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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
5
Promote Christmas hosiery with a bold offer. The ad sells two man hose and stresses abundant stock of desirable Sox in Pendleton. It highlights thread silk Sox in multiple colors at 75c and cashmere reinforced heel and toe options, plus Snowknit and Lenox Knit Sox in various sizes and colors at lower prices.
Silk lined and un lined gloves in cape suede and kid offered in multiple colors and sizes from 7 to ROR. Also selling celebrated Block Work Gloves praised as the best, priced from 1.50 to 18.00 for the general line and 2.00 to 3.50 for the Block gloves.
Attractive lamps are showcased at Kenilworth Gift Shop in a range of styles and finishes to complement home furnishings.
A shoe catalog style notice lists Little Gents brown blucher and elk high top styles in multiple sizes with prices from 2.75 to 5.50, plus child and youth sizes in patent and gray leather. Ends with a shoe department pitch offering relief for aching feet with a graduate expert.
Christmas 1919 brings rejoicing as servicemen return home and households prepare with candles holly and gifts. The season centers on the hopeful message peace on earth and good will toward men.
A fragment notes a Pure Food Shop pitch promising value for shoppers. It hints at a promotional idea or giveaway designed to make the store seem worthwhile to customers, but lacks specifics or full context.
Two item sale notice lists 2 pounds of 260 fancy California Lima beans price 45 cents. Likely a catalog snippet shows product names, weights, and unit prices without additional context.
Umatilla County Red Mexican Beans come in 3 pound bags priced at 25c, alongside Fancy California white beans in 2 pound bags for 25c. Also featured are Fancy California Pink Beans and Swift's Pickled Pork, Bacon Briskets, and Picnic Hams with prices noted, describing a ready-to-crowselection display.
Many a man and woman long for a fine suitcase or valise. Bee line store offers a wide traveler luggage selection. Christmas stock is ready for viewing with prices from 4.50 for suit cases or 5.00 for valises up to 40 to 45 dollars for larger sets.
The 1919 Umatilla County assessment totals about $49,240,060.97, lower than 1914 by $4 million and $2 million below prior year figures. Decreases include $600,000 in farm property value and a $660,000 drop from exempting real estate mortgages from taxation, with ongoing budget preparations for December 12 budget meeting.
In Podgoritz, Montenegro, American Red Cross machines arrive to train native women in sewing for garments, launching the first industrial education for young women. Twenty three women quickly gain skills, plan a sewing school, while supply and transport hurdles test the venture.
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