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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
2
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The Cumberland Valley Railroad introduces air-hose mats under baggage to prevent drops and bruising, a pioneering move aimed at saving money for patrons and reducing rough handling. The new system, described as revolutionary, places air cushions under trunks to preserve items and minimize loss.
Hominy Oklahoma launches a vigorous campaign to brand the town as the cleanest in Osage County. The city council passes resolutions labeling the worst places as public nuisances and instructs the marshal to abate them.
Dry red fir slab wood cotton wood and yellow and black pine offered at special prices in five cord lots. Clean Rock Spring lump and nut coal available. Save money by visiting before buying. Kopitzke Gillanders Main 173.
Mrs. Ruben Hess of Columbia County Cambrian returns to the kitchen to find her 16 months old son hanging by the churn handle his bonnet strings caught causing strangulation police say the death was accidental in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania
Anco Track Hang It offers quick furniture and plane moving services in city short trips or country transfers. Call Main 339 for moving anything. Penland Bros.
Washington report by Commissioner Charles P. Neill detailing the Lawrence strike of 1912 shows wages in mills rarely exceed 12 dollars weekly for full-time operatives. A family of five often relied on a father's 5.10 weekly earnings. The study covers 21,022 workers, noting 14 years old+ dependence, with 40,000 persons tied to mills. The report calls the textile industry a family-based economy with two earners often required.
Silverton Texas hosts a Yale University expedition led by Professor Richard S. Lull digging along Prairie Dog Creek north of Silverton for prehistoric horse fossils. The work builds on prior finds near Plainview and 1899 expeditions, suggesting ancient giants linked to horse origins and early irrigation systems in the region.
An old history of Contagious Blood Poison is traced with a claim that 8.8.S. is a universal antidote. The advertorial piece asserts 8.5.S. purifies and builds the body, halting symptoms, healing sores, and preventing relapse, with home treatment guidance and Swift Specific Co. contact in Atlanta GA.
The source notes water for irrigated canals likely came from ancient rivers or rainfall runoff, while Prof Lali argues that 30 to 40 foot giants were domesticated by people of that era and served as the main means of travel across regions.
Boston, July 12. Gripped by tropical heat and severe humidity, the city endures its eighth day of a brutal heat wave. The death toll rises to 21 and over 250 prostrations are reported. Major retailers suspend operations with many stores closed all day and others shutting at noon.
A testimonial claims 120 pounds of bone and muscle plus health can empower a woman to rule a kingdom, and Electric Bitters deliver. The ad notes relief from fainting, dizziness, weakness, nervousness, backache, and fatigue with a guaranteed guarantee by Koeppens.
Mrs. Sarah M. Taylor of Philadelphia lured a well dressed masher into a trap in Camden after crossing the river by ferry. At Walnut street home the escort was assaulted by Taylor’s kin who beat him, he fled with hat and a suitcase containing linen, duck suits and dress goods.
Chicago reports a widespread outbreak of "scenarioitis" in mov ing picture theaters. One in ten affected, with the disease mainly seen among filmgoers. The health board offers no remedy, while scenario editors mock the afflicted as addlepated.
Police in Webster City Iowa seek Nelson Morris a local clerk for the shooting fatal to William Reinhardt the well to do farmer. Morris was accused of firing to frighten drunken men as Reinhardt rode in a buggy with women present.
Call Auto Truck for Transfer Work. Main 889 for furniture and plane moving, picnic crowds to country, household goods stored by month, Penland Bros Transfer Co.
An occasional failure prompts a hustler to try harder. The garbled line hints at haste creating a flawed quality, but the phrasing is unreadable and fragments lack clear entities or events.
An advertisement touts ethine double strength as a freckle remover. It claims one ounce from a Pendleton druggist applied nightly will fade freckles by morning, with lighter spots vanishing entirely. The product allegedly requires little quantity and offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
Daily submissions range from 150 to 200 ideas in cigar box labels wallpaper and more. Editors read all, accepting about one in a thousand. earnings span from 15 to 100 dollars with some rare cases reaching 6500. The editor notes action over language and copyright disputes arise from reused ideas.
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. Bucklen’s Arnica and Pain Salve is urged to prevent bites and stings complications. It heals burns, boils, ulcers, and other injuries. sells for 25 cents at Koeppens.
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