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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1904
Page
2
The ad proclaims Scott's Emulsion benefits both thin and fat individuals. It claims to add healthy, lasting flesh, cures weakness and wasting, and promises samples upon request. The copy directs readers to Scott & Bowen, Pearl Street, New York.
General news item notes Britain and Spain moving toward an arbitration treaty. It mentions a $125,000 cotton mill burned at Utica N Y, W W Wheatley traveling to Mexico City to manage trolley lines, Chicago suburbs flooded, and 28 inches of snow in New York City with 2000 fire alarms since December. It also covers cement stocks at Salt River dam, Jeffries Munroe bout, Eagles headquarters moving, and Argentina rail workers strike.
The Western league dissolves with Polk County Mobair Association officers elected. Notables: Arthur C. Lawrence dies in Nampa and is buried in Salem. L. W. Poole of Astoria dies in Santa Monica. A Butte hotel fire kills property valued at 100000 with 80000 insurance. A Camden shooting leads to acquittal of man slaughter charges. Lewis and Clark fair building contracts set at 300000. Chemawa Indian School receives 172000 with 15000 for an assembly hall. Freight-rate changes from Spokane raise rail costs for coast-bound carloads. new rates take effect April 15.
Pendleton housing tightens as more than a dozen homes sit empty while prospering farmers return to the country for spring, triggering fierce rental demand. Real estate offices face crowded requisitions as contractors and architects plan a busy summer with record building and higher rents for first class locations.
Paul Showaway, Cayuse hereditary chief, is the widely advertised American Indian in Pendleton. Major Lee Moorhouse photographed him for Pendleton Woolen Mills Indian robes cards mailed worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of cards circulated via post offices and agencies, showcasing his eagle feather dress and buckskin attire.
Sealed proposals will be received by architect T F Howard room 17 Judd building up to ten o clock March 10th 1904 for a two story frame cottage with stone basement for William P Sturgis according to plans on file. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. February 26 1904.
Shamokin Pa March 1 All the collieries in the district belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal Company resumed operations today after a shutdown that lasted since October 1. Employment is furnished to about two thousand men and boys.
A long hotel arrivals listing shows guests from San Francisco Portland Seattle Spokane Walla Walla and other Pacific Northwest cities. Names include R Kelly C Ottershagen J O Lakin Leon Cohen and wife W Mayer J F Fisher A W Bennett H Breed L B Smith H Sitton A Johnson and wife G Bernard M J Bucklew and many others.
Echo irrigation area filings show many homesteads by prominent members of the La Grande Mormon church. Observers believe a Mormon settlement may form a sugar beet industry hub in Umatilla county, following Grand Ronde Valley patterns. Also anecdotal notices praise Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and Lucretia’s leg healing with Brucklen’s Amica Salve.
A muddled notice discusses hats and baldness, claiming modern men face hair loss from parasitic germs. It promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as the cure, urging readers to apply the product to kill germs and restore healthy hair. The ad-style fragment names the Herpicide Company and hints at a selling pitch.
Repair work on all kinds of machinery and general blacksmithing offered by Rigby Clove located at the Webb and Alta site. Provides maintenance, fabrication, and repair tasks for industrial equipment.
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