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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
2
An old health ad promotes Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil as a builder of flesh. It claims it strengthens the body in wasting diseases, coughs, colds, and bronchitis and offers a free sample on request from Scott & Bowne at Pearl Street New York.
General news item notes Calgary population 29000 and a New York death of 4 percent aged Mrs Chauncey Moreland who weighed 420 pounds. It mentions a St Louis May 14 postmasters meeting and a Chinese migration restriction by British Columbia. Indy's city relief funds, cyclone injuries in Indiana Harbor, and a Canadian man in prison for bigamy are also listed.
A band of tool thieves is active in Portland stealing high quality carpenters tools. J F Hubbard a pioneer of Portland dies at Dayton Oregon age 78 after arriving with an ox team in 1865. Henry Rice jailed in Walla Walla for forgery nearly starved after a four day fast. Migs Grace Page a Tacoma stenographer rode 40 miles into Siskivow county California to locate a timber claim. Whitman College students must stay in dormitories on Sundays with limited Sunday amusements. Rocky Mountain Telephone Company plans to extend lines across Western Idaho with Coeur dAlene as district HQ. Hay sells for 14 per ton in Lebanon Oregon with cattlemen short of feed. One man has lost 65 head of cattle to feed scarcity and bad weather. A 1000 reward offered for Maude Steiners body, drowned in the steamer Queen fire near Tillamook February 27. Harold Sparks indicted for discarding mail for patrons who never read it. Guy Nelson injured by a falling tree while removing apple trees at North Yamhill. Aethene tack explosion during a Baptist church lecture at Fossil caused panic and minor injuries without fatalities.
E. T Wade & Son invites the public to inspect several real estate propositions. Visit their EB office or call Black 1111, P.O. Box 224, to discuss options and details.
Milton notes list Postoffice Inspector F J Clark of Walla Walla visited the Milton post office. Mrs H M Cox and her children arrived from Arlington to visit her parents. Rev A J Adams preached farewell for four years. Elisha McCarter died in the Salemt insane asylum and was brought home for funeral services. Lost or Strayed items, a band of mares and several riding horses, were reported near Helix with a reward offered for return. Local society hosted a birthday dinner for R E Frazier. Also reports from Vancouver and national political notes and a Socialist convention call in Pendleton.
Briggson Tems reports E W Johnson is rebuilding his house after a fire damaged it last year. Mrs Noelle Kilgore remains ill but improving at Staytonville. Cattle suffer amid blustery cold with six to eight inches of Umatilla snow and fresh hardships in Franklin and nearby areas.
A long hotel arrivals list shows names of guests from numerous cities including Hartford, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Spokane, Seattle, Walla Walla, and many others. The crowded roster includes many individuals and spouses, with towns and initials attached, reflecting a busy travel period and regional hospitality. Buckleo’s Arnica Salve is advertised for wounds and other injuries, claimed to cure in five days.
An old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure is quoted, followed by a rural Huskin' Bee scene and a quoted claim by Congressman Crompacker of widespread lynching in the United States. The piece blends product promotion with sensational political accusation in a dated rural context.
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