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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1910
Page
2
An advertisement extols LEWIS UNDERWEAR as the best line of men's underwear in America with prices from $1.00 to $2.50. It promises EVERWEAR HOSE six pairs guaranteed to wear six months with replacements at 25 or 50 cents. JOHNSON MURPHY SHOES touted for quality, materials, workmanship, and satisfaction.
A local advertisement urges men to visit for a fitting and a look at updated apparel. Suits range 12.50 to 332.50 with all wool guaranteed. The shop promotes tan shirts, and John B. Stetson hats as premium selections.
A. W. Ritts of Platteville Wisconsin will open a new lumber yard in Hermiston to be named The Hermiston Lumber Yard. Opening date not set, stock is being prepared. Local events: Ladies' Aid of the M E Church plans a play tonight at the Baptist church titled The Union Depot. Depot news includes a new 316,000 school addition and staff updates. A new depot worker joins O R & W line, with W S Young moving in.
A paid advertisement urges residents to fund normal schools via a four cents per dollar thousand tax and lists J B Butler as secretary. It stresses separating schools from politics and urges a Yes vote for Monmouth. The ad also promotes Ballard's Herbine as a liver and digestion remedy with marketing copy attached to the page.
Mayor Gaynor cracked down on dummy musicians in city bands funded by public money. A firm’s confession reveals a trade secret involving a second bass drum used to conceal meals and alcohol for band members, with brass horns adapted to hold squid, creating a covert refreshment scheme beyond the usual two horns and a bass drum.
An advertisement urges mothers to use McGee's Baby Elixir to help babies gain weight at least 1 to 4 ounces per week. It claims to cure stomach and bowel troubles, aid digestion, reduce fretfulness, and aid teething. Sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bro for 26c and 59c.
Seattle police posted a 1500 dollar reward today for the arrest and convicting of three men who held up an Alki Point street car Saturday night and robbed the passengers and crew. The police have no crew.
L W Harriman of Burlington Maine suffered forty years in the army from eczema worse than bullets but Bucklen Arnica Salve cured him when all else failed. It is praised as a greatest healer for sores ulcers boils burns cuts wounds bruises and piles sold for 26 cents at Tallman Co. A note adds a village proverb on forgiveness to trap a scoundrel into admitting he wronged us.
Cotton mill activity declines across the country with about fifty percent of spindles idle. Figures from the American Wood and Cotton Reporter show extensive curtailment in the south and beyond as mills close awaiting improved markets. The panic year of 1907 is referenced as a benchmark for scale.
London Assurance Corporation of London presents its 1909 Oregon insurance year figures to the Insurance Commissioner. The statement shows capital, assets, and liabilities including premiums, income, losses paid, commissions, taxes, and remittances to the home office. Total assets admitted in Oregon amount to 3,977,467.80 with liabilities of 2,799,010.00.
Large bundles of newspapers with over 100 papers each offered for 25 cents per bundle at the East Oregonian office.
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