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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
7
The advertisement lists a reduction event on ladies kid boxed vesting tops and lace items with prices like 2.50 down to 2.00. It features Kid Boxed black serge tops, Pat Tip shoes, spring heel kid button shoes, and broken lines of fine kid shoes priced from 2.50 to 2.72 now reduced to 1.75.
L Goodwin of Walla Walla in town yesterday Sheriff Blakley returns from Salem and Portland L W Roberts prominent Walla Walla man registered at Golden Rule hotel F H Beathe Weston road supervisor in town last night and home this morning Mrs Antone Fisher visiting cousin Joe Basler leaves for Seattle G B Tardiff back from Granite mining claims snow four feet deep near mines Dr W G Cole R Alexander Judge Ellis and Thomas Montgomery from Portland for Furnish governor nomination visit Mrs L A Bartelson of Seattle guest of Mrs J W Yandle improving health Claude C Medley resigns Cleaver Bros shoe dept to join Pendleton Shoe Store B H Dempling arrives from Livingston Mont to play second base for Pendleton baseball team this season Dempling played last year with Chicago team and is highly recommended Take things as they come but there are lots of things worth going after.
The city council passed a new dog license ordinance setting a fine of five to twenty dollars for unlicensed dogs kept within city limits and requiring owners to license after April 3. It also tasked committees with grading Jefferson street and funding a street sprinkler project, appointed a deputy marshal, granted Pan American circus license, and fixed city treasurer bond at twenty thousand dollars.
The remark notes that occasional ads can be highly effective for spending, while continuous advertising ensures ample returns on investment. It reflects on the balance between ad frequency and payoff.
The piece notes Helen Grantly, rising American actress famed for her beauty and photos, as Katherine opposite Charles B. Hanford in Taming of the Shrew. Her fame has grown on both sides of the Atlantic after the London Photographers' Convention named her Grecian ideal. She is set to appear Wednesday evening, April 16, at the Frazer.
Alexander reports a Portland convention vote for W. J. Furnish with record enthusiasm and a dramatic 172 tally. Pendleton delegates like Dr. W. G. Cole and Tom Montgomery affirm the decisive moment amid hard fighting and growing support across the state GOP.
H F Conner attorney for Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company is in town as the demurrer in Drake versus the railroad for damages is argued before Judge Ellis. The suit seeks $20000 for false imprisonment.
Eighty society women were refused admission to a Philadelphia ball because their gowns were too revealing at the top. They were later allowed to cover the oiled skin with wraps and watched the festivities as spectators.
Lone Star Travelers' Protective Association convention in Waco Texas began with Austin Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Beaumont and other cities sending big delegations. City hall opened with an invocation by Rev Homer T Wilson Mayor Riggins gave welcome George D Bennett responded Walter S Baker delivered the day’s oration and a reception will cap the evening program.
London reports Lord Kitchener stating a derailed Barbertow train caused 39 soldiers' deaths and 45 injuries as the locomotive left the rails while descending a steep grade.
Immense yield expected as Hanford California braces to beat world records in corn per acre. Kings County planted in 1901 possibly the largest area ever, with fields reported harvesting up to two tons of shelled corn per acre. Corn has sold from 25 to 41 dollars per ton across markets.
New York on April 2 reports the Wells Forepaugh circus arrives in Madison Square Garden for a sixteen days run. The show promises novelties unseen before in the United States as it prepares to travel west as far as San Francisco this year.
Washington April 2 President nominates Col Michael Sheridan of the adjutant general's department for brigadier general. He is a brother of the late Gen Phil Sheridan and related to Smoke Pendleton Boquet Clgara.
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