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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1909
Page
6
South Bend Indiana Mrs May Fry of Lindley credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with removing a four year tumor cyst after three physicians said only an operation could help. She endorses the remedy and urges other women to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Seattle September 27 editor McKelvie of the Nebraska Farmer praised the northwest exposition as creating a premier regional livestock and poultry show. He predicted rising agricultural prominence for the Northwest, citing mild winters, higher dairy prices, and a top notch live stock display west of the Mississippi.
Benton of Fort Edward New York climbed Bald Mountain to a neighbor’s home driven by asthma and used Dr King’s New Discovery. The medicine relieved the neighbor and later cured his son's wife of severe lung trouble. Believers tout it for coughs croups hay fever grip and whooping cough with a free trial bottle and guaranteed by Tallman and Co.
A dated remark argues that marriage is driven not by love but by the desire for material comforts, a red lampshade and a private home to entertain. The speaker portrays wedded life as a means to secure possessions and social status rather than affection.
The article describes Hungarian women prioritizing a tiny waist through extreme tight lacing, then engaging in energetic dances like the czardas. It notes how aging leads to weight gain, changing attractiveness, and contrasts with Turkish and English beauty ideals. Modern Society discusses these contrasts and the country’s emphasis on youthful film actresses.
A pair of old friends reminisce on courtin days and how prices and manners have changed. They recall peppermint candy, theater outings, and the rising cost of living from days gone by. A moving picture machine offers reenactments of a massacre at a western fort, drawing mixed reactions.
In a compact natural history note, Frank Stick explains the ancient enmity between polar bears and walruses, detailing how bears hunt seals and sea lions while the lumbering walrus struggles on land to defend itself against swift attacks in the Arctic frontier.
An eight year old boasted to his mother that only three boys could answer a teacher’s question. He named Sam Harris and Harry Stone as the other two. The question asked was who broke the glass in the back window.
A Atchison girl planned to wed a carpenter believing him poor but learns on the eve of the wedding that he has $150 in the bank. He kept quiet to be loved for himself.
An observing summer urchin in the Bay of Fundy bursts into a shrill cry at the sight of rapidly receding tides, exclaiming that someone has pulled the ocean's plug. This whimsical moment captures the dramatic daily ebb and flow of the seaboard.
A proverb quote exchange contrasts a proverb dispenser with a thinker on momentum and downhill forces. A Holmes remark cautions against rigidly following orders when confidence in being right remains.
A brief saying contrasts vanity with sincerity, warning that pursuing outward prestige without honesty risks losing genuine integrity. The adage suggests inner truth should guide actions, not appearances.
President Taft travels to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition where Alaska’s vast resources are showcased. Gold and copper deposits, fisheries and agriculture displays, and native education highlight Alaska as a land of opportunity with unlimited future possibilities for miners laborers and settlers.
Two Gamma Phi Beta sisters at the University of Oregon in Eugene rescued the sorority house from a basement fire. Mary Steiner from Fossil and Anna McMicken from Portland carried out a tub of oil-soaked flaming rags, averting major damage before firemen arrived and extinguished the blaze.
Reno, Nevada A Southern Pacific passenger conductor Thomas Conway found an unset diamond valued at 275 dollars wedged in a coach keyhole after inspecting a clogged lock. The gem’s placement remains a mystery with theories that a pickpocket hid it in the lock to reclaim later.
The Union County assessment for the 0. RB & N Co rose to 3 1/4 million dollars with two omitted words. The millroad company property valued just over 3.274 million. Main line road bed listed at 27 000 with rolling stock at 4 000. Elgin branch road bed 33 000 and rolling stock 2 000 per mile, per the Grande Observer.
Cleveland report states William H. Maire endured a 60 day fast in Cleveland losing 49 pounds. He drank filtered water throughout the ordeal and resumed normal eating afterward.
Maire reports the first eight days of fasting were trying but subsequent days caused little inconvenience. After the fast he took a teaspoon of milk, then two and three teaspoonfuls at the next meals. Stomach trouble led physicians to try fasting as a cure, and he is now in perfect health.
Interest in athletics at Athena High School has surged as Principal Case Professor Mulkey and students erect outdoor basketball goals and improve courts for boys and girls. Local backers including Clarence Brotherton and Floyd Pinkerton have raised funds for gym equipment, with extra funds secured by the athletic committee. A gymnasium room is prepared with rings bars boxing gloves and punchin g bags. A boys basketball team will be organized for strong practice and intertown games. The season’s musical event will be held at the Christian church Monday September 27 featuring the Eckhardts.
A family of Swiss Bell Ringers praised for entertainment arrives in Athena with 60 cent adult and 25 cent children admission. Judge Lowell and Lawyer Johnson attended the Ryan murder case briefing in Athena, with Watts and wife returning to Pendleton. Multiple real estate deals around Athena include Joe Hodgson selling 840 acres to Wm Thompkins for 21000 and Henry Keen buying 90 acres from John McIntyre at 94 per acre. Mrs Annie McIntyre bought a West Side two story building from Eugene Bible University. Myrtle Thompson, a prominent Athena resident and prize contestant, traveled to Wallala for a 406 piano prize after accumulating 1 396 560 votes, with Ella Harbaugh close behind.
A fragment notes a claim that deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer. It also mentions President Taft’s planned visit to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and a question over which turkey or dish will be served during his dine at the fair from September 30 to October 1.
A public notice from Pendleton city marshal THOS. GURDAND lists seized town animals including a bay filly roan mare black and white stallion sorrel pinto bay mare iron grey gelding black gelding sorrel mare and a split faced horse with brands A L 26 26 F WL TO and T. If unclaimed within ten days from September 18 1909 the animals will be sold at 2 pm September 30 1909 at the city pound corner Webb and Cosble streets for cash to cover costs.
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