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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
7
The notice urges customers to have hoe digging continued if wagon repairing machine work and carriage painting are not completed. Neagle Brothers offer moderate charges and employ only skilled workmen. Winona hacks Rex buggies Fairbanks engines and scales for sale. Patronage is solicited.
Des Moines Iowa adopts a new municipal system cited as the Des Moines plan with a mayor and four councilmen controlling five departments. It features recall initiative and referendum, enabling voters to remove officials and approve ordinances, signaling a civic reform attractin global attention and interest from Harvard President Eliot.
The US Geological Survey notes Washington produced 3,680,632 short tons of coal in 1907, value $7,679,801, up 12.34 percent in quantity and 29.88 percent in value from 1906. Average price rose to $2.00 per ton. Output would have topped 4 million without November–December curtailments.
Reports from eastern counties along the Columbia River record multiple days with 100 degree temperatures. Western districts saw sultry days but lower highs, with cloudier conditions and a few showers on the 12th. A prolonged dry spell continues with no significant rainfall since late June, raising concern for forest fires in the Cascade and Coast ranges.
The notice invites readers to consult a clothing ad and a furnished rooms listing as solutions to overdues or space issues. It promotes new advertising tests to attract buyers and suggests changes of scene through classified placements. The tone urges timely ad planning to boost store results today.
Classified rates and notices invite new and old subscribers to place want ads in the Daily East Oregonian. Rentals listed include a nine room brick house near Majin street and smaller housekeeping suites on Main and Alta streets. general ads promise cash for used items.
Directory of doctors and attorneys with office locations and phone numbers. J A Best and Smith & Temple practice locally with offices in Savings Bank and Smith-Crawford buildings. Attorneys James B Perry Lowell & Winter and others operate from Judd and Association blocks with standard contact details.
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