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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1904
Page
2
A disordered kidney leads to heart failure bladder and urinary troubles. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root offers kidney liver and bladder relief, claimed to calm frequent urination and pain. Free sample offer and address in Binghamton New York.
General news item notes a bank vault explosion in Ravin Indian Territory with $1.70 in cash recovered. It tallies the deaths of A W Renie Pittsburg metallurgist at 36, Dan Mercantile Agency chief in New York, and Michael Davie en route to Denver. Also mentions Stanford enrolment, Port Arthur shell damage to a British ship, and theater closures affecting the industry amid heavy snowfall and a 1 mile Denver elevation claim.
An unidentified tramp was killed by a Short Line Wain in Cleft Idaho on Sunday August Ek of Oregon City. A Swede from Washington plans a shingle industry to regulate output and prices. Nez Perce Indians stage a dancing gambling revel near Lewiston at Pothweh Junction. Spokane ministers threaten to arrest Mayor Hoyd for tolerating fallen women. Albert Beckman on trial for Helen Kelly’s murder in Butte fights death by throat cutting. Woodson Gray found guilty of manslaughter in Union in a second trial for Archie Halgarth’s October killing at Elgin. Baker City Herald sale postponed due to notice defect. James Main Dixon hospital bound with spider bite in Walla Walla.
The piece describes Chinese New Year festivities in the city, noting fireworks, feasts, and merchant hosting of events over three weeks. It explains lunar months with 26 or 13 months a year, and how the calendar helps pick lucky days. It mentions New Year calling cards and merchants receiving guests, plus a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption.
The post office faces a busy Valentine period with a surge of parcels and cards. Clerks are overwhelmed as out of town mail rises about 10 percent in two days, and many senders neglect proper postage on penny valentines. A dental health ad plugs Catarrh cures with mail-in offers.
A long list details guests and visitors arriving at Hotel Pendleton including names such as Wm Fitzgerald Portland S Mentelaton Chicago JI oR Flynn Portland F EK Ramsey Portland H oH Hamilton Batoy Rapide Jr Cleland Portland M Tre Portland rh OH Smith Zaaneaville and many others from Spokane Chicago San Francisco New York Denver Walla Walla and Salt Lake City with assorted initials and towns. The compilation resembles a hotel guest ledger from a city transit hub.
A dense list of names and places includes JoJ. fuews Portland W Nelson San Francisco and many others from Portland Walla Walla Seattle Salt Lake and more. A public notice from W T Boynton asks all debtors to settle balances promptly. An unrelated line notes that on American railways every passenger carries two tons of freight.
A curious column claims hair color denotes temperament and that baldness reflects character. It cites a Paris professor and an experiment on a rabbit, then promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a remedy to “destroy the cause you remove the effect” and invites samples from a special agent.
Norman Williams, accused of murdering Mex Nesbit and her daughter, remains jailed at The Dalles. He refuses to speak for publicity. A.8. Tewnett, who once hosted Mine Nesbit as a domestic, declines to defend Williams.
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