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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
2
An advert touts Plissette as the ideal cloth for summer house dresses. The piece describes white ground fabric with sea and erie colors and notes a yard price of 18 cents.
A description of fabric in all shades suitable for street and evening use. Notes fine texture and high mercerized finish. Width 40 inches. Sold by the yard.
Readable items include Long Shread Cocoanut Fancy Dried Pears Burnham Morrill Fish Flakes Fancy Green Olives and Fancy Ripe Olives listed by the pint and pound. Sanitary cans of Fancy Dill Pickles priced at 25 cents each or a dollar per unit, indicating a catalog of staple goods and prices.
A sensational Hoboken to Europe tale centers on Raymond Hitchcock the actor and his wife Flora Zabelle, with claims of a rushed power-of-attorney on the Moltke. Hitchcock denies the report, explaining misunderstandings aboard and noting health and travel plans. A section promotes Chamberlain's Tablets and domestic health tips amid the noisy headlines.
An 80 year old Elm street era advertisement urges parents to use Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge for children. It claims to improve digestion appetite and blood quality while combating intestinal parasites. The copy promotes the tonic as essential and warns to accept no other brand.
Miss Edith K. Clots of Philadelphia sues Frank J. Groman of a wealthy South Bethlehem family for $20,000 claiming breach of promise to marry after Groman failed to appear for a Jan 6, 1512 wedding date. She lists damages including mental suffering and wedding attire and seeks compensation from the prominent defendant.
During the summer months mothers of young children should watch for any unnatural looseness of the bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided, Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy can always be de pended upon. For sale by all dealers.
Local dealers advertise dry firewood including red fir slab wood cotton wood yellow and black pine in five cord lots. Clean rock spring lump and nut coal offered. Koeppitzke Gillanders and A C Koeppen Bros list prices and phone Main 179. Ballard Snow Liniment promoted for back strain with strong penetration.
Lost item notice offering a $2.50 reward for a Winchester rifle caliber 32-20 Model 1892 No 376319. Finder instructed to leave it with John Kearney.
At the Pastime theater Friday night patrons will see The Puppet's Hour Lubin a poetic moral tale with Jack Halliday and Orm Hawley. Pandora's Box a Vitagraph comedy stars Lillian Walker Bunny Shea Finch and Price. A Redskin's Appeal Pathe features a strong leading lady. His Wife's Whims a C G P comedy ends with a thief trick. Life Among the Murats is a hand colored film about Borneo tribes.
Vitagraph presents three reel adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake starring Harry T. Morey and Edith Storey in a tale of king and outlaw romance. Ellen aids her lover while the king’s identity is revealed and forgiveness granted in a climactic finale. Also Lubin Dream sequence shows a moving picture director’s nightmare and waking collapse.
Wednesday and Thursday a pro gram filled with human interest comedy and charm highlights several films. Those Were Happy Days shows a westward tale of con men and a rancher’s daughter foiled by a lover. In Blossom Time paints country life with city glimpses. Just a Bob stars the Solax Kid in a returning to street life. Going Up offers a funny comedy of urban complications.
William Vincent Astor heir to John Jacob Astor arms himself with a revolver and hires guards after flood of threatening letters demanding money. He travels with armed protection at Fifth Avenue Rhinebeck and city and country trips following his father’s Titanic death and estate settlement.
The advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast safe remedy for catarrh Hay fever and related nasal throat symptoms. It claims rapid relief within minutes restoring taste smell and hearing and says a 50 cent bottle can likely cure. All druggists sell it.
Private detectives shadowed Astor and guards posted around his home and Ferncliffe estate at Rhinebeck after threats from letter writers grew bolder. He sought and received police permission to carry a pistol and has since traveled armed.
Port Townsend reports the shift of Norway’s whaling industry from its coast to Alaska and other regions. The move followed government action to protect Norwegian fishermen and curb whaling. Whaling firms now operate stations in the South Atlantic, Straits of Magellan, Iceland, Spitzbergen, New Zealand, and along Japan and Russia shores, establishing northern bases with Seattle as headquarters.
A public statement from Mrs. Thomas Budge of La Grande Oregon cites continued use and strong results from Doan's Kidney Pills since 1910. She notes back pain relief and reliability for kidney sufferers, urging others to try the remedy. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent. Remember the name Doan's.
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