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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1906
Page
2
An irrigation expert warns Twin Falls farmers to act now against Russian thistle tumble mustard and dodder. He explains weed definitions, notes the thistle’s spread from Russia since 1873, and urges pulling and burning along ditch banks to prevent costly damage.
How to prevent appendicitis notes that constipation prevails among sufferers and praises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for curing chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. The item also reports Miles Doane of Pendleton taken to Pendleton with typhoid pneumonia after overworking, with doctors deeming him very sick.
An old advertisement warns that kidney trouble is insidious and may lead to Bright's disease or diabetes. It urges taking Foley’s Kidney Cure at first signs and notes a drugstore in Chicago. Also mentions openings for competent road salesmen and a furniture ad by Baker & Folsom.
A long list of arriving guests at the Hotel St. George includes individuals and families from San Francisco Seattle Portland Spokane Walla Walla Baker City Olympia Chicago New York Denver Pittsburgh Oakland Athena and Salt Lake City among others. The roster features many named travelers and accompanied spouses or children with several entries noting city and occasional initials.
The report covers Valparaiso quake relief, British mining employment around six million with one fifth in Britain, and a fiber trade in Yucatan yielding 297 million silver dollars. It notes looting at Valparaiso, a cyanide poisoning incident in Oakland, and a parolee jailed for highway robbery. Also mentions 2 million cotton bales lost yearly to sawdust and the cotton separator invention.
A Salem man refuses to pay his wife's debts, citing 4 broken years. An electric railway from Spokane to Big Bend country is planned with work to start now. Baker City reports a local earthquake felt Saturday night. Flora Dora actress Non Patterson denies shooting Caesar Young and plans release from jail amid a prize fight in Goldfield. Seattle reports locomotive engineers may seek a shorter work week to reduce collisions. Boise State Bank articles of incorporation filed to open in 10 days. capital stock at 60,000 dollars, majority held by recent Boise‑area residents or non‑residents.
An old advertisement states Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any kidney or bladder trouble within reach of medicine. It claims no medicine can do more, mentioning Koeppen's Drug Store as the source.
From Woodward to Richmond, the Oklahoma of 1906 is described as a diversified, productive land transforming from buffalo grass plains to cotton, corn, peaches, and alfalfa. Prices rise for land, crops multiply, domesticated animals prosper, and the state leans Democratic and Prohibition. The writer notes migration from Oregon and Kansas, with optimism about development and challenges of gerrymandered districts.
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