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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1910
Page
8
Music lovers hear a school of music recital at the Presbyterian church and a class day exercises program tomorrow. The detailed program features works by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and others, performed by faculty and students amid further literary fare from Harper's Weekly.
A tale notes an ugly man in a mosque praying for deliverance from hell, prompting a bystander to joke about cheating hell with such a countenance. It then recalls a man with a hideous nose wooing a woman, describing himself to appear attractive.
An only child, Harry, prays nightly for a sibling and alters his plea to include any baby. After the Dengsmores expand their family, he ceases asking and quips that if a baby arrives the neighbors will gobble it up.
Redwood City Calif May 23 Sheriff Chatham and deputies arrested James Coffroth promoter of the Fagen Hagen 25 round bout after the ring incident. Hidle Fagen had just hit the mat when Coffroth’s arena was raided as part of a test of state boxing law. Fagen was floored by a stiff right earlier in the few rounds of the fight.
Announcement states this is the last night to view Roosevelt in Cairo at the Or phenom. The film is described as very clear and plain with admission set at 10 cents.
Damon Lodge No 4 convenes to work in the first rank and nominate officers for the ensuing term. Full attendance requested by W I Gadwa C C and R W Fletcher K R &.
Numerous visits and arrivals are recorded including W. E. Barmore from Hermiston and Gillanders from Meacham. Travelers Van Bowman and Henry Hi journeyed in, while D. C. Brownell’s son Robert V. Brownell visited. G. P. Ree and John M. Crawford, prominent locals, were sighted in Pendleton. George Bear, now with Wells Fargo in Portland, returned for a visit with former peers. Eveline and Helen Calbreath from Portland stopped over en route home from Athena.
A garbled passage from the New York Journal presents disjointed lines about im pen sity for bullooning and a financier figure. The text includes misread phrases like grandfather lied in the air and under one, with odd spellings and unclear speakers.
A remark attributed to Loomis praising the idea of guarding personal safety by minding one’s own business. The quote frames self protection as a passive shield, urging discreet conduct. No additional context or corroborating details are provided.
A young man new to Philadelphia seeks lodging in Germantown and tours a grand house with a cemetery visible from the window. The landlady pitches the “cheerful view” of the graveyard as comforting, while the applicant frets at the eerie prospect.
An outline of arsenic as a widely mined element with diverse uses and historic poison status. The piece notes its extraction in nations from Japan to England and limited U.S. sites, plus folk beliefs in Austria about beauty and strength. It also references a literary quote from Life about aristocratic vanity.
A dialogue excerpt features Mrs flummerton claiming ancestral roots as early settlers while Mrs Cumroz dismisses heredity, noting the social and educational facilities of those days were crude. The Washington Star quotes the exchange with a tongue in cheek tone.
In a lighthearted exchange, someone laments that every blessed stocking on their line was stolen. The other party asks what blessed stockings are and answers they are those that are not darned, prompting a witty remark about care and quality.
Marriage license issued to Walter BE Barmore and Bertha Dima Whitney residents of the west end of Pendleton County. W Gilligham waiter jailed awaiting probable hearing on indecent exposure charges with multiple offenses listed. Engle funeral held at Folsom parlor with Rev Ralph Storey officiating. Martha Carpenter seeks divorce from Charles Carpenter alleging cruel and inhuman treatment, married August 1894. Court road meeting drew 18 attendees despite heat. remarks by L R Webster and Prof Eldridge. Pendleton delegates report a successful Odd Fellows grand lodge in Eugene. Memorial Day committee formed by President Thompson to arrange cemetery services and holiday observance next Monday.
Captain Ferguson orders an exam next Tuesday evening for prospective lieutenants First Sergeant Charles C. Vinter and Elmer H. Storie with Captain M. S. Kern as examining officer. Tomorrow night drill issues uniforms and equipment to new recruits. Enlistment papers must be filed or presented. Fifteen older members are dropped by order of Captain Ferguson nine due to district removal and six for the good of the service. The company needs 16 new recruits to fill vacancies.
A monster crowd packed Athena Park for the eleventh annual Scotch picnic ending Saturday evening. A ball game in the afternoon saw Athena league beat Adams 11 to 7 with Wilson Stone and Lieuallen behind the battery for Athena and La Fave Milne Lewis and Lieuallen for Adams. Umpire Cartano officiated.
A friend plagued by sleeplessness tried baths drugs exercise and diet with no relief. He was told to focus on a bright spot on the wall and slowly relax the eye muscles while thinking I am going to sleep. The technique led him to sleep quickly and steadily, leaving him puzzled why it worked when other remedies did not.
The quote argues insomnia stems from mental framing rather than physical cause. It claims persistent sleeplessness is a habit, shaped by mindset, and labeled as a psychical issue rather than a physiological one.
McClure s June number features an interview with President Taft by George Kibbe Turner. The issue also includes Senator Platt s autobiography on Roosevelt nominations, Hinds on parliamentary power, Gitterman on court cruelty, Paoli on Italian royalty, and Schliemann on Anglo German ties. The fiction lineup includes The Blue Sequin and several short stories.
The text argues overcrowded prisons are caused simply by a broad epidemic of overcrowding. It questions whether the East Oregonian is in circulation.
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