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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It asserts it prevents kidney trouble from leading to heart disease pneumonia and bladder issues and offers sample bottles and a free book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
A brief sale item advertises a boys hat originally $1.50 now reduced to $1.00 or $2.00 for two hats, signaling limited stock and a final price drop.
Freewater reports the Modern Woodmen of America lodge organized under District Deputy Lin more Fierce with officers installed for the term. Consul L B Kelly and others serve. about 60 members expected. A Presbyterian ice cream social at Grange hall netted over $15 for a new church building. The Peacock mill ends its old wheat run and plans a new warehouse. Berry fields hire many laborers as season nears finish. cherry crop expected to be one of the nation’s largest.
Hermiston notes say Whistler, chief engineer, leaves to open a Portland civil service office as Garfield plans a July visit. The Umatilla project dam and distribution system near completion will enable irrigation of 20 000 acres. alfalfa cutting is active with a promising first crop.
William Burkhardt's home burned in a Sunday fire on Weston mountains near Briggsein. He escaped with only cloaks. Loss pegged at about £600. Clark Wood and John H. Baker travel to Portland as delegates to the grand lodge convention, K P., with Mrs Kens Faling attending as Stephanie lodge representative. Many Weston residents seek mountain retreat to escape heat.
The advertisement argues Foley's Honey and Tar remains the best known cough remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims many more bottles are used than any other remedy and urges readers to choose Foley's as safe and effective, via Pendleton Drug Co.
Press dispatches report a rising counterfeit operation flooding roughly ten dollar notes. Secret Service chief Rowland K Godard circulates warnings to all officers and carriers in the district as investigators chase the gang. The fake note imitates a First National Bank of New York issue with altered Westminster portrait and pink face, using glued sheets and silk fiber linking sheets.
Mrs May Bowen of Wayne West Virginia says Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her kidney disease. She reports a one dollar bottle and part of a second fully restored her balance and steadiness. Pendleton Drug Co.
The Mint owned by J.P. Medernech announces a complete clearance sale of wines liquors and cigars through July 1. All items priced at actual cost with nothing reserved to secure pure goods cheaply.
The product Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup is marketed for children to taste pleasant like maple sugar and to gently ease bowels while helping drive a cold out of the system. Sold through Tallman & Co.
Saloon business in railroad town with 400 population. Monthly payroll stated at 1 600. Reported annual revenue about 15 000 with daily expenses 12. Offers five year lease. Address Box 6 Starbuck Washington.
The first load of Wallowa county wool reached the Elgin Forwarding Co warehouse last Saturday from Shy Dobbin’s shearing pens. By now 126000 pounds have come in, with about 1750000 pounds expected to be shipped this season. Wool prices drop to 8 to 12 cents, with 12 cents hoped. sales set for June 25 and July 9, and freight will shift to a new road soon.
North Yakima s new YMCA building costing 76000 is handed to Secretary N F Turner with the Republic noting completion except for minor details. A tour by the building committee including contractor J H Corbett and superintendent Hy W Hughes, praised the firm Corbett and Raymond for timely work. Turner will move in this afternoon with plans to open doors by July 1, after final hardware and furnishing are installed.
The 26 ton self propelled tracklaying machine, a unique railway invention, moved through the city today on its way to the Wallowa line to lay track. With an ordinary crew it can lay about two miles of track daily under favorable conditions.
A church seeks an accurate census of its working members by observing the prayer meeting rather than a revival, focusing on active participation and commitments shown in that gathering. The approach emphasizes practical involvement over large public events.
University of Oregon trainer Hayward will spend six weeks this summer in Tule summer school perfecting training methods and studying apparatus. He will inspect eastern gymnasiums and oversee Dan Kelly and possibly Forrest Smithson’s training for the Olympic Games and may accompany the American team to London.
A large group of Pendleton fishermen spent Sunday on Meacham and North Fork creeks and returned on No 1 yesterday. Names listed include Charlee A. Carter Henry Lantz C IK Cranston W Fletcher and others. Mrs Joyce of Claremont reports Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her years of kidney trouble. Pendleton Drug Co.
Notice to ice users asks all parties needing ice to hang out cards by seven each morning so the driver can see them. The instruction is attributed to Henry Kopitzke.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy cures kidney and bladder troubles not beyond medicine, endorsed by Pendleton Drug Co. The copy asserts the product's superiority and universal efficacy within its category.
The Baker City Democrat states there was no earthquake shock in a famous mine near the city, calling the account a plain hoax without truth.
Letters from two women in Portland endorse Herpicide for hair loss and dandruff. Bertha A. Trullinger a complex ion specialist praises it as a dressing with no superior, while Grace Dodge a Beatty Doctor reports hair stop falling out and dandruff cleared after one bottle. The ad urges samples by sending 10 cents, plus 50 cents and 1.00 sizes available from A C Koeppen 2 Brow.
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