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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1913
Page
2
Local retailer slashes boys suits and overcoats with staged reductions. Three fifty items drop to two eighty, four dollar pieces to three, five to three seventy five, six to four fifty, eight to six, and ten to seven fifty. Sale aims to clear stock.
A Seattle attorney’s detective aided by a woman uncovered a Weston Oregon estate worth about 4900 dollars traced to the late Charles W. Ferguson family. The heirs named include Erma Rich and Sylvia Jane Ferguson among others, with Judge W. P. Bell ordering transfer.
The Kaiser witnessed the swearing in of the Jakties in Berlin amid ceremonial displays. Details of the event and participants are reported from the capital.
Enrico Annibale Butti, famed Italian dramatist of problem plays, died suddenly just after finishing his latest work The Ways to Health. He reportedly requested a funeral without flowers or oratory and left a singular legacy in the form of a blunt personal statement.
Attention Rights Damon Lodge No 4 K of PB will install officers this evening led by J G Finney with C R and W Fletcher acting as key install officers.
A Bronx goat roamed downtown starting at 4 am, butt ing dogs at 149th Street, slipping past a ticket taker, and nearly in front of a train. In the Tremont area he toppled a lunch table, spilled coffee on a patrolman, and sprayed pie on others before authorities located the owner.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sends a telegram to James H. Gipson urging recall of judges and urging federal action to address what he calls an outrage in Idaho. He praises Idaho reporters jailed for publishing his appeal, and commends the press for defending popular government and citizen rights.
Berlin police announce regulations restricting whistling singing and loud talking. People may not walk more than three abreast or stop for long. Umbrellas and walking sticks must be used safely. Open windows with music are forbidden and noise from vehicles is limited. Littering and dust from clothing drags are prohibited.
The article notes rising female participation in big game hunting in Uganda and Kenya. Since the Uganda railway opened, expeditions to British East Africa and Uganda have grown, with women joining hunts as country-house parties shift to such safaris. A supplier reports increasing demand and even honeymoons linked to big game trips.
Don’t put ordinary stamps on merchandise handled by Parcels Post or use Parcels Post stamps on non merchandise mail. Do not forget your return address or the package may be opened and sent to the dead-letter office.
Laxative bromide quinine tablets offer a one day cure for a cold. Druggists refund money if it fails. Signature of Be W Grove on each box. Price 36 cents.
The Portland Journal notes Uncle Sam's parcel post system works well overall but many Christmas gifts are delayed due to missing stamps and return addresses. F E Ross reports a large pile of unsallable parcels. some contain candy flowers and needlework destined for distant states. City mail volume rises with 2250 parcels mailed and 617 received on Friday. Saturday loads grow as mail order business expands and firms test parcel post for city delivery.
The Department of Agriculture imported a new durum wheat from Herenstrook Russia for Northwest cereal growers. Discovered by Frank N. Meyer during a Central Asia trip, the black-bearded Telskala wheat has very long ears and is proving hardy and valuable for cultivation.
Three treasure hunters on a remote island discover a cargo of champagne but refuse to salvage it or leave aboard the trading vessel Altal after four years ashore. The New York report details a modern Robinson Crusoe and companions who sailed from New Orleans on a seventy foot sloop after swearing an oath.
Charley Morrison and companions hunted a centuries old treasure off Los Roques near Venezuela. After a storm wrecked their ship they lived inland and aboard a derelict treasure ship found champagne and provisions. Morrison returned with a West India trader while others stayed to drink the loot.
Late Cheap Good nine room house with stone foundation and seven iota will sell cheap if taken by January near St Josephs academy. For particulars call at this office.
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