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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
2
New stock for chilly mornings features seven coats in gray white black and tan priced at 1.98. Also 20 white lingerie at 3.98 with lace and embroidery, limited quantities. dresses at 0.98 in white and colored lawns ginghams and percale. Early buyers urged.
Thousands of hens begin a yearlong international egg laying contest in Vine-Gand New Jersey. Breeders from around the world enter ten hens per entry to test prolific egg production under uniform conditions. Weekly reports and weather related production data will track breeds, feeds, and egg timing across the year.
Will Irwin has conducted extensive investigations into the origins of the modern school of yellow journalism and will report his findings. He explores inventors of the sensational press and the rise of duel aims of news and entertainment in late 19th century journalism.
The piece credits Merrill Goddard with discovering the real principle of sensationalism, noting his age of forty four and role as Sunday editor of Hearst's New York American. It outlines his Maine birth, Dartmouth education, Hot Springs marriage, and 25 years as reporter editor and war correspondent, contrasting him with Arthur Brisbane and highlighting Goddard's interest in psychical research and social causes. It also mentions his wider affiliations and a foray into Mexican duties issues connected to the Imperial Valley project as context for his era.
Washington reports a special opinion by the treasury comptroller permitting an infringement of U S customs laws to aid flood control work in the Imperial Valley California. The action aims to safeguard the valley from Colorado River inundation and is endorsed for that purpose by the Special Disbursing Agent.
City officials in Walla Walla Washington felt uneasy as a vaudeville performer calling himself Henry the jail breaker exited the city clerk vault. After a silent pause the vault door opened and Henry reappeared prompting questions about outside access to the vault.
Report of the board of trustees and physicians on site selection for a new state institution near Pendleton. They reject Wheeler and Daniels Clapton-Gritman options, endorse Oliver tract but note drainage water and elevation issues, and propose purchasing additional adjacent land including 80 acres of the Daniels tract to round out the premises. They urge careful funding considerations and retention of already purchased land.
A banquet Tuesday will honor Nathan Straus, Jewish philanthropist, with President Taft among attendees including Andrew Carnegie, William G. McAdoo, August Belmont, and others. The event marks his 63rd birthday and highlights his work in providing milk to New York’s poor, reducing infant mortality.
Consul Carl Halley Turst reports in 1909 there were 66 stock companies in Plauen Saxony of which 67 were engaged in industrial enterprises with paid-up capital of 1,200,682. Almost one third were in textiles. Of these 56 paid dividends averaging 10 to 12 percent while 14 paid none. One company founded in 1888 running a coal mine paid 217 percent.
Friends of W. A. Taft express strong support and expect his renomination, stating there is no doubt he will be renominated. The folks closing in on the chance anticipate party backing and continued leadership from Taft in the political arena.
A Pendleton Drug Store advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean liquid for external use to cure infant or adult skin and scalp issues including pimples dandruff eczema and rashes. It claims first applications provide relief and continued use will destroy germ life, offering a money back guarantee and a 32 page booklet on skin care.
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