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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
12
A vintage ad touts St Jacob’s Oil as a harmless, penetrating rinse for rheumatism nerve pain and sciatica. It claims instant relief from tender spots with a small trial bottle and boasts decades of curing millions of sufferers.
Memphis Tennessee December report notes a movement urging the state legislature to enact a minimum wage for women. Evidence from a legislative committee shows women and young girls doing men’s work for 3 to 4 dollars daily, with rising costs and dependence on small earnings leading to hardship. a wage bill and regulation of women’s labor will be drafted for the next session, though no solution yet for a turkey substitute.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior treatment for internal derangements and humors that supposedly cause tumors and affect the whole system. The copy claims forty years of success and compares it to other medicines, urging readers to try Hood's Koother products.
A curly headed six year old from San Francisco awaits at the British House of Lords to learn if he is the child of C H R Slingaby and rightful heir to the Yorkshire estate, or merely a foundling. His parents claim him as son and heir, amid long legal battles stretching from probate court to the Lords. Teddy’s fate hinges on royal adjudication, with the hearing likely to proceed today.
New York City delegates at the National Hotel Men's Exposition say a dry city may not be so bad after all. John MacGlynn, president of the New York State Hotel Men's Association, dissents from the consensus and remains skeptical.
The intrepid German submarine crew who guided the Deutschland across the Atlantic facing a British blockade are pictured in New London Connecticut. Captain Koenig commanded the Deutschland on both occasions and was later awarded the cross. The submarine was preparing for a return trip to Bremen.
In Arkansas, hotelier Jacob Miller argues prohibition aided by legislation will not devastate business. He cites a party consuming 121 quarts of whiskey before votes in Little Rock shifted the state dry. Miller says enforcement creates new roles for bartenders as "express agents" delivering booze to patrons. Serbia begins efforts to reclaim its place in the sun.
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