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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1914
Page
2
Saturday only pricing on women and children's garments includes new spring lingerie waists in lawn and voile from 1.19, one piece clots in serge and poplin at 4.95, woolen children’s dresses 2 to 14 discounted 1-4, women’s spring suits at 25.00, silk ratine yardage 36, waist crepe 20, and other items with mid century sale tones and color variety.
Saturday trade includes fresh fruits and vegetables home grown produce bananas oranges and pineapple on sale. Special prices on sugar rice prunes marshmallow creme Alaska trout crab meat tuna and various canned goods. Campaign emphasizes cleanliness courtesy economy and early ordering for better service.
In a county wide spelling contest the second preliminaries are underway excluding Pendleton division as finals approach on May 1 in this city. Winners from each grade are listed, with many districts and pupils named, as the Pendleton event is postponed to next Tuesday due to a debate and local operetta.
In Walla Walla Baker wins 7 to 1 after fourteen hits and eight stolen bases. Meill and King lead a batting display. Lund and Melli exhibit strong pitching. Sheely shines for Walla Walla with the lone run and two hits while also stopping the Bears stealing.
Portland defeats Oakland 4 to 2 in the Coast League opener at Twenty fourth and Vaughn streets. Bill Rodgers and Buddy Ryan led Portland with strong hitting and a coordinated pitching effort from Irve Higginbotham. Hetling and Zacher each had three hits for Oakland as Ramey and Killilay took the loss.
Uncle Sam parcel post will carry about 6,000,000 queen bees from Parkerton this summer in small packages to world markets. H G Quirin, possibly the largest U S bee producer, expects 60,000,000 worker bees and many tons of honey. Regular queen stock sell for 1 to 3 dollars each, with extraordinary stock valued higher.
An advertisement urges readers to remove freckles using a physician's prescribed ointment. It promotes an ethine formula sold by druggists with a money-back guarantee, claiming rapid improvement and potential vanishing of lighter freckles after the first applications.
An advertising copy touts General Arthur cigars as delivering full taste and aroma while remaining mild and mellow. The copy stresses the blend as the source of the balanced experience and suggests strong cigars affect nerves, so smoke mild options.
Frank Brotherton reported Sims dead in bed after his mother called. a cup with a few drops of carbolic acid explained the tragedy. A dresser tabloid showed Sims’s $1000 life policy payable to his mother. Sims, a taxi driver, had quit his job over not obtaining a larger car.
An ad touts Gets-It as the largest selling corn cure, claiming the new method eliminates pain and fuss in treating corns and callouses. It urges readers with corns to try Gets-It for a simpler treatment.
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