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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1904
Page
2
An old advertisement warns that apoplexy stems from kidney trouble and urges treatment with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. It claims kidney derangement leads to bladder and kidney issues, with false hopes of cures through the product and lists free offers and contact in Hinghamton.
General news items report Governor Sewell of Guam resigning for health reasons. A labor strike involves two thousand two hundred miners in Houchion Mie. Abier McKinney, brother of a prominent preacher, lies in critical condition after a fall. The southern West Virginia region faces heavy street damage. Henry Havemeyer of American Sugar Refining earns about 100,000 annually. Rev Father Joseph G Zealand, a noted priest and educator, dies in St Louis at age 72. A private dual deal firm’s failure follows the Baltimore fire. W Stewart & Son are noted hardware builders. British Columbia plans a lumber export tax to the U.S. Greensboro College for Women burns, insured losses around 125,000. F G Senter in Denver shoots and kills his wife then himself after quarrel and separation.
Several Portland stories appear including recovery of all furs worth 5000 from the Silverfeld parlors and two men Matt Cullen and George Kelly jailed for the theft. An unknown assailant fired at Mrs Hugh Dennison's Portland home. Shipping and local crime notes include a Spokane man Sam Kohn who died by suicide after dynamite arrest in Montana. Henry Miller, Oregon pioneer and former legislator from Josephine county, noted as a Nin Chwang resident during the Russo Japanese era. A worker perished in the Sacramento river flood near Redding Keswick.
Gifford Pinchot and F H H Newell, new members of the public land commission, visited governors of several states after a Pacific coast woolgrowers convention. They met Governor Peabody and a Garteld county delegation to discuss forest reserve laws and land entry. Newell and Pinchot warned of land fakirs and grafters exploiting homesteaders while irrigation projects like the Truckee canal proceed, noting desert land remains unlikely to yield settlements until water arrives.
Washington on February 18 notes rising recognition of the United States Geological Survey work. Foreign bureaus increasingly request data in geology hydrology and hydrography. Bermuda asked about artesian wells while France Mexico and Peru seek to adopt US methods and hire experienced survey staff for Peru’s new hydrology department.
A campaign note announces the Seventh Day Adventists gathering in Walla Walla Washington from April 6 to 10 1904 with O R & N offering a one and one third fare round trip on the certificate plan Tickets go on sale three days before opening and E C Smith is the O R N agent for details. Baltimore printers overwhelmed by the fire find employment in Washington government printing offices with no specific claim of necessity cited and viewed as a political move to counter a Typographical Union setback.
A long list records hotel arrivals at Hotel Pendleton in Fort Worth with guests from San Francisco Spokane Portland Seattle Echo Colfax Denver Tacoma Grand Rapids and more. Names include Waite Lowe Btevens Nurse Trowbridge Hall Johnson Patton Gardner Brewerson Bondmen Elliott Marie Sewell and many others, reflecting a circulating society notice.
Melbourne Florida man credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with saving his life after doctors said he was doomed. The Tallman & Co. remedy is sold at 50 cents to 1 dollar with free trial bottles offered.
The Spokane Press reports a new telephone construction linking operators rooms to the main desk. The private line will let the main operator monitor calls. Operators will not permit conversations with certain individuals and will block improper numbers.
An old advertisement-style note argues deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by external means. It claims one cure path is constitutional remedies and catarrh, promising one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that Halle Catarrh cannot cure, urging to use Blue at Toledo.
Notice from Portland Oregon dated March 22 1904 inviting attendance and details via E C Smith agent C R N contact for particulars at the office or by mail.
Ladies facing thinning hair can stop loss and thicken growth with Newbro s Herpicide. The hair dressing claims to kill the dandruff germ at the root, letting hair shoot up to full length. Samples offered by The Merchide Co Detroit and F W Schmidt as special agent in stamps for sample.
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