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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
6
A brisk reminiscence on peril at sea recounts shipboard dangers from mutinies to fires. It cites incidents near Liverpool with the Australasia, the Carnavon Castle inferno, and a Brazilian bark near Bridgetown. Stories highlight mutiny, starvation, and heroic endurance aboard enduring vessels and crews.
Reports from New York say beef packers may form a holding company under a foreign charter to dodge anti trust prosecutions after a California conviction of a Western Meat Co manager. The plan faces weighty legal opinion against immunity, with similar statutes across states. The National Packing Company in the East, chaired by Armour Swift Morris and others, is preparing to defend against potential suits.
Overworked kidneys weaken blood and the body. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as a mild, extraordinary cure for kidney and bladder trouble. Free sample bottle offers and instructions to mail for a health test are included, stating the product is sold in bottles of fifty cents to one dollar.
FP W Fitzpatrick argues in McClure's that annual fires kill up to 7,000 people and wreck about 400 million dollars in property. He compares fire costs to coal and lumber output and notes imports and advertising cover only a fraction of fire losses. He cites 1907 as a normal year with vast destruction totalling nearly 275 million dollars in property loss.
McClures Magazine November includes The Fight for a New Navy detailing corrected battleship construction, Pire An American Extravagance by F W Fitzpatrick, That Oncanigelabor Wants interview with Samuel Gompera, The Vanderbilt Fortune by Burton J Hendrick, Frontier Letters of Augustus Saint Gaudens, and Bronvon's West story. Includes short stories such as The Persstence of the Uninspired Caroline and Her Notebook Scotty That There Oliver The Golden Fleece and The Domino of Behring Beach.
Thirty large tanks of fresh and salt water will house the live fish exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. Most tanks will hold food fish, while some will feature sea curiosities. A hatchery will operate during the exposition, propagating salmon, trout, and whitefish.
Mre Johnson recommends buying Fol ger Golden Gate whole roast coffee and grinding it at home. He notes to grind it not too fine, keeping preparation straightforward for daily use.
W G Gates known as Swiftwater Bill received a final discharge after two years of federal court proceedings. Creditors claimed about 300, most claims meriting little, while his sole asset was a 3500 automobile retained by his sister. Gates, who once mined fortunes in Alaska, now plans to start anew in the mining field with a clean balance sheet.
A married man warns against letting any family member use other remedies for coughs and lung trouble, praising Foley's Honey and Tar as the best option. The genuine product is in a yellow package from Pendleton Drug Co.
A fragmented roster of individuals including Cooper from Walla Walla Care M F Julius L W Portland Shon eat E M Chicago Heaitwick Gee D Boston Holmes F L Allehoff L Portland Terry L G city Skiles C A Seattle Clark C A Ravena Neb Whittlesey F R Weilden F Portland Wright Eugene Dibble Dr A Crowe KR B Howard Tom Spokane Krause H R Lipman Sig San Francisco Roberts G F Portland Coshow 0 P Roseburg Galley G W M Freewan Portland F M Garrison Cleveland Oho
A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker recently by repeatedly coughing. The ad suggests Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and colds, noting the genuine product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package. Pendleton Drug Co. advertises to refuse substitutes. Read the East Oregonian.
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