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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
Milton growers feed prune crop to hogs due to ruinously low prices. At 35 cents per 100 pounds, drying costs and transport eat profits, prompting farmers near drying houses to fatten hogs on fruit. Heavy prune yields and excellent quality contrast with weak market demand and widespread storage.
Arthur W Yallop local representative for R G Tinns agency died suddenly of consumption at his North Second street home in Walla Walla He was 51 years old and had lived in the city about three years From California he traveled the southeastern part of the state He had attended a Walla Walla lodge meeting the previous evening and fell ill on Tuesday night prompting a fatal collapse witnessed by his wife and others after coughing fits and a final collapse before medical help could arrive.
The sixteenth annual Washington State Press Association meeting closed in Walla Walla with a banquet in Odd Fellows hall. Delegates heard papers, elected officers, and formed a legislative committee including Lovett M. Wood and L. W. Pratt to push amendments and public notice reforms for the next legislative session. Victoria, F. C. was chosen as next meeting host by unanimous vote after wire invitations from Victoria’s mayor.
Elli K Ewing 27 from Scotland County Missouri billed as the tallest woman alive. At 200 pounds with size 34 shoes she tours with the fruit fair circuit, weighing a birth weight of 6.5 pounds and growing rapidly. She travels with Mike Ewing through the eastern states, touring Salem Oregon Yakima Spokane and other venues, prompting public curiosity and attendance. Also mentions receipts and a testimonial for Electric Bitters from Rev C J Budlong of Ashaway R I praising their health benefits.
Washington dispatch reports a strong rise in gross postal receipts for Oregon and Idaho compared with the prior year. Pendleton and other towns show solid standing in the statewide list as figures compare fiscal years 1901–1902, noting a marked increase across presidential parcels.
For sale notice lists two properties the Yoakum farm along the Una tila River and the Hardhart farm up Wild Horse Creek placed by Bentley and Hartman eligible buyers to inquire about terms and location details.
The inquiry asks why a0 separators from the Palouse wheat field differ from those in Uimpntina and Walla Walla counties. Reports mention a separator explosion risk in the Walla Valley with vapors, lanterns, and tonne risks, plus several grain-fold events. No confirmed or clear cause is given, and the text is fragmented across multiple sources with uncertain details.
W. P. White of Kennedale Texas credits Dr King's New Life Pills with relief from distressing head pain stomach trouble and loss of appetite. He reports feeling like a new man after using the remedy and notes the pills cost 26 cents at Tillman & Co drug store.
A very interesting and distractive lantern show will be given at the Salvation Army tonight. There will be no charge, and everyone is invited to attend. A committee of entertainers and singers will perform, with canvas and scenes projected for the audience.
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