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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
2
Nine day pre Christmas sale offers Brussels and Velvet rugs in 7x9 to 9x12 sizes. Prices slash from 7.75 to 22.89 with deep discounts on 12.50, 16.50, 20.00, 22.50, 27.50 rugs. Also featuring children’s fur sets in several colors and cotton wool blankets ranging five to eight fifty.
Pendleton's Cleanest and Best Grocery advertises salted codfish and herring, honey, peaches, dates, marmalades, crackers, dried fruits, and imported pasta with prices. It touts a large holiday delicacies selection, gifts, and a 69 piece dinnerware set priced at 18.75 dollars, plus cotton blankets in multiple colors and sizes.
An assortment of silk hose in black and colors from 50 cents to 2 dollars, aviation caps and hoods in fine yarns priced 1 to 1.75, all wool blankets and comforters with varied sizes and designs, fringes for home decor, ric rac braid in white and color, and knitted silk vests with prices ranging from 3 to 4 dollars and up.
Adams Oregon reports end of a drought with a 34 to 12 vote approving saloon licenses. Elected officers include Mayor Frank Wallan and Treasurer Bert Kirby. Several saloon license applications and new buildings expected in town. Local residents attend events and visit Pendleton, Heppner, Weston, Freewater, and Pendleton for social and convention activities.
The hull of the General Slocum, the steamboat that caused the loss of about 1000 lives, sinks off Sandy Hook after lying derelict for years. The boat was burned to the water’s edge before sinking, marking the final chapter of its infamous history.
The converted hull named Maryland sank after a mule blew off the New Jersey coast near Sandy Hook. Five crew members were rescued by a tug. The vessel valued at 20000 had no insurance. Meanwhile General Slocum owner Peter Hagan laments ongoing trouble and expresses no regret at its loss.
In a whimsical piece from San Francisco, the author teases a feud between frogs and toads over a new “bug” claimant for glory. The essay lampoons beliefs about living in solid rock, noting frogs and toads could not endure such seclusion and mocks the claim as an improbable novelty.
Officials at Shamrock Gull Mining and Milling report uncovering strange insects embedded in quartite during two blasts within a year. One specimen was 200 feet deep and the other 100 feet beneath the surface. The tale notes entomologists as the most qualified to study the finds, though the claim seems dubious to locals.
Senator Lodge in Washington introduces a bill for a Beverly harbor survey in preparation for a planned improvement appropriation. The move ties New England efforts to enhance the Beverly harbor with President Taft’s summer visit to Massachusetts’ North Shore.
Advertisement urging immediate use of Dr. King s New Life Pills at Koeppen. It claims the pills prevent indigestion jaundice gall stones and regulate liver stomach and bowels. Priced at 25 cents.
A distant sun shines brighter than ours with Arcturus among the largest stars. Visible in the western half of the southern sky the ruddy orange star stands out in the night. Its immense distance and size place it among the universe’s brightest suns.
The passage describes a first magnitude star as immensely powerful and visible from Earth. It states such a star, if placed where the Sun is, would melt Venus and Earth, scorch Neptune, and fill the air with suffocating fumes and explosive noise from the intense elemental clash of the great luminary.
In Belfast at City Point Mrs Lusan Newell’s old homestead hosted a hive long built between attic walls. Beekeepers cut through the walls and uncovered three swarms including Italian bees. One swarm was hauled out alive in paper bags after smoking. Over 100 pounds of honey was removed. more honey remained inaccessible.
Mrs Mary Schadt, mother of Mrs Marthe Kowaleki, testifies in a divorce proceeding. She states she resides at 490 Roosevelt Avenue and contradicts the courtroom laughter as she asserts being the mother of twenty four children. The deponent describes her family situation and alimony context.
The Orpheum presents a diverse Tuesday program with Washington Relics Ameri can Pathe a Biograph Love in the Hills Kalem A Chance Shot Selig His Better Self and American Pathe A Puritan Courtship plus a Hood s Sarsaparilla health note.
O H Brown of Muscadine Alabama credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his wife's life. She suffered a severe bronchial illness and couldn't rise from bed until a bottle of the remedy helped her mend quickly. The ad markets it as infallible for coughs and lung troubles and offers 60 cents for a single bottle and one dollar for a trio with a free trial bottle.
A vintage advertisement claims Hallard's Snow Liniment relieves swellings from inflammation cold fractures toothache neuralgia and rheumatism. It should be rubbed into the affected area to ease pain and restore natural movement. Sold by A. C. Koeppen & Brus in bottles priced 25 cents 60 cents and one dollar.
An advertisement promotes Clark's Cruise aboard the 16000 ton ship Arabic from February 8 to April 19, 1912. The trip lasts seventy one days with shore excursions and visits Madeira Cadiz Seville Algiers Malta Athens Constantinople Egypt Rome and the Holy Land, priced from $100.00 and up.
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