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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
5
A busy local column lists services and ads including chimney sweeps piano tuners and wood sawers. It invites inquiries for rentals dressmaking and rags and notes sales of cedar posts and good horse power autos. Also ads for ice cream posters posters and grills with contact numbers and addresses in Oregon Washington and nearby towns. It also mentions a medical cough remedy and a lodge meeting details with officers.
Offered for sale second hand lumber at the asylum. First reasonable offer takes it. See plumber or address E. A. Rowe Box 306 city.
Penland Bros advertises fast moving services in city and country trips. They promote quick work and handle furniture and pianos with contact via Mai 389.
Good paying restaurant for sale in Hermiston Oregon. Run in connection with Hotel Oregon. See Charlie Chinaman at 117 W Alta Street Pendleton.
The Oregonian seeks buyers of large clean rags. Bring or mail them to this office at your earliest convenience.
In the District Court of Oregon C E Roosevelt is adjudged a bankrupt. Creditors in Pendleton may attend February 27 1913 at 10 a m at the referee in bankruptcy office to prove claims elect a trustee and file other business. Assets listed at 25797 74. Also notice of an ad seeking a family to work on a Helix wheat ranch with a house provided via Lock Box No 20 Helix Ore.
A lost eye glass case containing spectacles was found and is being held for return to the finder. Please contact W. Stroble at 210 East Court Street to claim the item.
Governor Ernest Lister in Olympia says he will veto the proposed exhibit funding for the 1915 Washington exhibit at San Francisco and any combined San Francisco and San Diego expenditure over 300000. He asserts that even 360000 is too much and warns against larger appropriations.
An old advertisement promotes Merital Tonic Digestive as a world famous remedy for stomach related issues. It claims instant relief for indigestion dyspepsia constipation and impure blood and labels it a standard remedy for all ailments arising from a bad stomach.
A liberal offer by Tallman Co promises satisfaction or refund on Meritol Half Tonic and Meritor Eczema Remedy. The ad claims uric acid causes rheumatism and eczema is a skin disease. products are marketed to neutralize uric acid and treat skin conditions.
Miss Glyndys Bolton of Portland visits Pendleton. Numerous travelers and locals arrive from Helix McKay Creek and Hermiston while others register in the city. Notables include J C Royse of Juniper and A H Kerby of Adams. Several residents depart for home in Athens Butter Creek No. 6 and North Cold Spring. President Pate and university students head to Moscow for a charter inquiry.
Paris reports the new French president will inaugurate with many foreign visits. King Alfonso is expected to travel to Paris to seal the Franco Spain Morocco treaty, followed by visits from King George and Queen Mary and from the King and Queen of Denmark. The president may reciprocate by year end or early next year.
Washington February 20 Congressmen Hawley urged Secretary Fisher to decide on selling or leasing the Spring Creek tract on Klamath reservation for state fish hatchery use. Fisher promised action after consultations with other officials to determine the best way to grant the state possession of the acres.
A man is quoted stating that he hardly ever marries for love more than once, reflecting a cautious view of romance and marriage. The remark suggests a pragmatic approach to relationships and personal experience shaping views on remarriage.
The Orpheum presents a Friday lineup including What a Change Did Vitagraph featuring Clara Kimball Young and Maurice Costello The Power of Sleep Edison a tale of a lazy husband awakened by a nightmare Pizen Pete Lubin Bad Bill and Alm in danger Making a Baseball Fan Lubin The Unfilled Oath Patho American a revolutionary tale set in New Mexico
A Friday program features a Pathe two reel drama The Ways of Destiny tracing a girl abandoned as a baby and later found by her father owner of a large department store. The story follows her labors and tense adventures amid middle and high society. Vitagraph star Florence Turner leads the cast in Everybody's Doing It.
A Vitagraph release features Miriam Nesbitt as the ambassador's daughter in a light comedy about youth and flirtation. Edson shows the mischievous girl, with Bobby Forgot noted in supporting roles, delivering lively scenes.
Siegfried, a three reel Ambrosia production, plays Wednesday and Thursday featuring Siegfried's quest to rescue Brunilde from fiery confinement. He frees Mirne the gnome, receives a magic sword, then saves Brunilde but is betrayed and killed by Hagen. Clever photography and grand settings mark the show.
Tonight two acts headline the Carnival of Nations show at the Methodist church with Mr Hop Sing and Miss Demnusuki Kiou in a comedy program. The event promises strong laughs and local entertainment for Thursday evening audiences.
In Los Angeles on February 20 a burglar robbed the central police station, taking only police street car transportation tickets. The raid occurred while 15 to 20 police and detectives were on duty inside the station.
A portion of a theater program announces Henry W. Savage presenting a pro stage production tonight at an Oregon venue. Details remain sparse in the readable lines, but the show is billed as a pro presentation by a known producer.
Theaters rotate programs tomorrow with notable films. Pathe’s The Ways of Destiny at the Pastime is praised as a top Pathe production. Siegfried, three reels, from Ambrosia, ends tonight at the Cosy and is based on an Anglo Saxon legend. Excuse Me plays tonight at the Oregon for a laugh. Alma is announced for the Oreron with notices to follow. The Grand offers a new Edwards Merritt musical bill with fresh songs.
Rupert Hughes new farce Excuse Me unfolds on an Overland Limited train from Chicago to Reno. A diverse Pullman passenger cast includes an army officer and bride to be, a divorcing Chicago businessman, his wife, a country pair, a crusty bachelor, a missionary, flirts, and an English tourist. The nine month New York run marks it as a notable laughter provoking piece with rapid, vivid scenes and a central quest for a minister to wed Lieut Harry Mallory and his sweetheart.
An old ad asserts deafness cannot be cured locally due to Eustachian tube inflammation and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh cured by Halle Catarrh Cure. Mentions Toledo Ohio and J Cheney’s Family Pills for constipation.
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