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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1911
Page
5
A cluttered page lists various services and notices. Locals advertise chimney sweeping coal and wood delivery, rooming offers, a residence sale, transfer services, wagon and horse equipment, railroad tickets, and real estate parcels. Names include Snyder, Professor T M Henderson, Teutech and Bickers, Penland Bros, and W Adams.
Well built six room house described as hardinish throughout with seven urge closets two sets of drawers bath room built in china closet wide stairway three lots and finest city view. Rent only ten dollars per month for a responsible renter. Address Pred Lockley care E city.
On Tuesday evening November 14 in the city hall assembly room the Pound-to Annual Stockholders meeting will hear a complete report of last year’s business and the 1911 show for approval Also at this time annual officer elections will be held Every stockholder urged to attend J H Gwinn Secretary.
An ostensible ad column features WoL Mock Ark boasting 26 years in the drug trade and recommending Dr Kings Now Discovery for weak lungs and coughs. The piece promises a free ring bottle and paid options of 60 cents or $1.00, with a Koeppen guarantee.
Twenty two prisoners were sentenced to the state penitentiary at the present term of court after pleading guilty to criminal charges. Of these, only one resident was from Baker county, the rest being transients or laborers employed temporarily on construction work.
An advertisement urging readers to take Dr King s New Life Pills to prevent constipation and serious ailments. Claims relief for biliousness headache dyspepsia chills and debility. Available for 25e at Kloeppens.
In Chicago the Domestic Court faced a flood of cases from divorcees who remarried out of state to dodge a two year inhibition. Mrs. William Glover, divorced a year earlier, wed Henry Peterson in Indiana within a month. Peterson was arrested for desertion but the court ruled the marriage illegal and dismissed him. Judge Good declared the Indiana marriage may be valid there but not in Illinois.
An Evangelist Holmes Wilk addressed a crowded revival in Richmond with a fiery sermon on The Devil a Liar arguing that evil blends with good to mislead, condemning theater, card playing, dancing, and white slavers. He blamed liquor profits for poverty and crime, urged vigilant faith, and closed with a sung hymn and lantern visuals.
Numerous residents and visitors are recorded in Pendleton and nearby towns. Erneal, Newport, Stoneman, Sapper, Thomson, Burne, Miller, Koebcke, Mendenhall, Pearson, Roy, Morrison, Fiedler, Landers, Moreh, Hartman, Webster, Morrison, Carter, Connor, Thickley, Blakely, Averill, Day, Estes travel or stay for various errands, visits, or business, with arrivals from Echo, Hermiston, Heppner, Walla Walla, Portland, Milton, and Spokane.
A nomination petition was filed today for Councilman Kirkpatrick to fill an incomplete term. Rumors name Charles Cole as a candidate for fourth ward. Strain may seek mayor, Stroble’s third ward term expires, and John Montgomery’s term continues. Possible candidacies for north side council seat noted.
Superior Judge Mitchell will decide Monday whether George Wilson, convicted in the second degree for the murder of Archle and Nettie Coble at Rainier, shall have a second trial. The year 1912 promises a notable news season with the presidential election and potential McNamara jury action.
Observers question the credibility of most Turko Italian war reports, labeling them as unreliable or fabricated. Analysts urge caution in sourcing, noting contradictory claims and propaganda across outlets. The situation remains fluid with limited verifiable details on troop movements or outcomes.
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