20 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
1
The ad touts multiple grades of goods with each grade representing the best available at its price. It highlights that the line of groceries offers quality that appeals to both heart and stomach and promises moderate pricing across grades.
Reported totals through December 1 show 19 101 typhoid cases and 4 288 deaths among British forces in the South African War. A string of other items notes boxing results, military discipline, and political debates across the United States.
A jumble of statewide notices records Captain Harrie of Myrtle Point death in February, a local option gambling bill failure in Idaho, a Lyons town boast, and a Portland bankruptcy petition. Reports also cover horse purchases for the army, a Baker County horseback accident injuring a boy, and other scattered events in Oregon and nearby states.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a female health remedy, claiming to regulate periods and heal ulcers. It promises sacred secrecy and professional privacy for women consulting by letter, referencing doctor Pierce and products like Pleasant Pellets.
Reports from Topeka Wichita and Winfield detail Mrs Nation case delays in Topeka court over venue and saloon property, threats of warrants for destruction, mob activity in Winfield, and a Wichita ruling denying dismissal while reinforcing law against liquor venues awaiting governor’s approval on new liquor restrictions.
In Minneapolis, the jury in the Day Hamilton murder trial returned a verdict finding Hamilton guilty of manslaughter in the first instance. The judge sentenced Hamilton to a range of five to twenty years with mercy recommended, and a motion for a new trial was filed.
News from Washington shows President McKinley reshuffling officers with Hayes becoming colonel and Cooper a lieutenant colonel. In California Stuart rises to commander while legal moves target Span companies. Havana reports a secret convention accepting independence terms, while a Baker City death notes diphtheria.
Omaha reports no new developments by noon on February 20 in the Cudahy kidnapping case as prosecutors consider charges and the Nebraska law. no specific kidnapping statute exists, with prosecution possible on robbery charges.
A naturalist group tested toads sealed in limestone and sandstone blocks for thirteen months. Toads in sandstone cells died, while those in lime blocks largely survived though weight loss occurred. Conclusions suggest toads cannot live a year fully without air and cannot endure two years without food.
Corbett gains two of Hermann's votes and now holds 34 ballots as joint committee reports a $40,000 school funds shortage during George W. Davis's term as clerk. The Senate passed military code and irrigation bills while plans surface for Beott to back Corbett.
The United States collier Caesar reached Norfolk Virginia on February 20 after ten days overdue from Manila. Reports from her captains describe rough seas and a heavy Sanerienees gale complicating the voyage.
Reports from Galem in Missouri describe high Willamette river water at 22 feet above the standard high mark with little traffic disruption. A crowd gathered as local businesses closed after a night of disorder and loss.
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