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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
5
Local merchants list prices on eggs and cereals, sale on clothing and hats, farm loans, rent notices, and a new dry goods company. Pendleton trades include Kemp's Balsam promotion, a horse purchase, a steam cleaning service, and a dance club event at Armory Hall with live music.
Mrs N J Gilliam and family express thanks for sympathy and services during recent bereavement. Funeral held this afternoon for infant child of Mr and Mrs Frank Stilmant, of 6168 Sycamore Street. Mr Stilmant employed in O R and N yards. R S Bryson named administrator of Jerry Blythe estate, who died in Walla Walla early 1901. Blythe left no heirs except sister Mary F Cooper of Newark Missouri and brothers S D Blythe of Durham Missouri and Alonzo Blythe of Wallace Idaho. Blythe owned real estate in Umatilla county valued at 1500 dollars.
Winding at night weakens the spring and daytime jerks reduce durability. Morning winding lowers risk of breaking the main spring, which tolerates cold better when not fully tense. Regular habits keep watches accurate. avoid placing the watch differently each night. Do not hang or suspend watches, and avoid cold surfaces or pendulum-like swings. temperature differences affect accuracy.
Eastern Shore Farmer urges saving turnips beets carrots and all roots plus vegetable and apple peelings for poultry. Cut up, boil and mix with feed to make a splendid fowl food and cut costs. such savings are worth a dollar a bushel this winter and benefit hens more than hogs.
The piece notes compensations in markets with poultry prices and production costs. When prices rise it costs more to produce, and high feed costs push costs up. It cites a reader feeding forty hens for three to four eggs daily, arguing individuals cannot regulate prices to favor buyers or sellers.
The passage notes that ancient horses wore leather hoof boots, sometimes studded with nails, though usually plain. The leather was inexpensive, allowing owners to "reboot" their mounts whenever needed, a practice mentioned before Fling and Aristotle.
A Baltimore News quotation has a merchant lamenting low foot traffic and proposing a novelty sign. He bets his salary that ninety nine out of one hundred passersby will pause to see if the sign is dry.
Mrs O'Brien and Mrs McCabe discuss Dennis being sent to the penitentiary for six months. They console each other that half a year will pass, reflecting the social tone of the period through dialogue.
Adams and Johnson discuss luck after finding a horseshoe with Johnson asserting it is good luck for some blacksmiths, a quip attributed to the Detroit Free Press.
A historical note mentions the first shell used in warfare by the sultan of Gujarat in India and highlights a line from an after dinner speech stating Let me take your check as the most popular remark.
A writer in American Cultivator argues clipping horses is proper to aid warmth and comfort. He cites efficiency in sweating, drying, and ease of care, noting blankets at stops and the driver’s duty, while contrasting clipped versus long haired horses in winter driving.
A tender hearted youth at an Oxford supper speaks after a long silence, urging moderation as he calms a room full of fathers being criticized for their stinginess in supplying their sons. He calls the assembled to remember they are our fellow creatures.
A brief note remarks that occasional poker can strain a person, paired with an advertisement for Pride of Umatilla Cigars.
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