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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
6
An ornate promotion advocates Cuticura products for infant skin disorders and scalp conditions. It touts cures via Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, claiming relief for sufferers and peace of mind for parents, with broad claims about beauty and antiseptic benefits.
A Muskegon area commemoration marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Jonathan Walker death. Walker, born in Harwich, Massachusetts, led a life opposing slavery, aiding a free colony in Mexico, facing branding and imprisonment after slave stealing verdicts. He died April 20, 1878, and a monument in Evergreen cemetery honors his memory with a depiction of a branded hand and his life dates.
In Baker City residents report anonymous letters sent to married women accusing their husbands of wrongdoings. The Dalles Chronicle notes a similar episode in The Dalles and criticizes the habit as beneath notice while urging readers to ignore the malfeasance.
F A Gulledge writes that after continuous threats from fate and a terrible illness with 24 tumors Bucklen's Arica Salve cured him. The ad notes the salve is good for burns and aches and pains and sells for 25 cents at Tallman & Co.'s drug store.
Catholic churchmen and lay leaders converge in Atlantic City for the annual American Federation of Catholic Societies meeting. The federation, started by Tiachin McFaul of Trenton, has grown rapidly with many prominent societies now part of the fold. Eminent prelates are set to address the gathering.
At the county auditors office today a new company was formed by Lacorporation and Walling ton Ofneene Company with capital stock of 2000 dollars. The Walling Walla Walla Buttesman was named as organizer. The firm intends to plant cultivate raise and trade ginseng and other plants and to maintain warthouses for storage as directed by the board.
Fragmented text reveals plans for a new corporation to operate commission and foreign shipping ventures with fixed capital stock of 24000 and par value of 1. Names listed include A. E. Bratton of Waltestiure, L. B. Johnson of Simogende, and E. H. Thowpsen of his city. Also mentions a medicinal product to be exported to China and a ginseng note.
Francis O Hurke of Minneapolis spent two days surveying a feasible route for a transdesert road from Stein's Mountain to Lake County through Crooked Creek valley and Chewanacan valley toward a Cascade Range pass. He argues a Pacific Canal route could be built via Oregon Short Line funding. Burke plans to travel to San Francisco and New York next. A Maude Adams copper statue proposes Utah's exhibit at the St Louis World's Fair.
Federal court in Norfolk hears the application to restrain the Chesapeake & Ohio from charging coal traffic above published rates. The case centers on a $1.17 per ton rebate alleged to favor the New Haven road. Evidence includes a 2,000,000 ton annual contract from the Kanawha district to New Haven at $2.75 per ton and a published C&O rate of $145 per ton for the same haul.
A partial advertisement describes The Breakers Hotel north of California’s famed resorts. It highlights a four story, 73 foot tower, electric lighting, private baths, spotless rooms, a dining room on the third floor, an oceanfront beach, a regular orchestra for dances, and extensive on site amenities including golf links, croquet, rowboats, and launch service for outings. Train service to Breakers Station and hotel grounds with direct access to a velvety lawn are noted.
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