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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
7
The Portland Union Stockyards report a dire week with cattle prices plunging to $2.75 and steers down sharply. Hog values sank to $6 while sheep faced high feed costs and ample supplies. A later note suggests a modest improvement may unfold as demand steadies and feeders liquidate surplus stock.
General W. E. Pinger of the Oregon National Guard and Lt. White tour Coos Bay to assess establishing a United States artillery company in Oregon. They review harbor fortification, feasibility, and member recruitment with a likely two to three day investment, plans to arm the unit, and potential drill duties at Fort Stevens or other forts.
The closing day of the National Woman's Suffrage convention in Buat fle, N. . found delegates pleased with what they call one of the most successful gatherings the organization has held. Delegates take home thousands of posters in block type to aid the cause. An effort will be made before election day to place posters at every election booth where lawful. The posters list states and foreign countries.
Theodore Whitmore faces a second Hudson county court trial for the murder of his wife in the Black Swamp Harrison New Jersey. A key witness Lottie Carroll was recently located and is held to testify after the first trial ended in a hung jury. The disappearance occurred last December and involved Mrs Carroll who lived with the Whitmores in Brooklyn.
Colonel Jack also known as J A Krohn continues a cross country trek from Portland Maine toward Portland Oregon pushing a wheelbarrow filled with postal cards and souvenirs. He has covered over 3300 miles in Spokane and must average 22 miles daily to finish within 400 days.
Health department figures show Manhattan birth rates exceed all New York boroughs with over 30 per 1000 population. Brooklyn death rate near Manhattan at 14 per 1000. Panic-driven deaths rise from heart disease, cancer up 12 percent, marriages decline, suicides up notably.
Bay Francisco files for divorce from Willd T Flostagen alleging a violent scene as he forced her to ride a Wiley wagon for two hours along a railroad track. He allegedly threatened to kill her if a train appeared and chased her with another woman, ending when she jumped from the wagon amid a frightening six mile trek.
Burns Oregon October 26 a sixteen year old girl Chtterella Lackmin has vanished from her home and is believed to have run away to marry Lee Karpenter a 40 year old man residing in Burns. Karpenter left the night she disappeared but returned later claiming ignorance of her whereabouts. He had been providing the girl with money and the parents oppose the marriage due to his age and her education preferences. Harney county authorities are searching for the girl.
A quip contrasts a woman wasting time or money on bargain hunting with 50 women who save both. It warns against overloading a ship or advertising in too small a space. The piece endorses a fixed goal to gain a set number of new customers each week as sensible advertising ambition for merchants.
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