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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
8
Manager M F Marston announces Hello Girls resume providing train arrival information via Information call line after coordinating with O R N agent Schuyler. Central office will relay late train news to hotels and public. accuracy rests with railroad sources.
The Christmas celebration at the Church of the Redeemer includes a 7 30 am holy communion and a 10 am full Christmas service led by Rector Charles Quinney. The program features hymns such as O Come All Ye Faithful It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and O Little Town of Bethlehem with an offertory for the clergy widow and orphans fund.
The notice warns that very early cold starts are best checked promptly to avoid deep-seated illness and longer cure. Delays worsen symptoms as every hour lost adds days of suffering. Take action now.
Rev N H Brooks former pastor of the Christian church in the city has fully recovered from a recent mental ailment and returned home from Mt Tabor sanatorium Portlan. Walter McCormmach of Pendleton auto company has received a new E M F auto the first of its make in the county and will use it as a demonstration machine.
Thomas W. Murrell and Mary E. Murrell James A. Isaacs and Eva Richardson George Bain and Nelile Luke are listed among marriage licenses issued, reflecting several early 20th century civil records.
Miss Lola Rogers thanks numerous friends in Pendleton Adams Athena and Weston for their able help during the pony contest.
Arrangements are made to establish an American branch of the International Banking corporation in Pekin. It would be the first American bank here among British, French, German, and Japanese institutions active since 1902, testing opportunities for American expansion, notably in Manchuria.
New York Dec 22 actress Alice Neilson filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in U S court this afternoon listing assets of 7206 dollars unsecured and 76 dollars of wearing apparel exempt by law Miss Neitzen identified her as Mrs Benjamin Wentwix.
In Portland Telegram style reporting a bizarre name, the piece notes Theodore Bhonts’s grandson Emanuel Theodore Bernard Marie Luyries d Ally, duc de Chaulnes et Picquigny, as a notably burdened youth with a round shoulders and unlikely rescue.
Local organizers awaiting a reply to an amended offer for woolen mill machinery sent to Judd this morning. Negotiations aim to purchase old machinery while other mill work proceeds. An offer to buy a block west of West bon Street to the Oregon and Northern company was made by T. C. Taylor yesterday, with no reply yet.
The Peacock Milling Co has a notice of appropriation for 5000 inches of water from the Walla Walla river to generate electrical power for manufacturing, heating, and irrigation. Water is taken from the division between sections 19 and 209, township 6 north, range 36 east, and will be conveyed by a pipe line to Peacock mills.
The Padfle Express office will stay open all day tomorrow to handle Christmas parcels for townspeople. The delivery service will run as usual, with Agent Steele saying he has a package or two for every resident and intends to hand them out.
Pendleton High girls defeat The Dalles 11 to 13 in a hard fought basketball clash played last evening in The Dalles. Pendleton led early and held the advantage despite strong defense from The Dalles squad under local rules with six players per side and a loose center. Referees were Young of The Dalles and Pendleton coach Potter.
The United States plans a million dollar torpedo station on the coast. Engineers study California harbors for the site while Newport Rhode Island hosts the only current station. Winter limits torpedo maneuvers, making California the likely center of activity and importance.
Chicago detectives investigate the strangling of Moy Dow, a wealthy Chinese merchant. A note reveals a $2000 price on Moy’s head, as Chu Chin Ching’s death is tied to highbinder violence. Authorities pursue leads in the Chinese community and underground gangs.
The Pendleton city council voted a library levy of 0.2 mills to fund library needs, alongside a general city levy of nine mills and two mills for street improvements. They approved West Court Street improvements from Main to the city limits and referred Lincoln Street matters to committees. A permit for near beer at the Ben Morton place was also considered.
London. Mrs Atherton, famed beauty, who sued Captain Yarde Buller, attended police court to prosecute Mrs Taylor, an elderly American woman, for assault. Atherton alleged Taylor choked her at her residence. a policeman noted marks on the neck but declined arrest. The magistrate ordered both women to keep the peace.
Four angora goats pull a buggy in Kansas City as Captain W Edwards drives. The 21 year old buggy carries a reserve goat tied to its back. Edwards aims for New York, planning an 800 day trip from Los Angeles after already covering 2000 miles at about 14 miles daily.
Hotel recently renovated and doing good business. Inquiries invited to Mrs. Frank Myers, Helix, Oregon, with selling reasons noted. Local listing highlights opportunity in Helix.
Clean beds offered at reasonable rates in a local lodging listing. The item advertises accessible accommodations and affordability, focusing on a specific lodging reference to J Elmo. No further details provided.
A Victorian era ad explains NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE as a destroyer of "Herts" herpes caused by parasitic microbes. It claims the product kills the microbe and hair then grows. Samples offered by The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan, 60 cents or one dollar. A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
Hoquiam reports lumberman O P Burrows bought the Flyte syndicate timber holdings on the Humptulies river for about 680000. The cruise value is listed at 170000000 with a price of four dollars per thousand, described as the largest Amber deal in Chehalis County for some time.
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