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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1904
Page
8
A bustling page of city brief items lists sunny forecasts and a parade of shop ads and notices. Readers encounter real estate for rent, job wants, holiday sales, and local business promotions from Howie to Sullivan & Yor, with dates and prices peppered through a dense, era-specific catalog of commerce.
Mra W J Sewell remains seriously ill with grip. M A Rader departed for Portland on brief business. Aire H C Will of Beho is in the city receiving medical care. Abr D OC Brownell and daughter from Wimatilla visit on business. Miss Claire Mousey manager of the telephone oyster returns from Athena. George F L Sutherland of Wille Walla the Pen ALC sewer builder visits. Nelson, who served on United States jury duty, returns home and travels to Butter Lorwek. M Hi Rice of Freewater visits the Oregon Fire Mutual ins company in the city. Carl Gilbert of Reho and W W Nixon of Waar head to Republic for news of their mother’s serious condition. Carl Gilbert’s mother accompanies them to Pendleton, he returns to Reho. J W Kimbrell, county surveyor, reports county wealth and widespread foreclosures. Robert Reay, recently promoted from express agent to messenger, arrives in Pendleton. Mrs Henn has moved to Spokane with her family. Mrs Clarke Stanton, wife of Helix miller, dies of heart failure. funeral to be held in Wallin Waite, with burial in Umatilla county. she was about 44 and ill for some time.
Mayor Ibert Bunt reports approval from Senator Leyl Ankeny in Washington D.C. for congress to provide 2000 toward building new brick quarters at Fort Walla Walla. The deficiency in appropriation is about 300. When completed, the fort will be one of the best equipped in the Department of the Coast Guard.
In Hurnett Washington a coal mine disaster left fourteen bodies recovered after an incident. Rescue teams reported no further victims and the search focused on identifying all those involved in the collapse.
A women’s league in Mexico City forms a campaign against kissing among its members and possibly others, arguing kissing spreads contagious diseases. The group pledges not to kiss in public or private, while critics call the move unnecessary and an infringement on daily etiquette. A member’s lost cuff link is offered for return.
The Women’s Clubs hosted an afternoon on Heinrich Hofmann and listed topics on notable contemporary women writers. Members shared personal recollections, sketches of writers, and discussed Hofmann’s art methods, with musical interludes and refreshments.
The Open Five r Committee and Openiver Association push portage road work for river access from The Dalles to Spokane. Districts listed span Washington Oregon counties and include Pasco Lewiston Palouse Big Bend Walla Walla Yakima Pendleton The Dalles and others with two women seeking any work, lodging house preferred. local ad notes Sullivan Bond promotion for Monday.
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