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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
8
Sunken River boat refloated and launched for upper river service. Three licenses awarded to F. W. Cline L A Tilson and the Model Bar. Xmas tree planned for city children. Cottage Hotel leased to John Hatton. Various local personal notes and holiday events listed.
Los Angeles reports an unusual divorce action in the superior court revealing a woman may be the wife of two men, or of neither, or of both at once. The case exposes legal complications arising from overlapping marriage claims and questions of spousal status.
Mrs. M. McCulston of Los Angeles initiated a twenty year marriage and divorce dispute involving William McCuistion and William J. Paschall. She sought to annul her marriage to McCuistion and has fought to invalidate prior divorces. If she prevails, she would become legally single though property and double alimony issues remain unresolved.
Henry Polk of Madera found his dead brother George 66 after a wagon fall on a Stockton road. He carried him home and laid him to rest in bed, placing whisky at the bedside as a bracer for the morning. George died from a broken neck.
Hartford report states the famous old chaise used by Governor Jonathan Trumbull to reach his inauguration 200 years ago and later ridden by General Lafayette during a Hartford visit was destroyed by fire in a Kensington stable owned by William Luby.
Two Civil War veterans sat together at the city hospital awaiting a wagon to the poorhouse. One wore blue, the other gray, and a Union veteran spoke with tears about the pity of an old soldier who fought for four years.
Two elderly veterans, Charles Wolf aged seventy four from the First Alabama cavalry and Dennis Chapman aged seventy eight from Cincinnati, shared Civil War battle wounds in St. Louis. Wolf described reinjuring at Rome Georgia during Sherman’s march south, while Chapman showed neck and leg scars and hoped for a pension to avoid the poorhouse.
Sacramento police trap follows repeated telephones to Mrs. William Moreland wife of Episcopal bishop. Patrolman George Murphy admitted the charges and was removed from force after meeting her in a taxi on Twenty sixth Street and was confronted by the officers. The case led to his dismissal and indicates a sequence of actions by authorities including Judge Hughes and District Attorney Wachhorst.
Philadelphia wealthy merchant John W. Horner wed Milas Corrine Hurlock, a seamstress once employed in Horner’s circle, after his first wife’s death. The couple traveled to Philadelphia for the ceremony and union.
John M. Ward, chair of the National League rules committee, proposes changing the foul strike rule so only the first foul is a strike instead of the first two. He argues the current rule handicaps the batter and heavily favors the pitcher and suggests options including fouls within a radius of home plate or leveling the pitchers box.
Houston Texas The attorney general of Texas in an opinion to Governor Colquitt states the cotton holding movement in the South is perfectly legal and not a violation of the Sherman anti trust law. Tom Green county local chairman appointed by Governor Colquitt claimed the movement begun at the Southern growers conference in New Orleans violates the anti trust law.
The article states the initiative aims to accelerate the cotton holding movement across the South by clarifying the legal status of county chairmen appointed by state governors, enabling their leadership and participation in guiding the movement.
Deep seated coughs demand external and internal treatment. Purchase Ballard’s Horehound Syrup and receive a Herrick’s Red Pepper Porus Plaster for the chest free with each bottle. Sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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