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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
2
The store unveils a clearance of lace depart ment items including torchon val lace and German val inser tions at 15¢ per yard. Women s hose gloves and union suits in silk wool blends see deep discounts. outing flannel gowns reduced to 90¢ to 1.15 and more.
In Pendleton a hat sale slashes prices on top lines. The shop boasts $3.50 hats at 2.37, $4.00 hats at 2.64, $4.50 hats at 3.89, and $5.00 hats at 4.28. All caps are cut 25 percent with a focus on value.
A list of grocery items with varied prices appears, including walnuts 15 to 30 cents, grape fruit marmalade 35 cents, stuffed pickles four for a quarter, shrimp can 15 cents, oranges per dozen 60 cents, figs 30 cents per pound, mixed nuts 25 cents per pound, relishes 25 cents per pint, and mangoes and candies priced from 15 cents to a dollar.
The listing previews multiple films to be shown, including An Aeroplane Elopement from Vitagraph, The Coward from American, The Fishermaid of Bally Dav id from Kalem, Dad's Boy from Pathe, Lucky Bob from Bison, The Last Friend and Molly of the Regiment from Ambrosia, Was It Worth While from Nestor, with brief plot hints and settings across theaters.
The Pastime presents Vitagraph comedies including When Who and What's What, California Was Won, Old Billie Sells, and The Heiress. A fire horse performs on a milk wagon sequence while Lyons features as the second city of France.
The Cosy presents an extraordinary feature comedy called The perite Deamon Follet by Claude Flair. Nestor promises a bee comedy experience unseen before with Rosamond and Claude in pursuit of Desperate Desmond on a moving island plot twist.
The Austin musical comedy company offers a side split farce The Good Ship Niney Lee at the Grand. New scenery is added and two feature pictures will be shown. EL Fisher Seattle booking agent arranges rotating musical comedy groups every two weeks starting January 7th with 12 in each company. Amateur night Friday and holiday matinees Saturday and Sunday.
The Hewett company delivered another strong show last night at the Oregon theater with improved magic and il lunions by Mr Hewett, enjoyed by all. A laughable negro farce is on tonight with another program change slated for tomorrow night.
New York reports railroad officials surprised by an illustration in a postmaster general report. The inquiry into operation receipts and expenditures of railroads for transporting goods reveals unexpected results. Railway officials and postal authorities differ in interpretation of the data and its implications.
The text notes a near 20 million dollar per year revenue gap between space used in mail service and space used on passenger trains. It claims the post office department concludes they are overpaid 8 million annually, a 25 million difference. Officials worry about changes in railroad statistics and certified statements.
Washington reports a plan to transfer all duties of the Army Signal Corps in Alaska to the Postmaster General. Alaska operates 76 stations including telephone telegraph and nine wireless sites with 1 125 miles of land wires and 2 633 miles of cable. Receipts from Alaskan stations exceeded 218000 last year and Brigadier General James Allen notes soldiers manage the money at low cost. Congress would be asked to authorize the shift.
Junction City Oregon John A Lawrence 54 was struck by southbound train No 19 at a street crossing on Tenth street. He had been in poor health a year and wandered wearing only stockings. He walked to the crossing and tried to cross the track thinking the train would miss him but was hit by the engine front, knocked 60 feet and killed instantly. He was a road supervisor for the town.
Six years prior to his sickness and for many years he was a successful farmer. He leaves a wife who has been his sole nurse during his long illness. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and will be buried by the order at Monroe cemetery.
George Huotchenheimer of Brooklyn was terrified when the barber shaving him died suddenly beside him. He fled the shop with one side of his face shaved and lathered, leaving his belongings on a hook. The deceased, Jesse Commetano, 65, ran Nassau Street shop, died of apoplexy, pronounced by Dr Towell, with razor in hand.
William Smith of Syracuse reports killing a 254 pound black bear in Boulder Colorado after his party abandoned weapons and used fists and stones to pursue the treed animal. Smith says the bear was felled during a two week mountain hunting trip with companions and dogs.
Smith, pursuing a bear that killed two dogs, allegedly wore brass knuckles and struck the animal, then beat it to death. He dragged the carcass two miles to camp and planned to ship the pelt to New York to prove the bears still elant.
Independence Dr Matthew Cassidy of this city was found dead on the riverbank in the north part of town. He had been drinking and late at night started for home. Supposed to have fallen from the bridge crossing the slough, killing him. He leaves a large family dependent on him.
Marshfield Dr Frankarrison found guilty of murdering Ray Perkins and sentenced to hang by Judge Coke in the newt court. Garrison protested his innocence in a brief statement.
Freewater Oregon schools seek additional classroom space due to crowding in the primary grades. District officials propose expansion to relieve congestion and improve facilities for young students.
The school directors have fitted the former Freewater Times building for a new room to accommodate additional pupils. Mrs F Noordhoff has been engaged as the teacher in the new room in the public building.
Ilda Le Fevre, 14, was abducted by six men from her Oakland home and driven to a Barbary Coast bar. She escaped by tearing free through a window, climbing a fire escape, and leaping to the street where a policeman found her. The tale, one of SF police's strangest cases, ends with her return home.
Not guilty was the verdict of a jury here in the cases of Max Blanck and Tiane Harris, owners of the burned Triangle shirtwaist factory, in which more than 100 employees died in a fire last summer. Harris and Blanck were charged with contributory negligence in not having provided fire appliances.
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