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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
7
Wildwood Camp No. 2338 meets on the fourth Tuesday each month in Fellows hall. Mra Ma Holcomb serves as Oracle and Mra. Nettle Robina is Recorder with contact caption in the notice.
In Cheney Washington Miss Emma Bauer aged unknown killed herself at 8 30 am by placing a rifle to her heart and pulling the trigger using a self made contrivance. She had waited for her brother who was away at Span gle with grain and left notes for her brother and W A Smith of Lewiston Idaho. Family troubles and broken engagement were cited as causes.
A Republican speaker denounced the Blackfoot insane asylum as scandalous and highlighted the Moscow citizen Russell brought back from the asylum in a dying condition. The speech sparked debate and campaign managers say a factual statement will be prepared for publication and possible criminal proceedings against asylum officers.
About 150 mayors and officials met Mayor W H Wray in OsKaloosa to start the Iowa League of Municipalities convention with greetings from Mayor Stebbing and University of Iowa President Maclean. Sessions featured papers on street paving sewage disposal and water supply. The Montgomery Diocese council met to choose a successor to Bishop Barnwell with several candidates discussed.
Lewiston Idaho October 8 W B Heyburn and Charles W Beale of Wallace spoke to a large audience on public questions addressing charges of brutality. Their remarks covered local concerns and ethical issues, drawing a broad turnout and lively discussion.
A partial OCR line notes a pricing fragment with 25 cents and vague timing terms like one time two times and one week. No clear entities, actions, or context to identify a definite news item or notice.
New York World touts the Thrice-a-Week World as expanding nationwide with a low price of one dollar per year for 166 issues. The paper promises unbiased political news and added features, and offers a bundled deal with the Semi-Weekly East Oregonian. A pair of short humor snippets follows, including a farmer painter quip and a Wall Street joke.
At the Macon Os session of the Farmers' National Congress the principal features included addresses on Reciprocity and its effect on agriculture. Speakers were Hon. John K. Campbell of Michigan on Forest Preservation and Reforestation, Hon. George M. Whittaker of Boston on Postal Reform for Farmers, and Hon. L. H. Weller of Iowa. Later, John Mye, statistician of the U S Department of Agriculture, will discuss A Birdseye View of the Cereal Fields.
In Memory of Heroes Perryville Kentucky October 8 marks the fortieth anniversary of the battle with a handsome monument to Confederate soldiers. The dedication drew addresses and ceremonies under modest crowds. Funded by a Kentucky legislature appropriation the 22 foot monument features an infantry soldier with a musket atop a light elevation visible for miles.
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