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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1905
Page
3
A scientific journal recounts a tond’s canning scheme where a toad entices insects with moistened meat in a saucer and a hungry bird feeds on trapped prey, while medical notes advise dietary precautions in typhoid and scarlet fever, detailing avoided foods and suitable broths for recovery.
A collection of humor and aphorisms includes a Scottish meter prank about a gas bill, a domestic exchange about telling all to a spouse, a note on leaving the rut and choosing the harder path, and a quip on poverty adding charm to love with rustic bacon humor.
A fragment from The Shallows Murmur and quotes from Washington Star and Charlotte Chronicle discussing family trees and unpopular men. The text references Miss Cayenne and a comparison of tight family lines to strong twigs. It notes differing views on virtue and steadfastness in the face of public opinion.
La Grande school district and Pendleton may study septic tanks for sewage. La Grande High School and La Grande Academy use sealed two chamber tanks costing about 200 and 200 for 500 to 600 pupils, with no odors or sewer gases and automatic waste handling.
Readers of the Pioneer note Rev. Father Hickey of Wasco has many friends in Madras seeking to encourage him to build a church here at the earliest opportunity. He is regarded as a strong church builder with a fine record and deserves support from local people and the conference.
The Sumpter Daily Miner describes odd weather along Granite Way and a curious relic at a small church. A saddle stool relic from fox hunting days sparked pride among parishioners as tales of parsons and hunting life were shared.
A congressional committee arrived in New York to inspect Ferdinand Hassler's work on the United States coast survey. Hassler barred entry to the upstairs classroom and asked the committee to determine what part of the project they wished to inspect, then shut the door. The puzzled lawmakers chose not to pursue the inquiry and returned to Washington.
The Pilot Butte canal in the Dewehuten valley is finished ten and a half miles south of Crooked river. Water will be diverted into Crooked River about four miles west of Smith Rock by the twentieth of the month. Prineville Journal notes church plans in Bend with a new Presbyterian building and study funded partly. Rev. Mitchell reports returning from Bund tod Sisters. Harvey Dun of Hood River drowned at Warren Lake after breaking through the ice on February 12. body recovered February 4.
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Nyes, Ore files a new bank, listing shareholders John Enols, M. Jones, N. W. Bower, J. F. Reece, and W. G. Craig. A meeting on February 20 will elect officers for the first year.
An bystander exclaims that nothing is to get angry about as an excited individual asks for help after a photo was taken. The scene features a comic exchange about making a wife happy and the phrase "thick" appears, reflecting humorous banter from a Smart Set context.
An elderly man from Pendleton claims Doan’s Kidney Pills cured a decade of backache and kidney trouble after trying various medicines. The ad promotes the remedy as effective and urges readers to buy from Brock & McComas Drug Store, with Fuller Mills Co as sole agents in the U.S. The misspelled copy notes price and brand, urging trusted use.
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