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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
7
Fragmentary 19th century advertisement lists contractors and services. Mentions: Job titles, masonry, stone work, and prompt service from a law office location on Kin Street near Malin.
Local market prices for produce and livestock include Turnips 21c per sack, cabbage 21c per lb, onions 2 dollars per cwt, cheese 20c per lb, potatoes 92c per cwt, butter 69-60c per roll, and various meats with chickens 3.60-4.00 per dozen, turkeys 10c per lb, hogs dressed 6c per lb. Retail groceries show sugar and coffee prices, while hides, pelts, and flour follow regional rates. Numerous names of buyers and local traders appear, listing Pendleton merchants and customers across Oregon.
Fragmentary ad copy discusses ineffective cures and medical claims. Mentions a Toledo Ohio address and a Good offerings note. References Bond for toi lale and a dry goods firm Cleaver Bros with fabric price 1.00 per 24 yards.
The Best Hotel in Pendleton. The Pendleton hotel is hailed as top in town and as good as any, by Van Dran Bros. The bold claim markets the establishment as a premier lodging choice in the area.
The notice lists rates of $2 per day with options for weekly or monthly terms. It promotes “Mt Cuisine, Every Modern Convenience, Bar and Billiard Room in Connection,” suggesting a hotel or lodging facility offering these amenities.
Travel notices list weekly sales and schedules for various eastern and southern routes with depots in Walla Walla Kane and Portland. It mentions European plan lodging, sample rooms in Chicago, and connections to multiple points east and south with daily or specific day departures and prices.
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