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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1911
Page
6
Aimed at weak stomachs and lingering coughs, the Dr Pierce product is promoted as renewing digestion, rebuilding tissue, enriching blood, and strengthening nerves. The ad warns against imitators and suggests the true remedy offers superior long term health benefits.
National League action at the Polo Grounds opened the final east series with New York beating Chicago in 10 innings. Rich- ie took the loss in a pitching duel with Marquard as New York moved atop the standings. Cincinnati rallied to edge Boston 7 to 6 after Boston’s early errors. Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia 10 to 7 on a ninth inning burst. St Louis won 6 to 0 at Brooklyn thanks to Sallee’s arm and solid fielding. Washington outslugged Chicago 7 to 4 as Johnson struck out 11 aided by strong hitting in the late frames.
Spokane leads 1 to 0 when Gordon hits a ball ruled foul after a near inside line drive. Umpire McCarthy upheld the call. Tacoma players abandoned the field and the game was forfeited.
A mid century ad urges buyers to trust a familiar home merchant over unknown agents. It touts 5. W Miller models from Sheboygan Wisconsin as top notch with mellow tones, claiming superiority over inferior pianos sold by pushy outside agents.
Officials and leaders of the Malthusian society of France opened their annual convention in Paris. They argued that deaths from self-inflicted actions have brought incalculable value to France by promoting material and educational prosperity, despite the country’s low birth rate.
Edmond Thery cites France as the richest nation by wealth per capita, with private fortunes rising from 12.5 billion in 1848 to 57.456 billion, distributing about 1.462 thousand dollars per person and 5,345 per family. The piece notes low extreme poverty, declining birth rates, reduced infant mortality, and near absence of literacy issues, attributing wealth and population trends to Malthusian theory and self-regulated family size.
Chicago reports labor leaders of national repute say English strikers’ success sparks plans for a general strike in the United States to secure labor mastery. Predictions point to protests among 270000 coal miners, 700000 railway workers, and 30000 steel trust employees, with coal mines possibly first as contracts expire April 1.
Fresno records show Hank Hank, labeled an old jobber, sentenced 112 times for drunkenness. Judge A. G. Smith warned of stricter limits if Hank repeats the offense during his tenure. Monk W. received the usual ten days.
A garbled report centers on Stork avoidance of Pasadena and affluent seekers in South Orange Avenue seeking babies to adopt. The piece mentions monthly patterns, a scarcity of arrivals, and imports from Los Angeles. details are unclear but reflect a sensational public curiositiy about adoption and local society dynamics.
A Pasadena society page notes a standing Los Angeles order to provide future citizens for good homes and says demand outstrips supply. Mrs. Fordyce Grinnell praises Wholesale baby adoption, recounting applicants from Los Angeles and childless millionaires awaiting turns, while warning that some babies are snapped up before leaving LA. Chamberlains Liniment advertised as antiseptic for injuries and muscle pain.
Bert Theodore Wilkie 27 of Los Angeles and Lusie Whelchel 22 of Long Beach wed twice eleven days apart. The second ceremony followed a legally invalid first attempt. A county license and errors in jurisdiction led to a second ceremony in Santa Ana with a corrected certificate issued by Mullon Cus.
A brief notice states that the marriage license was issued and recorded without delay.
Mrs. Dex, tall and athletic, notified her daughter a burglar entered her home. After a tense struggle the intruder cried for mercy as she bound him to a chair with a cloth, then alerted her husband. He fled, later returning to report the incident and a second thrashing by police. The bruised man claimed to be Thomas Keller of Newark, saying Mrs. Dex interrupted a loot on the second floor. A medicine ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment follows the narrative.
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