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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
2
The article explains home violet perfume making using olive oil infused with violet flowers for twenty four hours, pressing out and repeating with fresh blossoms, then dissolving the oil with cologne spirits. It notes dark storage, careful alcohol use, and preserving cloths in alcohol until digested. It also covers ribbon care with gentle washing and ironing.
A pinch of baking powder beaten into mashed potatoes lightens them. A laundress tacks fine sandpaper to the ironing table to keep irons smooth and clean. Rendered fat from ham or bacon drippings replaces butter for vegetables or roux. Clean a dull nickel chafing dish with ammonia and polish. Clarify fat by heating with potato pieces, strain, and let solidify. Store in a good place.
A butter based sauce elevates boiled herrings while mixed mustard and cayenne provide heat. Leftover fish like salmon or halibut can become a delicious forcemeat for stuffing peppers or tomatoes. Lemons cut into quarters offer a pretty salad garnish for hot weather.
The article notes saving the cooking water from potatoes after paring for later use. It mentions the practice as a potential kitchen tip and suggests storing the liquid for flavors or thinning other dishes.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes festive place cards sold in sets: two dozen tiny blue printed envelopes with white paper and a slip of transparent paper showing through a name on a card. The envelope bears “Return often to the house” and a red stamp reading “Eat, drink and be merry,” while a riddle printed on the card can be read through the translucent center.
A vintage home craft describes fashioning a cooling box by removing the bottom of a box, adding wood strips, and mounting interior wall cleats. Burlap is wrapped around to form a door and draped over a water-filled pail to evaporate cooling, as explained by Woman's Home Companion.
Carl Browne, once Coxey’s second in command during the 1894 Washington march, urged passage of an administration currency bill at the capitol. He advocated Poindexter’s proposal to back an industrial army of unemployed for reclamation works and river improvements, noting his long California residence of 19 years.
A compact reflection on reciprocal friendship urging realism about mutual support and expectations. The speaker cautions against assuming greater generosity from friends than they are prepared to offer, urging balanced relationships.
The Orpheum presents a Tuesday program featuring Home Sweet Home a Lubin two reeler with Harry Meyers and Ethel Clayton The Taming of Betty stars Clara K Young and Maurice Costello The Friendless Indian and Barcelona Spain are also shown with captioned sequences and brief descriptions
A Tuesday program features The Ne'er to Return Road a two reel drama by Otis Skinner. It centers on a bereaved mother who confronts her son’s killer with a loaded rifle yet whose pity leads to mercy. Also shown are A Chinese Puzzle at Biograph The Dream Fairy and The Sweat Box a roughhouse farce.
Restitution a two reel feature tells how Duchane greed led to murder and a fatal house explosion with a powerful performance. Also Snap a clever dog protects a household in a humorous caper while The Silent House presents a Kentucky feud tale for the Union billings.
When heated by a draft and suffering a stiff neck or lame back seek relief with Ballard's Snow Liniment. It is advertised as the best pain remedy available, sold by dealers in 25c 60c and 1.00 bottles. Ad features claims and prices.
Washington dated report shows Oregon winter wheat yielding 21.4 bushels per acre with condition at 97 percent. The crop board projects 11,699,000 bushels for Oregon versus 16,984,000 bushels in 1912.
A testimonial from Rev H Stubenvoll of Allizon Ta praises Dr King's New Life Pills for constipation. The ad claims the pills are perfect for liver and bowels, guaranteed, with a price of Zoc¢c at Koeppens.
A concise adage notes that a girl’s preference in a young man often contrasts with her mother’s views, reflecting differing generational tastes and social expectations.
Aug 11 Philadelphia report on a newly discovered tablet in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, brought from Babylonia. It portrays a world created by a brunette female goddess, flood accounts, and parallels to Genesis, with mentions of Noah, Shem, and a prehistoric king ruling 64,000 years.
Mrs D L Kenney says the ointment cured her long lingering tetter after over fifty years. Advertiser Koeppens Ady notes all druggists or by mail 50c. Pfieffer Chemical Co St Louis Missouri Philadelphia PA market notice.
In Salem Oregon on August 11 a Chinatown murder left a Japanese woman a man and their 19 month old baby dead by knife. Victims are Mrs Koda Joe Kiyokawa and the baby. Three men including the husband Koda were arrested and held. Police suspect the husband’s motive.
A brief reflection on friendship noting that forming connections often comes easier than sustaining them over time. It suggests interpersonal effort and commitment affect lasting bonds. The quote emphasizes consistency, trust, and ongoing care as keys to retaining friends.
Washington August 11 Americans are the biggest meat eaters in the world. They outrun Johnny Bull and eat more beef per capita than the British. 1909 figures from the Bureau of Animal Industry show per capita meat consumption at 162.2 pounds with beef 80 veal 7 pork 67 mutton and lamb 6 goat 0.13. England's per capita is 56 pounds with 4 6 pounds of mutton annually. Germans and French favor pork. The notice urges more sheep farming as cheap beef declines and calls for expanded mutton and lamb production to balance meat supplies and ease beef and pork shortages.
A promotional note claiming intestinal worms stunt growth in a child and that a few doses of White's Cream Vermi Fuge destroy and expel worms with immediate improvement. Price 2fc per bottle. Sold by all dealers.
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 11 The law firm Adams and Ogden won a divorce suit for Mrs Maud Rodgers of 254 Hermann Street. Miss Annette Adams pleaded the case before Judge Troutt with Miss Marguerite Ogden, daughter of Superior Judge Ogden of Oakland, admitted only a few months ago. The husband Frank H Rodgers, a furniture mover, demanded rent for a bedroom and subjected Rodgers to repeated abuse including beatings and insults.
The text notes that the famed women’s health remedy originated about forty years ago when Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts prepared it on her kitchen stove. She shared it with friends at no cost and word of mouth turned it into a widely demanded solution using herbs and roots.
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