16 May 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
1
Warm days bring busy dressmaking with the largest wash goods showing yet. May colors adorn Twill de Nord Ginghams at 12 1 2 a yard and Zephyr ginghams at 12 1 2 a yard. Foulardine wash goods shine, dimity cards at 15c, Llama cloth at 15c, mercerized Fulards at 65c. Many other materials priced reasonably for summer dresses.
The items cover a wide range of events: Mrs. McKinley’s illness and Mrs. Gage’s condition. conventions in St Louis San Francisco Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Philippine policy due June 1. postal seizures in Constantinople and Turkey protests. Gage bonds purchased. Wooldridge World gathering. Porto Rican postmaster embezzlement. Ferrer appointed. brigands near Manila. kidnapping case of James Callahan. Amalgamated iron steel and tin workers wage talks. US exports up by 86 million with lower imports year over year.
From San Francisco on May 16 reports say Mrs. McKinley grew weaker and near death. Bulletin updates note no significant change, with doctors and Secretary Cortelyou signaling a grave prognosis as the president cancels today’s events. The public and cabinet show sorrow while efforts to revive her continue.
Corvallis plans a musical festival for next May. Willamette University Salem holds commencement on Joneti. Mayor Chrisman of Eugene urged to enforce anti gambling laws. Mrs Naomi J Walter of Albany died May 1 after arriving in Oregon in 1845. Federal agencies clash over planting pike in Oregon streams. W A Haw re elected Dr Graves president at 3800 salary up 200. Baker county woolgrowers plan pooled bids for buyers. J M Long of Portland in Washington for a Supreme Court case on street paving. Vancouver bank report reaches Washington but awaits public release. A 16 year old boy in La Conner, Wash killed himself after being whipped by his father. Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railway buys 10 000 acres of timber in Whatcom and Skagit counties valued at 150 000 to 300 000 feet timber. Russell A Alger and ex Senator Hawley of Ohio listed as owners.
The piece contrasts appetite with habit and warns of stomach trouble from poor eating. It lists symptoms such as sour belching fullness and dizziness and touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestive disorders.
The report notes New York wheat prices lower due to cables and demand while Liverpool rose. New York stocks eased then closed higher as liquidation eased. Albany braces for potential streetcar clashes amid militia protection as authorities fear Troy and Cohossaa unrest.
A Belgrade dispatch reports the Queen of Servia confessed to fathering a child and passing it off as her sister’s. The disclosure has outraged the people. Nearby notes mention Mrs Louis Botha denying plans to go to Europe and pleas for peace in South Africa.
Glasgow reports Andrew Carnegie donated one hundred thousand pounds to establish district libraries. London items note the May 16 Stafford workhouse fire burning this morning with seven inmates cremated.
The Yon merchant’s wife schemes to break into a safe in Europe bound stock worth 80 thousand dollars, after a Wall Street buyer promotes the plan and pays for access. She signals the theft to her husband who approves, and the burglary proceeds with a hired intruder. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Balm advertised as a remedy for piles.
An advertising notice promotes a book titled Nerve Waste by Dr. Dawger of San Francisco. It claims practical guidance on nerve weakness and contrasts it with false teaching, citing the Chicago Advance praising the work and listing price and mailing details for The Pacific Publishing Co. in San Francisco.
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