Immense crop of alfalfa and local harvest news
Echo notes report a huge alfalfa crop and a heavy cut wheat yield with many farmers heading barley and harvesting hay. Dairies, bands, and fishing trips are mentioned along with several local residents traveling to Heppner and Pendleton for Fourth of July events. Pamphlets about Echo are being mailed by the Echo Register and Commercial club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Umatilla
Thad Barnes
Cox
Echo Band
Heppner
Pendleton
Richard Jones
Grant County
W. F. Slaughter & Co
Portland
A. B. Finley
J. Guillford
A. FT. Whistler
Hermiston
J. F. McNaught
B. Stanfield
Starkey Country
Lizzie Jones
Hopkins
J. E. Taylor
Walla Walla
Umatilla County
Echo Register
R. B. Thomas
Oliver P. Morton
Reclamation Service
J. T. Whistler
Rose Newport
Strochecker
Bate
Echo Diamond
Boy Shoots Boy Near Depot In Cunningham County
Last Friday at about 2 pm Peter Flynn, 13, was shot in the back as he mounted his pony near an empty cave east of the depot by Earl Biggs, 9. The 22 caliber bullet pierced the right shoulder and lodged in the chest area. Dr. Anderson said the injury was not serious, but poisoning is feared. The incident’s account varied with embellishments. Flynn allegedly warned Biggs about the rifle before the shooting. Authorities caution about minors carrying firearms. Flynn is improving and expectations of recovery are hopeful. Sumpter American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Flynn
M. M. Flynn
Earl Biggs
Anderson
Nas
Cndhes Lg
Flynn
Deafness Cure Claim Promises Relief for Catarrh
An advertisement asserts deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and claims a remedy called Catarrh Cure can restore hearing. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and urges readers to send for brochures and buy Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creglars
Tree
Y J
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Bald
Hall
Dissolution Notice of Ballows & Brown at Pendleton Hotel
Dissolution by mutual oath of Ballows & Brown ends their Pendleton Oregon hotel venture. W A Brown to collect all firm debts and settle obligations. Dated Pendleton July 15 1907. William Rollins and W A Brown sign. Dudes Little Liver Pills advertised with medical claim and local pharmacy listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballows & Brown
Pendleton
Oregon
W. A. Brown
William Rollons
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
When Boston Shook Earthquake 1765 Event
A fragmented 1765 Boston earthquake account describes November 15 as a night of terror with chimneys toppled, bricks strewn, and steeples damaged. Witnesses recall sounds like coaches and carts, a rolling tremor, and panic as people fled, fearing judgment and trumpet blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
the Times
Henry White
New England
Faneul Hall
Ita
New Budland
Don’t Borrow Medicine Warns Doctor In New York
A physician warns against taking borrowed medicine, noting neighbors often share pills to help, but most cures misfire and can worsen illness. He cites common lending and describes how patients copy symptoms, causing a cycle of improper treatments and potential harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anya
New York
Presa
Denationalized Englishman Defies Social Convention
London Saturday Review laments a man who disregards English etiquette by forcing his intrusive presence in public. The piece questions why he would not seek solitary space or seat himself apart, arguing he should share the instinctive English preference for distance in polite company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Saturday Review
Miraculous cures cited in Durham chronicle
Reginald of Durham, writing before 1195, recounts a nobleman cured of leprosy near St Cuthbert's shrine in Durham Cathedral and a three year inmate healed at the Badele hospital near Darlington. The healings occurred at the St Godric shrine in Finchdale before Sheriff Ralph Haget and parish priest Norman of Halstune.
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Reginald
Durham
St. Cuthbert
Badele
Darlington
Diocese of
St. Godric
Finchdale
Ralph Haget
Sherif
Norman
Halstune
St. James
Garette
It Didn't Break A Mirror Tale With A Teasing Visitor
A little girl holds a mirror before a visitor and asks if they see themselves. The visitor replies yes and is questioned if certain. The girl recalls mamma’s warning that peeping into a looking glass would smash it into tiny bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
He Could Dodge Jones in a Witty Exchange
A lively exchange centers on Jones's reputation for speed and a boast about a past loan. One man teases Jones's slowness, while another claims he once loaned him ten dollars for a month and can no longer catch him, highlighting a humorous boast about financial lending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Bonnet Quip Sparks Lively East Oregonian Wit
A playful tidbit notes a wife’s clever line about her bonnet and her husband’s reaction. The London Tit-Bit style quip is cited as a sample outrigger of fashion and marriage humor. The brief item hints at social chatter and domestic humor.
Pioneer Stage Man Recalls Old-Time Idaho Stage Coach
"Uncle" John Hailey now at the Idaho state Historical Society recalls pioneer days when stagecoaches carried up to 24 passengers and horns blared at depots. He preserves a Wells Fargo strong box tied to a bold 1851 stage robbery on the Overland route, describing a pursuit from Boise to the Wood River country and the robber's capture and nine-year penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hailey
The
Historical Society
State House
Holy Statesman
Idaho
Mr. Halley
Overland Hotel
Wells-Fargo Company
Mr. Hailey
Boise
Nathan Falk
Wood River
Bowns Creek
Here
Moe
Rube Robbins
Riddle of the weighing hunters and the deer
Two hunters killed a deer and attempted to weigh it by balancing a rail across a fence. They knew their own weights, 139 pounds and 190 pounds, then swapped ends and balanced again with the deer on the lighter man’s lap. Determine the deer’s weight.
A Happy Man Healed by Bucklen Arnica Salve
Amos F. King of Port Bryan New York aged 35 had a leg sore that troubled him for years. The sore is said to be entirely healed by Bucklen s Arnica Salve praised as the world s great healer of sores burns cuts wounds and piles. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos F. King
Port Bryan
N. Y
Bucklen
Arnica Ralve
Tallman & Co
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Dence
Echo News
Buller Creek
Jack Noble
Hood River
Ringo
Dr. Ringo
Cieinsty
East Oregonian
John
London
Tella
Toyi
A Eklund
Court St
Pendleton, Ore
Washington
Columbia River Railroad Co
Washington & Columbia River Ry
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Joe
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Walter Adams
Alaska
East Court Street
Stroble
E. Court
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