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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
3
An advertising claim extols Knowlton's Dandeline or Danderine as a hair cleanser that rapidly grows hair, removes dandruff, soothes the scalp, and adds shine. It recommends daily use briefly, then two to three times weekly, to achieve long, thick, soft hair and new growth. Potential buyers are urged to buy a 25 cent bottle at drug stores or toilet counters.
J P Morgan, the American financier, promised $50,000 to reach the $600,000 goal for the Young Men's Christian Association English headquarters. Cable from Lord Kinnaird in Cairo said the pledge would complete the total, with New York contributions totaling $233,385 at lists close and more gifts arriving since.
Between fifty and one hundred counterfeit five dollar gold pieces were passed in Portland over the past 45 hours, secret service officials say. Most victims were street car conductors, passed during evening hours when detection was unlikely, per Steve Connell, district chief.
The coins are described as double plated with gold on a lead base and weigh almost exactly the same as genuine five dollar pieces, implying an attempt at counterfeit likeness.
Mia Barber of 414 1-2 North Fourth street fell with a lighted lamp and returned to bed. An hour later she awoke to fire in the hall, fled with her invalid son, leaving $75 in currency and diamonds believed worth 4090.
Chicago reports that oats subjected to a ren ovating process known as sulphurising were banned by government pure food exports. Local board of trade officials were informed that sulphuring is considered adulteration under the law.
Synopsis of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co of Hartford Connecticut for 1911 filed with the Oregon Insurance Commissioner. Provides capital, total income, disbursements, and Oregon business figures including gross premiums, premiums in force, and premiums outstanding. Contains detailed figures for losses, dividends, taxes, and assets as of December 31, 1911.
Local farmers and residents will hear talks on dairying at an institute organized by the Stanfield Fruit Growers association with Hon. James Withycombe director of the Oregon Agricultural College experimental station set to speak Friday February 16 about dairying. Other topics include poultry tree culture and general farming matters.
A mountaineering party near Ferrell Idaho reached Mount Wisner known as Mount Baldy and found four craters at the summit with melted snow and warm air rising. They traveled by steamer to Reid's landing and climbed via Reid's gulch amid a heavy snow crust.
Richard Murphy and a laborer were electrocuted by 60,000 volts from a power circuit through a steel cable of a pile driver. The cable barely touched the live wire, catching the current. the driver engineer narrowly escaped. A mother risks her life for her child and Chamberlain's Remedy is advertised as preventing danger from croup. For sale by dealers.
A terse proverb-like note remarks that a minor lapse can reveal flaw in character, warning readers to maintain steady conduct and avoid small slips that expose weak traits or moral judgment.
Portland police raided the Orpheus Club on Monday night arresting seven men on gambling suspicions. Tom Ward ex-sheriff led the effort, targeting a gambling ring in the heart of the business district. The club allegedly featured twenty one and poker games with freely distributed membership cards. Prosecution aims to shut down similar venues in eastern Oregon, citing ruined young men and substantial losses. Tom Johnson, once linked to Pendleton, is named as a proprietor, with ties to Orville Caviness in prior Oregon operations.
Grandmother Electra Kennedy, born 1810 in Derby Vermont, celebrated at home in Healdsburg California with a cake holding 102 candles. She traversed the Mexican War era to Mexico with her husband’s cotton mill and rode a mule during escapes, later moving to California for the gold rush. She credits longevity to simple living and was among the first women to register under California’s suffrage law.
A busy program lists titles The Baby and the Stork The Cowboy Artist's Jonah Day Yann the Troubadour and Her Crowning Glory. The feature Her Crowning Glory follows a comical baker Lois from Page county explains her method in a prize narrative and a man is fined for false advertising.
Ugly program features Dan the Dandy graph drama His Wife's Secret Driving Home the Cows The Cowboy's Sister and The Chilloaks plus educational film and a lively ragtime musical lineup including That Railroad Rag The Pastime Oh You Sally Rag That Carolina Rag and Everybody Two-Step
A Wednesday and Thursday program features Thien drama Lady from the Sea a standout in Henric Thien's powerful production next to The Kid of Roaring Camp a Western child drama that grows sweeter to a happy ending The Way of the West and The Sixfold Duels of Foolshead provide American comedy and Italian antics with electric duel tricks and a funny finale
Rev. Dr. H. H. Fairall a 70 year old Iowa City Methodist leader slashed his throat with a razor in a suicide attempt amid nine family deaths and a divorce suit by his daughter. He may recover, having long edited the Iowa Methodist and helped organize the state chautauqua. author of A History of Italy.
Lois Edmunds, Iowa’s champion bread baker at age 12, wins a Washington trip by skill but fears her product could make the president fat. She describes her methods and her busy schedule, saying she won’t bake for President Taft.
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