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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR from the Oregonian includes ad rates and subscriptions plus a wartime style patriotic verse. It mentions Hotel News Stand Portland on file at Chicago Bureau and a Washington DC bureau address, with various subscription options and date formats. The readable text also contains a poem urging steadfast hearts and willing hands for a country in need.
The Fourth Estate cites Philip K. Dedes of International Paper saying European cheap labor costs that enabled past competition have vanished. He notes domestic news print demand remains strong and that experts’ orders for Europe could now fetch prices about 25 percent higher. This challenges hopes for early publishing-cost reductions and marks a tariff-stance shift in an American industry.
The article notes instability in prices and credit across the nation with shrinkages in farm commodities and land debt. It warns that continued high-volume business and profits are unlikely without ongoing credit, predicting a period of reduced activity. It cites a Portland report on interstate freight rates and quotes Will Hays urging less politics and more focus on public issues.
J M Dunning recounts remarks from Harald Dean superintendent of the Motomotifia Experimental Farm near Hermiston about the fifth annual Washington Irrigation Institute in Spokane. The piece notes winter weather, orchard damage from recent freezes, a poisoned rodent purge, cattle purchases, and plans for a Merino herd as local farming shifts focus from dairy to pasture and hay.
In 1910 Hermiston area crops including hay apples and peaches produced a ton of EDN 00 with farm output near three quarters of a million dollars when all products are counted. The project cultivates about one fourth of the land, mostly alfalfa, and Tom Stark of Milton presented troubling notes on the venture. Thomas Rows Echo reports a sharp buyer purchasing Echo town merchandise for about 320000, boosting local business.
Clipped item reports 28 years ago from Gust Oregonian dated January 13 1802 noting Weasley Matlock taking a position in Joe Parkes office A Walley arriving from Birch area W Parvell a noted dealer in fine horses visiting with a cargo of tame elk in Catala ton Mr and Mrs Marston traveling to Portland to stay for several weeks
A vintage advertisement promises $100 for a case of catarrh cure Halls Catarrh Stephcine claims to act on the surface and has been sold in Toledo Ohio for over forty years amid bold assertions and limited detail.
A brisk advertisement claims a small bottle of Miya Cream Balm clears nasal congestion and catarrh, easing nighttime breathing and head discomfort. The product is rubbed inside the nostrils to penetrate inflamed membranes and provide instant relief, with a warning against staying stuffed up.
A vivid ad promises rapid relief from sick headaches and neuralgia using Dr James Headache Powders, advertised at 10 cents per package. The copy guarantees swift relief and urges readers to purchase at any drug store, claiming millions have benefited.
A dubious remedy claims to ease kidney and bladder weakness from uric acid. It promotes four spoonfuls of Jud Solte dissolved in water before breakfast for two to three days to neutralize urine irritation. The product is described as inexpensive and made from grape and lemon juice with lithia, marketed as a pleasant effervescent drink to soothe bladder issues.
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