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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
2
The ad promotes a 24th Annual Clearance Sale with imported and domestic ginghams, towels, silks, and Manhattan shirts. It emphasizes low prices, direct mill sourcing, and a wide selection, including 24th Annual Clearance Sale prices on linens, towels, silks, and shirts with multiple discounted price points.
Read about a fresh shipment featuring ham and bacon prices, assorted olives, relishes and pickles. Oysters in several can sizes and prices appear with a Wenaha Blend Coffee deal. Fresh asparagus and asparagus tips also listed among varied produce and canned goods.
A group of journalism students in Kansas staged a fake murder at a deserted Olathe mill to test a sensational story. They killed a rooster to simulate blood and left hairpins and hair to imply a crime scene as part of a class project by William W Ferguson, who admitted devising the plot after a Lawrence class debate.
In a festive scene after a leadership handover, Johnson greeted his successor and the outgoing pair. He sent a child for beer and the three drank together as revelry continued for hours in the home.
Huntington story recounts Frank Johnson, ten years wanderer, returning to find Elsie Pickering wed to Porter McCloud after wife’s widowed old flame, andJohnson’s surprise glimpse through window ends with marriage upheaval. Pool ball jaw injury in Philadelphia scene ends with lost teeth.
Potteville residents Pat Frank and Bruno Tucker were swept by a mountain landslide between St. Clair and Morea, sliding a quarter mile down the mountainside onto Pennsylvania railroad tracks. Frank recovered after signaling a passing train. Bruno Tucker was taken to Pottsville hospital in serious condition, both narrowly escaping fatal injury as the avalanche struck the rails.
Herman Renger of Bagley Michigan says he drank a gallon of bad whisky in one day and set fire to his house and barn then cut his throat He is recovering from self inflicted injuries at Menominee county jail authorities report.
The United States civil service commission announces a February 7, 1912 exam at locations with city delivery in California, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and Wyoming to certify eligibles for Railway Mail Clerk positions at $800 annually. Also an internal Education Bureau editorial assistant vacancy at $1800 seeks a writer with school knowledge and publishing experience. Applicants should apply via Pendleton post office to Lester B. Cronin.
New York. Ethel Croker Breen, daughter of Richard Croker, sues John J. Breen for absolute divorce. The riding master married her in April 1910. charges include at least three acts of misconduct. Breen denies the accusations. he has filed a separate damages suit against the Croker family.
Berlin. Norbert M. Rodkingon a leading member of the American colony was shot reportedly by a milliner named Alwyne Slede as she fled his office. Slede wounded herself but survived. motive alleged by Slede aides as a dispute over support for her two children while Rodkingon calls it extortion. Rodkingon recalled wartime intrigues selling ships to Russia during the Russo Japanese era.
An advertisement claims Dr Leonhardt's Hemroid tablets cure all forms of piles by attacking the cause of bad circulation. Sold by Pendleton Drug Co and druggists for 1 dollar for 24 days. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for booklet from Dr Leonhardt Co Station B Buffalo N Y.
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Calcutta after a northern Nepal hunting expedition. The king reportedly bagged thirty elephants and thirteen rhinoceroses while the queen toured Indian provinces. Calcutta celebrated with decorated streets and a royal procession amid cheers from onlookers.
Patent medicine advertisement urges readers with frequent colds and nasal discharge to use Ely's Cream Balm. Claims quick head clearing and relief from nasal throat pain within minutes, noting a 50 cent bottle cures catarrh and offering a generic guarantee. Endorses purchase from local druggists and mentions additional spray for sore throat or ears.
Prophesied Calcutta as premier city of India was loudly applauded. Officials express relief at the conclusion of the Calcutta visit which drew large crowds from the provinces, with the city as the center of Bengali agitation.
In Central Park menagerie Miss Murphy the hippo gulps a brandy-soaked mince pie fed by a keeper amid amused onlookers. The event prompts comments on pie feeding as a waste, while a bystander jokes about a permit for catnip for lions.
A young girl on horseback at midnight in the Catskills saves many lives during a feared forest fire. The tale emphasizes brave action and promotes Dr. King's New Discovery for lung trouble, coughs and colds with testimonials and pricing details.
Chicago report on a congress by the Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers Association of America instructing outfits for the coming year. No hobble skirts are allowed. Dresses to be two and a half yards wide, three quarters of a yard wider than the hobble, and short three inches from the ground. Blue and white colors, whipcordas materials. Jackets to be 26 or 28 inches long, closely fitted. Empire waistlines discouraged, waist at the waist or lower. Reverse and sailor collars forbidden, collars to vary in color. No changes to plain tailored gowns or suits.
A New York state poultry fancier, A B Flower, wore a diamond stud on his shoulder during the Allentown show. A white Leghorn hen, attracted to the shiny gem, pecked and swallowed the diamond as the event closed. The stone was not securely fastened.
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