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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
7
Portland market hears brisk business as a large number of sheep and a few cattle exchange hands. Steers brought best prices around 30 dollars, sheep demand steady with many sales since morning, and lambs, ewes, and calves showing varied prices. Wheat and grain prices also noted with cash wheat fluctuating and corn rising slightly amid federal price signals.
Two cows wandered into a Harvard College jewelry store in Cambridge as stenographer May Richardson fled toward Memorial Hall. Police or staff corralled the animals with students aiding, cow herd leader guiding the escape after they toppled a showcase and disrupted shoppers.
A man named Duncan surrendered to police in San Pedro after allegedly embezzling $990,990 from a California company. He claimed intoxication led to the downfall and implicated a party in the scheme.
Judge Humphrey addresses rising crime among youths aged 17 to 20 in the county. He notes about seven percent of crime is attributed to these youths and questions why reformatories fail to deter them. He seeks reasons behind youth delinquency and better employment to curb crime.
In a 1900 styled race, Jota M. Evose, a Democrat, defeated William Reid to become mayor by a slim majority. The election saw fights by Brent-Allizeou and others, with Kelloy securing 75 votes for councilman amid talks of possible contest on constitutional grounds.
Rio Grande rises high for years. In the lower city the river overflows its banks and many Mexican houses are carried away but no loss of life is reported. Immigration officials tighten levee protection with sandbags. Upriver, substantial damage to village forms areas noted.
Vandalia Newfoundland Miss Hazel Schmidt emerged briefly from an 80 day trance like sleep only to fall back asleep after eating solid food. She has woken twice for about two hours, then slept again. Medical staff monitor her condition as authorities note the unusual case.
Professor Frank P Turner at a Monti cello garden party discusses the girl graduate in ornate terms. He claims the graduate is both mentally delightful and physically striking in a white gown, while noting she defies the governor's daughter stereotype. The scene hints at parental egotism as the graduate speaks.
A nineteenth century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring systemic care. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is touted as the only internal remedy, with a $100 reward for cures it cannot achieve and instructions to take 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
Notice to bidders from Pendleton city council to furnish earth or gravel fills for the north and south ends of the new Main Street steel bridge. Bids due July 19, 1911, at city recorder’s office, with price per cubic yard. City reserves right to reject bids. Dated July 6, 1911. City Recorder Thos Fitzgerald.
A busy Tuesday program features Yen Nights In a Bat Room a two reel pictorial story. Also shown is The City of Florence Italy a dramatic travelogue praising its architecture and famous figures. A romance tale The One Who Couldn’t Forget follows with melodramatic twists and moral lessons.
A Tuesday feature review praises The Visiting Nurse from New Work Works Selly Co as a powerful portrait of visiting nurses work and human love. It notes the film as an eye opener and education, praising Grace Loengson’s arc and the humanitarian theme, while listing other titles in program such as Stoney in the Bank and April Fool Edison children's film with natural humor and athletic carnival scenes.
A compact lineup features Behind the Stockade a 1000 foot war drama set in the Philippines with Major Williams and Pedro the overseer, plus A Piece of String about a purse theft that ends in a dramatic innocence reveal. The Bogus Governess a detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes style heists and denouement. Elapements on Double Ly Ranch closes with a western romance as Cody Molly and a bashful suitor plan an elopement.
The text describes a comedy film titled The Sage Brosh Phronologist and a visit by Prof Poli to a ranch where characters discuss trying to elope and laugh. The readable parts hint at a farcical plot centered on a family and mischievous lessons, with odd spelling and garbled phrases.
Fragmented OCR suggests a murder slay case with prelimin ary hearings. Names like Arthur Bowts and Mrs Wharchails Cove appear amid testimony about a weapon and injuries. The record cites Bucklon's Arrow Salve and local shopkeeper references without full context.
New York resident Andrew Furusesh of the International Sea-Mone union works on a plan to create a national labor federation with about 2,000,000 members of migratory workers across the United States. He has submitted his proposal to Samuel Gomper, AFL president.
Dr. Arthur Willan White of Yale recalls an inventor who offered a model of a perpetual motion machine. The visitor claimed plausibility and asked about gravity. White retorts that gravity remains a problem and suggests using grease, highlighting a skeptical but humorous exchange from Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Myrtle Cobrum of Newburg Alabama recounts years of back and head pains and pimples. A friend urged Cardul, she says two bottles cured her. She cites family relief and praises Cardul to sick women. Cardus is described as a plant remedy with mild herbs and tonic effect for women.
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