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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1902
Page
5
Fragment shows a garbled list of shop names and goods including tobacco confec tionery and bottles. Mentions Castle St Joerger Phillips and Sons with references to bottles grapes and snacks. Text is incomplete but indicates a local convenience trade listing.
A survey of local shop offerings includes Whitaker the dentist and Olympia oysters at Castle's, fresh oysters at F S Younger & Son's, Crawford peaches at Hawley Bros, Greggs Moca and Java coffee at F S Younger & Son's, celery at Martin's Family Grocery, new ping-pong shipments, and Hazelwood and Gold Medal butter at F S Younger & Son's. Also advertised are fruit preserves, juvenile books, fall and winter styles at Selbert & Schulz tailors, cigars and tobacco at Jack Candish's, footwear by Lee Teutsch, a second-hand piano at 5 L Wakefield & Co, assorted candies at the Delta EK, and real estate activity by T Wade. A bicycle left at a business needs owner identity, and Diven's property sale is noted. Lane's Medicine is advertised as a daily laxative, with Tallman & Co as sole agents.
A handsome frame house owned by Robert Laing on Bluff Street burned to the ground last night after 10 o'clock. The renter, Mrs Archibald, had just moved in and was away at a neighbor's when the blaze began, starting inside the building. Firemen saved the barn and outbuildings but water pressure hampered efforts. the insured value was $800, about half the home's worth.
Dynamite shells and a torpedo were found in a wood box attributed to Dr A Warwick a Missoula shoemaker. A boy who found the items said they were covered with wood and discovered by neighbor William Bubick. Warwick denied knowledge of the explosives and aids police. Also a drunken man Henry Wilson, a one armed sheep herder from Idaho, was arraigned for sleeping drunk on the sidewalk and released.
Starting about 7 15 PM residents of Pendleton faced dim streets as incandescent lights failed and line crews worked overnight to fix the outage. The cause remained undiscovered at press time.
Damon Lodge No 4 announces a Monday night ping pong social in their hall the season opener. If successful it will continue through winter with monthly socials last season proving enjoyable for Kolehts and families.
Haynes of O R N Company returns to work after a month's lay-off accompanied by his bride Miss Olive Oliver whom he married in Grangeville Idaho on September 24. He is welcomed by many friends in Pendleton. Also ex captain Baby Brown of Pendleton baseball left for Portland to umpire the Northwest league season and will resume work with Hartman Abstract Company upon return. The Minister and Wife quote reflects a humorous exchange about cheerful giving.
The ad promotes coats in three quarter and full lengths plus Monte Carlo styles from $10 up and jackets from $2.24 to $15 with 24 26 and 27 inch lengths. It highlights silk wool and cotton fabrics in black and colors with low prices and season's styles.
Pendleton residents report Eastbound trains running late by two to six hours for a month, while Westbound trains have resumed schedule after a landslide near Bonneville cleared. In La Grande a thief forced a rear door at J. W. W. Perree’s store and stole diamonds worth between 760 and 200 dollars while the owner was dining.
All persons knowing themselves in debted to me must settle by October 10th, or their account and notes will be placed in the hand of an attorney with instruction to collect. Be. L. Smith.
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