19 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1901
Page
1
An old fashioned ad touts a grocery store offering staple goods at reasonable prices. It highlights brands such as Squadron Coffee Schillings Tea and Bakers Cocoa with promises of quality and value for shoppers.
The report notes California orange crops suffering from transport limits with railroads able to move only half the daily need. A Santa Cruz grove plan to appropriate 250 acres for state park purchase is mentioned. Boer losses are cited. North Dakota passes rail laws. Indiana engineers oppose white night signals. Austria-Hungary tariff changes threaten American imports while economists expect no retaliation.
A short item notes a yard sale for wash fabrics with unclear location and timing details, readable fragments mentioning sale items and potential vendors.
Judge Snell of the superior court in Tacoma declares the estate law banning Sunday theater as class legislation and unconstitutional. The Seventh Day Adventists and Campbellites of Elgin have held ten debates and sermons this winter without settling their theological dispute. Dayton residents weigh whether to allow electric lighting by A Roth with a mass meeting planned to decide. Local merchants push for a $56,000 plant purchase. In La Grande, J D McKennon and Joseph Palmer sell La Grande Electric Light Power to KE Fisk as the new owner. Ten hulls for American cup defender built for Belmont syndicate to be auctioned from Aquaria by Monday night. Logs measure 87 feet, shipped on three flatcars. timber chosen for light strength. Great Northern to begin Spokane to Republic railroad work. preliminaries to be discussed in New York between James J Hill and Warner Miller syndicate to secure Miller rights for surveying a railroad across Indian allotments north half of Colville reserve.
The piece warns that danger can creep like quicksand from stomach troubles to broader diseases. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Adviser and other remedies as guidance for digestion, heart, lungs, and liver ailments, urging careful attention to symptoms and nutrition.
Dispatches report the Russian British clash in Tien Tein settled with British surrender of guards. Authorities say dispute closed while Crtish and Russian commanders await further instructions. Waldersee to observe the area as French and British officials assess the situation.
Albany March 1 trainmen on the New York Central threaten to strike unless wages are equalized across the line. They warn a refusal may trigger a tie on all roads from Maine to Oregon, affecting about one million men.
Washington reports the Sultan of Morocco may relocate his court and capital to avoid indemnity demands after a mob killed naturalized citizens. The cruiser New York heads toward Tangier to back U S pressure as consular officials pursue a settlement with Morocco.
Lord Chamberlain reported in the commons that General Botha wrote to General Kitchener expressing no disposition to recommend peace terms to fellow commanders and countrymen. Kitchener has been instructed to offer terms. Botha's proclamation states that his government and officers fully agree with his views disapproving of British victory.
Mar 19 report notes Chilton marriage law aimed to restrict marriages of imbeciles. Law required a physician's certificate for every license issued.
Report from Norfolk indicates about one hundred visitors scaled the Dixie navy yard wall during the past two days seeking to reach China. No casualties reported and officials investigate the intrusion.
Fire originating from a kitchen stove razed the home of John Hill in Wellaton e Ohio on March 10. The blaze claimed the house and caused the loss of a wife and five children, with officials reporting a damaged structure and ongoing investigations.
The text states that prevention of a condition named preumowia and the use of Guile Laselive Drome Quinine remove the cause.
New York reports a mixed wheat market with price changes and uncertain crop damage from freezing and Hessian fly fears. The Erie railroad is on the verge of new control plans with executive officers to be installed and Western connections to be expanded by J J Hill’s Ghent Northern associates.
Manila reports Diovine a noted Tagal leader on Panay captured after a fight. In the engagement two insurgents were killed and three were wounded, including Diovino.
Totuilla news notes report Wm. Gillette visiting from Hutter Creek and Veter Hansen returning from Los Angeles via San Francisco. Sam Wethers sells land for a profit and plans to explore Mexican agricultural opportunities. Cattle herds move toward mountains signaling spring. M. H. Gillett rents land NW of Pendleton for summer. Burt Blair returns from Wilbur with mild winter. Wheat market sluggish. real estate deals rise as spring opens. local attendance at Antonott musical group event described. Raymos Carter returns from Horse Heaven Yakima County with others.
Twenty four workers at George H. Sutherland's sewer project quit yesterday in Walla Walla after a wage raise refusal. They had earned two cents an hour for nine hours daily, demanding twenty four cents per hour for eight hours. Other notes mention Charles Beaster family returning from San Francisco and Mr Hunserer’s past in local paper business.
Reports from Leavenworth Kansas detail three convicts who seized sixteen guards and refuse to surface at the state penitentiary mine. Warden negotiations continue as guards are stationed at mine entrances and families fear for the imprisoned workers.
Mills in the city halt operations today for an apparent intent to curb production. Officials expect most mills in the area to shut next week as actions unfold.
Eight bodies recovered after a great avalanche sweeps Verlesta at the Alpe foot. Rescue crews search for survivors as authorities organize aid and assess the disaster’s impact on the community.
London on March 19 Geo Wharker was executed for the murder of Win Moormon aboard a London and Southwestern railway carriage. The crime involved a partitioning defect described as a failure in the Bigliah system, leading to the fatal outcome.
Government agent reports actions against recalcitrant Indians who left the reservation and are trespassing and pillaging near the Grand Canyon.
The president and his wife arrived here from Canton at 10 o clock this morning. The arrival occurred in the nation’s capital with local observers noting the early hour.
A garbled OCR passage mentions remarks about coinage, wives, a vote, and a fire event, with several unclear names and places. The text is heavily corrupted and unreadable in portions, limiting precise extraction of individuals or organizations.
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