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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
2
A sweeping red tag sale features hundreds of bargains in every department with prices claimed to be lower than wholesale in many cases. Shoppers are urged to stock up now as the store slashes prices on new fashionable items, emphasizing value and profit has been sidelined.
Lot 1 features 100 suits in medium to light weights, assorted colors, nearly all sizes, regular prices 10 to 17.50, now half price. Lot 2 brings 150 all wool tailored suits in new season styles, regular 15 to 22.50, now 1 to 3 off. Lot 3 presents top stock from Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Tirsch Wickwire among others.
Advertises a sale on men s straw and Panama hats with every item offered at one half price and unrestricted choice while supplies last.
Retail notice for a sale of new handbag designs in leather and velvet, offered in black white brown and blue. The advert emphasizes a great big reduction with a red mark in multiple colors.
Sole agents promote Druker trunks in a red tag sale. Various price levels from a few dollars to the mid twenties are listed, implying staged discounts on trunks suit cases and valises. Prices shown include many value brackets and markdowns.
A short inventory lists Hires Root Beer Extract in a bottle, white pickling vinegar in a glass jug, home made apple jelly in glass, minced ripe olives in jars, fancy Hawaiian pineapple in a can, and fresh crisp Saratoga chips in a package.
George Hartman Jr a Pendleton Round-up treasurer and First National Bank official reports in Portland big plans for the event in September. Larger grandstands, 5000 more seats, and increased prize money of 10000 await crowds. A system to house visitors and a string of 45 wild horses are slated for bucking contests. Pendleton dates set for September 26 27 and 28.
Railroad officials in Minneapolis say nearly 10000 grain cars are being built for roads headquartered in the Twin Cities. The cars will be rushed to grain producing points in the Northwest, with all new cars to be distributed by September.
Kansas City Divine William J Dalton pastor of Annunciation church bases his view on 4452 marriage inquiries to run a parish “school of matrimony.” He says young city women favor city men over farmers for marriage even if poorer providers. Only older women alone would marry farmers.
A farmer boasts acres of fertile land and $75,000 in the bank while questioning why a woman would not consider a favorable offer from a landholder, preferring a struggling city bank clerk who lives paycheck to paycheck. The remark contrasts rural wealth with urban financial precarity and hints at choices influenced by security and lifestyle.
Kenneth Chadwick of 445 Union Street Brooklyn sought a warrant for perjury against his bride claiming she lied about having no mother during their April 22 wedding. The bride maintained she had no mother, a claim contested by city clerk Cupid Scully. Court officials declined to pursue perjury, citing insufficient proof.
A wry note observes that a cheerful spender rarely builds lasting popularity, as the base of charm may fade when money runs low. The remark links affability to financial security and cautions against equating wealth with social esteem.
A cinema listing reviews four full reels including Han's Lust for Gold with a skeleton mine tale as a claim jumper clashes with a miner's son. The Prise Essay shows life in a girls boarding school. Mignon of the stage inspires turmoil in a minister. The Girl Bandits' Hoodoo features Ruth Roland in a comic western farce. The Tithe Hunters adds light comedy among five girls and a fake count.
A Tuesday program features Lubin and Edison shorts. The New Physician stars Jack Harrison and Helen Stuart as a doctor and nurse in a town where his looks spark a hospital scene. A sultan sketch and Bannister Merwin's The Father offer drama and life lessons with noted restraint and pauses.
Wednesday and Thursday's program offers The Medal of Honor a war drama about a veteran overlooked for bravery then honored after a theft and recovery of the medal. Beneath Western Skies stars Nestor Whirlwind Western features a jealous foreman punishing an easterner and a rescue amid a shack fire. 4 Child's Influence is listed but cut off.
A small but appreciative audience enjoyed the excellent program last night. The same bill returns tonight with Mr. Frank Rice promising an exceedingly good show tomorrow night. Moving pictures planned soon to accompany the regular show at the same admission price.
Elks parade in Portland urged to attend at the Grand Theatre with shows Sunday and Monday. Starting next Sunday the Grand hosts Vin Moore Stock Company for two weeks presenting one act comedies and dramas led by Ellensburg, Washington, troupe fresh off a six week run. Opening play A Runaway Match promises humor and lively farce with two nightly performances.
A Buffalo Express humorous quip notes a so called enviable job for a stationary fireman. The punchline: winter warmth and summer cooling describe the fireman who tends an ice plant. The joke pivots on ironic comfort found in seasonal work.
Fragmentary text shows an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. It references sworn statements, a $100 claim, and testimonials, with notes about products including TS and Family Pills for constipation. The source is an old classified-like ad snippet.
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