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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1905
Page
5
A dense string of city notices and ads lists sales offers for furniture rugs and antiques, rental housing, draft horses and wagons, ice cream deliveries, stage transportation, and various goods. It notes a stay of miscellaneous services, a boarding home for children, and upcoming community events plus marriage licenses. Numerous names and street references appear in a brisk, period-voiced local brief.
The official thermometer at the residence of B. F. Johnson registered yesterday’s temperature as the hottest of the season, surpassing last year’s peak. Sunday’s heat drove people to seek shade and fan cooling as the city faced unprecedented warmth for this period.
Pendleton will be well represented at the annual convention of the American Medical Association in Portland this week. Dr. R. B. Ringo left last Thursday and Dr. Fred Lienallen departed Saturday night to attend. Dr. C. J. Smith left last night, with Dr. W. G. Cole and Dr. Miller among those expected to attend if possible. Specialists from around the world will discuss every phase of medical science, making attendance an education trek.
A humorous line from Gateway Magazine notes Patience questions the motive of marriage as Patrice suggests money, calling money merely an excuse rather than a reason. The quip highlights satire on social expectations and personal gain in matrimony.
In Umatilla County harvest nears with grain prices rising and brokers active. With many seeking work on Main Street rows of labor seekers form daily queues, while wage scales range from 1.50 to 2 for common tasks and 2 to 2.50 for header work and more skilled labor, as demand spikes and supply strains.
A long list of local visitors and short stays fills the pages with names and origins. Colonel J J Bailey in Portland for a few days. Bradbury in town on sales duty. Clanton, D Gamer from Arlington. Mick Warner departing for Portland for a week or ten days. Ros from Vircent. H Norris from La Grand registered at Pendleton Hotel. Thomson from Hutter Creek on a brief trip. Stanfield the echo stockman visiting. A C Osborn of La Grande staying at Hotel St George. Mr and Mrs Berkeley Halley returning from Portland to Almy street. Miss Burg and Miss Dilly of Walla Walla visiting Summerville hotel guests. Dr B D Cushatt of Weston guest at Pendleton. Arnold Sheuerman from Baker City manager of the Evening Herald. Jamen Loren from Desolation Lake in city for several days. Mr Lossen reports fine fishing. Dr Myers back from Portland after a vacation. Mrs Thomas FitzGerald and family to Lehman Springs for the summer. W H Shannon of Helix arrives today for stock train. Mr and Mrs Roe from Clyde WA arrive. Harold Warner and Julie Dickson bound for Blindian Enviry for weeks. N G Newport contractor from Hermiston a guest at Golden Rule. Miss Jennie Christ of Ames IA visiting. Mrs F Baldwin of Boise City guest at Golden Rule en route to Lewiston. Peter Sheridan potato raiser from Eeho in town. Will M Peterson arrived last evening.
A brisk biographical sketch portrays Clark Wood editor of the Weston Leader. The piece recalls his Pendleton FE days and lifelong habit of sharing tobacco while joking about his tenure. It notes a millinery fire in Goldfields and a small town incident tied to his memory.
Portland figures like Mr and Mrs C Shultz and manager Frank Mitchell head for the fair after brief Pendleton visits. high school students Glenn Scott and Fred Milne travel from Baker County to Portland for a fair stop and summer plans. Mrs A W Nye plans a Portland journey then Seaside, while Mounty Judge Bean and Commissioners head to Portland briefly. Jennie Heathiman resigns from Peoples Warehouse and heads to Portland for work after the exposition.
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