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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1888
Page
3
Pendletonites read of a flood of town happenings from business shifts and street scenes to school openings and civic plans. Reports cover new local hires, millinery moves, electrical upgrades, and upcoming events including skating nights and a Masonic lodge dispensation.
Camas Prairie visitors J T Huston and Mr Gilliland push for weekly mail and timely deliveries as letters and papers arrive late. Residents note the Pilot Rock route only runs twice weekly and petitions to Washington have been ignored. The piece also mentions Owen's Creek bridge loss in a freshet and impending county court action to address the fording hazard and road erosion.
At the David Brown farm a dispute arose between threshing crews Reese and Dennis and Rector who tried to take the job. The clash led to a payout of seven dollars and an old hotel rate as the conflict ended with Reese securing the contract.
A crowded dance at Nolin ends with a comical scene as a love triangle and a mismanaged horse harness create chaos and profanity. Also noted are arrivals of B. K. Mann and John Mullala from Morrow county discussing stock imports and settling in Pendleton. The column includes political planks from the New York Democratic platform and a local incident in Chickasaw Arkansas where two youths fought, one fatally stabbed, plus a Washington county death and a municipal waterworks equipment bid notice.
Incurable sick Dr. J B Pilkington will be at the Villard House Pendleton all day Monday September 17 1908 inviting attention of sufferers with ailments described as useless to other doctors. Liver kidney nervous uterine cases specially examined and treated as before. Come any day during the visit.
A freight train derailed while crossing a bridge between Mosier and Hood River yesterday forenoon. Seven cars piled over the wrecked structure. engineer Cavanagh was injured, fire spread along nearby brush, and the east bound train was delayed. No lives were lost.
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