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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
6
F. A. Clise, an eye specialist with over 30 years of practice, focuses entirely on correcting defective vision. The practice grinds its own lenses on premises using the latest eye testing methods and offers fittings at an office in the Joan Schmidt Building on Main Street.
A vintage Doan's Kidney Pills testimonial from C Beale of 300 Aura Street Pendleton Oregon claims relief from kidney trouble back pain and nocturnal urinary symptoms after brief use The ad urges readers to seek the product at The Pendleton Drug Co and notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sole US agents emphasizing Doan's as the recommended remedy against Brights disease or diabetes in a period voice.
Local readers can subscribe to the Daily East Oregonian delivered by carrier for fifteen cents weekly.
Washington reports the lighthouse board’s abroad trip yields plan to adopt European innovations. England’s vaporlight saves labor, cutting keepers and costs. the continent’s electric designs and dual-keeper systems promise cheaper maintenance. European fog signals, Pintsch gas buoys, and Swedish acetylene lighting may modernize U S lighthouse service, with new vessels and upgraded lenses under consideration.
Special correspondence from Athena Oregon reports a 46 to 6 defeat for Athena High School as Weston dominates with superior passing and Bertie Weston scoring. Postgame honors were given to the visiting team. After holidays a return game is planned in Athena with school debates on government plans and a library expansion noted. The janitor salary was raised to 49 dollars per month.
In Honduras the fall of Zelaya would diminish Davila influence as Davidi, a key figure under Bonilla, held command in Camarama and served as customs collector on the Atlantic seaboard. With Davila's administration, Senor David lost power and prominence faded.
McMinnville Oregon December 6 After two hours deliberation a circuit court jury found Jesse Townsend guilty of manslaughter in the death of James Lawrence during a champagne party incident at Happy Valley Townsend received an indeterminate sentence under the 1907 statute from one year to fifteen years The trial featured claimed self defense and testimony about Townsend and Lawrence both well known farmers with large families Lawrence left a wife and ten children Residents of the foothill area west of McMinnville attended the case
Washington reports that Walla Walla post likely to be abolished under secretary of war policy to retain only central transportation posts. Whitman College may gain the lands of the barracks. Adjutant General denies plans. First Cavalry ordered to return from the Philippines. President Penrose and Professor Kendrick oversee the matter.
At dusk two men manned the launch including Captain H. B. Scott. Captain Ludlow of the Yellowstone claimed salvage and received $500. The Gazelle, registered from Vancouver Washington, is a Yaquindy summer fishing boat. Her engines failed during the squall, and she would likely have perished this morning before the Yellowstone set out again.
A special train from Nyssa and Ontario will carry landlords from south of the Malheur river to Vale to petition county commissioners for creating two irrigation districts. Trowbridge & Niver of Chicago prepared plans and estimates. Portinna agents Colonel Wood and William Martin arrived with stakeholdings from Portland and San Francisco to attend the meeting.
Olympia December 6 Attorney General Bell clarifies marriage license costs. The ruling states $3 must be collected, allocating $2 to the auditor and $1 to the clerk, with no fee for affidavits. The change follows earlier conflicting directives from the law and the accountancy board.
Hamilton Montana December 6 Jack Wilson victim of a highwayman found probably fatally frozen early this morning near an old barn in Woodside outskirts. Wilson had been drinking and was held up by a footpad who took his money and stripped him of coat trousers shoes and socks leaving him on the ground throughout the bitterly cold night. His legs were frozen to the knees and doctors gave no hope for recovery.
Roseburg resident T. J. Williams sues Southern Pacific in circuit court for 1006.90 alleging forcible ejection from a passenger train at Oregon City while en route from Portland to Wilbur on December 14, 1808. He claims a valid pass provided by the railroad was refused and cash fare rejected, with abuse and bodily insult preceding removal.
Two Honduran leaders and an ally of former President Zelaya reportedly arrive in New Orleans to plan a provisional government in Honduras within a week. Bonilla’s visit fueled rumors of a Nicaragua-linked exodus aiding Betrada Davila against Zelaya, signaling a regional upheaval.
The steamer Yellowstone rescued a waterlogged motor launch off Tilmoor Hight as dawn broke. The launch, en route from Yaynite to Portland with 1,000,000 feet of lumber aboard, was struck by a violent show storm and began sinking. Captain Ludlow of the Yellowstone deemed rescue too risky to attempt at sea and cast a line, securing the launch before towing it into port, arriving about six this morning.
The ad extols Hall’s Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and related constitutional disease, asserting internal use heals mucous surfaces and blood and pledging one hundred dollars for proof of failure. It invites testimonials and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers, with Take-Home laxative products also promoted.
The partnership between HH. J. Latourelle and C. L. McGinnis owners of the State auto shop is dissolved by mutual consent. Latourelle will collect all money and pay all accounts after this date. Dated December 2, 1909, H. J. Latourelle, C. L. McGinnis.
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