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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
3
Lace bark trees are rare with about half a dozen identified world wide. The inner bark yields a strong cream white fibrous material used for clothing and decorative items in the West Indies and beyond. Though prized for strength and fragrance, demand remains limited and few intact specimens survive in Europe.
The news from Paris claims a diamond cure exists for consumption and lung troubles. It cites W T Motes of Voanleer Tennessee praising King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Tallman & Co Rug Store offers 69 cents to 1.00 price with a guaranteed trial bottle free.
The National Education Association in annual session at Asbury Park N J sees busy sectional conferences with no general session. Departmental meetings hear numerous papers on broad educational topics. Tonight’s opening address set by William Barclay Parsons Frank A Vanderlip and Lorenzo D Harvey.
Lehman Springs resort reopens with James Lehman in charge offering comfortable accommodations. Rates include hotel room and board at $1 per day and cottage rentals from $1 to $3 per week, highlighting a cool healthful summer option. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for sores and minor injuries at Tallman & Co.'s drug store for 50 cents.
The Lehman Springs event will start Saturday June 80 and run through early July featuring a full line of brands at Pendleton and Cottonwood, with entries from Lindsay's stable. The schedule includes a shop display by Good Club and related activities at the mall and nearby streets.
French and American representatives united to honor Admiral Paul Jones with ceremonies in Paris. An American naval escort of 569 officers and men arrived from Cherbourg to transport the body to the United States. The procession passed the Invalides, the Champ Elysees, and Napoleon’s tomb, with French troops in review before the casket.
A Chinese journalist recounts plans to recruit coolies for hemp plantations in Yucatan, Mexico, via Japanese emigration agents. He notes prior failed expeditions, treaty guarantees for free emigration, and cautious, limited interest from Amoy province toward a potential shipment of workers.
A. le Erlanger recalls Joseph Jefferson’s quiet philanthropy from decades of giving to actors in need. He describes weekly sums from 25 to 100 dollars and tells how Jefferson even funded a Harlem apartment for C. W. Couldock rent free, a gesture that Couldock rejected with pride and humor.
An article contrasts electric power for homes with a vivid wartime gun test. It describes a 18-inch gun firing a 1100 pound projectile, 250 pound powder charge, producing a spectacular water splash and long-range visibility, alongside a note on the Burmese mile and a poem about progress.
Opening services of the Christian Endeavor convention were led by Prof King of Oberlin College with hundreds in attendance. The morning featured a school of methods and discussions on junior work, foreign and home missions, personal work and Bible study. A large junior rally followed as speakers from Boston Missouri Ohio and London addressed topics on youth for Christ, with an evening gathering slated for leaders from many races and countries. Speakers include Rev Albert Swift for England and Bishop Alexander Walters for the Negro race in America.
Farle and Kerr sub contract tunnel work to George Barr of Sweet and Mr. Rybere of Boise. One tunnel 1100 feet, another 300 feet through eyolid rock. work to commence at once. Several dirt contracts on the bench total about $210,000.
An early 20th century advertorial notes kidney and bladder ailments afflict both women and men. It promotes Swamp Root by Kilmer Co as a remedy with sample bottles and testimonial claims, urging readers to write for the home of Swamp Root and to mention the newspaper.
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