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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
4
The catalog highlights three stylish footwear options this season. A patent call with Cuban heel a plain toe and a French kid with Louie heel and hand turned sole. Also a cloth top French kid with hand turned shoe rounds out the neatest dress shoes.
Hawley's offers bran shorts chop barley and feed while Murphy's showcases framing and wall decor. Hawley's handles gloves and farm supplies. Rader's markets furniture and home goods including refrigerators and window shades. Le Roy's touts tamales. N. Berkeley lists property for sale. Cleaver Gros and Crescent agencies promote dry goods and bicycles. A chance to win $1000 with Kacyele crank hanger ad. People’s Warehouse votes on pianos. Oregonian office listed for rent.
The article lists local events and ads in Pendleton including band meetings at 8 o clock and a Decoration Day prep. It notes a postponed decision on Cayuses chief successor to May 27 and reports charitable proceeds from a Fraser opera house minstrel show.
The Walla Walla mayor vetoed the liquor license ordinance after secret committee talks cut demands from 1000 to 600 dollars per year. The council failed to override. the measure is dead though some expect a revival, as saloon men face a $350 annual fee to operate.
Information on low rates and best routes to and from the Buffalo exposition is available at the ticket office.
Police report a Wednesday night sweep nets five new jail inmates and three suspects detained earlier at Nolte's moon. Deputies Davie and Taylor nab three men playing cards. two others are arrested after returning from Pendleton. In total seven alleged criminals tied to a midweek crime wave, with one revolver found among the seized goods.
Pendleton social notes recount EF Fell leaving Portland for Seattle en route to Alaska. Ek Cox travels from Portland to Pendleton, Mabel Barnett heads to Athena, and Lake France returns east. W F Matlock depart for Seattle and Skagway to stay a month. Vincent passes barbers’ exam. Minnie Depeatt heads to Jacksonville with her children. Vic Shick attends Odd Fellows event in Baker City and passes through Pendleton. Portland activity includes Katherine Hanna returning from the Christian Endeavor convention. Rumors of travel by Dean, Elder, Montague, and others to Seattle, Nome, and beyond. Temple and Rogers misinterpret casual remarks about stock orders.
Mrs. Alex Hudson, living near Pendleton on McKay Creek, claims the cold water cure beats Christian Science after a near incident with two Indigenous men. They stopped, drank, offered whisky, and argued before the encounter ended with the men leaving toward Pendleton, leaving her fearful for her home.
Report notes the Indians leaving the area abruptly as Mrs Hudson appears pleased by the sudden end to the scene, with the cold water cure referenced in a sly, understated tone.
Pendleton academy holds its annual commencement tonight at the Presbyterian church. One graduate Miss Freda Koesch speaks on Classic Myth and Mythology. The program includes invocations, a diploma presentation by Lot Livermore, and remarks by Judge A Lowell.
A San Francisco physician Dr Sawyer authored Nerve Waste a practical treatise on nervous health praised by religious and secular presses. The Chicago Advance testimonials claim it offers hope and health for nervous impairment. Price is $1 postpaid with sample chapter available from The Pacific Publishing Co Box 265 San Francisco.
W. F. Adcock, longtime pioneer of Umatilla County, died Thursday morning at Adams at about age 60. He lived in Athena earlier, served as justice of the peace, and helped parcel Centerville before it became Athena. Funeral set for Friday morning, May 24, from the same home.
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