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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
2
The advertisement highlights beautiful house coats from Pendleton Woolen Mill priced at 18 50. It emphasizes quality fabrics and affordable luxury for the home wear market.
The piece attacks King Leopold II of Belgium for using the phrase the “Christian law of labor” to justify Congo atrocities. It denounces brutal overseers, forced labor, and murder in the Congo Free State, predicting Leopold’s fall as world opinion and reform pressure grow. It contrasts his old “I am the state” stance with a belated reform posture.
Tacoma reports a Cedarhurst dairy rancher M H Conlon died under mysterious conditions on the Puyallup Short Line between Firwood and Cedarhurst. The body bore head injuries and was found by the train crew at 7:16 pm. Conlon reportedly alighted at Firwood after dispute over fare, with two unknown men accompanying him into darkness.
Washington reports the government will seek Supreme Court review of the Heinze case. Ferdinand Auguste Heinze, copper magnate and former Mercantile National Bank of New York president, faced 16 counts of misappropriation. A circuit court sustained a demurrer on one count, prompting the decision to appeal.
A Paris proposal for a grand world exhibition in 1920 marks the fifth anniversary of the French Republic. The idea, discussed at high levels, envisions a monumental event on the circle once encircled by Paris fortifications, which will be leveled to prepare the site.
The Pendleton Elks held a large memorial service in Eagle-Woodman hall to honor departed members. Judge Stephen A. Lowell delivered a highly praised memorial address as part of an eloquent program with music, prayers, and tributes led by Exalted Ruler G W Photon and lodge officers.
Lewiston Idaho will see major Pacific States company upgrades after American Telephone and Telegraph approval. The project costs about 940,000 and includes a 400 pair cable to Clarkston, four new 400 pair lines in Lewiston, underground installation, and a remodeled building with an extra story for expanded offices.
An advertisement urges readers crippled by rheumatic or stiff joints to try Ballard's Snow Liniment. It claims the remedy will drive away aches and stiffness and restore well being, attributed to A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
The Sugar Trust expects to pay eight million dollars in reparations, in addition to the two million already collected, for various frauds on revenues from sugar importations at the port of New York and elsewhere, through agents of the department.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Aldrich will oppose postal savings bank legislation until after the monetary commission reports. Stalwarts in the Senate prepare to block the bill in the upper house. Cummins and La Follette insurgents warn they will push the postal bank bill through the winter.
Mrs Vic London of Old Micain Wisconsin was knocked down by an infuriated cow on a ranch and severely bruised. She became paralyzed from the hip down after trying to rise. Mrs London, about 45, faced bed confinement with her condition. Also reported, A B Finch convicted in another court of simple assault after a late-night jury deliberation. he denied shooting at O H Redlund at Gem, claiming another person did the act.
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