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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1906
Page
2
Heat waves scorch crops in Harney and nearby regions with hay destined for record production while fruit varieties suffer damage from the heat. Oregon news notes include transport wrecks, local political nominations, labor strikes, a drowning in Yamhill, a new Eugene Catholic church, a shooting accident in Service, and poet Joaquin Miller's Eugene visit.
A historical note argues beer's food value and temperance potential. endorsements from Phoebe Cousins and Dr. Joseph Felsler cite beer as nourishing, mild, and temperance-friendly. Patlet Beer is promoted as a tonic made from eight day malt, hops, and pure water with three and a half percent alcohol.
Louis Lather fell 100 feet at Herentes mine Wallace killed instantly. Doinker & len lumber mill at Coeur d Alene buried. Losses reach 12000 dollars plus 15000 feet of lumber. A tow at Oakland and Col William B Oslin shot dead by George Starr and policemen Baldwin Starr in custody. Lightning strikes Chicago cover of Town Street and Lake Shore, man killed and several injured. A powder mill explosion near Ashland killed J T L Pierce and others. Wallace property value reaches 20000. Private Ro Lonsdale drowned near Manila. London and Southwestern Railway assumes responsibility for Salebury wheel incident. Motorman John C Downe killed in St Louis streetcar crash. Sedalia Missouri combats gambling and confiscates plants. Brigadier General Piquard restored to rank. Fire in Philipsburg Pa kills eight in drunken revel. four others injured. Horses from Sallebury train wreck reach New York. official verdict blames excessive speed.
A Spokane dispatch reports a rumored mailhead project from Midway north to Vernon and Okanagan Landing, tied to Canadian Pacific. The proposal, potentially aiding CP and a hostile move into Uniteh Colombia territory, centers on steel orders and financiers in Beattle and Greenwood.
A list of recent hotel arrivals includes F. Ghifke and party in Portland, J. FF. McNaught in Hermiston, L. W. McAdams and wife in Eeho, J. A. Taylor and others in Walla Walla, and numerous guests from Portland, Spokane, Hamilton, Athena, Heppner, Starbuck, and additional towns. Names include Davis, Shaw, OConnor, Cutler, Sullivan, Nich Mas, Turner and wife, Hamilton, Kenley, Richardson and wife, Archambeau, Jarrette, Strong, Hayne, Paul A. Woover, Dunne, Chovey, Burns, Martin, Painter, Harris, Redfield, Young, McEvoy, Smith, Sheiner, Show, Donnel, and Fridley among others.
The town of Npton thrives despite losing county seat status. Rail improvements extend from Minneapolis to the Cove, new hotel plans arise, a fruit terminal expands, and 900 harvest workers are sought. A major M B E church opens, a new telegraph and phone office connects Unionia, and Mormon settlement boosts local wealth with large beet fields and residences.
The article describes Wester Australia’s first place of worship near Perth. Constructed by soldiers on arrival in 1820, it used rushes as the main building material. It served not only for divine worship but also as a shelter and storehouse during the week.
A distorted account traces a house history from Florence to a line of descendants who became bankers and brokers. It describes a tower or column, a family rumor of a golden pill, and a later rise to nobility with six golden pills or charms claimed as ancestral wealth.
A Leslie's Weekly report describes poodles teaching easy tasks and dachshunds resisting training by cleverness, collies as unreliable yet common in Vienna militia roles, and the natural acrobatism of terriers. It notes reward training with meat and gradual progress toward skilled tricks.
A New York Herald excerpt discusses unruly locomotives and superstition around trial trips. Some engines run smoothly while others fail catastrophically, harming crews and disrupting lines. The piece recalls a South Florida railway where a feared "hearse" killed many but spared its own builders, ending with note on unusual engine failures.
The piece notes flattery as an art practiced by people with warm hearts. It describes those who instinctively offer verbal caresses to a witch they contact, preferring to soothe and please. It warns that true flattery, though appealing, is a false art born from folly and a desire for popularity.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It warns of kidney disease causing heart failure bladder issues and urges readers to send for a free sample and book by mail. It includes names Kilmer Binghamton New York and pricing.
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