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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1903
Page
6
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as the purest safest and most economical treatment for skin and scalp conditions in infants children and adults. It claims rapid relief from eczema psoriasis ringworm and related afflictions and urges mothers to obtain these products for immediate comfort and long term cure.
Commercial Stables advertise carryalls for picnics and teams with competent drivers for commercial men. Speedy horses with handsome rigs for evening and Sunday drives, gentle horses for family use. Stock boarded at reasonable rates with care for transient stock. Located opposite Hotel Pendleton, phone Main 161.
Zion City readies for Dowie’s Restoration Host voyage to New York with about four thousand people aboard ten special trains. The group, including Elihiah Dowie and lieutenants, prepares meals and gear in Zion City and Alton, Illinois, while western followers converge for the largest rail caravan yet. Trains will run via Baltimore and Ohio routes to Washington and Philadelphia or Niagara Falls, aiming for a massive Tremendous meeting in New York's Mail son Square Garden.
Indianapolis voters go to polls today to decide a mayor and other city offices in a contest shaped by a three candidate race. Republican Mayor Bookwalter seeks reelection against Democrat Joan Holtzman with independent George Hite also in the field backed by prohibitionists. The campaign centers on promises of a clean city amid corruption and gambling accusations, with a probable Republican win as the outcome.
Scientific note explains how a tiny germ causes dandruff and balding, with Newbro's Herpicide promoted as a remedy. Warns of germ eating roots. claims sample requests via stamps to Detroit and agents F W Schmidt Co. Also mentions Salem theater manager Cordray facing protests over play scheduling and train delays in routing between Portland and San Francisco.
An old advertisement claims Acker's Blood Elixir cures chronic blood poisoning and Berof ulue affections. It touts a system tonic and purifier, offers a money back guarantee, and lists F. W. Schmla & Co., druggists at High Altitude. The text mentions Bonhameie Creek at an altitude of 4,500 feet.
James Tews Frederick Warde and Louis James present a new company lineup featuring Alexander the Great on their forthcoming engagement. The shift from Shakespearean repertoire reflects a theatrical paradox driven by demand for fresh material and the era's limited modern plays.
The report notes timber crews rushing into Idaho and Montana belts. It suggests congressional action may come soon on reopening timber and stone operations. Also mentions London population attitudes toward church attendance.
Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels announced for Thursday October 15 at Frazer theatre. The act preserves orthodox minstrel traditions with black faced performance and tambo bones. William Nankeville directs the troupe bringing renewed belief in classic minstrel shows.
Methusiah, Chehalix county's giant tree, will ship in sections to the St Louis Fair. Two sections on flat cars will advertise the region's timber resources as the tree, 27 feet high with a stump diameter of 11% feet, ages around 40, will be shown. One log weighs about 80,000 pounds, later reduced to 40,000 pounds, and a house is being carved from it for display as the fair's major attraction.
The World's Sunday School executive committee announced that the fourth convention will be held in Jerusalem, Palestine, April 18 to 20, 1904. All affiliated organizations may send delegates. The committee includes Edward J. Warren as chairman, John Wanamaker, F. F. Bolzey of England, Archibald Jackson of Australia, and Ikebare of Japan.
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