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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
6
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a hair growth solution promising long, heavy, luxurious hair. It asserts rapid results, reduced scalp itching, and dandruff relief, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores for immediate and lasting effects.
Special Correspondence from Gibbon Oregon February 29 reports Wenaha Springs snow at about two feet deep with ongoing falls. Telephone lines are down but roads remain passable. The item also notes a social gathering at the Sayers home for George Washingtons birthday and local residents visiting Athena. Mrs Millard Thompsons illness is mentioned with Dr Fenimore from Pendleton attending.
Locomotive firemen readied to vote on shorter work hours across the 356000 workforce west of Chicago, including Illinois Central and Canadian lines. A conference of representatives from 51 railroads approved the changes and will seek congressional relief if carriers balk at relief.
Hancock Michigan man John Kausic has traveled to Austria with plans to marry his fiancée as the couple finalize ties after a long distance courtship. He has left Hancock for his old home in Austria to wed their betrothed sweetheart.
Promote Sanative Ermoquinine tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with a druggist’s money back guarantee if no cure. Each box bears the signature of B. W. Grove.
Notice is given that Partners' Union Grain Agency, an Oregon corporation with principal office in Pendleton, filed supplementary articles to enlarge powers to broker and deal in farm produce, supplies, merchandise and related items for others or its own account. Dated Pendleton February 28, 1912. Directors Rosenberg Barnhart Harrah.
After arrival in America, Kausic and Miss Marie Lassich, engaged twenty five years ago in Austria, planned a fruit farm. He worked twenty five years in Quincy copper mines, saved over 5000 dollars, and has kept up constant correspondence to fund their life together in Austria.
Chicago. Charles G. Kerr, oldest postal employee in the United States, quit after 62 years of continuous service. He began in 1850 at Painesville Ohio and never missed a day, even holidays, earning the reputation as the department’s model clerk with a spotless record and no reprimands in 62 years.
In Frankfort Kentucky J Kennedy a Covington inmate jailed for ar son initially refused to answer. After electric shocks and an electric cup applied to his back he began talking, revealing his origins age and grandparents names. He is now cooperative and answers questions promptly.
A testimonial from Mrs M. P in Spisbury Sterling Illinois praises Foley Kidney Pills for relieving back and kidney pain and aiding sleep after two bottles. The ad notes product claims of restoring normal kidney function and improving health, with availability through dealers.
The Irish evangelist Rev. W. P. Nicholson told a Carine Pennsylvania audience that church members who do not pay debts mar their revival. He mocked greed saying Christians should settle accounts with grocers and butchers first before seeking spiritual gains. He warned that many thieves live outside jail.
New York Miss Mary Chase who inherited 500000 from her Reno uncle Hiram Chase says she will not change her life as a maid. She explains Mr. Allen has been kind and she will not upset his plans by leaving.
Southern Democrats in the house condemn the Hitchcock political machine fears of post office appointments shaping the party in the South. The postmaster general faces accusations of favoritism, transfers without explanation, and using office power to aid Republican aims, with calls for investigation and possible broader inquiry into postal administration.
The state land board agreed to sell about 20 acres of shore land on the Columbia River to the city of Umatilla at a minimum price of 7.60 dollars per acre. The action aims to provide dockage facilities for the municipality and nearby areas.
A dubious advert claims deafness results from inflamed mucous tissues of the Eustachian tube and promises a cure via local applications and constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers a $100 reward for a proven case, with free reprints and purported testimonials.
Alexander Chuda age 32, an employee at Pittsburg Steel, shot himself in his room after writing farewell letters to two women and their families. Though a single bullet was fired, no wound from the shot was found, and the coroner ruled death by suggestion in love, noting Chuda was scared to death.
A Springfield based appeal centers on a peculiarly novel marriage contract. Martha A Montgomery sues John P Montgomery over a $500 faithfulness bond and a $25 payment contract by which she allegedly forfeits all claim to her husband. The case arises from Laclede county where a previous award favored Martha.
F A Bean of New Prague who failed twenty years ago for several thousand dollars returned to Faribault Minnesota to locate old creditors and sign checks for the owed amounts with interest. He formerly owned the Polar Star mill and came to the city quietly to honor a recently made promise.
The change of life is a critical period for women and brings anxiety. Symptoms such as suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, and dizziness signal the need for help. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised to strengthen the female system and nervous health, aiding many through this crisis.
Mrs Estella of St Anne Illinois reports relief from female troubles after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes displacement, backache, dizziness, nervousness, kidney issues, and swelling. After two months the swelling subsided and pain eased, allowing housework again and gratitude for the medicine.
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