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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
3
A historical ad style blurb touts blood medicine as a pure, effective product from a renowned doctor's prescription. It highlights superior ingredients, worldwide relief claims, and unmatched benefits, featuring Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier example of the remedy.
War department reports reforestation near Fort Hayward New Mexico for hospital use. Great Lakes lighthouse reservations grow all white cedar for spar buoys. Kalbab and Coconino forests border. travel between them via Grand Canyon takes two to three days. Fat tail sheep in southern Utah provide nourishment during scarcity. some rams weigh up to forty pounds. Dr F E B Fernow and Bristow Adams elected leaders of the Society of American Foresters. Baltimore Sun outlines method to polish silver using whiting and common additives.
Governor Clarke of Iowa delivered the principal address as guest of honor at the Iowa State Bible convention in Centerville on January 41. Local attendees and church officials welcomed him as the featured speaker on religion and state civic life.
Oregon faces a brisk battle for four expiring seats on the supreme bench with multiple candidates already named. Incumbents Thomas A. McBride Henry J Bean William M Thomsey and Charles A McNary seek re election. Other announced contenders include Judge Thomas J Cleeton R G Morrow Harry L Benson and Lawrence Harris as races widen across parties.
In Spokane on January 31, judges in the Vincent Methodist church fellowship class ruled no dancing, theatergoing, or card playing. The debate weighed striking the clause that bars amusements as not edifying in Jesus Christ. J F Laniel presided. Grigg and Redman favored striking out. Damon and Ward upheld the clause.
Chicago police identified the victim as Gillean Gilhooley, a railroad watchman at Fifty-fourth Street yards. He was found propped against a muddy embankment after being shot three times in the back of the head. Mournful commuters watched as detectives noted the killers staged the scene and discarded the murder weapon.
The American commercial expedition of prominent manufacturers and financiers, part of the Southern Commercial Congress, sails into New York after an unprecedented voyage through Brazil Chile Argentina Colombia Peru Uruguay Bolivia Ecuador and Central America to boost U S South American trade relations.
In Los Angeles on January 31 Ralph Fariss the young train bandit awaiting execution on March 6 had his appeal submitted to the California Supreme Court. Attorneys completed a transcript of the trial evidence noting Fariss confessed to killing Horace Montague, a railroad official, during a December 1 train hold-up at El Monte and his father’s testimony about hereditary insanity.
Mrs. Lida Dewey of Milwaukee testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy provides quick relief for coughs and colds in both children and adults, noting its safety for youngsters and effectiveness against croup. Sold by all dealers.
Grief over the death of Samuel Stone on January 7 aged 80 caused the death of his widow Amanda Stone aged 76 at her daughter’s home in Spokane. She became ill at Mrs Niles’s home at Opportunity and was brought to Spokane.
A Brooklyn Michigan advertisement proclaims a cure for chronic constipation using Chamberlain's Tablets. The testimonial by F Fish credits the remedy, noting his severe prior condition. The ad asserts the product is for sale by all dealers.
Stockholders of the Rock Island Stuttgart and Southern railway met in a special session at Stuttgart Arkansas to vote on leasing the road to the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific for nine years starting February 1. The line traces back to the Rice Belt and Southern railway with Rock Island later becoming interested.
A Granbury Texas reader, Mrs M C Cross, reports severe coughs every winter but states Dr King’s New Discovery cleared her symptoms for over two years. Advertises a money back guarantee from Koeppens and urges asking a druggist for a bottle.
New York January 31 The Playground and Recreation Association of America reports a nationwide stocktaking. Responses from 1050 communities show 642 cities active with 342 regular paid leaders, 149 school playgrounds, and 71 cities offering year round recreation. It highlights municipal support, growing play centers, and diverse activities from arts and crafts to swimming.
Echo resident Louis Scholl Jr, justice of the peace, objects to reports that damage from wild waterfowl is slight. He states ducks and geese swarm the grain belts east of Echo, near a government reservoir, and that farmers are within rights to shoot to protect crops. He cites limited inspection by officials and warns of ongoing losses to fall sown wheat.
Spokane June 41 Henry J D Goldberg who used the alias Shackelford T Miller pleaded guilty in superior court to grand larceny after taking 1760 from a local bank following an earlier 1750 withdrawal. He returned the money and received a 1 to 1 year sentence in the penitentiary.
New York State produced over 8.626 million cubic feet of natural gas last year, surpassing all previous records, and imported nearly as much from Pennsylvania to meet demand.
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