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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
4
Advertisement describes a contractor role for Kriaolite Wood Fibre Plaster and White Crystal Lime, offered by a Blue Rapids Kansas supplier. It promises honestly priced lumber and building materials including lath, shingles, sash, doors, cement, brick, and mand with prompt delivery.
Portian social scene features Mia Audra Rust wedding plans with Edna Storie, Celestine Moorhouse visiting relatives, Bertha Alexander bound for Baker City, and Mrs. Frank Moule hosting a Duplicate Whist club. Local weddings, anniversaries, dinners, and a large Alpha Theta dancing party fill December gatherings with many named attendees and guests from Portland, Walla Walla, and Denver.
A lengthy list of church events outlines New Year worship at Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational and Christian Science churches. Includes morning and evening services, Sunday schools, youth meetings, and a men’s 4 PM gathering tied to the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon movement. Also notes a Christmas cantata, visiting pastors, and prayer meetings starting January 1 and continuing through the week.
A brief note announces an evening program at 7 30 featuring Professor Easton of Citnso directing the choir and soloists including Victor Dorris the minister. The event accompanies a tour to western Oregon with a theme The Dying Year and Thithe That Die Not and a 7 30 start time.
Paris Tec 29 Professor Henry Moissan described a method to make diamonds from iron and carbon, heating in a crucible then quenching to create minute diamond crystals. New York Dec 20 jewelers doubt the worth, noting artificial crystals are costly to produce and market volumes would crush prices.
Elwood Mead proposes that Oregon receive federal support for two years to advance surveys and irrigation work. If the Oregon legislature allocates 10000 dollars at the January session, Uncle Sam would contribute a fire gum plus 5000 dollars from a special appropriation for Willamette Valley investigations, totaling 25000 dollars for two years. Mead cites 1000000 acres of land ready for colonization with completing government private irrigation projects.
State Senator J N Hart of Baker County notes ongoing soil adaptability experiments across the Willamette valley aim to determine optimal agricultural uses and reduce farmer costs. Investigations span two years and are supported by local business interest seeking funding for valley experiments.
In a Philadelphia Ledger account a groom rose to speak at a toast but, struggling with his words, placed a hand on his bride and blurted a garbled remark. He had begged off earlier yet spoke awkwardly, muttering that something had been forced new the.
A woman left home for the day and posted a card reading All out Dont leave anything for the grocer. On returning she found the place ransacked and her valuables missing. A card on the floor added Thanks We havent left much.
An odd notice discusses a white wine appearing red and a related warning. It mentions watter YVee and a delicate matter when viewed. The note attributes the color shift to perceptual or material factors and cautions readers.
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