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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
6
A prominent Walla Walla society woman suffers severe neck inflammation after wearing a fur boa colored with injurious dye. Local physicians warn fur poisoning is rare but can be dangerous, urging early medical care and careful prevention including washing with diluted carbolic acid or Listerine.
Charles D. Semple and Miss Cora Prater were married at 8 30 last evening at the bride's home 120 Monroe street Pendleton with Rev W T Buster of the Methodist church officiating Relatives and friends attended and the couple plan to reside in Pendleton after the ceremony
A. Smythe, prominent Gillam county sheepman and father of Dan P. Smythe, lies critically ill at home in Arlington after falling ill in Portland Saturday. He suffers heart failure. Dan P. Smythe has remained at his side since the onset.
A furniture dealer, M. A. Rader, held a lucky numbers drawing amid pepper-scented sneezing from a faulty box. Prizes included a bed set valued at 50 dollars with ticket 2963 winning the first prize and other numbers 2962 2014 2206 4762 920 2597 listed for potential claims within two weeks. Mrs. Thompson claimed the first prize with ticket 2963.
The basketball game between Business College and Company L is canceled due to crippled players. The planned gymnasium match would have closed the Winslow cup series, but the Business College manager pulled the team from the schedule. The high school leads the trophy race, with possible future games unlikely to change the outcome.
A Salt Lake correspondent reports 400 Ute Indians who left Utah for the Dakotas found no riches. They were fenced by government policy into self support and now work on a railroad grade in the Black Hills for daily wages. The shift mirrors Indian bureau aims to make tribes self supporting.
Oregon Lumber Yard advertises Teal Coal at seven dollars per ton and warns against lignite not in stock. It promotes real coal with sixty five percent fixed carbon offering fifty percent more heat for the same price and provides contact details.
The Kelso Washington anti treating society forms to bar members from buying or accepting drinks or cigars in saloons, confectioneries, or stores. Members pledge to buy their own, abstain from treating others, and permit exceptions only for home entertaining, effective noon December 26, 1907.
Consul James H. Worman reports Canada moves to restore former U S Canada postage rates after a six month trial hurt the Canadian press. The Montreal chamber of commerce urges repeal of new rules and warns restrictions harm immigration and French Canadian repatriation while calling for more advertising and a commercial museum to promote Canadian resources. The committee notes American magazines benefit U S trade and industry.
R L Donald left Salem at 1 p.m. in a special car for Portland the first electric car on the new line between the two cities. He completed the trip in about three hours with light power as full current for heavy service awaits activation on Wednesday. The line has been turned over to Oregon Electric Railway company. Donald is chief engineer for Barstow & Co. who built the line in under two years.
Rose Bailey formerly of this city and Fred Daugherty of Walla Walla were married yesterday in Walla Walla. They plan to live there in the future.
Reputation has carried men to success when their characters would have condemned them. The quote reflects how public esteem can overlook flaws, guiding careers and decisions even amid moral questions.
A brief ad notes a grocer will return money to customers who do not find mice in purchases and mentions payment to Lim. The wording suggests a promotional guarantee tied to product quality.
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