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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1904
Page
3
Daily trips operate between Pendleton and Ukiah except Sundays. Outbound leaves Pendleton at 74 m2 and arrives at Ukiah at p.m. Return departs Ukiah at 6 a.m. and reaches Pendleton by 6 p.m. Includes Pendleton to Filer via Brock McComas Drug Store.
The Hawaiian annual 1904 reports population shifts with natives declining while foreign birth numbers rise, especially Japanese and Chinese. It lists plantation labor by nationality, notes Japanese laborers at 21 024 of 2 242 total, and Chinese laborers dropping to 2 842. Exports mostly go to the United States. imports exceed 26 000 000 dollars with the United States supplying over 10 000 000, Great Britain 500 000, and Japan around 700 000. Major import sectors include textiles, iron and steel, mineral oils, provisions, tobacco, lumber, and wines.
Oregon is urged to lead global lamb and stock production with its mild climate and rich soils. A. C. Halliwell of the Chicago Daily Livestock World praises Oregon’s potential to produce purebred stock equal to England and Scotland, arguing eastern stockmen see Oregon as the ideal stock region and that future American exhibitors can source top lambs domestically.
The article describes traditional dairy labor with women handwork to make butter and a family meal ritual, then shifts to regional optimism about sheep cattle and farm potential in the Pacific Northwest. It notes Carey W. Foster and Jillian Garfield’s marriage, welcomed by a Pendleton arrival and a lively local charivari.
Letters from Hiram Maine and Lawrence Massachusetts praise Hill's Rheumatic Pills for curing rheumatism and sciatic rheumatism. Customers claim relief after use and announce satisfaction with the remedy. Ends with dealers selling at 25 cents.
A.C. Korppan & Bros advertise a positive cure for rheumatism using oil and Sweet Spirits of Eden. They offer money-back goods and state they are sole Pendleton agents for the product.
In San Francisco on October 16, 1904 a letter from Carl D Zemlig purports a new diuretic cures Bright's Disease and Diabetes. The writer, a local druggist, claims rapid recovery and cites saving many patients, urging F W Schmidt's Pharmacy to represent the treatment citywide.
An account from Missouri describes a railway passenger with a large bald spot at the back of his head and bushy hair around it. A bystander joked about driving the misbehaving animal toward the door to catch it, reflecting local humor about livestock and politics.
Mrs J H Stohl of Walla Walla will begin erecting a brick building on the property she recently purchased in Athens. The structure will cost from 3000 to 10000 dollars and will house an opera house on the second floor and a mercantile establishment on the lower floor.
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