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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1911
Page
2
Letters of sympathy pour in from across Canada as Angelina Neapolitana awaits execution for killing her husband with an axe on April 16. The case draws alienist attention and may attract Ottawa’s governor general. Neapolitana repeatedly states I am ready to die while awaiting her child’s birth and August execution date. Mrs H A Thomson and daughter Ethel return from Boise Idaho visit.
A testimonial from Creston Iowa praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for inflammation pain headaches and nervousness. The writer credits recovery to the remedy and urges other women to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Contact details and confidentiality assurance are included.
Adams Oregon May 23 reports a Pendleton Roundup baseball win over Adams 5 to 0. Local visits include Dr McKenny of Helix, Miss Nellie Carr returning from Echo, and numerous social outings at Athens and Adams picnics. Births include an eight pound girl at Arledge home and another at Christopher home. Ads note rheumatism relief with Chamberlains Liniment and local want ads.
Mrs. Aaron Kuhn of Spokane gathers a world spanning collection of tape measures during a two year world tour. Experts call it the most extensive collection, with intrinsic value in the five figures. Types range from cotton strips to silk ribbons inside miniature flying machines and cars.
Deputy sheriffs Hartung and Johnson captured a man at Northern Pacific yards after he attempted a daylight hold up. He carried a 44 40 revolver a 22 caliber pistol a six inch knife and a heavy knife and tools of weaponry. Authorities found pepper and other powders in his blanket roll. He named several individuals when questioned and was taken into custody.
The Canby Driving Club will stage its annual horse show and race meet at Canby Fair Grounds on June 7. Large purses and many entries are anticipated, with a fox hunt in the evening from Milk Creek to the Willamette River, aided by 12 famous fox hounds and about 60 participants from Canby and nearby areas. The hunt will be the first of its kind in the Willamette Valley, drawing strong local and regional interest.
Weston May 29 Special Correspondence Mrs Jas Ritchle and family from Cornelius Ore visit Weston and plan to stay for the Pioneer Picnic. Local residents Henry Pinkerton Agnes Walker John McRae and others are noted visiting, with reunions, church services, ball games and travel mentioned. A local health ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets as digestion relief.
Spokane chamber of commerce seeks 37 boards of trade from New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania New Jersey Maine Maryland Delaware Connecticut Rhode Island to send representatives for a summer to early fall tour of the Intermountain and Pacific slope. The effort aims to showcase Northwestern and Pacific states to eastern investors and manufacturers and strengthen eastern western ties. A 100 member committee led by Edwin T. Coman will organize receptions from St Paul to the Pacific coast with help from chambers across Minnesota the Dakotas Montana Wyoming Washington Oregon and local officials.
Amid heavy snowfall at Crater Lake park, snow remains thick with estimates near twenty feet at the station. Superintendent Arant and Chief Ranger Momyer delay searches for photographer Rubowski, hoping for better weather to continue the rim and lake-bank body search.
An advertisement attributes widespread nervous breakdowns to overwork and poor nourishment. It cites Miss Kemp of Summit New Jersey recovering from a nervous breakdown and weak heart after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, promoted as a government taxed medicine during the Spanish American War. The copy urges avoidance of substitutes and lists Rochester New York as the company base.
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