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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a coat that builds firm flesh and adds needed fat to keep the body warm. It targets thin individuals and protrays the product as supplying essential nourishment. The address hints at Scott & Bowne on Pearl Street in New York.
Seismograph at Jolene Hop kins university recorded distinct impressions from the Lima Penu earthquake of March 4. New gorges have formed above Wilkesturre Pa. militia on duty at Springfield for a week to guard against threats to purge colored residents.
A collection of brief Northwest notices reports the dredger Chinoo en fitted to burn oil, a Portland woman’s suicide by carbolic acid, injuries and deaths from falls on Vancouver Island, and a pioneer death in Glendale. Also noted are costs of feeding city prisoners, a Portland housebreaking wave, two steamers sailing to the Orient with cargoes valued at 347295.25, and a Portland attorney's electric shock incident.
Pemeton county fisherman Joseph Hoch backs fish screens and lawful limits to protect Uma tilla streams. He argues ditches and structures harm spawning and urges education to enforce daily catch quotas. He notes stocking and transplanting may boost numbers, and urges each fisherman to share one or two good catches.
Ossining March 12. Arrangements have been made at Sing Sing for the electrocution of Thomas Tobin the New York murderer who escaped the death chair by feigning insanity. The time is not announced but it will likely occur Monday morning. Tobin, manager of the Empire Cafe, killed Captain Craft in a robbery attempt, then severed the head from the body and tried to cremate the remains. His insanity defense fooled experts until he was discovered. He was sentenced to death after being committed as criminal insane.
The name Witch Hazel widely copied. E C De Witt Co Chicago claims original genuine salve. Warns buyers to seek box with their name for a cure for cuts burns eczema piles and more. Sold by Tallman Co. Also introduces Drs L L and T H White who bought E A Mann’s dental business and are promoted as first class dentists. Also notices King’s New Life Pills and assorted belt sales at Peoples Warehouse.
Long row of hotel arrivals from Pendleton to Portland and Spokane including J H Glide Sacramento O F Thompson and family Seattle, W W Caruthers Salt Lake, and many others. Also mentions mispunctuated note on strikers and a sales pitch for Electric Hitters and a 25 cent offer at The Peoples Warehouse.
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