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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
3
Christmas goods head a holiday sale as the store touts attractive display of merchandise. It highlights easy selection for presents, guaranteed satisfaction, and money back assurance to make holiday buying safe and pleasurable for customers.
The 1905 Central American coffee crop, totaling 54 000 tons, will be shipped to the United States as transportation contracts are signed. Col W C Gorgas reports three yellow fever cases in October, only one among commission employees. A DC boys reform school fire caused $50 000 damage with 300 inmates and no casualties. Mrs Shaminski born twins. Mrs Majeski twins. Mrs Webster and Mrs Twombiey each one child on December 15 in Wheeling. Hungarian MPs back a ballot for educated men over 24 and threaten to block the machine. US Steel plans a $20 million lake Michigan iron and steel plant to serve Western markets. Paydays postponed for Southern Indiana Railroad workers due to John Walsh financial troubles. Government cattle on Angel Island near San Francisco, 64 head with 42 milch cows. half tuberculous. Philippine products to enter US duty-free except certain tobaccos under Pingrey bill. Rock Springs coroner’s jury finds engineers Brink and Durrell responsible for Overland Limited collision. Tulsa tunnel accident: Manuel Probico fatally impaled by a tamping bar during a premature explosion.
A note on flavor testing compares one drop of Schilling's Lest lemon extract in half a glass of water against varying numbers of drops from another extract to gauge relative intensity. The aim is to determine how many drops produce comparable flavor impact.
Stock Inspector A. L. Duble states there is no scab case among 103,000 sheep in Gilliam County. W. H. Thomas & Co. builds a four story flour mill at Payette Idaho and buys the Payette Flouring Mill plant. At Rathdrum nine Chinese men are tried under the extension law with eight to be deported. one proves citizen born in Portland. Payette plans a national bank with capital of 50,000 dollars. directors listed. Wallace residents Charles M. and Marian Cooper form an Odd Fellows lodge for 15,000 dollars. Judge George Gray jails Ira Kenward for contempt. Kenward plans suit for 25,000 dollars. Albany forms a woolen mill company with 200,000 capital. city to invest 15,000 in buildings. Trade Dollar Company claims 10,000 feet water at Swan Falls and dam improvements, but federal courts award only 260 feet. G A R posts push for removal of Charles Beals at Soldiers' Home Ort. Oregon appointments confirmed: land office receiver George W. Tibes Portland. land office clerks Benjamin Eddy Roweburg Algernon Dresser Portland. postmasters Chester Cond The Dalles A W Severance Tillamook.
A Ledger and Democrat review defends property tax assessments in Wallowa County. It argues the levy matches usable property value, notes prior underassessment of irrigated land, and contends adjustments aim for lawful cash value and equitable burdens rather than abrupt hikes.
A Spokane train incident ends with Minnesota Governor John A. Johnson almost losing his shoes to a hobo. The thief wore the governor's footwear and borrowed trousers before locking himself in a toilet. Porters broke in, the tramp was fined $50 and costs, and the governor's shoes were returned.
An odd piece describes the Laughing Jackass known as the Janehing Jovknes beloved in inland Australia. It portrays the feathered comedian as a welcome relief to travelers and a providential beacon amid lonely journeys and somber landscapes.
A garbled report describes an incident during a Savoy Opera performance involving Arthur Sullivan, a misread stage action, and a neighbor who overheard a disrupted scene. The text hints at a miscommunication about funding and a composer’s reaction, with unclear sequence and names.
We the undersigned have placed all outstanding accounts with attorney Dan P Smythe for collection. Pendleton Oregon callers are asked to settle in full at his office. Also mentions Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar sold by Tallman & Co.
A traveler recounts a slow ascent around a kopje in South Africa where Kaffira and farmers formed a circle to hunt baboons. The account notes seven guns, a tense top ascent, and a final tally of thirty baboons bagged with one named as fallen to the narrator. The writing likens the scene to an execution and describes the monkeys’ cries as disturbingly human.
The piece contrasts Harlem New York with Haarlem Holland in the past. It cites New York Herald’s vivid Victorian description of Haarlem including canals, church windows, storks, and a lively street scene. It ends with notes on a drowned man named Henry Runney near St Maries Idaho after drinking.
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