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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
2
Aged partners formerly married to others and with families united at last in a Lansing ceremony. William Johnson of Leslie and Jane Denton Bird of Rockdale linked by vows after years apart and prior marriages. The event marks a quiet old fashioned wedding in Michigan.
After years apart due to war service, 72 year old groom and 76 year old bride Johnson finally wed. They had been sweethearts before the Civil War, Johnson left to serve in a Michigan company, and returned to find Denton had moved on. A local minister officiated the late-life marriage as they pledged to make up for lost time.
A doctor counsels a weary woman that rest and quiet living restore health, recommending outdoor time and proper digestion. The piece stresses natural care over drugs and suggests Montana ranch escape or other peaceful spots, ending with a plug for Chamberlain's Tablets for digestive health.
Premier Asquith aims to press a sweeping franchise bill in parliament after a brief rest. The plan introduces residence or occupation as the qualification, halves residency from twelve to six months, abolishes plural voting, and adds about 2 500 110 electors with room for woman suffrage amendments estimated at ten and a half million. Concerns over constituency size gaps prompt ministry calls to rework the proposal before passage.
A convention of all Wisconsin camps of the Modern Woodmen of America gathered in Milwaukee today to discuss the new rating adopted by the head camp.
A biased man concedes others may have a right to their views if they mirror his own beliefs. The statement reflects a self serving tolerance conditioned by agreement.
A review of Friday programs includes four reels featuring Goody Goody Jones and the Katzenjammer Kids in a comedy, Fire and Straw about a minister’s daughter, The Prisoner of War depicting Napoleon’s final days, and The Girl Strikers showing factory wage demands and a family reconciliation after a strike and birth.
The lineup includes Fellow Bird by Vitagraph where a forester’s romance with an Indian maiden turns tragic, and The White Moon burned the girl’s father. Also featured is Kittys Hold-up with Gertrude McOy, Clara Adame, and Hessie Learn, plus The Missent Letter and How Father Accomplished his Witk. The program blends comedy, romance, and melodrama with praise for its humane twists.
On Wednesday and Thursday a feature program presents Saved from the Titanic with Dorothy Gibson recounting the shipwreck among icebergs in a realist motion picture. Also shown are The Auto Smashup and The Marauders with vivid action and western exploits. Papa's Double offers a lively comedy about a mistaken identity between father and suitor leading to humorous complications.
Mrs J G Jonson of Scottville Michigan a thirteen child mother credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with preventing fatigue backache and bearing down pains from hard farm work. She notes its help for her daughter with painful periods and irregularity praising the remedy as the best for women's ills. The ad touts the product as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics and claims it is the most successful remedy for women's ailments.
The Harrison minstrela managed by J M Busby performed last night to a crowded tent. The group of about twenty, described as well behaved colored performers, delivered a clean show with engaging humor. The Lacrosse Republican notes the entertainment’s value and predicts strong attendance if they return, with Pendleton on July 22.
Mrs. E J Meiners of Pendleton Oregon testifies that a cold settled in her kidneys caused backache and sharp pains. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Pendleton Drug Co relief came quickly and the trouble vanished. She endorses the remedy and urges others to use it. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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