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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
2
The notice lists white cotton fabrics in stock including Voile Organdie Batiste Swiss June W. S. and multiple quality levels with prices ranging from 15c to 2.00 per yard. Specific quality tags include 25c 40c 50c 65c 1.00 1.25 1.50 and 2.00 with June W. S. branding. The ad emphasizes plain or fancy checks and stripes.
The notice warns linen damask shortages and urges thrift, noting record reductions while stock remains. It details a June W. line with price points 38¢ to 75¢ and 98¢ to 5.00, plus higher S and S prices of 1.25 and 2.32 for different qualities.
Bon Ton advertises a large stock of corsets and English long cloth. It lists price points for various fabric qualities, with June W. S. prices ranging from 12 to 27 cents, including 14. 20. 16. 5. 5. $.
Local listing promotes a line of full size sheets described as clean and free from dope. Prices range from 98c to $1.50 for various qualities and finishes, with multiple entries under “June W. S.” The ad also notes matching sheets in full sizes and discounted smaller pieces priced as low as 24c to 40c.
A list of fabrics including Bedford Cord Beach Cloth Poplin Galatea Middy Cloth Repp and Indian Head priced in June promotions with multiple quality levels and rate indicators. The ad highlights white wash skirts and mentions various quality tiers and percentages.
A fragmented ad lists various towel and toweling prices with June W. S. labels. Items show quality grades and prices ranging from 9 cents to about 1.60 dollars, with several entries around 5 to 15 cents and several higher price points, reflecting a wholesale or retail sale catalog style.
An article about the Caribe people, the first to meet European explorers, now greatly diminished in number. It notes perhaps fewer than 100 pure‑blood Caribe survive, largely confined to a British island reservation called Salon, with limited access by steamer only in good weather.
Fragments describe sweeping health claims about cleansing the blood to cure many diseases including heart, brain, and skin ailments. It touts a secret remedy avoiding specifics, promising purification and renewed vitality with aggressive tone.
June 12 in Salt Lake City police report convicts Jane Maxwell and Paloward Madinon admitted to entering the state penitentiary. They returned to town and used admittance to the prison.
Fragmentary text mentions New York National Leaper Vaseteli and figures like Arthur Fieieheg Yalkiwine Jahn Modeuw. Details are garbled, with unnamed roles and unclear events. The piece references a star participant and some lunar or spherical terms, but no coherent narrative or outcome is decipherable.
East Oregonian notes rapid church growth since Mr. Han lem arrived in Adams. New converts include Mr. and Mrs. Stoll and daughter, Bil Thermand, Fred Crethere J Ofman, Inman family, and others. Large crowds attend services. a children’s day program was a success with songs, readings, solos, and prayers. Local residents attend drills and gatherings as Adams recruits for worship and community events.
A historical medical ad promotes King’s New Discovery as a remedy for colds and coughs. It claims to kill germs with heat, soothe the throat, and clear air passages, advertising soothing ingredients and gentle relief accessible at druggists.
La Grande Gun Club wins the first annual Columbia Willamette Trapshooting Tourney defeating Salem and Woodburn. La Grande ties Woodburn after a 122 to 116 win. Woodburn later beats Pendleton Salem and Astoria each win two matches, final standings list Woodburn Albany and La Grande among top teams with scores and placements.
A historical notice promotes hail insurance as protection for farmers against storm damage. It names Bentley and Montgomery Raley and references illustrative figures and locations, warning of financial loss from hail while urging policy uptake.
A reader describes severe pimples that started small on arms and back, grew into large eruptions causing itching and shame. They found relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, writing for a free sample and later purchasing, with the note dated 1914 offering samples by mail.
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