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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
8
The note argues that fresh roaster coffee and tea direct from the roaster are superior to grocer bought packaged goods. It suggests weighing a tea package to see the value and hints at a broader treaty of solid facts to support the claim.
City council last night approved pay ing bids for Court Street and Main Street improvements to Warren s waterproof pavement. The ordinances call for a bid submission within 10 days before contract letting. Levee committee seeks a qualified engineer for levee repair estimates, but none found. Finance committee authorized semiannual bond interest of 4025.75 dollars.
Pendleton readers see repeated misnaming of Frank K Welles school superintendent in city notices. The Morning Misque uses Frank Welles and Walter Wells for street work credits, while the Tribune misprints Frank Welllen as connected to the Idle Hour saloon in Tuesday’s stone trial report.
Fragmentary note mentions superb stock and items like Cut Giasn and China. Text implies consideration of gifts or stock items but lacks clear events, people, or locations to anchor a full article card.
The text alleges a connection between Superintendent Welles and a bogus check ring tied to a local saloon business. It questions what Milton friends will think of his link to the scandal and whether the operators will target him again.
Weston saloon keeper C. B. Walters, famed for selling Tigner to fund Niles, agrees to quit his business if charges are dropped. After a prior acquittal, Dietrich Attorney Phelps warned of further prosecution but flood losses led to a peaceful resolve. City officials were notified and will act if Walters breaks the agreement.
Mrs John Hussar of Chicago writes that John Hussar's funeral was held there under Eagles auspices with nearly 1000 attendees. Militia members who knew him were among guests. She says friends suspect foul play by the other man in the box car before the fire and vows to pursue the missing man investigation.
The Oregon governor’s proclamation designates Flag Day as a legal holiday, but Pendleton observed it unevenly. The courthouse opened for back work while no filing or marriages occurred. banks stayed open for business. a few flags appeared at homes and businesses including the People Warehouse and the pivot office. Judge Gilliland worked in his office and the sheriff’s office operated as usual.
No circuit court sat today due to a legal holiday. The famous Baker County vs bondmen of ex Sheriff Huntington trial was set for tomorrow. Hon. William Smith of Baker City, one of the bondmen’s attorneys, traveled from Baker City to participate in the case.
Harry T. Booth, a well known local insurance figure, becomes state agent for Pacific Mutual in Oregon with headquarters in Portland. He has long represented the company in eastern Oregon with offices in the city and Baker. Attention Etka lodge meets tonight in Fingles hall at 8:30. All members urged to attend.
The Northern Pacific issues Wonderland for 1906, a high quality mix of literature and pictorial art on the northwest. Olin P Wheeler’s prose covers the National Park Bitterroot Columbia Puget Sound region and Aleutian material. The note adds Michael Burns Frank Brown and Fred Stang are under arrest at Clarkston for seven burglaries.
An advocacy piece touts childlessness as a common sorrow for married women and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a effective remedy. It claims cures for weakness, prolapses, and other female ailments, asserting safety and transparency of ingredients and endorsements by medical writers.
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