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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
2
A man named Miller confessed, under hypnotic influence, to the murders of two people in Savannah. The report ties the case to a broader wave of sensational crime and public intrigue amid a busy political and social news cycle.
A long hotel arrivals column lists guests arriving at Hotel Pendiecton and other Portland Seattle Spokane and New York destinations. Names include WH Klepper George Howell Lakin Donelly Fairfield Mack Gunn Hunt Stratton Paine Sinsheimer Jacobs Atkinson Nylander and many others with sparse roles and locations across the region. The notice also promotes Halle Catarrh Cure with a bold claim of curing deafness and offers circulars from Seanez & Co Toledo Ohio.
Roy Kalen has been sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for the killing of Willard C. Heynes. Lane county pioneer Calvin Stevenson, age 67, died at Cottage Grove. George Stinson, a Portland lineman, was shocked by 40 volts from a wire and will recover. Teachers in Spokane grammar departments receive a $5 monthly supplement. Fireman James de Juan of the Santa Ana drowned after leaping into Puget Sound. Forty inmates overpowered guards at Campa area and escaped. Dr BF Ruswell, former Thurston poor farm superintendent, died in Eugene. Kamloops reports say grouse and other game are active on the Fraser River despite a closed season.
The Place to Live Weston is praised as one of Oregon's prettiest towns with the Eastern Oregon State Normal School nearby. It boasts abundant pure water, ten years of free water for homes built before April 1, 1903, and affordable building sites on Normal Heights with water, sidewalks, grading, and shade trees. Weston Improvement Co. Weston Or invites prospective residents to inquire.
An 1902 contract recorded between Pendleton Tribune and Topographical Union No 214 binds the Morning Paper to hire mechanics from the union in its composing room for one year starting November 11 1902 with a 30 day negotiation period afterward. The agreement requires adherence to the union's constitution bylaws and price scale and is signed by both parties.
Pendleton announces the forthcoming marriage of Bertha Welle to Thomas M Henderson. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs T A Wells, and the groom, a rising Pendleton physician, will wed at the M E Church on Wednesday evening November 1.
Floyd H Light and Minnie Aker united in marriage at Frank Light's West Court Street home with Rev R W King officiating. Bride and groom linked by family, as Light is a prosperous reservation farmer and brother of Howard A Light, while Minnie is sister to Mrs Howard H Light. Gerald Stanfield hosted a whist party Tuesday afternoon for young friends with games and refreshments.
Trampe set fire to Chase Hazeltine's haystacks Sunday night in Parette Idaho causing a loss over 50 dollars. A derrick and fork were destroyed and more than 0 tons of hay burned. Sparks stacks were set alight about the same time but the fire ended without further damage.
The remains of Mrs Wella May Getchell wife of Conductor Getchell arrived from Spokane and will be interred in Obey cemetery Thursday after services in First Baptist church. Born February 9 1876 at Walla Walla she lived in Pendleton before marriage. She leaves a husband and two children. The funeral was delayed to await Mr Kates. Also reports a building collapse in Wilkes Barre.
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