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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
A critical survey highlights Oregon statutes long unused yet enforcing oddities such as advertising with flags and restrictions on circuses. It notes dozen plus archaic provisions left dead on the books, including bans on lobbying, deformed-person exhibitions, and mixed-blood marriages, while urging repeal or modernization.
A grocery note compares coffee and steak quality, noting middling coffee with top steak as superior to top coffee with middling steak. It mentions price considerations and a store policy promising to refund customers if a purchase does not meet expectations, highlighting a Ge Schilling's Beat style guarantee.
In Spokane Washington on October 1 Johnny Jergenson, aged years, is noted as the sole child of school age in the district near Kettle Falls Ferry County. M R Honeyman, formerly of Spokane, leads the small one-room school with three initial pupils. Parents moved two pupils away, but the district is organized with a formal schoolyard, officers, and funds. The state provides an annual per pupil appropriation of seven cents per school day.
Advertisement for a modern cottage residence at the corner of Push and Washington Streets. Bargain price offered. Inquiries to G. D. Fell or apply at the premises.
In a dena forres near ApLington H E H Meiklejohn of Molkeipoth Brown, Wisconsin, is lost in a forest near Timberville. Weathered by hunger and exposure, he has no food and is believed unable to free himself. Rescue teams search the woods as concern mounts.
A brief notice outlines a Nebraska state representative’s scheduled speaking tour in Norfolk, including a campaign or official event in the city. The exact dates and venues are not fully readable in the fragment.
Contest entices readers to have friends save coupons appearing in East Oregontia each evening. Each coupon is worth five votes if voted by designated Ante on them.
Fresh oysters advertised in the Delta area with one half pint and quart portions. Phone 2091.
Freewater notes a Democratic rally led by Frank A. Garrecht with limited attendance. The issue also records the death of Mrs. J. A. Clement, pioneer of Umatilla county, and details of her funeral and survivors. The piece mentions church dedications planned for Vincent and Freewater areas and multiple local marriages and social events in Freewater and nearby towns.
Milton receives 12-FA. Sykes named president of Oregon Na tional Papin proulom. Local organizings include a union at Stamper “bhoot house” near Athe nmi and a plan to lift work in Sherman county. William Stwevens involved with the Horse Tat Wake and a wood task down a mountain. J. O. Wire dies, dissolving partnership with SK, Metniyre & Co. Otto Tagle to take Winns shore role. Wathh Wille firm sale of interest. Nes returns to Milton home. North Fork residents Sample and Arthur Kelly take ponies to La Grande for homestead foal prout. Mayor N. A. Davies trips to New York.
A Guilford Maine family credits three years of good health to King’s New Life Pills. L A Bartlet of Route 1 shares their experience and recommends the remedy. Available at Tallman & Co and Pendleton Drug Co drugstores for 25 cents.
W P Card states that his wife Clara Gard has left home without cause and asks others not to extend credit in his name. He will not be responsible for debts contracted by her.
An 1900s style advertisement claims skin conditions like eczema acne and rashes stem from unhealthy humors in the blood. It argues external salves help only temporarily while S. S. S. cleanses the blood and cures skin diseases by neutralizing acids. It promises a book on skin diseases and free medical advice from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga.
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