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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Kidney Swamp Root claiming it cures lame back and bladder issues after years of study. It offers free sample bottles by mail to readers who mention the paper, and urges purchase of the full size at druggists in Binghamton New York.
The Printers' Exchange, a bulletin costing 120 000 dollars, was destroyed by fire in Minneapolis. Also noted are a new 200 structure dedication at Colorado State University and Denmark Holland arbitration treaty. Thomas Longley dies in Dover England from cancer. American property in San Domingo grows contentious as factions conflict. Palmer Hall at Colorado State University dedicated. American and Chinese legal questions over Hong Kong birth rights discussed.
A roundup of regional items: work on Southern Oregon placer mines paused due to winter. Fred Wailing of Salem died of blood poisoning from a finger scratch. Florence Criventon Home in Spokane to expand into the largest small asylum in the West. A 9 year old Jewish boy in Portland with white hair and beard appears 70. I T Harris of Eugene nominated for congress in Willamette Valley district, supporting Hermann. Multnomah County to form grand jury on gambling. Suspects in $4000 Colonial Club holdup near San Francisco arrested in Marin. A new Wyoming railroad survey from Orin Junction to Lander over 200 miles toward the Pacific coast. Samuel Vinson, former U S district attorney under Cleveland, dies in Virginia. he prosecuted A B R A and Coxey Army cases in 1804 and was a popular Western official.
J A Rockwood, president of the State Union of Christian Endeavorers, is a Portland rail train agent for the O R & N. A Portland academy and Amherst graduate, he formerly taught at Portland Academy and First Congregational church in Oregon City. His duties cover 40 miles each trip, promoting church work and Christian Endeavor along his daily route.
Over 2000 cords of wood are stored at Meacham with most owned by Eugene Tausick of Wallula. G. Bryson of Meacham is in town promoting direct sales to consumers as retailers in Walla Walla have declined to buy this year. Wood on the dump is about 200 cords available for sale, priced at 3.25 per cord at Meacham, plus 1.25 freight, totaling 4.50 per four foot cord delivered to the care.
The next state encampment of the Oregon department of the G A.R will meet at Hood River on June 16 and 17. Citizens of Hood River backed the mid June timing to suit the host city. The encampment coincides with the Hood River strawberry crop peak as visitors tour the area in its finest season. The 1903 wheat crop statewide and by Oregon are noted with figures from the Department of Agriculture.
All persons knowing them belives indebted to W. T. Boynton will call and settle at once as I need the money. During 102 there was a recorded exportation of 111,500 tons of hemp from the Philippine islands valued at $19,001,710.
A crowded list details hotel arrivals from Pendleton to Seattle with guests including J A Weber, P E Johnson, M Sackmat, C C Brooke, George Stevens, Ruth Thornton, Grace Barlow, Eugene J Hansmeister, and many others from Portland, Spokane, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, and beyond. The roster spans hotels in Walla Walla, Spokane, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and more, reflecting a bustling travel flow.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE School district No 45 known as the Coombe Canyon district or the Hogue Precinct has advertised for a new 16 by 24 foot one story frame building with one room. The blockhouse in this district was washed away in the flood last June with Mark Cargill losing his life and the rescuers turned back from the city to Heppner the day after the cloud hurt. There are about six scholars, a spring term will be held, and the teacher has not yet been employed.
Portland Oregon March 22 1904 notice details a special round trip rate of one and one third fare on the certificate plan for the State Convention of the Knights of the Maccabees. Tickets go on sale three days before opening day. For inquiries contact E C Smith agent R N. Oregon. A health tip promotes King s New Life Pills at 26c from Tallman Co. Druggist. Theseads include testimonials and references to Trib Good Work and tobacco cure claims from Baker City Oregon 1903.
Dance card notes Kirkman's social event at Armory Hall on Wednesday February 24 with a free check room and a four piece orchestra. The listing promotes dancing as a social activity amid concerns over the era's social evils.
The article promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a killer of scalp microbes causing hair loss. It explains the term terpicide as destroyer of herpes and claims the product destroys the microbe that causes dandruff itching scalp and thinning hair. Sold by leading druggists and via The Herpicide Co. Detroit.
Howard Kyle brings The Rosemary to Frazer Theater tomorrow night as part of his company’s tour. The program also notes Kyle’s authoring of A Girl of Her Sort, a novel about a young actress. The book’s critical angle centers on social excess and the costs of a theatre career. A separate notice lists the Seventh Day Adventist meeting in Walla Walla, with O. R. third-fare details and C. Smith as contact for travel arrangements.
A fragmented historic notice warns readers against unqualified osteopaths. It lists various osteopathy schools and stresses that proper training includes physiology pathology surgery and medical study. The document urges verification by contacting secretary American Osteopathy Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts for legitimate credentials.
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