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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
7
An old advertisement asserts catarrh causes deafness from inflamed mucous surfaces. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine from Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a remedy, claiming it restores the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes to normal, curing many cases believed due to catarrh.
NEW YORK Aug 7 The coal famine era in New York has an added twist as an electric fan shortage hits the city for the first time. A major wholesale house dealing only in fans reported supplies exhausted in the forenoon. The New York Halson and United Electria that place orders for futures declined to guarantee deliveries. A World reporter found buyers frantically calling dealers by alphabetic listings and waiting in long lines in the Wall Street district. One man noted he was sixth in line, determined to secure a fan for late afternoon delivery.
North Portland yard reports light stock movement with a small run of cattle sheep and hogs. Prices vary with general market steady though top end limited. Buyers and shippers from Oakland Thompson ORear Feiddli and others contributed to a modest, mixed trading day in the Portland livestock market.
Official figures show Germany’s expenditures from February to May running about 150 million pounds per month, roughly 750 million dollars, a sharp rise from the first half of 1916. Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law explained the figures exclude civil expenses or time to Germany's allies.
Health advice claims the body accumulates indigestible matter from daily food causing bacteria in the bowels. It urges a morning hot water drink with limestone phosphate to cleanse the alimentary canal and promotes internal cleansing as essential for health, noting various complaints may improve with this regimen.
A reader asks how to combine vegetables for a balanced meal. The article advises pairing legumes with one or two vegetables, avoiding overuse of multiple similar legumes, and notes beans, peas, and lentils replace meat. It extols nuts and dairy for flavor and nutrition, and suggests mixing greens, tubers, and fruits thoughtfully to stimulate saliva and aid digestion.
The described procedure first neutralizes the acid causing a copious flow of alkaline saliva, then alkalizes the mouth.
New pay schedule to apply to Corwin cases and employees earning 200 dollars a month or less. Substantial wage rise to 10 percent with exclusions for enginemen track men and certain shop staff. Affects shopyard workers and those with prior raises. affected numbers and total grants not yet determined.
Harvard and Princeton students among recipients for bravery aiding wounded under fire in China. Names include William Rick, Durbin W. Rowland of Toledo, John Weedbrides of Chianshal, John G. Kathermel of Reading, Pa. Harmiston and Guiles, killed in action, buried with full military honors. War Crosses placed on coffins by Gen. Ninel.
In San Francisco Ault cites ten million men registered for the draft with not more than two million to be certified into the army military men facing exemptions for occupational reasons or dependents. Of the remainder not more than two million can qualify.
A dense OCR of a city directory shows numerous attorneys at law with office locations in banks and buildings, plus real estate and insurance firms such as Bentley and Montgomery. An advertisement offers work from the National Piece Bureau in Buffalo for intelligent individuals seeking monthly earnings.
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