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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
5
Numerous small ads list positions sought and offered, shops and services in Pendleton area. Entries include waitresses and housekeepers, dressmaking, nursing, versatility, and wood sales. Also notices for rental rooms, restaurant sale, and furniture movers with contact names and phone numbers.
For sale a seven room house on a corner lot with a stone wall and fruit and shade trees. Furniture also for sale. 601 Jackson street. Call Mrs. Henry Lantz. First classy repairing alterations dry cleaning and pressing by an experienced tailor HLT Lester with Schubert Taylor Clothing Co. phone Main 343.
Modern seven room house with stone foundation offered for 2500 dollars. Includes seven lots and a quick sale before Many Ist. Address TI A & care Fast Oregonian Pendleton Oregon.
Livery stable for sale or trade and a food business opportunity listed at Box 631 Hermiston Ore. Also sale of White Leghorn day old chicks and Mammoth White Holland Turkey eggs advertised at Box 92 City.
Pauline Rebecca Judge invites guests to a Friday social at Rebecca’s Attention. Supper will be served and visiting Rebeccas are welcome.
A Baltimore American quote recalls a plea to a professor who fell from an observatory roof. The speaker asked him not to take precipitate action as the event unfolded.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt, a witness earns high praise from an observer and the leading attorney. The associate notes the witness appears unable to recall other matters, yet the courtroom impression remains striking.
A Washington Herald comment questions wasting time on a prized dog. The speaker notes the dog’s worth contrasts with its simple life as it scratches in dirt instead of expensive ground worth $600 a front foot. The tone critiques misplaced value.
A garbled exchange from the Cincinnati Enquirer uses misspelled phrases about wagers and earnings. It shows a joke setup contrasting wages with a weekly borrows, lacking clear context or identifiable persons or events. The fragmentary text reads like a humor item or scrambled caption without full details.
Pendleton shop FE Livengood & Co marks its fifth anniversary with a ten day promotion offering a free birthday gift with every purchase in ladies and misses wear. A large birthday cake display and a festive window show invite the public to join the celebration next Saturday night.
A stream of residents and visitors is recorded with arrivals and departures in Pendleton. Mrs. C. Carr of Stanfield, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Watts from Athena, Winnie Geiss of Adams, Mark A. Sturtevant from Pilot Rock, and other names are listed as they travel through the city.
Judge J. W. Maloney appoints Eva L. Warner as guardian of the persons and estates of Theodore Charles Janes and Dorothy Louise Janes, confirming she will oversee their welfare and property.
AHarper s Weekly depicts the height of extravagance as a club debate led by Colonel Blinks and Blithers. The humorous exchange imagines building a polished alley for ten pins, with champagne as pins and grapefruits as balls, in a satirical fantasy of excess.
During the spring colonist rate period closing yesterday at La Grande Oregon about 50 people visited the city for sale dates. Ten homesteaders remain with transportation to use, while nearly 40 have departed westward to continue surveys. Many express desire to return to La Grande for further investigation and possible final location as westward trains continue to carry home seekers for three to four days.
For sale: first class apple trees in best commercial varieties and price in cents. Call Round-up Feed Yard for details and ordering options.
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for their kindness and floral offerings after the death of our beloved mother late June.
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