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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
2
Lightweight figured fabrics offered in all colors and combinations, 28 inches wide, touted as best quality. The note emphasizes versatility for both street and evening outfits, with a stray garbled fragment at the end.
You can feel assured of being well dressed in this section brim full of the newest silks. An excellent lot of exclusive dress lengths and plain colors in various cloths. Silks from Messaline to Taffeta offered by the yard 35¢ to $3.50.
NOW BEFORE THE PAT TERN S ARE PICKED OVER is the time to select cretonne for pillows and drapes for living rooms and porches this summer. Verdure effects with cool harmonious colorings are popular and adaptable for summer use. They are artistic dependable and inexpensive.
T. P. W Pure Food Shop advertises Saturday trade with crowded displays and special low prices on olives, candies, Gloria fruits, ripe oranges and bananas, Round-Up Flour, coffee, Campbell soups and pork and beans. Includes fresh vegetables and mackerel offers, with Jones Dairy Farm ham and bacon noted as exclusive agents.
Portland Oregon April 3 Guthrie McDougall Co of Portland reports rail road construction in the northwest under contract will require thousands of workers and many millions in spending over the next three weeks Most work is in British Columbia and Washington though projects are directed from Portland The principal project is the 35 mile Kettle Valley railroad through rugged terrain McDougall says they will hire all possible workers and will recruit from Portland if needed.
Edmonton April 3. The Alberta peniten tiary houses 206 inmates from fifteen nationalities led by the United States with 61 and Canada with 58. Other nations include England Ireland Russia Germany Sweden Italy Australia Mexico France South Africa China each with single digits. Inmates mostly list farming and labor as occupations. Prisoners completed building the warden's house a wing cell block and workshop foundations with materials supplied by the penitentiary brick yards.
Washington April 4 The House passed a pension bill 276 to 64 to aid widows and minor children of Spanish American War Philippine insurrection and Boxer uprising veterans The plan grants 12 dollars monthly to the widow of an honorably discharged service member and 2 dollars monthly per child under 16, with eligibility limited to widows lacking other support and earning under 250 dollars a year
The large farm surrounding the institution supplied all the vegetables and the coal mined on the ground was used as fuel. The per capita cost.
The record notes that one prisoner earns $420 annually, which is exactly a dollar more per day than his prior wage. This reflects a small increase in income within the penal system.
Washington April 2 The nation wide rail system especially eastern lines report losses on freight traffic due to enforced low rates. F A Delano president of the Monon railroad testified before the interstate commerce commission saying the low rates trigger bankruptcies receiverships and broad financial troubles. he also addressed a proposed five percent rate increase during cross examination by Attorney Brandeis.
Oakland becomes western headquarters of the International Association of Hotel Detectives modeled on the chiefs of police plan. Practically every Pacific coast hotel is a member, signaling tighter surveillance of hotel crooks.
A plan to fight hotel crooks proposes a rogues gallery in the Hotel Oakland with photos and descriptions of known swindlers. Bulletins will be distributed to Oakland hotels and then circulated to members to warn about depredations and identify suspects.
Reports circulate that George J. Gould may sell the Missouri Pacific railroad to a Rockefeller led syndicate. The prospective buyer aims to acquire 200000 shares, with possible implications for Rio Grande Western Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads.
The state highway board has contracted for 50,000 barrels of cement from the Beaver Cement Co. now completing its plant at Gold Hill.
Oakland labor market sparks a backlash after James A. Vandeegrift claims Oakland girls do not want to work. Over 1000 department store workers sign a resolution demanding an apology, defending the energy and ambition of Oakland’s female workers despite prosperous fathers.
Grants Pass residents fund a railroad toward Crescent City to boost a southern link for the Southern Pacific. Rival lines from Hill and Santa Fe push to gain control of the property. The SP seeks a direct California route if merger litigation ends unfavorably, linking its coast line from Portland to California.
Adams Oregon April 2 Clyde Sands and children Blanch and Lowe left for Portland to visit friends and relatives for a month. Numerous local residents and visitors including G M Lewis from Pendleton and E Hales with daughter Thelma, Otis Lievallen of Weston, and Vera Watrus of Pomeroy are noted. Athena second baseball team defeated Adams second team 14 to 7 in Athena. Several residents visited Pendleton Athena and Milton, with birthdays and local gatherings highlighted.
A brief Philadelphia Record item quotes a dialogue about habit and value. Tommys father argues that luxury becomes a necessity through use, while the paper frames it as a casual domestic exchange reflecting daily life in the city.
Testimony from H C Griffith of Mexia Texas claims Swamp Root cured his serious kidney condition after years of illness and multiple doctors. He notes his wife also improved after using the product and urges kidney patients to try Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, dated April 8 1912 and sworn before a notary.
Letter to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York asks readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle of Swamp Root and promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sales at all drug stores and asks to mention Pendleton Daily East Oregonian.
A bold sales pitch offers Milady’s Set including perfume shampoo cuticle soap rose cream talcum powder and a free German Silver vanity purse. The offer claims world sales at 50 to 1.00 per item and a total set price of 1.00 with the purse included, urging immediate payment by coin money order or stamps.
An advertisement urges women to combat gray hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It claims the tonic darkens gray hair naturally, stops dandruff and itching, and makes hair thicker and more lustrous after one or two nightly applications.
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