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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
4
The ad showcases three dressy shoe styles: a patent calf with Cuban heel and plain toe, a French kid with Louie heel and hand turned sole, and a cloth top French kid with hand turned sole. It invites customers to view them even if buying anew, promising to please the eyes.
An assortment of shop notices and sales pitches fills the page. Cleaver Bros promotes dry goods and new arrivals while Hawler’s and Murphy’s push groceries, furniture, and window fashions. Hobbies and sewing goods appear at Rader’s, Le Roy’s advertises tamales, and job offers seek uncommitted workers with at least basic pay and travel needs. The page also includes a notice seeking a second hand case and a help-wanted call for a profitable at-home position with government pay.
A store highlights its wide range of fashionable window and shelf displays. The advertisement promises moral fortitude in service and invites customers to visit with confidence in their ability to fit every preference.
The page reports wool sales to ex furniture dealers with money to Joan or Farm Security, and an attorney named RK Reeder. May 1 records a high Pendleton temperature. A Masonic hall dance, announcements for dressmaking, and a harness crafted by Joe Ell for Joe Basler’s horse appear, plus an art sale at Dr. and Mrs. Smith’s home. Analyses by Professor Knight flag Aberdeen water quality linked to a new brewing plant. Frank Bacon notes petroleum indications on a ranch near McKay Creek. A freak lamb with six legs is described from J H Fraser’s Walla Walla Valley flock.
A large crowd gathered at Alta Street grounds as Pendleton beat Colfax 5 to 3 in the opening baseball game. Colfax players led by Bramwell and Hartman faced Pendleton’s lineup including Hartman and Penland with Ulrich on the mound. final score reported as Pendleton 5 Colfax 3.
Baker City High track team trains for the inter scholastic field meet at Penditon on Monday May 7 and lists its Baker City entries across events including sprints the half mile walk throws jumps cycling and pole vault with several athletes named by surname and class year.
Archbishop Ireland says a government order by Hitchcock once banned Indian children from attending denominational schools, potentially harming Catholic families. He notes the rule was not universally enforced but could be applied by Indian agents, affecting education during President Cleveland’s era.
FE. Smith reports 390000 pounds of wool ready for sale from Pendleton area flocks. Wool stored at a warehouse, with clips divided into lots of 100 pounds each. The shearing season ends in a week and Smith plans to advertise again in the East Oregon to reach buyers.
The Fraser opera house will host Harry Corwen Clarke on May 2 presenting What Did Tompkine Do a brisk farce about Col Tompkins a lively New Yorker with costly habits and comic woes. The cast includes Forrest Swain Sharpe Hat Ann Van Martel Steinle Evans Louden Wilkes Graham.
A.C. Koeppen & Brew on Court Street debuts a new pen drink blending licious ripe troite and aromatic flavors. The shop offers the drink along with the staple ice cream sodas and other familiar beverages in Pendleton.
Fragmentary text mentions Karl's Times Best Tea and ancestors keeping a bleed puse. References Tailman & Co a druggery and price details unclear. No clear event or outcome. content is garbled and partial.
Owing to poor health Frida Leezer offers for sale a male Leeser Bakery residence property on Garden Street between Alta and Court Florida.
Major George W Harper once Indian agent at Umatilla is in Pendleton as a Nalning promoter. K F Huntington of The Latics arrives to appear before the supreme court in a pending case. A guest at Hotel Pendleton remained for a couple of days. L Fry gains a new post with Anton Nalte and comets Cheer tiawent. Kwi Maltes coming an Garner recovers from illness at Pendleton hospital and cannot endure the climate.
The text notes a plan to stop in Portland for several dates during the president's return unless a change disrupts the flight plan. It mentions J. Rose Mekron injured in a tearful accident and Flo struck in the foot by a baseball, causing a bruise that prevents weight bearing.
The Sentinel reports that several head of cattle owned by Arbogast of Texas have been shot on the range. No guilty party is identified, but strong suspicions and near-certain arrests are anticipated if evidence emerges. The incident heightens fear that stock cannot graze near the public range without being shot by unknown assailants.
In Albany on May 14 a street car strike escalated into riotous violence. Wires were down and obstructions blocked the track as strikers attacked the car. Five arrests were made. The motorman and conductor were severely injured with fears of fatalities.
Springfield Illinois May 14. Machinists at the Wabash shop went on strike today claiming thirty coworkers were unjustly discharged. The action threatens to tie up the Wabash railroad operations across the region.
Porte Ricans face a ban on cock fighting declared illegal by the Attorney General in San Juan. The report notes cock fighting as a key local amusement. In New York, the Earl of Yarmouth seeks $2500 damages in a suit against a newspaper over an article calling him a poor actor.
London May 14 A public Axiag statement says the British have destroyed 634 Boers homes and farms as part of military operations.
Madrid reports the cabinet will lift the siege at Harcelona and restore guarantees. Spokane moves to amend the city charter, signaling local government changes.
Johnsons Bros offers semi porcelain including soup tureens casseroles sauce tureens and teapots at less than half price. The ad lists many dishware pieces with bundled platters ladles and servings, highlighting bargains from a bulk purchase to pass savings to customers.
The text praises the book Nerve Waste by Dr Sawyer of San Francisco as helpful for weakness with practical advice and sincerity. Endorsed by religious and secular presses including Chicago Advance, the work is sold by mail postpaid and sample chapters may be sent on request via THE PACIFIC PUBLISHING.
The readable text is fragmentary and unclear, offering no coherent report, event, or named entities to summarize into a factual news item.
The Oregon murder case of Minnie Crockett was argued before the state supreme court on Monday May 13. The indictment charged murder in the first degree for the death of her husband James M Crockett near Milton on October 2 1900. The defendant was convicted October 18 and sentenced to life imprisonment, now appealing the verdict.
Farmers and ranchers report prices for bats, wheat, dairy, and produce with per unit rates. A room for rent is advertised at the East Oregonian building offering hot and cold water, year contract terms, and contact details for applicants.
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