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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
4
An old newspaper sale listing advertises Burson Hose in black and Geneva Silk Hose priced per pair, with children's hose at various low prices. Also offered are ribbons, face powder, a self heating curling iron, Palm Olive soap, belts, gloves, and men’s shirts and nylons.
Special Correspondent reports Epworth League held its regular monthly social at the M E church in Echo Oregon with Eugenie and Esther Scholl and others as hostesses. The event featured a decorated reception hall and light refreshments. Several local residents including Mrs Bert Mullins and Rev John E Garber were mentioned in relation to visits and events around Echo and nearby towns.
Old remedy of Sage Tea and Sulphur touted by downtown druggists as restoring natural hair color. Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold for about 60 cents. advised to apply nightly to darken gray, add luster, and prevent dandruff and itching.
A varied crowd from business men to housewives report Hood's Sarsaparilla improves appetite and energy. They say it overcomes fatigue and makes work feel easier, claiming it supports a clear brain and healthy body.
Gibbon Oregon April 4 Dave Honifer attended the funeral of his uncle John La Rocque in Athena. Mr and Mrs Add Girleys have returned to the ranger station above Hingham Springs. Mr and Mrs Rooc Hager spent the weekend in Pendleton with daughter Mrs Lee Drake. Mrs John Hager and two children returned home after wintering in Weston with her mother. Miss Lillian Littler of Hermiston teaches a term at Gibbon Thompson OW RL and ON tent at Gibbon and his father leave for a few days visit in Portland. Roy Davis went to Pendleton Sunday and will stay a few days. Mr and Mrs John Thompson went to Pendleton Saturday. W H Sayer went to Pendleton Saturday. Joe French went to Pendleton Monday. Henry Thompson returned yesterday from six weeks in Portland with aunt Mrs Fred Torrey. Mrs W W Willams was in Pendleton last week with her 3 year old baby who had been ill.
Hermiston Commercial club met at Maxwell Land and Irrigation offices to review a booklet project and discuss graveling the diagonal road. Committees were formed to improve access to Buttercreek and to contact the Interior Department about the West Extension decision. Local notes mention births, visits, and church events.
The funeral of Earl Wilbur Rosas aged nineteen years three months and fourteen days was held in Weston cemetery after dying of pneumonia at Wm. Williams home. Athena and Weston locals—Harry Brown Mary Rose Pearl Hales A. Fix Miss Ethel Duncan Dave Lavender and others—were noted visitors, business had in Pendleton Milton Walla Walla and Adams, with numerous residents seen in Athena and Weston. The obituary marks a quiet Athena farewell with extended community notices.
An ad touts HYOMRET Hyomes as a direct inhalation treatment for colds and nasal inflammation. It instructs boiling water with a scant teaspoon, covering head with a towel, and breathing the vapor for several minutes before sleep. The product emphasizes no stomach dosing and money back guarantee.
Weston Oregon society notes list Weston I O F members visiting Pendleton including Sim Barnes John MccRae Wm McKengie Andy Harnett and others. Also mentions Athena visitors Miss Bertha Ferguson Mrs Jas La Lande Mrs Wm Bradshaw and numerous local trips, with brief notices on deaths and illnesses and an Arnica Salve endorsement.
Women with infants waited at the polls at St Johns for the regular city election. The event marked renewed interest in the Mayoral race as newly enfranchised voters appeared at the polling place.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims to soften and move clogged waste, ease constipation, and treat liver and stomach disorders without griping. The ad highlights fig taste, mentions Senna and aromatics, and urges asking for the California Fig Syrup Co product.
Interest in the election runs high as Charles Bredeson the “blacksmith candidate” and independent John Hier vie for mayor. Bredeson backs radical administration changes and holds party backing while Hier accuses a political clique of controlling city affairs. Tense campaign has centered on engineering and police appointments and promises of reform.
Sealed proposals will be received by Henry Schulte up to noon on April 12, 1815 for erection and completion of a two story frame residence with concrete basement. Plans to be furnished by Schultz’s business in Matlock Brownfield building. Bidders to state separate figures for concrete block veneered outside wood finish. April 1913.
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