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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
7
Commodities and livestock listed with prices: beets 14 cents per Ib, potatoes 1 50 to 1 75 per cat, apples 1 50 per box, horseradish 12 cents per lb. Pendleton market shows hens 3 50 to 4 per dozen, roosters 4 50 to 5 60, cows 3 10 per hundred, steer 4, live hogs 5 cents per lb, dressed hogs 6 cents, dressed calves 7 to 8 cents.
Wealthy backers led by William C Whitney and William K Vanderbilt fund a mortgage burn for the Sheepshead Bay Methodist church built by the late John Y McKane. The property is valued at 30000 with 10000 debt. Whitney gave 500 and others like Belmort Mackey Clews Platt and Coler joined the relief effort.
Tallahassee March 29 political talks heat up as candidates announce for offices in Florida with focus on the U S Senate. Incumbent S N Mallary faces possible challenge from Wilkinson Gall while Sparksman and Frank Adams are named as potential contenders. Other state offices will be filled though no governor race exists. A closing note on lawn decor mentions a 12 foot circular bed framed by canvas and nasturtiums.
Pendleton retail list shows sugar cane granulated best at 5.25 per sack 16 pounds at 1, coffee Mocha and Java best 40 cents per pound next grade 25 to 15 cents per pound lower grades 25 to 15 cents, flour B B and Walter's 3.40 per barrel.
A medizin ad claims nagging wives suffer nervous fatigue and health issues from melancholy and insomnia. It promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for female troubles, nervous issues, backache, and weak kidneys. Thousands have used it with guaranteed satisfaction for 50 cents.
Port land market rates list sheep skins by wool length from 15 to 60 cents per item and hides by weight, quality and processing. Dry hides No 1 run 16 pounds plus at 16 1lu4se per pound, buckskin and calf categories shown, plus salted hides, bulls and stags, and various animal pelts priced from pennies to several dollars per item.
The misshapen ad boasts a miraculous remedy for liver and bowel troubles, claiming unprecedented efficacy. It implies widespread discovery and urges belief in a grand, secret cure never before seen.
The North Central Association meets in Cleveland to discuss limiting the use of terms University College and School by law and the role of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. Papers present varied views from President Draper of Illinois Professor Slichter Wisconsin Professor Denny Ohio Dean Hopkins Western Reserve and Professor Stagg Chicago.
San Jose California reports a strong prospect for a large prune crop this year following a small previous season. Despite growers’ hostility to the prune combine, promoters push the idea that unionized methods may be essential to handle a likely bumper crop.
Plans are set for ceremonies tomorrow for the dedication of the Memorial Chapel at Leland Stanford University in Palo Alto California. Educators and clergymen of note will deliver addresses as the chapel, completed at a cost of many thousands of dollars, is described as one of the most artistic buildings of its kind in the United States.
Georgia Democrats gather in Atlanta on March 29 to plan calling a state primary for governor and other state officials, per the recent call by Chairman du Bignon. The meeting aims to organize the primary process across the state.
In Hillsboro Texas a special election is held in school district No 99 today per Commissioners Court order. Voters decide whether to levy a 20 cent special tax on the 100 dollar valuation for school purposes.
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