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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
2
Merchandise certificates allow selecting items from stock to match the certificate face value. This method ensures satisfaction and enables certificates for any amount. Every store section stands ready to meet holiday needs and assist in quick gift solutions.
The ad promotes dainty waist fashions in flaxon lawn and linen with prices from 1.95 to 3.75 plus fine fin serie waists in lawns and marquesettes with hand embroidery and lace from 1.95 to 7.50. It also highlights taffeta silk, messaline and chiffon blouses at economical prices as Christmas gifts.
A local ad promises a wide Christmas handkerchief selection from plain linens to embroidered and lace trimmed pieces. Prices range from 5 cents to $1.50, with options for initials and handmade lace.
The notice urges sensible, serviceable gifts and stresses that a name on a package signals quality. It highlights the store’s reputation for good goods at fair prices and warns that only sixteen days remain to shop before Christmas, urging early shopping for better stock and service.
Public notice invites submission of articles to be stamped by the art department. It lists scallop forms in all sizes and styles, and D M C crochet cotton in all sizes for use in stamping and decorative work.
An assortment of men small sizes slippers made for Christmas gifts. Crafted from select kid skin in black and dark brown with felt in black and grey. Turned soles offer softness and pliability. Includes Rome o Faust and low slipper styles, open or closed sides.
Advertisement promotes the most celebrated line of umbrellas in America with guaranteed satisfaction. Describes fine taped edge union silk tafetta material, steel frames, and new handle styles. Prices range from 1.00 to 10.00, highlighting value and quality for gift seekers.
A large special lot features blanket batis robes in desirable styles and patterns priced from 3.50 to 20. Beginning Saturday morning the entire lot will be offered without exception at a 25 percent reduction.
Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis will seek 249000 for building equipment improvements repairs books and periodicals and a 50000 biennial maintenance increase by the board of regents. The amounts were settled at the board’s regular quarterly meeting.
H. W. Spinks of Camp Mill Alabama testifies after a severe kidney attack that Lithia Water failed to help, while Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root relieved pain and helped pass gravel. He took one and a half bottles and remains free of symptoms, swearing to the truth of the statement before a notary on August 1909.
Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York advertise Swamp Root kidney bladder information and a booklet. Readers are urged to request a sample bottle and mention Pendleton Daily East Oregonian. Regular sizes fifty cents and one dollar available at drug stores.
The board of regents laid a lean budget for the next biennial, trimming needs across departments. A new library and gym were deferred, while funds for three new buildings and extensive repairs were allocated to essential projects only. Enrollment in agricultural studies has risen sharply, and site plans include a Women’s building to ease overcrowding.
Adelaide report says in the House of Assembly the commissioner of public works Hon R Buttler praised SA railway construction policy. He cited settlement of wheat lands and strong returns from railway operations with figures illustrating the success of the program.
New York report notes a 14 year surge doubling membership to over 389000 with more than 2500 active chapters. Fraternity property holdings exceed 15000000 dollars as study ties growth to academic challenges and standards. Seven new groups entered professional fraternities increasing totals to 36 in current field.
The report notes active fraternity chapters rising from 781 to 1141 and houses owned or rented increasing from 348 to 960, with owning chapters growing from 134 to 513. It contrasts eastern and western fraternity encroachment and cites a Walter Fisher source on bachelor insanity, suggesting single men face more mental strain than married men, while offering humorous explanations for bachelor life and its supposed joys.
Nels Anderson of Fargo spends his last dollar on a taxi fare ending in jail after an attempted shelter escape. Local reports say he sought aid but faced liability and detention as authorities review his case.
Advertising copy touts Cascarets as a nighttime bowel and liver cleanser. It claims the product removes sour undigested food and foul gases, reduces bile, and leaves the stomach and head clear by morning. It emphasizes a ten cent box for regular use and appeals to both adults and children.
Gardner spent his last dollar to hire a taxicab to Cane county poorhouse then turned back. Last week Anderson's wife and seven children were sheltered at the county home and he was ordered to work for support. Yesterday he returned with a week’s wagon cash, hired a cab to the county home, dismissed the driver, and then said he would stay with his family but was arrested and jailed. Includes an unrelated ad for Chamberlain's Tablets.
A concise quip notes that wisdom lies in restraining vanity and not broadcasting self view. The line suggests prudent self restraint as a mark of mature character.
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