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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
5
Reduction sale advertises Tereules boys suits with wool fabric, Herculine lining, and water resistant seams at prices from 3.75 to 7.50, plus men robes, smoking jackets, silk socks, and neckwear with express ship to any point in America. It touts one third off on robes and jackets, and notes blanket department with knowledgeable staff.
A newspaper item promotes practical holiday gifts from the women’s ready-to-wear department and lists items such as waists, petticoats, nightgowns, aprons, knit suits, and coats. It also advertises canned goods and Christmas treats with prices like 15 to 75 cents, highlighting gift ideas and sale prices.
Gifts of linen handkerchiefs in varying qualities from five cents to a dollar fifty. Serge chiffons 42 inches wide touted for over drapes and dresses. NMAS silks in dress lengths from the east at one dollar twenty‑five cents per yard. An ideal coat length of white chinchilla wool fabric also displayed for coats.
A playful tale shows a woman fond of bird cages and a man who collects nutcrackers with carved faces. It suggests friends should discover each person’s fad and gifts will follow, with stores aiding after the key desire is found. The narrator notes every age has a fad, from toddlers to adults.
Walla Walla hosted the wedding of prominent Pendleton couple Mr. Marie Farrell and Miss Blanche Badley conducted by Rev. E. M. Clingan. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Badley, graduates of Pendleton High and Washington University alumna, will likely reside in California. The groom, three-year Pendleton resident, recently joined his brother in an auto business there. The couple returned to Pendleton and then to San Francisco for their future home.
A Chicago Journal item playfully contrasts a plea to ride with a woman in a 1913 gown against suggesting a ride in her old 1911 car. The quip reflects gendered etiquette and fashion of the era.
Wirwug asks about suburban property bought at Swamp Hursat and inquires how deep the lot is. The Philadelphian Record notes the reply that the depth is about two feet at high tide.
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