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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
3
Paris cable reports sarah bernhardt nearly fainted adopting a new part triggering headlines of stage fright. incidents in other notes include Kossuth death anniversary protests in Hungary and a Missouri senate tax amendment proposal for a new capital.
Hotel arrivals list numerous names and cities including Spokane New York Portland Seattle and Baker City. An accompanying testimonial claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh with a Toledo firm F J Cheney Co offering a hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. Notary public swears to firm's claim and publicizes product.
A diverse Pacific Northwest page reports on Stick Joe, a famed Indian judge of North Yakima, and his death. Salt Lake City endures a smallpox outbreak while Willamette Valley Sto. hair price rises to 30 cents per pound. Oregon pioneer John P. Discus of Independence dies at 31 from heart disease. William Billings of Aberdeen, Washington, dies instantly in a fall. A fisherman near Cathlamet Bay is arrested with 20 Chinook salmon. The steamship Arrow completes engine trials in Portland. Spokane messenger boys strike over pay cuts. Mrs. J. B. Patton of Palmer visits her ill mother in Roweburg and remains away. Portland Mayor George H. Williams reports J. Hi. McCreary killed by a train at Dry Forks. A. Watts jailed 18 months in Clackamas County for obtaining money by false pretenses. A rumor causes a Olympia wife to panic after a misinformed claim of her husband’s death. authorities seek the culprit.
Henry Oldenstadt and Herman Metzger seek three hundred premium horses for the United States cavalry in Pendleton within weeks. They specify gelding color, soundness, temper, and weight between 950 and 1180 pounds, height 15 hands 1 inch to 16 hands, aged four to eight years, suitable for cavalry use. Further details and contact: Herman Metzger, Portland, Oregon.
A. K. Lewis MD critiques hair restoration hype in the American Journal of Health, warning that baldness fears fuel belief in dubious remedies. The column cites Newbro’s Herpicide, claimed to destroy the hair root parasite and prevent dandruff, and notes it is sold by Schmidt & Co with Detroit distributor details.
Jas. Lindsay farm near Alba offered for sale as a single parcel or in 2, 7, or 4 smaller tracts. About 140 acres timothy, over 200 acres wild hay capable of growing timothy, some wheat and barley, balance pasture, plentiful water, fully fenced with good buildings. Four miles from Alba. Bentley & Hartman.
Willful neglect of duty on the part of the deceased. He went out with arms knowing the other fellow was in town. This report reflects Chicago Record-Herald findings on a South Carolina matter.
Governor Chamberlain and state officials plus Portland press and local citizens visited the proposed portage railway site at Celilo and No. 5 fish wheel, with maps and surveys shown. The trip aimed to gauge progress. referendum on the project may delay surveys until it is disposed of.
George Brecht, agent for the Monioe and Yellowstone Stage Company, arrives in Walla Walla to source horses for use in Yellowstone Park. The firm operates 300 coaches and 650 horses, employs 300 drivers, and carried 160000 passengers last year. Brecht hopes to secure a carload of horses soon and advocates a local race track to attract capital and visitors.
Washington Jockey Club opens at Benning race course March 21 with over 400 well known horses stabled. Owners, trainers, and racing fans fill the city as stewards expect the largest meet in the track’s history. Notable stables include W P Birch with FLRO Hitchcock Grey Friar Sergeant Titan, William Garth with 16 horses, Columbia stable led by Toscan Gloriosa Red Damael, Gwynn Tompkins with Douro and others, and J J Mackessey, Charles Ray, Allie Gates, trainer Sykes, and trainer Waldwin with prominent runners.
Easton Pa March 20 The base tall team of Lafayette College starts on its Southern trip today and will play Columbia on Chapel Hill on Mon Day and Tuesday of next week Captain Johnson is encouraged by the practice work and confident the season will be a successful one for Lafayette
New York March 20 The sole athletic event of note tonight is the wrestling bout at the New Polo Athletic Club featuring George Fisher and Tom Matthews. Both competitors have large follower bases in the sport and the outcome is awaited with keen interest.
The Baltimore World reports a humorous exchange about new flats described as quarters. The caller quips that they are hardly quarters, and the reply suggests they are eighths of sixteenths, reflecting a nautical or architectural pun in a light anecdote.
Multnomah county grangers endorsed the Lewis and Clark fair bill and rejected claims they aimed to delay the fair.
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