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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
6
The secretary of state has compiled a digest of the existing election laws for Oregon to aid state and county officials newspapers and candidates for nomination or election. A 1912 digest preceded this 1914 edition and was found useful, with Pendleton receiving copies and more available on request.
An advertisement proclaims chronic constipation can be cured with Chamberlain's Tablets. It asserts others have been helped and urges men to try them, noting a low price of a quarter and availability through dealers.
San Diego rancher Roderick Peel unearthed a sapphire ring believed lost two years ago while digging into a baked potato found in his field. The ring, enveloped by potato flesh as the tuber grew, was recovered from a potato bin after weeks. The tale ends with a humorous remark about decisive women.
A vintage ad claims Pape's Cold Compound breaks a cold in hours by taking two to three doses every two hours. It promises to open clogged nostrils, relieve headache, feverishness, sore throat, and sneezing, costing 25 cents at drug stores.
Pete Vogt known as Homeron or Obak Pete will referee the twenty round bout between Billy Gaffney and Buddy Stevens after traveling from Portland. Each fighter weighs in fine and confidence high. Preliminary bouts feature Bill Sweeney vs William Leonard and Casteel vs Eddie Williams in three rounds. Also see Corbin the Great perform sleight of hand. Main event to start around 9 PM.
Roseburg Oregon February 3 Despondent over ill health Edith Porter 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Porter of Ten Mile Douglas County shot herself in her bedroom with a rifle. She died about two hours later. Her sister heard a shot and found the body beside the rifle after she rushed to her aid.
Advertisement notes PAZO OINTMENT promises cure for itching bleeding protruding piles within six to fourteen days. Druggists offer a money refund if it fails. First application allegedly provides relief at once. Price listed as 50 cents.
Farmers and grain shippers in Springfield press Illinois Public Utilities Commission to match interstate grain freight rates. They contest an increase sought by railroads, arguing costs have not risen proportionally and that Illinois would impose a 16 2 3 percent rise versus a 5 percent plan in other states. The hearing follows a one percent sliding increase proposal with a local effect set to begin February 23.
A collection of letters extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as beneficial for expectant mothers. Women from Missouri Pennsylvania West Virginia Florida share praise for the remedy before childbirth and credit it with improving their health and aiding delivery.
Tuesday's Local Color features a two part Vitagraph life portrayal starring Ada Gifford and Ned Finley. Edward Fenton’s mountain disguise leads to love, tragedy, and a pursuit in New York as he pursues a Broadway part. Kalem’s The Kings shows a jewel heist at a masquerade ball with Detective Burke and Miss Macey solving the crime. Edison offers The Adventures of the Actress Jewels with Barry O More in a comedy detective series.
Kalem presents a two part drama Perils of the White Lights with Anna Nilsson as Annabelle who shoots in self defense then seeks a rural life and love a villain returns to threaten a stage comeback Conscience and the Temptress shows a businessman in peril while Out Blacker a Biograph piece and a clever comedy follow a kidnaped judge's daughter ransom tale How They Struck Oil a humorous farce caps the reel.
Cosy West and Heath perform Monday and Tuesday with jokes songs and parodies. Miss Heath impersonates Eva Tanguay in A Blowout at Santa Banana. Two Reels American two reel comedy shows frontier town antics broncho busting and a western hold up plus a fireworks mishap. Three cowpunchers face marriage to three old maids or lynching and choose death. The Keystone kid company presents Little Erie's Triumph with children in lead roles. Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard star in The Outcast in a Mutual Movies feature.
Alta Theater presents the Merry Minstrel Maids a dozen young performers in a dancing musical show tonight only. Reserved seats on sale all day open at 7 30 curtain at five minutes after seven. Also notes Opie Read praised as a top American author lecturer and humorist with a Clarence Mo platform quote by Senator La Follette calling Old Lim Jacklin outstanding.
Announcement from New York states Percy Mack announces a plan for a St Louis pageant that would be the longest drama on record. The production seeks 6600 actors, aiming to stage a massive spectacle with a long running time and wide community involvement.
An old time druggist ad invites skin sufferers to try DDD Skin Wash made in Chicago labs. It claims instant action by destroying germs and cleansing pores. A full size bottle is offered on trial with a money back guarantee if it does not help.
Joseph Linden Smith Frederick 8 Converse and Dr Thomas Wood Stevens head the Carnegie Institute dramatic school team to stage in St Louis a large scale pageant the Pageant and the Masque of Saint Louis for the citys 150th anniversary. The ambitious production will use ceremonies of the Mound Boulders follow tribal wanderings Spaniards and French, then British Indian struggles and the Lewis and Clark and Daniel Boone pioneer legends.
Los Angeles feb 3 sheriff welch and district attorney casend of grant county or arrived to take into custody eb potts jailed two weeks after being arrested on a charge of murdering his wife at canyon city oregon last july
A promotion extols Dr King s New Discovery as the sole cure for coughs colds and lung troubles warning against pneumonia and consumption. It cites testimonials from Mrs Effie Morton and Wm Cogger praising its power and urges publication of the letters while noting availability from local sellers.
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