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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1904
Page
3
General news recounts Doodle Hill Kelly serving four years in Sing Sing for murder and later claiming prayers answered. A Senate chaplain urged members to repeat the Lord’s Prayer. A watery canal controversy and a shipwreck near Maxwelton are also noted with survivors rescued by a steamer.
A late 19th century Northwest column reports Frank J. Jewett named penitentiary appointee at Loomis facility, regional vandalism and accidents in Seattle and Tacoma, a Seattle labor union appeal against picketing, a burglary at a Tacoma lodging house, a court revenue update, and a Centralia arrest of Clarence Norton for stabbing a companion. The items mix municipal, labor, crime, and court notes with terse, regional detail.
The Umatilla region, spanning Wiseh Sherman Gilani Morrow Umatilla Union and Tak er counties, has recovered from 15 years of hardship. Wheat and wool prices, droughts and hard winters gave way to better crops, larger alfalfa feeds, and stronger bank lending. Farmers and shepherds report improved profits, new lands brought into cultivation, and greater optimism after previous gloom.
A long list of hotel arrivals includes guests and visitors from cities such as New York Allentown Portland Spokane and Walla Walla. The roster names individuals and families including H A Vihhewit Mim KR and J HO Mewonger among many others visiting or staying at the hotel.
An advertising notice promises cure for deafness claimed to be caused by catarrh. It asserts inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be healed by constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for cases cured, naming Toledo Ohio. It also urges use of Hall's Catarrh Cure and pills for constipation.
The Hove ant Girls Aid Society of Portland offers a limited number of chove and girls for edition, light work, chores, while attending action, and for those wishing to adopt. Address W. T. Gardner, Portland. Or,
A period piece argues that the true test of an article's worth is its ability to achieve its purpose. It praises Newbro's Herpicide for attacking the root of baldness and grime, claiming it cleanses and prevents greasiness in hair. Detroit agents A.C. Koepper & Bros. promote the product in strong advertising prose.
The Van Alstine-Gordon Co and Lips & Co with H V Lips as manager operate a mercantile agency network. The firms coordinate trade credits and collections for merchants across towns, linking suppliers, buyers, and financial services in a regional market.
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