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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
7
Hermiston reports no flood damage from the Umatilla project area. Only minor cave-ins along a ditch with no material impact. water flow from the intake above Echo remains strong. Also notes a successful St Patrick’s Ball, property purchases, nearing completion of a Baptist church, and local land improvements. Dr King’s New Discovery praised for coughs and lung ailments.
The Echo brass band hosted a well attended St Patrick’s day ball last evening praised as a season’s success with good music and strong attendance. Flood damage in the area was minor and largely repaired, as fields are being newly cultivated for an expected bumper year.
Rev F Starbird of East Raymond Maine declares Bucklen’s Arflea Salve the best healer in the world for his old army wound and other obstinate sores. He also reports using it successfully in his veterinary practice. Price 2 1 2 in Tallman & Co.’s drug store.
The congested O R N traffic in Oregon’s La Grande creates a backlog as eastbound trains arrive only to depart empty, stranding 600 or more passengers. Mud and washouts halt 15 miles of mountain track with new slides delaying relief efforts and delaying westward movement.
In Pochtello Idaho on March 18 Judge Budge sentenced Charles Evans a Black man found guilty of murder in the second degree to life in the state penitentiary. Evans shot and killed his employer Robert Jackson a moon keeper at McCammon on November 29 1907.
An item promotes DeWitt’s Corbolized Witch Salve as effective for piles. Sold by Tallman & Co, with a curious exchange noting the present is only the past in the future.
Freewater March 18 report notes some homes along the Walla Walla river evacuated due to flooding fears and minor nursery damage to A. Miller & Sons. Leap Year Ball at Badgero hall drew a large, successful crowd. Spraying of nearby fruit trees nears completion and alfalfa irrigation promises a fine crop. The I O O F hall hosted a gold medal contest by the W C T U, which drew solid attendance and was a success.
The steamship Numantia of the Portland and Asiatic line cleared for Hong Kong via Siberia with 52,010 barrels of four, plus 35,002 barrels of flour for Vladivostok and 10,000 for Niuchwang. It is the line’s first Siberian voyage. total value exceeds $1,040,000.
A Salem Oregon based remedy promises to cure coughs or money back. The Hickory Bark Cough Remedy is advertised as guaranteed to make you a friend. Sold by all druggists and first class dealers nationwide. Pendleton Drug Co.
Washington and Oregon flour millers at the Hotel Butler banquet in Seattle Thursday night reduced flour by 16 cents per barrel. Retail dealers agreed to cut 6 cents per sack, totaling a 20 cent barrel cut to consumers. Further reductions may follow if conditions improve. A short item ends with an unrelated ad and a humorous joke about a baby.
An old advert touts Sexine Pills as a universal remedy for fatigue and nervous irritability in men and women. It claims guaranteed restoration of strength and energy, priced at 1 per box with a six box deal for 5, from Pendleton Drug Company which promises no substitutions.
Classified items advertise Berkshire pigs prices eight dollars to sixteen dollars each. Engraved cards and invitations offered. Legal blanks and maps available at East Oregonian office. For sale old newspapers wrapped in bundles. Rent notices for two to four rooms at 3018 Main Street. Store and office space for rent at East Oregonian building.
Classified ad notes a one line format offering a bargain item with a price of 10¢ and 16c, indicating a small ad possibly for a service or sale. The fragment implies a short promotional blurb without clear product details. Probability of a generic early 20th century small ads context.
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