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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
4
Household footwear sale advertises 126 pairs of ladies fine shoes priced at $1.00 per pair. Previously offered from $2.40 to $5.00, these out of style shoes target practical housework use and urge customers to visit the store to save on footwear.
A collage of small ads and notices includes cigars for sale, house for rent, chocolates, candies, dry goods specials, poultry and fowl sales, a contest for subscriptions, a clearance sale, and local business claims. Mentions Cleaver Brothers Dry Goods, Schwarz & Greulich, G. R. Demott grocer, and Cleaver Brow. Also notes a sheep count, orchestra, dance class, a death in Elgin, weather notes, and a train delay near Athena.
The document lists jurors drawn by Sheriff Dickiey for the circuit court term beginning Monday in January. Names include J. 8. Mc Lead Pendleton, Wm Talbert Milton, A Dillon Milo, A Hartman Pendleton, and many others from Athena, Union, Fulton, Keho, and adjacent towns. The petit jurors will assemble at Wembley and, after draws, select the grand jury for the term.
An old advertisement from Yaclman & Co. hawks a herbal remedy claiming strength and healing, offering the product with prices 4 eta and 50 eta in a garbled catalog style. The text references mothers, ancestors, and a root potion resembling a "Karl's Qlover Root" and emphasizes its purported restorative effects.
A January 11 report from J L Aay & Co. notes a slow wheat market with prices opening lower and fluctuating through the day. New York activity showed mixed movement as weather and wool deal expectations are expected to influence markets into the year. Also mentioned are money rates and stock activity with brief insurance style notices and a local obituary of Arberry, age 73, describing his longtime Northwest residence and character.
K R Dixon is building a new hall on Double Street. Lester Matlock of Heppner visits Pendleton as a guest of the Ides. Mrs Tom Purdy traveled from Portland. Harry F Littlefield heads to Union for wool mill work. Dr W G Cole expected home from Sumpter tonight. Mrs Alice Wheeler, Women of Woodcraft organizer, spent time in Pendleton and left for Sumpter. Ki W Bartlett, U S land office registrar at The Dalles, visits Pendleton and stays at Hotel Pendleton. Gardner, Hotel Pendleton night clerk, out with a cold but confident he won his prizefight. John E K Lathrop returns from Walla Walla. staying with Mr and Mrs William Jargons after typhoid illness. Archbishop Christy and Father O Reilly arrive in Pendleton from Portland. Christy goes to Baker City then back, O Reilly remains for Catholic Sentinel work.
Pendleton waterworks reports 1900 net income after expenses and debt interest at 45 000 bonds and 40 000 depreciation value totaling 12 940 07. Extensions add 7547 88 to plant increasing outlays beyond receipts by 3401 0. Fire department costs drop to 1998 34, saving 241 26, with city water providing free supply for 61 hydrants and 50 pounds pressure. Sportsmen's Association to meet at the compel rooms at 8 p m. I F Wambley president.
The wheat situation shows continued upward drift from year start, while English prices soften. Portland notes subdued demand on Pacific coast cargoes, with export inquiries steady for club and bluestem wheat, and sellers cautious about pushing prices higher. With twenty million bushels still to come, traders expect gradual, modest gains rather than rapid appreciation, and shipments remain a key factor.
A coffee business asserts its practice of supplying precisely what customers pay for, offering varying grades from ordinary to premier. It stresses careful selection, honest pricing, and consistency to ensure customer loyalty and repeat business.
Europe continue good and since our last review a number of verrels have been added to the Columbia river outward flow.
Portland reports W A Hurlburt general paxepager agent resigns to become general manager for Morrie & Whitehead bankers and brokers. He will also be president of East Side railway company, the electric line recently acquired.
Fragmentary OCR note outlines a local matter involving a TM baler and an ash event with unclear details. Reads like a brief public notice or classified snippet from an Overland publication.
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