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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1912
Page
3
A newspaper notice touts Pape's Cold Compound as a guaranteed remedy to end colds and grippe within hours. It claims three two hour doses remove symptoms such as headache fever and nasal congestion, noting the product costs 25 cents and contains no quinine.
Washington reports Navy officials predicting future naval battles will be decided within five minutes at ranges of seven miles or more. Beekman Winthrop, assistant secretary of the Navy, describes training to hit first and hard in vital targets, citing Santiago as a lesson where smaller calibers at shorter range produced more hits than long shots.
A fragment notes shots from five to eight miles distant all fired with heavy-caliber rifles. The item hints at test or combat conditions and mentions long-range firing without detailing location or actors.
Collinsville miners at 6 am find a shabbily dressed man on a bench by East St. Louis and Suburban Pathway. The thermometer reads above zero. The man says he blew into town last night at 10 o clock and his name is James Weber from Nowhere. He claims the cold is not cold but bracing.
Harry Morris former leader of the younger society for Cleveland Ohio left Fort Leavenworth after serving two years and five months for attempting to blackmail Mrs Don Caswell a Cleveland widow demanding 2000 under threat of kidnapping her two children The trial began May 13 1910 and Morris claimed hoodoo influences and the 23 and 18 were factors He plans to return to Cleveland to work with his brother and may enter business there
Nils Bruce, son of a Minneapolis lumberman visiting White Salmon Washington for health and orchard work, faced a wild bear in deep snow. He fired but only wounded the animal, which pursued him as he fled on snow shoes, narrowly escaping the attack.
An old time advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims torpid liver and clogged bowels cause indigestion foul taste and sour stomach and promises a thorough cleansing by morning with a 10 cent box. It urges both adults and children to take Cascarets to stay regular and avoid misery.
A man abandons snowshoes at the crest of a hill, swaps for a klia and drigging device, then coasts down to a safe landing. No injuries reported as the improvised descent concludes without incident.
The powder shaken into shoes relieves tired swollen feet and bunions, prevents soreness and callouses, ideal for new shoes and dancing. Promotes comfort for tender feet, claimed greatest comfort discovery of the age. Sold everywhere, 2Ibc. free trial offer from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a fox terrier owned by Patrolman David alerted him to a snow site. The dog led to Owen Smith a raider who had collapsed in a snow drift and was taken to the police station where he recovered.
Wheeling West Virginia Mrs Thomas Yingling wife of Thomas Yingling a wholesale butcher realigns her position as dictator of Wheeling's society group to pursue a break with her husband amid local social turmoil.
In a Wheeling mansion a wealthy wife plans winter receptions while her husband rejects society. He disrupts events by washing clothes in the room with an electric chandelier, humiliating her publicly. She, worth a million, vows to enter wholesale business to cut prices and outdo him. Meanwhile an ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment promotes relief for rheumatic ailments.
Emmett Runge three months old died from a rat attack after a rodent struck his foot severing an artery. His brother Charles fourteen months old remains in critical condition with suspected blood poisoning as physicians fear complications.
Medicines that aid nature are always most effectual. Chamberlains Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It silences the cough relieves the lungs opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to health. Thousands testify to its superior excellence sold by all dealers.
Newport Oregon January 23 Miss Sarah Fitzpatrick 25 was found dead in her Monterey hotel room shot through the heart a 38 calibre revolver lay nearby Her family suspects accidental discharge but a coroner's jury ruled death by gunshot from an unknown party The last sighting was before 9 pm near her sister's room a fire and powder burns suggest foul play with no intruder identified and no signs of a struggle or other marks on the body
An Odd, Virginia woman reports enduring years of bleeding and weakness during menopausal change. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she regained strength and can work like others in her county. She endorses the remedy and invites contact with the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential advice. A separate note mentions concern for a man believed to have left San Francisco with money, feared foul play.
In Firwood near Tacoma on a rabbit hunt, rancher T B Neff accidentally shot 12 year old Annabell Bend, his niece. Overcome with remorse he killed himself using strychnine after finding her dead. He left a note to his sister begging forgiveness and detailing the tragedy.
A telegram from Orenburg reports starving southeastern Russians selling their children to Khirgez nomads. In Orensburg along the Ural, hundreds have died from hunger and many villages report up to 70 percent of children struck by a severe epidemic.
In Salem Oregon circuit court the plaintiff Mrs Mary Bu el fainted on the witness stand as she was excused from cross examination. She was supported and rushed to the jury room where medical aid was summoned. The cause of her fainting is not yet determined. She has suffered burns on her arm from a cooking accident at her home in Silverton for several days.
The disappearance of William Michaels, once head of Queen City Furniture, alarms relatives as his son reports last contact on November 26. Local authorities pursue leads in the case.
Advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to keep bowels regular and prevent diseases. For sale by all dealers.
A Tallman & Co advertisement extols instant itch relief from D. D. D Prescription for Eczema. Claims the remedy soothes burning skin at first contact and washes away disease germs, offering a full size bottle case with a money back guarantee if it does not take away the itch immediately.
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