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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1902
Page
7
A garbled listing shows livery and feed services, a forwarding address, and several attorney offices. Photographers advertise harvest views and Indian photos with finishing services, all in Pendleton Oregon area near Judd Building and Main Street.
Local market prices show turnips 75e per sack parsnips tic per sack cabbage 4e per head onions 21o per dozen greens onions per dozen 21o cheese per pound 20c onions per cwt 2 dollars potatoes per cwt 32 apples per box 1 horse radish 12%c per pound garlic priced per pound sweet potatoes per pound sauerkraut per gallon Pendleton Livestock and Poultry chickens per dozen 3.50 to 4.00 roosters 5.50 to 4.00 turkeys per pound geese per dozen 4 spring chickens per dozen 3.60 ducks per dozen 3.76 pigeons per dozen 1.60 eggs 30c butter 60c per roll cattle cows per hundred 3.10 steers 4 hogs live 6 dressed 7 to 6 Pendleton Retail Grocery Prices sugar cane granulated 6.76 per sack 16 pounds 1 beet granulated 6.50 per sack 16 pounds 1 coffee best 40c per pound next grade 36c per pound lower grades 26c per pound rice beat head 12% per pound salt course 1.35 per 100 table 2.20 per 100 Angora wool 1.00 per 1.00 pelts various animal prices and hides listed with regional values for Pendleton area. Flour 2.60 per barrel bran 18 per ton shorts 15 per ton oats 1.15 per 100 hay prices for loose and baled varieties rest of items include furs and animal skins with prices for different grades and sizes. Portland Feb 18 prices list wool sheepskins tallow hides and other commodities.
An 1890s testimonial cites relief from itching burning and protruding piles using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Cure described as immediate with claims of other uses for cuts burns and wounds. Date and origins relate to J S Gerall of St Paul Ark and Tallman Brock companies warned against counterfeits.
The Fireman’s Herald details extraordinary precautions for Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Watchmen patrol hourly day and night, limited entry to the old building, and two electric wires allowed. Clef Katter ensures two trucks and a chemical engine arrive within two minutes after a fire alarm. The plan includes standby fire engines, ladders, and nine men, with city officers joining the watch to inspect the edifice. A clear order directs rapid action to save the historic portrait and extinguishers are noted. Senator Turner requests a resolution on Indian schools facing tuberculosis and disease, mortality, and gender mixing concerns.
Fragmentary ad from a local paper offers new and boond goods including granite ware. Mentions prices and a call to contact the seller. Contains garbled names and stray phrases suggesting a home goods sale and possibly court reference.
A dense, OCR damaged page listing sale ads and classifieds. Items include subscriptions and paper bundles at 23 cents, rentals with heated rooms, kitchen items, and weighing scales. Also promotional lines from advertising company stand with a political slogan about business and poetry.
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