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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
2
Market note highlights fancy green asparagus and white asparagus canned varieties, imported macaroni and spaghetti priced at 15 cents, Zoe at 30 cents, and fine peaches for canning. Emphasizes fresh, best-quality produce and market-wide selection in fruits and vegetables.
First motion pictures of the Stockholm Olympics to be shown in the United States debut at the Globe theater. Winning American athletes will be guests of The Rose Maid owners Werba and Uuescha. Gauguents? Notable guests include Mayor William J. Gaynor Bartow S Weeks James E Sullivan Col Robert M Thompson Victor F Ridder and Frederick W Rutten.
Filings for eastern Oregon irrigation water rights by the Horsefly Irrigation Company were completed yesterday. The firm plans to irrigate 20,000 acres across the arid lands with maps filed alongside.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, a constitutional disease needing internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, purports to act on blood and mucous surfaces, described as non quack and prescribed by leading physicians. It is a tonic blood purifier claiming to cure catarrh. testimonials offered. Includes Hall's Pills for constipation.
A young woman recalls traveling from Cape Lopez into the Ogowe basin to study equatorial African manners. She recounts skepticism from friends, near hunger and danger, and being courted by twenty kings who offered marriage, with one monarch promising to fatten her for a wife.
In a promotional note it claims Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the stomach and establishes a condition for regular, sweet, refreshing sleep during the night. The text markets the tonic as improving digestion and sleep quality.
Captain Ronge Glorio of the Argentine Navy, 28, left Philadelphia for New York to begin a 5000 mile voyage back to Buenos Ayres in hopes of dying at home. A malignant head growth ended his work on the Moreno battleship project and his physician said only a miracle could save him. He traveled aboard the Verdi with his brother R Delia Giorno to begin the perilous journey.
Pendleton holds off La Grande 8 to 6 as Garrett on the mound supports a late surge. Harstad worked for La Grande, but Pendleton’s hits and timely errors swing the lead. key plays include Ryder, Robinson, Pembrook and Nadeau with decisive runs in the early and late innings.
In Boise Bilse and the Bruins lost a second straight game to Walla Walla Irrigators as Mays struggled on the mound. Mauser faltered late enabling the decisive rally while Reama and Scott sparked offense with key hits and steals.
Barbara Koenig, a nurse from Philadelphia, was electrocuted on a Chelsea Boarwalk when she touched a grounded wire. John Conolly, a former London policeman, used resuscitation methods for fifteen minutes to revive her breathing, but she died at City Hospital after an hour of efforts by volunteers and doctors.
A Copenhagen report says Denmark's dairy industry bred laziness as men snack on sandwiches rather than cut food themselves. Professor Lytle of University College claims the economy fosters housewives in taste and habit, with Danes preferring knitting over exercise and producing few thin individuals.
A philosophical meditation on fraud, self deceit, and the toll on conscience. It argues that real cheating harms the self more than others and that ambition and youth fuel vanity, while fate and circumstance challenge the will to persevere.
An advertisement touts a cigar described as a mix of Havana and domestic leaves. It markets heavy smoking as nerve soothing and promises Havana flavor with reduced harm, urging readers to try a sample.
A playful verse questions who is truly responsible for fraud and vanity in society. It mocks self deception and imagines primeval creatures and women influencing fashion, ending with a jab at how men must adapt to women’s hat frame and trim.
Hop growers seek 000 to 4000 pickers for a three week season starting Sept 5. Special rail rate one and one third fare to North Yakima on All railroads. Tickets on sale Sept 2 to 7, valid to Nov 15. Wages paid one dollar per box. Address Richard Strobach Hop Growers Association North Yakima Washington for details.
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