Equity. The group seeks equitable marketing plans and fair prices for consumers, not inflated by trust profits. Notable backers include Harvie Jordan of Georgia, RR. P. Hamer of South Carolina, and Senator W. A. Drake of Colorado.
New York dispatch reports a special meeting of the Association of Portland Cement Manufacturers to decide on a winter shutdown for cement plants nationwide. The move follows stockpiling, strikes in construction, and a projected loss of up to 100000 jobs if plants suspend operations.
In Craven county jail Chris Dixon faces execution for the murder of Godfrey Webber, shot near his home on November 22, 1901. Evidence cited includes two magazine pages used as gun wadding, and a missing copy found at Dixon’s house. Dixon fled after sentencing, was recaptured near Chesterfield, and later married Webber’s widow, who had once been Dixon’s sweetheart before Webber appeared.
Testimony from W. T. Easton of Boerne Texas claims DeWitt’s Late Early Risers are unequaled as a liver pill. He says they give strength and energy without purging, helping biliousness and torpid liver. Sold by Taliman & Co.
John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue, reports total bureau receipts for the year ending June 10, 1903, at 230,740,927 with a per cent collection cost. Receipts for the last fiscal year are about 1,000,000 less than in 1902.
Mr. C Haney of Geve'v bears a forty year piles history. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel guided him to a permanent cure. Also advertised for cuts burns bruises eczema and more. Tallman & Co sell the product.
A Bay Area letter to a San Francisco pharmacy touts that Brights disease and diabetes are curable in many cases. It cites personal recoveries including Edward Short, a Call department editor, a Call staffer’s mother, and an ex-supreme judge. The letter credits John J. Fulton with new diuretics and urges public proclamation of these cures.
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