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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
4
Publication notice lists rates and frequencies for daily and weekly editions, with subscription options, mail terms, and printing location in Pendleton Oregon. It notes entries for daily, semi weekly, and weekly formats and includes postal handling details.
The East Oregonian urges Pendleton to end street sprinkling favoritism and extend watering to all areas. It criticizes overwatering in central streets and dust in outlying districts, calling for uniform contracts, fair treatment, and full public services including fire protection and mail delivery.
The Kanera City Journal notes Senator La Follette’s threat to bolt if Fairbanks is nominated and questions his polish within the Republican Party. It recalls his rise from governor to U.S. senator and cites editors wary of excluding him, while contrasting party aims with public interests. The piece also mentions diamonds and silk thread as unrelated market details from the era.
The passage argues that paving streets will cement permanency and growth of Vurloge elites, drawing capital and public improvements. It predicts extended prosperity as Webb and Alta streets join in, noting potential charter changes to enable broader progress and Oregon’s frontier-era transformation toward modern city status.
The East Oregonian notes brisk summer merchandise and growing business in Pendleton. Merchants place orders for the largest stocks yet, promising new lines and complete selections for fall and winter. Advertisements urged as readers learn to trade with progressive merchants expanding stock.
Diamonds are used to draw very small wire diameters for delicate work. sapphires occasionally aid thin work. Copper, silver and platinum are drawn to extremely fine sizes. Diamond dew enables drawing platinum to five thousandths of an inch. A copper wire can reach three one thousandths of an inch.
A local listing promotes summer reading with a complete line of paper covered books, reading magazines, and popular fiction titles. The notice highlights the TABARDINN LIBRARY and invites inquiries for readers escaping heat at the mountains or coast.
A 1897 era report traces the rise of a new movement in Merlin Oregon where Swansen Beckett and Jir View preached a Holy Roller faith. Converts reportedly rolled on the Moor, women discarded jewelry, and church services occurred near Rogue River. Lute led fervent followers who later abandoned the practice as a split occurred with Corvallis connections noted after Cr effield secured secondary status.
The 1822 half eagle and a famed 1804 dollar drew astonished bids as a $5 gold piece from 1822 sold for 2105, eclipsing prior records by over $1000. Dealers and collectors marveled at the coin’s scarcity while mint and private collections puzzled over why few specimens remain.
Miss Susie Dodge visiting Boston talks with locals about the city and its quirks. She recalls a sudden mishap near a camp site and a graveyard joke, then reflects on Puritan Baptist customs and country manners amid a humorous misread of local culture.
Senator Hale of Maine is described as austere yet called Bob Frate at home. Juline Kahn from San Francisco is noted as an actor who performed with Booth. Augustus Bacon of Georgia and Judis Burrows of Michigan have unusually classical-named parents. J M Flansdell, US Senate sergeant at arms, lost an arm but can still shake hands with Indiana politicians.
Opera star Rakody once a leading tenor with the Bijou Opera, now blind, married Effie Lawless of Washington Parish widow status. The ceremony took place near Golden, B C. Five men drowned crossing the Spillamacheon river in the same vicinity.
The U S government holds substantial unoccupied land in Michigan, per the Marquette land office annual report ending June 8. It lists nearly 193 thousand acres outside swamp and state lands, with remaining title in the upper peninsula and across 20 counties including Mackinac in the Upper Michigan region.
An ironic, garish show on a Madison Square rooftop ends tragically as Marty Thaw guns down Stanford White after a performance of Mamzelle Champagne. The production buttons through a chorus of risqué lines before the pistol fire shatters the scene and White’s life.
The Chicago Tribune cites 1905 violent deaths by electric and elevated railways with 464 killed and 2422 injured, comparing to 1904 totals. It notes Germans suffered four times English in deaths, and criticizes American carelessness praised in a 1905 Everybody's Magazine essay on social waste and money needs.
A testimonial letter touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments such as inflammation weariness backache and nervousness. The note claims the product restored health vitality and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts, inviting readers to write for guidance.
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