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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
2
The Peoples Warehouse advertises a clearance sale with full commitment. It promises real bargains on good new goods bought from responsible houses, priced far below other outlets for equal quality. The tone asserts no joblots or junk and urges quick shopper action.
The 24th Annual Clearance Sale offers wool and cotton blankets at deep cuts. Wool blankets priced from $3.75 to $8.98, cotton blankets from 69¢ to $2.98, with color options in grey white and plaids. Overstocked stock prompts substantial markdowns to clear space.
A fragment lists canned goods and prices including deep sea crap meat small cans 25 cents large cans 35 cents extra fancy lobsters 35 cents dozen cans 3.90 dollars fancy table raisins 25 cents per pound and fresh grated three radish jelly glasses 15 cents pint jars 25 cents rare items.
Two snows have fallen and a clearance sale offers comforters and down comforters at reduced prices. Floral and plain designs with silkoline, sateen, and silk borders. prices range from 0.57 to 12.37 for down and standard comforters.
The Orpheum and Vitagraph present feature films for Friday and Saturday. An Aeroplane Elopement Vitagraph tells of lovers beginning a daring escape as part of the program.
In a brief exchange Anna and Clara mention Mr Eklund sewing on a pair and putting soles on shoes. Anna notes a charge of 65 cents for sewing and fine work, while they contrast with other prices of nine cents for men’s soles.
A catalog of vintage film offerings including The Coward The Fishermaid of Bally Dav id Dad's Boy Who's Who When California Was Won Old Bill The Heiress Lyons and more. Descriptions note plots such as a coward joins the army a son saving a store mortgage troubles and a rich heiress seeking love while various studios present vaudeville style shorts and dramas.
The listing highlights a western themed slate with "A Range Romance" featuring Bilson and storylines of Bob Adama and his wife Ethel. It includes "When the Sheriff Got His Man" a Champion comedy drama with a sheriff, "Magdalene" a Great Northern drama of a young girl's repentance, and "Thirty Minutes" a Reliance comedy about a masques as a minister and trickery culminating in a cheerful end.
The Hewett company presents magic, illusions, and the feature film The Great Train Robbery at the Oregon theater. Audiences have increasingly attended, confirming audience approval as tomorrow night marks the last appearance of the troupe.
Clarence Anderson twenty died instantly when struck by a timber skip and hurled about one hundred feet down a shaft at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine No 11 level. Skull fractured. Coroner to hold inquest. Funeral under Industrial women aegis.
Jesse Naylor of Toppenish Washington was struck by 27 shotgun pellets when his brother Bert fired an automatic shotgun in their camping tents. A thick stovepipe separated the muzzles from the victim, who is slowly recovering after surgeons removed the shot from his shoulder and face. The discharge occurred while the gun was being hung up and the safety not engaged.
Joy over obtaining employment for James Medlock a six year old laborer in Seattle ends tragically as he dies of apoplexy shortly after telling his wife he found work. He returned home to fetch wood for a meal and was found dead on the porch.
Miss Kate Maharris aged 70 dies ending a romance tied to Civil War vows with Daniel Frantz who died in battle. Frantz promised a hair lock to his sweetheart and she kept the pledge for fifty years wearing the wedding dress at burial. A red rose and his hair were placed beside her.
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