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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
A shopper-friendly guide notes that Milady loves jewelry and favors quality pieces over bargain counter items. It promises clear value disclosures and honest representations for every piece, with rings described from three dollars upward.
A local catalog advertises a wide selection of practical gifts for men including smoking sets fine umbrellas silver brushes signet rings and other jewelry priced from 3 50. The copy emphasizes reliable quality over cheapness and invites shoppers to compare offerings with confidence.
This ad promises the best possible Christmas gift for wives, suggesting watch, ring, brooch, cut glass, silverware, toilet sets, and joint gifts like a clock or silver service. It highlights diamond rings starting at ten dollars and urges readers to visit for more options and inspiration.
A father considers various gift options for his daughter including watches pins brooches and lockets. The piece highlights lockets in diamond studded pearl set chased or engraved designs priced around 7.50 and up, noting appeal for teens and beyond.
A local shop promotes a gold watch with standard movement from Elgin Waltham Hampden and Hartford brands as a superior gift for boys. Wide assortment available and the staff pledges to display every option to help buyers choose. Prices start at $10.
A reader advises cautious gift buying for babies at Christmas. The ad promotes solid gold baby rings and pins from $10 up, warning against bargain counter jewelry and touting long lasting, genuine sterling value for keepsake pieces.
Pendleton high school girls basketball team left for The Dalles to face The Dalles high school tonight. They hope to avenge a win from last week as coach Mr. Potter and chaperone Miss Schroeder accompany the squad. Band members include Nona Johnson Gertrude Jordan Hazel Rader Lucile Rader Lora McKee Ruth Gibson Eunice Vogel and Daisy McPherson.
Scores of students and teachers depart for homes across the state as Pendleton schools end before Christmas. Most grade schools held festive programs with trees while Pendleton Business College remains open, continuing work except on Christmas Day.
At the Ft. and N. depot today a wedding sendoff for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sperry occurred. Relatives and friends loaded their cars with rice and old shoes, tossing rice in quantities to cover the newlyweds as they departed in their cases and trunks. The couple became bewildered, mistaking the malt for something else, amid the merriment.
Postmaster J T Brown announces the registry window at the post office will open on Christmas day from 9 to 11 o'clock to help those with gifts sent by registered mail. The general delivery window operates 9 to 10 on holidays. Only registry business will be processed at the registry window.
The county clerk records show five marriage licenses issued yesterday and this morning. Couples: Paul Custer Sperry and Della Faye Privett. Phil Mann and Idan McGraw. Ed Miller and Ida Dukes Moores. Charles Hal linger and Sophia Cornoyer. Thomas W. Murrell and Mary EB. Murrell.
Mr and Mrs C and Terpenning travel to Cheney Washington to spend the holidays at the home of their daughter Mrs J W Han.
Hazel Wyrick and Lola Rogers win in a lively two heart contest at Journal East Oregonian race. Many votes came in last hour, leaving some contestants sad while others cheer. Geraldine Froome and Frances Smith praised for their effort.
In a tight city division contest Hagel Wyrick led with 108 868 votes and Frances Smith had 46 104, as the close race suggested either could win. The event featured open, above board conduct with no improper subscriptions or votes, and Pony order blanks were accounted for to maintain a perfect record of every cent and vote. The Journal East Oregonian congratulates the winner and extends sympathy to the loser, praising fairness and good will.
Mrs. Edith M Harmes seeks divorce from Andrew Harrs citing drunkenness and desertion as the grounds. They have two children, Aubrey and Cecil, for whom custody is requested by the mother.
Dr D J McFaul, a professional visitor, appeared in Walla Walla last evening for a scheduled engagement. The event drew local residents and attracted attention from nearby communities.
Prof. H. A. Mozumdar has finished his course of lectures on the Yorn philosophy and left today for Spokane where he will rest a couple of weeks before going to Portland to deliver a similar course.
Miew Bertha Groas, a Willamette University junior in oratory at Salem, is spending the holiday vacation at her mother Mrs. W. S. Perry's home, who has been ill for several days with pleurisy.
Johnson's orchestra provides music for a December 25 Maxiquerade Ball at Fagie Hall. Prizes awarded. admission one dollar. Ladies masked free. extra unmasked ladies twenty five cents.
Felix Johnson of Ukiah and W. E. Plersol arrived in the city today returning from Calgary where they formed a partnership and purchased five sections of land north of Gleichen near Calgary.
Jonathon Johnson, agent for the Canadian Pacific's Alberta lands, spends the Christmas holidays with his family in Chicago and will return to Pendleton on January 6.
A terse health advisory warns that early signs of cold symptoms should be acted on promptly to prevent deep seated illness. Delays can make the condition harder to cure, with worsening effects if treatment is postponed.
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