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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
2
A vintage store sale lists discounts on fabrics and garments including Misses dresses and tailored suits. Itemized pricing covers MESSALINE fabric 78c, TAFFETA SILK at 89c, and multiple lots of women's tailored suits with Red Mark sale prices ranging from under $7 to about $19.85, plus discounted fancy muslin lace trim underskirts.
A compact market notice touts ripe cantaloupes and watermelons at 15, 20, 25, 25, and 45 cents. It promises the freshest fruits and vegetables and suggests a wide assortment available at the market.
G Richardson secretary of Adams Commercial club starts broom corn cultivation on an acre and a half near Adams Oregon. Inspired by his brother from South Dakota and aided by government seed, the crop yielded over 130 brooms. He plans to continue experiments and possibly establish a broom factory at Adams.
The Oregon Agricultural College announces the fall term begins September 20 with courses in agriculture, engineering, sciences, arts, teaching, music, and military science. Catalogue and illustrated literature available free on request from the Registrar at Corvallis.
In Chicago the entire kitchen force at the Congress hotel left their posts and were replaced within two minutes. Chef H Paro surrendered his duties to Colonel N M Kaufman who then brought in Raymond as head chef. The upheaval included forty five assistants joining the exodus and a swift turnover of staff behind the scenes.
On the Demarest estate near Newton New Jersey a farm hand found a three foot pilot snake wrapped around the neck of the mistress’ saddle horse. The snake had its fangs in the horse’s neck and was removed with great difficulty. The horse’s condition is serious.
The fragment evokes tension as a clock runs down and a request for tone suggests a dialogue on mood or mood setting. Characters named Exe and a Mrs may reflect a dialogue scene in an older Boston Transcript style clipping.
Washington reports the Portland Chamber of Commerce has joined the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, joining 77,000 national businessmen through 102 local groups across 29 states and Hawaii. The note lists member firms and key national staff including General secretary Elliot H. Goodwin and others shaping the national chamber’s activities.
Quoted gag hints at a famed singer Gastolini and her husband. A witty note questions the man in the next room and his identity before marriage, mirroring a Puck style quip about celebrity life and intrigue.
The Orpheum showcases four full reels. The Church Across the Way stars Mia and Mary Maurice with Earl Williams and Helen Coatello. The Organ Grinder features Carlyle Blackwell and Alice Joyce. Greed for Gold dramatizes a California prospector’s greed and its justice. A Mail Order Hypnotist follows Lucious Milker and Jim Hurdson. The Los Angeles Police Department by Selig presents a city police drill.
The Pastine presents A Bunch of Violets with a devoted actress facing an abusive husband and a loving admirer as a daily visitor. Signal Lights by Essany emphasizes motherly love and child influence. Also shown are How the Boys Fought the Indians Edison Baby Betty and a railroad melodrama with a child heroine.
A lively program features Love War and a Bonnet a war adventure with pursuit and mistaken identity, The Flower of the Forest a brisk western with an Indian ruse, Mates and Mis-Mates a domestic life tale ending in reconciliation, An Eventful Day a bright boxing comedy, The Magic Hat a farce with Brown and the ruling women.
An ad promoting Samose as a scientific flesh forming food claims thin people can gain healthy flesh through use. It asserts health improves with weight gain, notes Pendleton Drug Co. will refund money if promised results are not achieved, and offers Samose at Pendleton Drug store with no cost if unsuccessful.
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