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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
7
Overworked kidneys weaken the whole body. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as the great kidney remedy that cleanses and supports all organs. The ad claims rapid results, free sample offer, and orders by mail from Binghamton New York with Brine druggists stocking bottles.
Portland Union Stockyards reports a weaker hog market due to heavy recent arrivals and approaching holidays. Cattle demand holds steadier with tight arrivals. some optimism from traders that prices may rise. Sheep show firmer demand though arrivals remain low. Grain interest wanes while cash wheat and oats show minimal activity. barley moves south and futures slip in line with regional trends.
An old advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pill to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. It touts drugstore availability at Tallman & Cos and Pendleton Drug Co. locations.
Clement Cunha, 43, of Taunton Massachusetts, father of fifty children, was jailed in the workhouse for a year on a nonsupport charge after neglecting his four day old twins. He admitted a long history of marriages and children, including multiple twins and triplets across past relationships.
Nine cock sparrows feasting on oats dropped by a Jersey man at Montclair Erie station battled a gray rat. The rats tried to defend the stash as birds attacked from back and front. The rat squealed and fought back, the scene described by witnesses.
The scene describes Ted the station porter firing a noisy shot, killing one rat and two sparrows after a brief skirmish with seven sparrows and two rats. Casualties listed: four sparrows and one rat. Reported by the New York World.
Leon Madet, a Paris school janitor, sought a birth certificate to marry but was issued a 1892 death record. Officials require two reputable witnesses and proper documents to prove he is alive before marriage can proceed. The case underscores rigid French bureaucratic rules for official records.
A likely first scale mono rail system in the United States is proposed for New York within the old horse car line from the New Haven tracks to City Island. Cars would run on a single rail with two two-wheeled trucks, ground spikes, and overhead flexible-arm trucks for stability and power.
The War Department conducts experiments to compress coffee and sugar into tablet form to preserve them for long storage. The aim is to include the product in the new Havermack ration adopted for the army, which replaces hard bread bacon and salt and pepper in separate envelopes.
Navy department to issue bid invitations for a powerful long distance wireless station in Washington to enable communications with ships over 2000 miles distant. Also seeking wireless equipment with at least 1000 mile range. Japs open Formosa railroad expansion noted with progress, 64 miles completed and 272 miles added at reduced cost.
An older style health blurb explains dyspepsia from a sluggish stomach churn and souring food. It promotes Mi-o-na tablets from Tallman & Co as a cure and stomach toner, claiming relief for indigestion seasickness pregnancy vomiting and morning after weariness with a money back guarantee.
R J Slater and Chas Ferguson announce attorney services in the Smith Crawford building with Oregonian office contact. D A May promotes masonry contractor work and free estimates with phone lines. M Keller offers plastering and brick work with guaranteed results. Legal blanks for courts and real estate sold at East Oregonian office with Pendleton city maps available.
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