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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
7
Advertises Nervita tablets claiming rapid benefits for nervous conditions. The pitch targets men, cites “tens of thousands” of users, and offers six boxes for 5.00 with a free booklet from Fisher Drug Co in Chicago.
The East Oregonian acts as Eastern Oregon's representative paper and advertising medium for the Thornton Music Company at 81 Main Street. Readers show appreciation through liberal patronage.
Washington dispatch outlines growing interest in national conventions of the conservation commission led by Gifford Pinchot and the Rivers and Harbors Congress under Joseph B. Ransdell. December meetings in Washington expect about 5000 delegates with governors from Alaska Hawaii Kentucky Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota North Carolina Porto Rico Town Wyoming Nebraska among those planning to attend. President Roosevelt may convene governors, with Pinchot and Ransdell addressing multiple associations and conferences across September and October in Boston Albuquerque Clinton Madison and Denver.
Lewiston Idaho Sept 1 storms last week forced cattle and sheep from Bitter Root forest range into lower hills and adjacent plains. Sheep move to High plateaus as winter range will be found on Salmon Snake Clearwater river breaks. Farmers in prairie areas offered high prices for stubble fields by stockmen with winter range in grasshopper devastated districts.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut writes that after trying multiple kidney remedies and doctor treatments for diabetes, Foley's Kidney Remedy improved him after the second bottle and five bottles cured him, reporting a successful life insurance examination. Pendleton Drug Company distributes Foley's Kidney Remedy.
Estimates vary on the peach crop with Clarkston orchards shipping about 600 dollars worth of peaches. George Crum, familiar with Clarkston flat, predicts 400 cars will be gathered this fall. Small fruits sold well as canneries took all they could handle.
Walla Walla August 3 Whitman college will open for the fall semester September 14. Applications for rooms are being received as the dormitory is practically filled. Attendance is expected to be larger in every department than last year. Nine new instructors will begin work this fall. Several will open new departments established this year or others will
Instructors who left for other fields are replaced by J. M. Blanchard heading the boys physical training with D. V. Mitchell stepping down. Miss Hugena Thompson leads girls training and oratory and expression. Professor H. C. Merriam gains added English instruction. New academy staff includes Miss Marjorie Lyman and Miss Odessa Sterling in piano, A A Jackson in piano tuning and wind instruments, Mrs. William Worthington in voice, Miss Helen Ruth Thgalls in piano, and Miles Rachel Hamilton in dead lan RUNges.
A schedule of northwest fairs with locations and dates spans Washington Oregon Idaho Montana British Columbia and adjacent areas from September through October. Notable entries include Seattle September 7 13 and Spokane October 6 10 with many other fairs in Oregon Idaho Montana and B C.
$100 reward promises cure of catarrh as a constitutional disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and supporters claim it builds up the constitution. Proponents offer testimonials and a $100 prize for failure to cure. Toledo firm F. J. Cheney & Co. advertises. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An advertisement for Sexine Pills claims they restore shattered nerves and offer a full guarantee. The Pendleton Drug Company sells the product at $1 per box or six for $6 and promises no substitutions.
A jumble of ad copy suggests clothing reminders and furnished room listings to spark new style, move, or living arrangements. It urges readers to consider ad advertising as a path to better sales, urges testing new want ads, and hints a stronger day for store advertising.
Classified ad details invite help wanted rooms for rent used goods and more. It lists rate options for different line counts and insertions and encourages sending ads with payment to the East Oregonian office. Mention of premium offers for new and existing Daily Weekly and Semi-Weekly East Oregonian subscribers.
J A Best physician and surgeon in Savings Bank building with office phone 164 and residence 176. Smith and Temple in Smith Crawford building near post office with office phone 30 and residences 159 and 113. R E Ringo physician and surgeon in Schmidt building rooms 3 and 4 with office 623 and residence 23. H S Garfield M D homeopathic physician in Judd block with office 2411 and residence 2633.
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