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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1907
Page
6
A Kansas City Journal piece explains that strings are made from the intestines of sheep, not catgut, with surgical catgut from felines used for wounds. It notes hundreds of grades, rising North American demand, especially in the south and Mexico, where guitar strings are popular and banjo strings decline slowly.
Milton March 11 report notes Walla Walla Traction line progress with rails to be laid soon and poles en route. Fare to Walla Walla and Preewater set at 25 cents one way, 40 cents round trip. Columbia college to host an oyster supper to fund dining room decorations. A new history music class organized at the college. Dixie Jubilee singers set for Milton tonight as clean-up day preparations begin.
A Ava mother Mrs. Ruppes credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving her son's life from a severe lung trouble after a physician could not help. She noted improvement after a few weeks of the remedy and says he has worked steadily since. Tallman & Co. sell the cough and cold cure at 60 cents and one dollar with a trial bottle free. Bowman offers amateur photo services near the bridge.
Pilot Rock updates report lambing at Cunningham Sheep and Land Co near West Birch Creek. JH Mansfield plans a new lodging house on Willow Street for Mansfield & Newcomb. Bert Miller starts new job at Sylvester dry goods. Smallpox reported in Robert Jenking, four miles east, contracted from a railroad camp. John Kolb finds mammoth size bone possibly mastodon shoulder blade in Jack Canyon. further digging planned.
Athena March 11 Miss McBride resigns from the Athena courthouse stenographer post to join the Southern Pacific in Portland. The note notes her relocation for a new position in the railway company and mentions the general move of several local residents.
A stylized dialogue questions common proverbs about money, fate, and society. It pairs familiar lines with counterclaims, revealing tension between wealth and virtue, work and pride, and human bonds versus adversity. The piece ends with a twist: reversed cause and effect between labor and pride.
A cynic notes that money reveals true friends when lost. Dustin Stax counters that fortune loss spares time spent listening to others’ hardships and offers a chance to begin again, as quoted by the Washington Star.
A clipped exchange features Willie and Uncle Jack discussing a cake crust and a joke about coughing up dough. The dialogue hints at family banter and a child’s curiosity prompted by a father’s remark.
A compact critique treats March as the Thracian twelfth month named for the god of war. It mocks its rustics and bluster, cites Homer’s image of Ares, notes March weather woes, and echoes the proverb Beware the ides of March as prudence for human folly. The piece blends classical reference with English saying.
Mrs Prunes and Indigestion tells of a maid who nearly died from indigestion but improved after the mistress prescribed three stewed prunes for breakfast each day. The regimen left the maid healthier and hungrier for more prunes, a cure attributed to Mia and New York Press.
A traveler seeks news of his great grandfather Jeremiah Thompson in New Zealand. In Dundee Advertiser style, the tale follows the traveler asking Maori elders about the English ancestor and a curious exchange with a very old Maori man who recognizes the name and hints at fate.
A columnist urges women to study wifely success through sustaining vigor and health. If a wife notices flagging assets, dark shadows under eyes, backache, headaches, lingering sensations or nervousness, she should promptly bolster her system with a tonic possessing specific powers.
A Chicago News description details offshore kelp forests along California’s coast. Giant seaweed forests reach 100 foot lengths, forming natural wave breaks and home to marine life. Clear turquoise waters reveal sweeping, snake like kelp canopies and vast underwater vistas viewable from glass bottom boats.
The Lipari island pumice is chiefly from Monte Chirlea, a nearly 2000 foot volcano with two craters. About 1000 workers mine, transport, and process the stone, exporting large blocks and powder for scouring, polishing, and trade. The industry is described as nearly inexhaustible with 20 to 30 merchants active.
A clerical writer riffs on ragamuffins and a cheery joke about boys with “more rigs than muffins.” Experts trace ragamuffin etymology to ragged, muffins, and earlier London stage usage. The piece notes “ragamuffin” origins and references the phrase as a playful misunderstanding.
IL M. Froston, secretary and manager of the Timkin Roller Company in New York, bolted during questioning about the affair. Investigators say the pension shortfall totaled nearly 2100,000, with a single loss of 120,000 disclosed.
Heavy Showe In Central Ida reports C W Neff stating record snow for years with about 8 inches at Roosevelt and six feet at the Dewey mine. Roads better than expected. Neff traveled 60 miles on snowshoes, six days to reach the stage point, describing harsh winter conditions.
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