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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
6
A guide for fathers to fund children’s education while safeguarding the family estate after death. Promotes Five Per Cent Twenty-Year Gold Bonds and A Banker's Will from Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. Includes contact names Alma D. Kats Boise and district manager Frank L. Hammond Pendleton.
Curio notes from St Louis reflect a mix of bizarre proposals for the world’s fair. Belle Harvey claims a white hair marked family as a display, while Latta Proctor seeks to sell a legendary witch key. Other entries describe an Arkansan airship sketch and oversized animals offered for exhibition amid a parade of curious relics.
Idaho unveils a 60 foot square, one story bungalow style exhibit on the fair grounds hills, with cream walls and red tiled roof. The interior follows a Spanish hacienda layout around an open court with a fountain, touting resources in agriculture horticulture and mines. A colossal Coeur d Alene nugget, 10 tons and 30 percent silver, lead content, will be shown in the mines department.
A fragment advertising Hall's Catarrh Cure by West & Thurman Toledo and Horace Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, offering one hundred dollars for proof of failure to cure. It cites PF J Cheney's 15-year honor and promises products sold by Totten Trail's Family Mille.
Washington January 7 reports say threats of a massacre of Jews at Kishinev in response to public demand prompted the state department to inquire through American diplomatic channels. The note warns against panic while authorities track possible mob actions.
The article notes the wedding ring as a convenient symbol of marriage and unbroken love, with ancients like Pinius claiming a nerve links the ring finger to the heart. Early Christian practice placed the ring first on the bride's thumb then fingers, symbolizing the Trinity and woman's duty after God, cited from Ladies Home Journal.
A fragmented Victorian piece mocks clergy and public sentiment by recalling a Manx reaction to honesty in earning, then shifts to praise for a revered relic of Muhammad akin to a precious hair kept in gold and crystal. The piece juxtaposes humor with religious reverence and a curious antiquated festival practice.
N Don Hay a distinguished visitor in Denver, traveling on foot since 1893 from Russia. He has crossed 62,000 miles, plans to write a book, and visits many lands including Manchuria, Korea, Formosa, Siam, India, and Europe. He criticizes Americans as selfish and shares hopes for a future world without war.
A Chicago Record-Herald article by William Curtis details the Elgin watch factory as the world’s largest. It describes specialized departments, skilled workers, and strict processes from parts creation to final assembly. Watches are cooled and heated to teach rigidity against weather, with finishing steps in a furnace.
A mention extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for pain, wounds, and inflammation. It is advertised as a top salve by Tallman & Co. druggists, praised for rapid relief and healing.
A young man named Mooney enlisted in the army and after five months in India received a poignant plea from his parents. He replied with a quip about remaining out of the workhouse for years and seven, then all three would go together. The second item notes Berence is not top-tier furniture for a man's upper chamber if common sense is lacking, a jab at scientific excess.
A fragmented dialogue recounts a tale about elderly relatives lacking teeth, with references to personal belongings held in bureau drawers and family anecdotes, capturing a local flavor of everyday talk from a Philadelphia setting.
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