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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1914
Page
2
Every garment offered at this price is full of style and snap with quality materials and design on par with suits costing much more. Jackets feature short cutaway bolero effects, kimono and set in sleeves. skirts show pep lais, double ruffles, overskirts and high drape. Conservative lines also available for stout figures in navy Copenhagen blue and other shades.
The East Court street club opening drew a large crowd and new members bringing total to seventy five. The evening featured reading tables pool table and music by Mrs Power Mrs Sturdivant White Rose and C E Jordan with speeches by local figures. Punch and wafers were served as hosts showcased hospitality.
The St Louis Star notes a popular collection of needle books with labeled sheets inside a neat pressed paper cover. It describes sections such as Embroidery Chenille and Yarn and lists needle types like straw darning upholstery and sharps. It also mentions a bodkin and advises marking linen tape with indelible ink every few years.
The piece argues that children should be allowed to act within limits, taught self mastery, and kept free of needless clutter. It stresses consistent "No" from mothers, child autonomy, and avoiding home hazards or ornament overload that harms health and safety.
Rockford April 14 The city council rejected an ordinance licensing cigarette sales by 11 to 5. Tobacco dealers vow to test its constitutionality, arguing the six year old ban on cigarette sales remains enforced, while continuances on several illegal sales charges await council action.
Portland April 14 Columbia-Snake river Waterways Association opens its fifth annual convention at the Commercial Club with urgent calls to complete pending improvements at the Columbia river mouth and survey tributaries above Celilo for eventual canalization. Advocates strive to make the Columbia navigable to the Canadian line and the Snake to Lewiston, urging coordinated action from mouth of the Columbia to the international boundary to overcome rapids and waterfalls.
A vintage advertisement warns that poor plumbing leads to fever and typhoid, likening digestion to a house’s plumbing. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief and notes availability from all dealers, signed Ady.
Lincoln School announces spelling contest results by grade with words spelled correctly and top pupils named. Third grade winners include Edgar Despain and Evelyn McCormack. sixth grade winners Griffin Cooper and Esther Jenkins. seventh grade winners Laura Kearney and Merle King. Hawthorne School notes third grade entrants and totals before listing names.
Direct to the spot breathing treatment promises quick relief from catarrh head colds bronchitis and sniffles. Hyomei is described as antiseptic and germicidal with immediate and lasting relief. Money back offer from Tallman & Co and complete outfit priced at $1.00. Distributed by druggists nationwide.
An old style advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a cure all for coughs colds and bronchial issues. It claims 43 years of use since a severe cough epidemic and offers a money back guarantee. Customer testimonials praise its effectiveness and a local druggist sells it.
Spelling results show counts of entrants and words spelled correctly across grades from third to eighth. Notable names include Ruth Compton Howard Harvey John Beckwith Cathryn Wilcox Zella Harvey Herman Snyder Alfred Koeppen Velora Martle Effie Hicks Maude Poston and Washington School.
In McMinnville Oregon films of classics are shown in high school and grammar trades classes. After screenings students discuss accuracy and interpretation of Evangeline The Lady of the Lake The Tale of Two Cities Silas Marner David Copperfield and other works.
New York on April 14 reports a pastor denouncing modern fashions as wicked in spirit while noting that Fifth Avenue crowds show worse spectacles than a decade ago in a second class performance.
An old ad text questions heart pain and suggests most chest discomfort stems from stomach issues. It promotes Meritol Digestive Tonic for indigestion and dyspepsia and Meritol White Liniment as a pain killer. Tallman & Company is listed as exclusive agency.
Rev. Dr. George Ashton Oldham at St. Luke's Episcopal on Convent Ave and 141st St denounces many contemporary women’s fashions as violations of the seventh commandment and the spirit of modesty. He calls dress styles impious and immodest, urging adherence to biblical decorum.
Advertising copy promotes Mothers Friend as an external tonic to ease pregnancy. It claims to loosen tendons ligaments and muscles to allow natural expansion with less strain. The text urges daily use during expectancy and notes the Bradfield Regulator Co. offers informational literature.
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