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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1914
Page
5
London dispatch reports Sir Rufus Menace, Lord Chief Justice, newly raised to the peerage on New Year’s, assuming the ceremonial title in a formal London setting. The item notes the constitutional transition and honors conferred as part of the New Year’s honors list.
Jockey Bennett defeats Fighting Miller in a short fight at the Oregon venue last night. Miller, champion bantam from the Northwest, is outmatched as Bennett uses quick jabs and aggressive steps to dominate. Miller falls twice in the third round and concedes when clearly outclassed as the crowd watches.
Dr. Smith urges feeders for the Celilo Canal traffic arguing that without river feeders the opening may fail. He urges a strong committee to study feeder transportation options and contrasts farmer loan barriers with easier terms for rail and utilities, criticizing high six month loan renewals and 10 percent rates.
An advertisement touts Mothers Friend as a vital external remedy for pregnancy, claiming it relaxes abdominal muscles, reduces distress, and prevents breast discomfort. It markets the product at 1.00 per bottle, urges readers to write Bradfield Regulator Co. for an expectant mothers book, and pledges its role in healthy motherhood.
In a tough boxing sequence the veteran Bennett prevailed after a late fifth round stoppage as challenger Miller struggled to land blows. The crowd booed the display yet backed Bennett who kept his guard and celebrated under referee Asa Thomson. Preliminaries and a late main event marked the program under new management and pricing. Buddy Stevens chaired Bennett’s corner with Billy Gaffney in Miller’s camp.
Washington action set for next week as Con Sresaman Covington of Maryland plans a House resolution to investigate cold storage firms. Witnesses from warehouse interests are expected to testify to counter charges they manipulated perishables to push prices higher this fall and winter.
A terse adage notes that persistent unemployment can drive a person to seek any available job. The saying reflects economic hardship and labor market conditions shaping worker efforts to secure employment.
John Myrick and Dr. Guy Boyden among Helix and Portland visitors attend farm union and court events. W. H. McKinney, A. C. Denny, J. H. Chapman, and J. D. Brown are listed among officials and attorneys visiting Milton and Arlington for Farmers Union proceedings and local gatherings.
In Philadelphia on January 10 a strike begun at the Taubel hosiery mill expanded to several other concerns. About 1200 women and girls are on strike as wages were cut. Male textile workers pledged to ensure no female family members return to work until the dispute is settled.
A fragment notes that a certain blues performance or influence may reveal a man’s cowardice or cowardly reaction, using a vivid metaphor about a yellow streak triggered by the music.
A 10 cent box Cascarets is promoted as a gentle natural laxative for older adults. The copy likens aging bowels to weaker muscles and urges regular use, claiming it works while you sleep and costs only ten cents per box.
A dense compilation of local notices and ads. Entries include Eates' Barber Shop at 622 Main and Estes' new shop with “It's the work” slogan, daily fish arrivals, Oregon Market meat offerings, Gritman Brothers milch cows for sale, requests for clean rags, insurance listings for Joe Ell in the American National Bank building, piano tuning by a Pendleton man, and contact numbers 378R, 268R, 554. Also listings for four work horses, Knabe Baby Grand piano sale at 550, rental of a room house on 1100 Raby Street, U S Inspected meats at Oregon Market, a rooming house and restaurant bargain at 126 West Webb, spring shoe arrivals at Schubert-Taylor Co with Hawaii and Walkover lines, multiple “big sale” and furniture sale promos at Graham's, lost items such as a black horse with a circle bar brand and a Ladies’ suit box, and rental offerings for a furnished front bedroom.
A jumble of old classified notices lists a furnished homekeeping roan at 510 West Webb Street and requests for a steady middle aged colored woman to cook. Also a bolt of ads for Portland property exchanges, loan agents, warehouse storage by Penland Bros, and a sale or trade offer for a northeast quarter section near Echo Washington with fall wheat.
A hard times dance is set for Wednesday evening January 14 at Eagle Woodman hall with three cash prizes and a promised good time.
Ad urges readers to buy life or fire insurance from Percy Folsom of Farmers Union Grain Agency in Pendleton, warning that disaster can strike unexpectedly and insurance is prudent.
Notice to public reports Ben F. Hill disposing of his interest in Vogue Millinery Stores to Mrs. T. D. Idleman of Pendleton. It mentions settling accounts by February 1, 1914 and notes an excursion rate to Walla Walla, Wash for the Mth Annual Poultry Show January 12-17, 1914. The passage advises consulting railway agents for excursion tickets and includes a civic ad climate line.
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