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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
7
Tips cover fire revival with sugar, wick care with vinegar, and cleaning smoky ceilings. Advice on preserving whites, ink, carpets, book bindings, moths, and curtains plus cheap gadgets and cooking ideas for goose, macaroni, and cheese fondue. Practical, era tone with many named household tasks and recipes.
The Comptroller of the Currency report shows United States deposits in banks and government funds totaling over 14.1 billion pounds and 70.4 million dollars in government holdings. Excluding government deposits the national total reaches about 14.1 trillion dollars in individual deposits.
The record shows shifts in deposits with 35 percent of total individual deposits in banks classified as savings deposits. Time deposits exceed 1.211 trillion dollars and deposits subject to check surpass 0.906 trillion. Since June 20, 1900, individual deposits in reporting banks rose about 23 percent to 37.208 trillion dollars.
Former champion James J. Corbett predicts Jeffries will win a lengthy fight, blasting Johnson as overrated and noting Jeffries is a true fighter. The piece mentions a potential 20 round bout, training camp clashes, and Johnson’s limited offense. An unrelated ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims skin cures and is promoted by Tallman & Co.
Dayton Washington shows real estate transfers totaling $1,500,000 with one mortgage foreclosure, led by Dr M Ploetraycki ranch near Starbuck at $225,000 and Homer Mcnardson ranch of 200 acres at $176,000. Other farm transfers range from $75,000 to $2,000. A.C. Coppen & Bros. promote Bullard's Horehound Syrup for coughs and colds.
A Baker City dispatch reports the case of Mrs. Aira Lee Wallace versus Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co settled in circuit court without trial. The company paid Mrs. Wallace 2750 plus 60 court costs in a compromise after the fatal April crossing accident that killed her husband. The article notes a company policy favoring settlements in such crashes to avoid court action.
Mrs A C Barney wrote a new society play presented at the Belasco for Christmas funds for the poor. The cast included debutantes and young matrons from the smart set such as Miss Ogla Roosevelt Miss Marguerite Parbour Miss Mary Chew Stine Jean Crosby Katherine Britton Louise Cromwell Gladys Hinckley Ethel de Koven Alice Shepard Annie Irwin Margaret Cotton Smith and others led by Baroness Hengelmuller wife of the Austrian Ambassador as patroness.
City officials announce Standard Oil Co will punish the town by forcing burial of a gasoline tank under the round. Workmen have started moving the plant away from Chievo as fears grow of higher gasoline prices, with reports of a three cent rise.
An older ad urges readers crippled by rheumatism or stiff joints to try Gallard's Snow Liniment, claiming it drives away aches and pain and leaves users as well as ever. The notice promotes A. C. Koeppen & Bros. and fresh orders at Hohbach's barber shop.
A short note by A EKLUND questions why footwear soles were fixed with nails in historical dress, lamenting the unsafety of nailed soles for both men and women and urging better footwear practices.
Mothers mothes ad promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf to cure backache dizziness headache and languor. Claims relief for kidney urinary and hindder troubles using herbal root blend. Offers mail order samples free and phrases like regulator and energy booster.
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