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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1916
Page
3
The county clerk emphasizes prompt courteous attention to taxpayers served. The statement highlights commitment to efficient help and respectful conduct in handling district requests and records.
The North Portland cattle market shows weakness with steers and cows softening from prior reports. Top prices slide, with prime steers around 6.60 for exceptional lots and cow values dipping despite a few modest gains. Hog and mutton markets remain steadier, while shippers list several loads and mixed stock arriving by boat across Washington and Oregon towns.
Women nationwide send ten cent letters to join a so called National Brokerage Exchange scam. Federal agents seek officers while post office workers report thousands of letters arriving daily. The scheme promised a new model petticoat and many letters are returned due to missing mail marks.
Mr Dave Lavender is adding a porch to his recently purchased cottage and will undertake other improvements. Mrs William McBride of Athena visited Weston relatives Sunday. Mr and Mrs John McRea drove to Adams and stayed with Mr and Mrs Carl McConnell during the week. Mrs Lilly Miller of Athena transacted business in the city Tuesday. Mrs James Compton visited Walls Walla during the week. Mr and Mrs George Horseman, who had been visiting relatives in Ione Oregon for the past two weeks, have returned home.
Recent book purchases for the library feature many works on Japan and Russia. Titles cover Japanese expansion, culture, history, art, and thought, with authors such as Griffis, Okakura, N ito be, Harada, Hartshorne, Hildreth, and Hapgood. Russian literature and modern Russia are also represented by Beveridge, Hapgood, Korolouko, Haring, and Phelps among others.
Mrs. Joe Warren entertained the Weston Saturday Evening Club at Water Street with piano and vocal solos by Gladys Smith, Merc. Dr. Watta, and Mrs. E. M. Smith. Light refreshments were served. Next meeting at Mrs. William Graham. Community notes mention Jams Ashworth building bungalow for Jem Gordon and visits by various locals including Rows Maloney, Ralph Saling, Minn Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Jan Kirkpatrick, and James Beamer.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Back Pain Rub as instant relief for lumbago and backache. It claims penetrating formula. promises immediate ease, limbering effects, and nonirritating skin with a small trial bottle available at drug stores.
Fragmentary note discusses Soloviev Dostoyevsky and Dostoevsky life, and a vague reference to Williams Russia and Russian literature. The source text is garbled with missing context and names, hindering precise factual reconstruction.
Pendleton Oregon directory style notice lists real estate and insurance agents at 16 Main Street phone 44 and auctioneer Col W F Yoquhner with farm stock and machinery sales. Also lists a string of lawyers Hale & Raley Steiner Patterson Bishop Parry and others with offices in American National Bank building Smith Crawford building and Despain Building.
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