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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
7
A Christmas sales pitch promises carefully chosen goods not massed leftovers. It urges shoppers to spend holiday money on clean bright items with no red bargain tickets, highlighting kimonas in crepe, flannelette, or silk from $1.50 to $15.00.
Holiday sale notice listing warm felt slippers for women and children in multiple sizes and prices. Also promoted Perrine gloves from $1.25 to $2.00, ladies neckwear, umbrellas, silk underskirts, and a Pendleton Indian robe at $8.50 with emphasis on value and nationwide delivery.
A sarcastic Journal editorial rails at Louis W Jill for commenting on Governor West. It questions his authority and influence, notes his father James J Till, and mocks his claimed suzerainty over Oregon while warning against political titled interference from the Hill faction and big business elites.
Discussion shows the government cannot transfer its water rights for the Extension. The state water board reallocates relinquished water to the next eligible applicant. Upper river interests should file first to secure priority, then request looser federal control. Acting prematurely would be folly.
Louisvile reports Mississippi girl Marc Pixley, a Louisville youngster, paints the 260 foot smokestack at the Kentucky Electric Company plant on Washington Street. She is said to be the only woman in the United States in this line, working from a camlad scaffold high above the ground. The description notes the dangerous task performed with calm, contrasting typical male bravado.
In a German psychologist Fritz Kahn assessment, death from airship falls may be painless or only half-conscious. He cites a Helmni fall a year ago as an example, noting observers reported limited agony as the incident unfolded.
Mrs Emilie Peregoy of 041 Cottage Place sues Mary and Miss alleging alienation of affection from her husband Francis TH Peregoy in Angeles California. The case is brought by Mrs Emilie Peregoy against the two teachers.
ington Hall, a fashionable girls' school, where Paregoy is the janitor, was put over until February 21. Mrs. Paregoy seeks $1000 damages claiming her husband has been kept from her for over a year. The Misses Houses are well known in the east, with ties to New York and Chicago. Graduates reside in several eastern cities, while opinion argues about spending on the Indian Durbar versus aiding the half starved population.
New York on December 16 the manslaughter cases against Triangle Shirtwaist Factory owners Max Blanck and Ida Harris appear unlikely to reach a jury. The court ruled the state must prove the bolted door shown to the jury was the same door through which workers tried to escape. The article notes plainclothes crowds heading to the Orpheum to view the latest clear pictures.
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