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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
3
Sedgwick County probate Judge McCandless urges probate judges to curb quick marriages and long engagements in Kansas. He favors publishing engagement notices a month before license issuance and argues thorough understanding before marriage prevents divorce and misfortune.
A Detroït area report highlights Mrs KH J Howden of Maidl oon township and her son Ed J Howden asserting their family as the largest in Northern America with over 1000 members. The five generation clan includes Mrs KK J Howden mother of thirteen, all living, tracing back to Norway and early US settlement.
Chicago records show John R. Walsh, a former official, urging an immediate halt to prolonged fighting over a military matter. He stresses the need for peace and stability in the current dispute, urging swift political and military clarification.
Washington police traced a $14,000 diamond theft to a household dog using a paw print mistaken for a fingerprint. City Detective Vermillion found the mark near the missing gems, and a paw print from the Miller residence led to the canine culprit.
A small fox terrier belonging to Mrs. Miller led a detective to diamonds hidden in the yard grass while it played about the hotlke and yard.
Billousness is caused by a disordered stomach. Chamberlains Tablets are stomach medicine designed to cleanse strengthen tone and invigorate the stomach and to banish biliousness. For sale by all dealers.
The U S department of agriculture advances dynamite based farming to improve soil and cultivate land. Prof Taliaferro of Maryland agricultural college praises the method claiming most farm tasks can be done this way.
A fragment describes soil manipulation to aid crops. It mentions changing the slope and stumps, converting them to kindling, creating holes for trees, and improving drainage, all aimed at benefiting the farmer and his plants.
In Howe Nebraska Jere Lee and his wife tried to give away a baby but failed and then sold the child to Homer Howell a young farmer near the area for six dollars. They appeared before a court at Auburn and then on contact gave him custody of the child. The Lees had been traveling in a buggy and had camped nearby for several days. The infant is about two months old and the couple claimed it as their own.
The battleship Oregon, idle for six years, left Puget Sound for San Diego after extensive reconstruction at the Puget Sound navy yard.
Classified notice seeking security from Joan for a period of three to five years. Contact details reference H BE Bush Nysea Ore.
Stanfield Oregon October 26 Regular weekly Stanfield Fruit Growers Association meeting heard H D Lamb manager of Milton Freewater describe benefits of forming a district organization to market berries melons potatoes and other produce more effectively. The talk outlined policies to guide future marketing and cooperation for the Stanfield district. Other notes mention residents arriving and leaving town for work, medical and drainage district matters, and local business and travel.
William J. Bryan, owner of a 200 acre Mission Texas Bermuda onion farm in the Rio Grande valley, has built a new $25000 home for his superintendent and family and plans a larger residence for himself this fall. Fellow farmers William Vanderbilt, I. F. Yoakum, and BBLE Winchell near Bryan, also plan residences as Bermuda onions become a principal crop with profits averaging over $300 per grower this season.
Deer River Minnesota reports a hunter shoots and kills a black bear weighing about 100 pounds after the animal approached while a man was eating lunch. The hunter McCauley fired three shots as the bear dodged and charged, bringing the animal to the ground. Eyewitnesses recount a calmer claim from McCauley amid the tense moment.
Scalloped Oysters recipe from Marion Harland describes layering fried crackers with oyster liquor milk salt pepper cot tolene and oysters in a buttered dish. Alternate layers of crumbs and oysters finish with a top crumb layer and bake covered then uncover to brown until done.
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