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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1904
Page
8
The county health outlook for January shows about 25 deaths, pneumonia dominates, few contagious cases, measles and diphtheria limited. Undertakers report 17 deaths in town, some county deaths go to other cities. Delayed reports hinder a full countywide health assessment.
Mrs Rebecca J Corley died this morning at 44 after a short illness of pleurisy. She had come from Lebanon to nurse her husband James Corley, who died here soon after her arrival and was buried last week. Funeral tomorrow at 10 from Rader undertaking parlors conducted by Rev G W Rigby. She was a member of the Ladies of the Maccabees. Also today workers unload engines for a new brewery and Swarts and Greulich plant, machinery bought by A Kunke of Harrislee Machinery Co, Portland, to be in operation by month’s end.
The fragment hints at a dire hypothetical about figures or people named Dio and an outcome of death. The readable portion suggests a fatal or alarming line but lacks clear context or attribution to a specific event or entities.
A sample of city printing discusses a legal notice by Pendleton dated February 7 1901 with long legal descriptions of stolen or unclaimed horses and mares to be sold by public auction for cash at the city pond. The notice, published in East Oregonian and Morning Tribune, lists animals including black and bay geldings mares and a gray mare with various brands and marks. The piece notes costs per inch for publication and compares rates between papers.
The excerpt compares legal notice costs in East Oregonian and Morning Tribune, noting differences in per inch rates and total expense for 100 insertions. It questions routine use of such notices as economical or good government practice and urges scrutiny of public spending.
Cattle prices remain near the top despite abundant feed and winter conditions. JC Lonergan, cattle buyer, left for Echo to manage shipments, after a Idaho and Union visit. Sugar beet factories in California and the south feed cattle, helping ease costs but keeping quotations down. Montana ranchers also plan shipments to benefit from rising later this spring.
A large audience gathered at the Assembly hall for a high school literary program. The highlight was a debate between the eighth grade and freshmen on the resolution that electricity is more beneficial to the people than steam. The freshmen spoke for the affirmative with Carl Ford George Strand and Albert leading the team.
The master mechanic from Huntley Junction, Jones, visiting the city to oversee the engine in the yards. New house near completion for J. W. Cook at the corner of Chompason and Tus tuntrente referenced in nearby notices.
Maude and A W Robinson transfer their inter est in Echo property to J H Dunlop trustee of Wind River Lumber Co The Ripers quit claim deed to Dunlop for 2000 The Wind River company then holds the Echo Lumber Company in full and Robinson likely remains at the helm Water is noted as a minor concern at the watering place.
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