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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
2
Fresh shipment items include boiled ham, salted peanuts, toasted marshmallows, home made salad dressing, select olives, and pure cider vinegar. Large first class refrigerator for sale. inquire within. Fruits and vegetables fresh daily. items kept clean. Serene ad footer.
A miscellany of home notes covers preserving jelly, jelly pouring methods, and flavor enhancers from peach pita to mint sprigs. It also offers practical tips for keeping kitchenware bright, a potato sandwich recipe, and a brief history of flax in clothing with early uses and its enduring role in linen crash fabric.
Fashion note describes a simple gown with a thin silhouette and severe lines as its chief charm. It suggests using light silk or crepe de Chine and a formal bodice that closes in front over a contrasting white fitted piece.
Americans are in danger as martial law is proclaimed in Kiang Si and Kiang Sa provinces. Charge Williams at Pekin requests a guard of marines from the Asiatic squadron to Kuling in Kiang Si to protect American citizens amid the revolutionary movement in southern Chinese provinces.
OSSINGTON N Y July 24 Warden Clancy said no convict tried to escape Sing Sing during a two hour fire with gates open. Firemen and inmates moved about freely as flames were fought and prisoners helped subdue the blaze while he plans to ask Governor Sulzer for clemency for many inmates.
A strange statistic notes one woman in a thousand can open a telegram with a subtle emotion as she sifts corn. The odd claim mixes curiosity with a mundane kitchen task and hints at a broader study.
The supreme court upholds the Day bill saying it sufficiently states the measures for a referendum and that the legislature may anticipate contingencies. It confirms the act is prospective and valid, and directs the secretary of state to call the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Amusements listing for the Orpheum notes a program headlined by A Victim of Deceit with Alice Joyce and Tom Moore. It includes Where Shore and Water Meet by Edison, The Suwanee River by Selig, and The Beat from Butte by Lubin. Also shows Bob Buys an Auto and Keeping Her Eye on Hubby with Miss Didier as the leading feature at the Grant. Prices stay 10 and 15 cents.
In Hermiston Oregon during the past two weeks many young men left for harvest floods to work for months. Clarence Carson and Jack Johnson joined, Leroy Sullivan visited the county seat, J. T. Hinkle left for Scho Tuesday amid a suit before Echo justice of the peace, and returned last night. A council committee including A. W. Prann Geo E. Briggs and J. I. Waton inspected Echo water supply aiming to fix the local water trouble. M. W. Turley of Pendleton visited, Miss Kennedy went to Amantalia, Otto G. Sapper rode the early train to Umatilla. The third alfalfa cutting is nearly finished and a large cut is expected. a break on the A line near the reservoir was quickly repaired and water resumed last evening.
Germany’s secretary of state for the imperial post office Dr. Kraetke and officials visited Telefunken at Nauen near Berlin. They inspected the direct communication apparatus and spoke to the Norddelich station near Emden, about 400 miles away, with words clearly heard and telegraphed back by wireless. This experiment set a world wireless telephone record.
In Southern California a 7 year old girl Margaret Esberger recovers after a rare surgery grafting a shin section to her spine to treat tuberculosis of the spine. Doctors report steady strength gain and expect her to catch up with peers barring complications.
The Pastime offers an all star program this Friday featuring stars Earl Williams Florence Radin eeff Alice Joyce Tom Moore Dan Mason Alice Washburn Lionel Barrymore Walter Miller and Harry Carey from Vitagraph Kalem Edison Biograph. Highlights include The Cook of Guilt a Kalem drama and In Diplomatic Circles a Biograph mystery with a Japanese ambassador. Her Sweetest Memory Vita graph and How Did It Finish Edison round out the lineup with strong performances by Mason and Washburn.
A three reel feature The Grim Speculator from Great Northern Feature Film Co presents a photodrama about wheat market manipulation and the dangers of cornering. Sutton and his daughter entangle with a sham prince as a surgeon exposes the scheme culminating in a dramatic grain elevator scene. Also shown is The Octopus or Devil Fish in Natural History and Going for Father a comedy.
The Wright Neill Comedy Company brings a traveling act to the Grand featuring the Billy Neill family with cornet trumpet baritone marimbaphone bells sax violin xylophone string bass and glockenspiel in eccentric comedy numbers. The Wright family four performers Mr and Mrs BE Wright and children Sidney and George join. The act is billed as one of the best up to date attractions in the west and will present a whole show in theme dress without pictures.
Local residents react to a Pendleton Drug Co advance touting Adlerika a bowel cleansing product made from sim pec buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. One dose is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation instantly drawing off old foul matter from the body.
A historical quotation from Sir Walter Scott urges steady duty and service to society and to future generations, noting gratitude to those who helped and to the Creator. It speaks to personal responsibility, self effort, and the obligation to aid others despite lacking companionship or recognition.
In Rome on July 24 a private audience granted to sixty four American and Canadian pilgrims. The group was led by Michael Fallon of London Ontario and was under the auspices of Right Key.
In Aexlachapelle France on July 94 fourteen German coal miners were found dead after being entombed for 34 hours in a mine near Gell enkirchen Prussia.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It is claimed to be nonquack medicine, prescribed by a leading physician, and made by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Testimonials offered free, price 50 cents. Also recommended is Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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