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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1904
Page
2
An ad style notice explains kidney and bladder disorders affect both genders and all ages, noting mistreatment harms mind and vigor. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as effective relief, cites sample bottle by mail, and gives address for more information and testimonials from sufferers.
The dispatch reports extreme cold with 72 degrees below at a Yukon crossing and 35 below at White Pass. It notes a burned American Mission college in Erzeroum Armenia, unrest in England over tariff reform, and a bank theft in San Francisco. It also mentions a lynching in Guthrie Oklahoma and a London market decline except for American securities.
A Salem electric plant move is underway while Portland fraternal groups plan a Lewis and Clark fair build. Portland bakers threaten a wage rise to two dollars a week. Burglars steal 250 dollars of jewelry from W Scott Ward’s Portland home. Chinook salmon runs enter the Columbia at Astoria as fishermen pay five or six cents a pound. Peter DeGraff of Seattle fatally shoots himself after inviting his wife into a room. Grant's Pass bans Sunday business except essential shops. Heavy snowfall delays Oregon California stages in the Siskiyous. Corvallis bacteriologist Pernot hired by Lewis and Clark commission to curb San Jose scale. Platte miners leave dynamite. blast wrecks bunkhouse and trees.
Walla Walla January 27 The Palouse river irrigation project for Franklin county and parts of Adams county appears feasible to government engineers. The scheme would reclaim about twenty sections of land below 800 feet, canal from Hoover area through Chat Yedia region to southeastern Adams, with a 20 mile canal corridor and multiple government stations within the basin.
The annual rabbit drive on Blalock Island in Columbia County runs February 21 and 22 this year with Spokane as the principal delegation and organizers now based in Spokane. Hunters from Walla Walla and other points are expected, with a unique drive where guns, not clubs, cage rabbits between the Columbia shores.
A sawmill employee at Stee Spur, near La Grande, was severely injured Tuesday afternoon when a heavy log rolled and crushed his hips as he worked on tracks. He was rushed to La Grande for care. doctors deem the injury serious though not yet fatal. Other items note the Duluth Poultry Show in Minnesota, the Western New York Horticultural Society meeting in Rochester, and local business notices and ads.
Motor enthusiasts pour into Ormonde Florida as the three day racing event begins next Thursday with amateurs led by W K Vandernlit and pro Barney Oldfield among the top names. A booming crowd will witness practice runs and the big highway race on the three day program. In Illinois Bloomington hosts the fifth annual State Historical Society meeting with welcome by George P. Davis and addresses by Charles P. Johnson and others focusing on newspapers and national affairs.
West Pocket Doctor touts Little Curly Risers pills claimed to ease headaches biliousness and liver trouble while a Reviving tonic promises quick relief. Tallman & Co. sell the pills. Olympia Beer advertised as family favorite and available on draught at Anton Nolte’s with bottled options. Gray Horse Watch listing seeks a gray work horse from James O. Reeves Company.
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