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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1888
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes show a planned service in Portland with unclear details. Names and exact times are unreadable, leaving the event context and participants indeterminate. Further clarification is needed to confirm location date and schedule.
A flurry of notes from Pendleton and surrounding counties reports indictments for murder in Baker County, a crowded Pendleton Public School, and local improvements. The Pendleton grand jury considers murder and other charges, while town events include church missions, waterworks tests, and social gatherings. Local crime, transportation, and business notes feature wagon repairs, street plans, and community reactions.
A crowd at the Villard House station last night saw a clash between Mr. Jackson and Mr. Hunt over European labor and exile. A pistol discharged by an Australian bystander wounded Hunt, who then vowed to avoid further public clashes as Jackson contemplates action.
The tenth annual Portland Mechanics' Fair opens October 4 with grand plans to outshine prior exhibitions. The Second Ohio Cavalry Band will play, half fare travel is arranged on several railroad lines, and organizers invite support from A. S. Whiting in Portland Oregon. A lively note on local racing and city tournaments accompanies broader community happenings and odd anecdotes from Pendleton and Centerville.
The Tacoma letter notes fine weather followed by rain and a burial of seven year old Harry Dorey. It reports strong wheat loading for five ships and new housing activity in 1884 85 with costs and horse figures, plus churches schools and teachers, a bell-house atop a stump, and salmon fishing prospects. Pears and apples prices are listed amid local commerce.
A freight train of twenty seven cars and one engine derailed after colliding with cattle about thirty miles east of Moon telly. Five men died including the engineer fireman and three tramps. several cars plunged over an embankment and the track was torn up. Names of the dead not learned. rescue trains and reports arrived at Huntington by night.
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