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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
2
A fragmented vintage ad lists quality labels and prices for olives and jars including Extra Fancy Wrinkled Sweet Preserves and Quart jars. Mentions bottles and glass jars with assorted extras and price notes such as 90 cents and 660e.
Washington reports Judge William DeLacy promotes the Love Wave method to curb divorce and non support. The judge claims gentle mental suggestion can rekindle love, with wives nudged to remind husbands of duty. He cites a recent non support case where waves supposedly restored affection. Meanwhile a separate incident near Entiat involves electrical shock to workers Van Guns and Jessup, with Van Guns expected to survive but likely finger amputations.
In Wenatchee Washington a gas and electric company crew member narrowly escaped death after being shocked by 16 500 volts during wire stringing. The incident occurred while six men worked on the Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric Company line work.
A newspaper ad from Tallman Drug Co promotes D. D. D. Prescription as a remedy for mosquito bites. It claims instant relief and protection for the season using a mild healing compound and a cleansing wash with oil of wintergreen. The ad highlights a 25 cent price.
Three year old Morris Goldberg was run over by a trolley car but survived after a crowd of about two thousand stormed the vehicle, captured the motor man and conductor, and halted the mob when a lone policeman intervened. The Goldberg family of nine was found to be starving.
Water famine hits East Charlotte, North Carolina as ponds dry to mud and reservoir shuts Friday. Distress rises with no rain weeks, sewer system abandoned, creating health hazards and leading city to adopt strict sanitary regulations to curb danger of disease and fire.
Governor and Mies Cohen greet Henry L. Stimson as he inspects irrigation works in the Guayama district and Cayey military post. The party is hosted at Jarrome Alto, the governor's mountain home, with a troop review planned and a conference with Governor Calton on Puerto Rican affairs anticipated.
Vancouver residents Miss Eva Trombley and her uncle Frank X Thibodeau drowned at Bachelor Slough while picnicking party looked on. Young, betrothed to Trombley, nearly died while rescuing her, then fell under after Thibodeau grabbed him. A fisherman aided but both bodies were not recovered. also Gustave Ellison drowned earlier at Frehmier Slough seven miles north.
San Francisco report says William G. Souther a Portland real estate dealer was arrested after a court action linked to handling his aunt Caroline Dunlop's property. Indicted by a Portland grand jury, he surrendered to police in tuberculosis trouble. officers feared escape to Europe. He faces larceny charges over about 6000 pounds, with ongoing custody and legal proceedings.
A damaged era of a New York harbor event describes a cold sea disaster with references to a ship named Iceberg Emre. The report notes a collision near Amsterdam harbor and mentions Captain Rogge and a crew, with warnings of a hazardous voyage and the narrow escape of survivors.
A decree by the Ministry of Public Works outlines loans totaling 40000 to advance toward the construction of model dwellings. The measure aims to relieve congestion in small apartments and allocates funds to authorities, contractors, and related loan arrangements to support workers.
Policeman Mangan used force to hold two aggressive bears from escaping their pit at the south drive. Attendant aided, a hose was turned on to drive them back and secure them in a new cage. The damaged bars were repaired afterward. The bears are described as among the park’s most violent.
The article notes that letter writing developed into an art form by 1035 B.C. Highlighting early literary culture, it traces how ancient civilizations refined writing styles, etiquette, and format for correspondence among elites.
Report from St Louis notes a 1972 event called On to At Titan Congress aiming to relocate up to five million African Americans to Africa. President Atkinson says many want to return, with executive committee to engage England France and Germany for financing and development. Originating among Oklahoma Negroes claiming disfranchisement, the movement spreads nationwide. The Universal Races Congress in London opened its first session yesterday.
London July 24 plans for the new steamer Aquitania being built at Clyde Tank were changed to make the vessel the largest in the world with a length exceeding 900 feet and ten feet longer than the 60,000 ton liner Imperator which Hamburg-America will launch next spring. It is stated Aquitania will also be one knot faster than its German rival.
At the Orpheum us program for Tuesday features The Latent Spark a Vitagraph comedy drama that bursts into patriotic fervor from an humble start to a glorious finish Also listed is The White Medicine Man a Seilg comedy about Indians hypnotized in a light hearted tale
An OCR fragment outlines plays and sketches including The Phoney Prince, An Old Man's Folly, The Price of a Minn, and Stubbs New Servants. It mentions plot twists, disguises, and romantic entanglements, with notes on production quality and audience appeal across a sequence of dramatic pieces and film captions.
A former lover figures in the plot though he does not wrench the home. The husband’s surprise at his return home forms the drama’s feature, making this the most fascinating picture of the piece.
A Monday film roundup features a war drama about two brothers in the Civil War era, with a picket duty, a southern sharpshooter, a reunion on Independence Day, and a fireworks finale. It pairs with several Westerns including Wor Her Sin and The Owpuenehéer, plus mixed stories of romance, daring escapes, and comedy.
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