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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
7
An advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as the best kidney and bladder remedy. It warns kidneys weaken with overwork and promises mild, rapid benefits and widespread cure reports. Readers are urged to request samples and mention the local paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, New York.
Shipment of swine brings $10.65 at Portland Union Stockyards on May 11 as hogs edge up amid limited runs. Cattle hold at $6.25, sheep dip about 10 cents, with 700 head in today’s arrivals from Roseburg and multiple California shipments. Daily reports show steady market tone across hogs, cattle, and sheep with selective price gains and a year-over-year note of firmer hog demand.
South Omaha May 11 receipts show cattle steady to 10 cents lower. Steers 7.35 to 7.85, cows and heifers 6 to 7. Hog receipts 7200 with market steady at 9.25 to 9.30. Sheep receipts 3500 with wethers 7.90 to 8.15 and lambs 4.40 to 8.05. Some readers note the adage about knowledge and discretion.
Chicago May 11. Wheat closes stronger after early weakness as Armour covers short positions in May. May quoted higher, July steady, September up 1/4 cent. Foreign markets weak with Liverpool down, while domestic cash prices range No 2 red 1.161 1/2 to 1.167 1/2 and No 2 spring around 1.10 to 1.16 1/2. Broomhall cable notes Russia’s warm weather and good crop prospects.
Spokane National Farm Homes association, formed in St Louis with 1 million dollars capital, invites representatives to Inland Empire to view land prospects. Spokane chamber secretary R M Maclean sent a letter to Gifford Pinchot noting thousands of acres across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and southern British Columbia suitable for farm, fruit, and dairy use. Lands are cheap but no bonuses offered to the association. Pinchot’s forest service ties bring familiarity and an inquiry is expected.
An advertisement urges early use of Foley’s Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims the product restores kidney function and can prevent serious illness, mentioning Koeppen Bros as the seller.
Spokane pastor Bruce Brown of Dean Avenue Christian church told May 8 Mothers Day readers to honor mothers in law. He warned that boys may marry another woman first and urged young women to love their mother-in-law as they wish to be loved, noting the tragedy of jealousy in family ties.
An ad extols a cheerful mood as hard to achieve when blue and unwell. It promotes Ballard's Herbine as a mild but effective remedy for stomach and liver complaints including constipation and dyspolula, priced at 60 cents per bottle from A, C, Koeppen & Bros.
Welser Idaho builds a seven mile flume using 1 250 000 feet of lumber to irrigate 8 000 acres of which 6 000 will be apple orchards and 2 000 grapes cherries prunes and vegetables. A diversion dam and concrete steel structures create water supply from the Middle Fork of the Weiser River with 25 miles of laterals and a planned townsite with packing house and cold storage. Electric tramways will serve the orchards with power output around 50 units.
The proposal calls for 000 horsepower power supply and electric lights for every home along with a complete city water system delivered to each residence, signaling a comprehensive urban modernization initiative.
Milan. Signor Leoncavallo, recovering from a dangerous illness, recalls an evening at Manchester theater when he pretended to criticize his own Pagliacci. A nearby stranger praised the opera, prompting him to mock the work. The next day headlines accused him of plagiarism and loss of originality, a twist he says came from a journalist neighbor.
The passage notes a reformer’s weariness with party warfare and a critique of a social system that tolerates starving children and slums in a Christian country. It promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for liver and bowel troubles, and mentions Dr. I A Temple moving his office to the American National Bank building.
First Class Drug Stores advertises Liquid Foot Base product claiming to relieve tired aching and sweaty feet promising happiness for everyone at a nickel price point.
John D. Rockefeller would go broke if he spent his entire income trying to improve a medicine to beat Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy for diarrhoea dysentery or bowel complaints. It is declared impossible by all who have used it. Sold by all dealers.
London reports the Countess of Warwick resurfacing as a socialist leader after a quiet spell. She chaired a Queen's Hall meeting of the social democratic party to hear veteran H. H. Hyndman. She opened with Com rades and Friends and praised socialism as the greatest cause, yet warned that no clear leadership appeared on the horizon.
Advertises D. D. D. Prescription as a permanent solution for stubborn eczema using a gentle wash with wintergreen oil. Claims numerous long term cures and offers a trial bottle for 26 cents at Tallman Drug Co.
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