Oregonian Friday March 14 1802 fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes show date Friday March 14 1802 from The Oregonian. No clear events or names readable.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1902
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes show date Friday March 14 1802 from The Oregonian. No clear events or names readable.
President E H Green of the Texas Midland Railroad has a patent granted by the US Patent Office for a wireless telegraphy system. General Methuen’s release from captivity is expected at Klerksdorp, condition favorable. William J Bryan arrives in Washington en route to Harrisburg and is greeted by Nebraska delegation. A formal passport demand to Secretary Hay seeks travel for Dr and Mrs Hiram W Thomas to visit South Africa concentration camps to distribute Illinois funds. if refused, to be taken to the president, then possibly to Lord Pauncefote.
The Pacific Northwest notes a new anti gambling drive in Oregon City led by Rev A J Montgomery with city ministers assisting. Also reported are a fatal snow slide near Kokanee range burying a cabin and the man Fred Lowden killed, a sailor drowning aboard the Rockhurst, and plans to revive Portland Turnfest after a decade.
A list of hotel guests includes Sig L. Cohen of Minneapolis and H. Hagen of San Francisco, with J. D. Plamondon and Mrs. J. D. Plamondon among Athena visitors. Other arrivals span Portland, Spokane, Umatilla, Walla Walla, La Grande, Weston, Huntington, Prineville, Goldendale, Starbuck, Hope, and more, noting individuals such as J. Melcher, W. FP. Temple, George Stevens, Cj Freese, and P. E. Hunaucker.
Coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles are quickly cured by One Minute Cough Cure. It softens and liquefies mucus draws out inflammation and removes the cause. Safe and immediate, praised by Justice J Q Hood of Crosby Mississippi for his wife and family. Tallman & Co. Brock & McComas.
Notice: the Democratic Central Committee will meet at the courthouse in Pendleton Oregon at 2 o clock p m on March 15 1902 All Democrats invited to attend A C Haley Secretary
The ad promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers for biliousness and constipation. It claims the pills keep liver and bowels healthy and remove eruption-causing causes. A testimonial from C. BE Hooper of Albany, Georgia praises the remedy as safe and effective. Tallman & Co and Brock & McComas distribute.
In Pendleton Whitman county tale opens in Palouse City and travels to Waitsburg Walla Walla and back as A T Reid Hewis turns bigamist. Mary Tweedy, aged sixteen, marries after legal challenges, then awaits a missing husband. The story follows court battles, second marriages, and a quiet Pendleton life for Mr and Mrs Smith amid a troubling romance.
March 14 report from Walla Walla notes looming July city election. Saloon prosecutions spur opposition to gain control of city government. Water works spend about $1000 monthly on prospecting from water revenues. No mayoral candidate named. two men seek police chief: W. J. Cantonwine and J. C. Hillman. Hillman currently city precinct constable.
Murray Winchell Waitshore Fletcher Pields District 26 Sophia Miller District 18 Louis Hall District 18 Porest L Burcher District 25 Eva Cummings and George Mundil Touchet Clifford Geyer Hethel Randall Prescott. All are farm country schools or small villages.
A vintage advisory promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous and female troubles. It claims nagging wives are nervous and run down, suffering headaches sleeplessness loss of appetite and fainting spells, and states thousands of women used it to regain health and happiness. Tallman Co. guarantees satisfaction.
Walla Walla March 14 Samuel Reavin a local butcher while dressing a cow found in the stomach a large ball of hair about three inches long and two inches in diameter. The mass was hard like stone with a black covering resembling a nut shell and composed of dark brown hair likely ingested over recent years.
An advertisement promises relief from catarrh hay fever and cold in the head with Ely s Dream Balm. It claims immediate relief and a cure without drying or sneezing, priced at 50 cents and available from Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street New York or by mail.
Sealed proposals will be received at Baker & Ogg's up to 12 o'clock noon on March 20 1902 for erection of a one story brick building at Athena Oregon Plans and specifications can be seen at Baker & Oges The right is reserved to reject any and all bids for the work H L Swaggart March 11 1902 Pendleton Or
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease treated internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 if it fails and urge readers to request testimonials from J Cheney & Co, Toledo. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a census note on farm animal value, plus a joke about Americans feeling horsy by a Chicago editor.
For sale twelve building lots in block 14 on the north side of the river in Raleys addition. Fine location and well graded. Inquire of N. W. Potwine Pendleton Or.
In Walla Walla Washington on March 14 nine of more students from public schools in Walla Walla County passed the eighth grade examination for promotion to the state normal school. Of those who took the exam 16 completed the full set with some opting to finish in May. Nine met the required percentage to pass while others missed by small margins. The successful students
The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a grand remedy for liver and bowel troubles. It claims relief from constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion and notes the product costs 25 cents at Tallman & Co. drug store.
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