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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
2
General news notes a warehouse fire in Chicago at Warner Brow storage with extensive damage. No further details on causes or casualties provided in readable text.
Suburban Seattle pool rooms planned as safe venues for gambling and sport by proprietors evading authorities. Reports describe a wave of openings near villages reachable by streetcar lines as enforcement shifts outward.
E. T. Wade & Son advertise three suburban parcels: four acres with a good orchard and house, eight acres with a sturdy house, 400 bearing fruit trees, alfalfa and chicken yard with independent water system, and eight more acres with house barn 100 bearing fruit trees irrigation. Prices range from 2250 to 6500 dollars.
Mrs May Jones and her children, recent North Carolina migrants, are supported by Pendleton residents and the county court as they seek funds to return home. Rheumatism and unemployment keep them at the mercy of the community while the husband, now with another woman in California, has sent only sporadic support. The court and locals plan action to raise money for the family’s voyage back to North Carolina.
A Portland based monthly lauds the O R & N Co and Southern Pacific for advertising Oregon to Eastern markets. It credits Harriman lines with driving homeseeker migration, notes criticism of the railroads, and praises the railroads’ advertising bureau as a tangible sign of regional advancement.
Figures from Portland transit managers show 1904 street car lines carrying about 30,000,000 passengers with 1902 and 1903 totals also cited. The data highlight rapid metropolis expansion in Oregon, echoed by rising directories and postal business, and note a sharp rise in transit usage amid growing city optimism despite stray editorial remarks.
A long listing of names and cities appears under Hotel Arriva in Pendleton, including residents and visitors from Portland Rochester Spokane San Francisco Victoria Boston New York Chicago and more, with many individuals paired with cities such as Portland Seattle Spokane Beaverton and others suggesting a guest registry snapshot from the hotel.
In December 1902 and May 1903 Burroughs of Baker City Oregon praises TRIB as a cure for liquor addiction after long drinking history. Tallman & Co. are named local agents. Separate obituary notes Mrs C F Spidell of Mt Vernon New York, wife of a piano manufacturer, died weighing 500 pounds and leaving seven children.
An advertisement urges men to use Newbro's Herpicide to kill scalp germs causing dandruff and hair loss. It claims the product stops germ growth, restores healthy hair, and directs readers to send a stamp for a sample to The Herpicide Co. in Detroit, with F. W. Schmidt as special agent.
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