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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1914
Page
3
Washington honors Colonel George Washington Goethals builder of the Panama Canal at the annual banquet in his praise. The ceremony reflected broad national recognition of his engineering achievement and public service.
A vintage health ad extols using mild Salts to cleanse and stimulate kidneys and relieve backache. It advises drinking plenty of water and taking four ounces of Rad Salts daily in water before breakfast for several days, claiming Jad Salts neutralize urinary acids and prevent bladder weakness.
Colonel Goethals receives the National Geographic Society gold medal from President Wilson at a banquet in Washington. Attending were Wilson, cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, diplomats, generals, and lawmakers. The event commemorates his role in the Panama Canal, with Myriad ceremonial details and an inscription noting Goethals’s contributions.
Fat beef cattle are shipped from Echo Oregon to markets. Six carloads of Miller and Lux were sent to San Francisco. James McLaughlin, a telegraph operator at Huron, visited Echo with friends. Co. K Mudge worked in his place during his absence. A. D. Wright, local jeweler, spent Sunday with friends in Pendleton. Mrs Chas Plesser and daughter Leona Plesser have been ...
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a miracle hair care solution. It claims the product stops itching, removes dandruff, reduces oiliness, nourishes roots, and makes hair soft, fluffy, and long lasting. A 60 cent bottle is available at Tallman & Co. with a claim of no equal.
Salem Oregon March 4 State Superintendent J A Churchill seeks to halt circular letters from eastern lecture bureaus that promise orations and essays to spring graduates. Bureau promises include valedictory class prophecy and cleverly written addresses for school boards with threats of prosecution under correspondence school laws.
A fortnight of visitors and residents’ movements around Pendleton is noted with Mrs. Roy Ward returning to Maquoketa Iowa, W. W. Whitworth visiting Pendleton, Wm. Boyd of Portland laying concrete sidewalks, Mrs. Oscar Spencer hosting relatives from The Dalles, Ruth Duniway at school after a weekend with Pendleton and Athena friends, E. F. Ware visiting, George Ward a Stanfield visitor, Ilene Webb and Vesta Cutsforth weekend stays, plus an advertisement for Herrick's Red Pepper Plaster and Ballard's Horehound Syrup offering a porous plaster free with each bottle.
Hermiston residents hosted a bid whist party at Mrs A W Purdy s Main street home. The high school rehearsal for a benefit athletics play titled College Town was held in the assembly room and will be staged later this month. Ruth Griffin hosted a Saturday birthday gathering while Alberta McDonald Ina Wattenburger W T Roberts and Joe Ralph enjoyed meals at the Wattenburger home in Echo. John Roberts and his father returned from Spokane and Miss Jennie Perry visited Mrs Ralph Allewill.
J W Campbell returns from Seattle and Mrs G W Bohn and daughter head home from Walla Walla. Ralph Allen of Umatilla Experiment Station to be home Monday after Falem trip. Farmery Exchange meeting was held with luncheon. Local dances and visits noted. A pruning demonstration at the station led by Allen on grape varieties. Advertisement for Dr King s New Life Pills touting laxative benefits.
The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill, head of International Peace Forum, was accused by Rev. J. C. Hogan of Monroe, N. Y., of punching him after a socialist debate at Unity hall. Witnesses said Hogan produced court records. police were called but no arrests were made. A separate note promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for sore throats.
In San Francisco Superior Court Department 12 Presiding Judge Cabaniss will hear the cases of Maury L. Diggs, former state architect, and Walter Gilligan charged with assaulting 17 year old Ida Yearring on January 1. A trial date likely to be set Friday. An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla accompanies the notice, claiming appetite restoration and vigor.
Washington observes the first anniversary of the labor department known as the baby department. William B. Wilson, its first head, served months without salary or staff until Congress provided funds after creation. The milestone will be celebrated with acknowledgments of early efforts and back pay later granted.
Diypepsin promises fast relief from indigestion in five minutes and friendly stomach regulation. It claims complete digestion of foods, no sour belching or eructations, and rapid improvement with a fifty cent bottle from any drug store.
At a banquet of all labor department employees tonight Terence V Powerly chief of the bureau of information will be toastmaster and Secretary Wilson will deliver the principal address.
Prominent suffragettes from the Congress Union urged the House Judiciary Committee to favorably act on the pending constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage. They faced opposition from several anti suffrage figures including Mrs Arthur Dodge Miss Alice Chittenden and Mrs Robert Garrett who argued against giving votes to women.
Central Armory in Cleveland hosts the second annual American Woman's Exposition featuring exhibits that compare 25 years of housework to today. Demonstrations show vacuum cleaners replacing brooms and electric appliances easing breakfast prep. Daily changes cover women’s labor across arts crafts science and business. Separately in Washington stock raisers urge government land leases and Ferguson proposes grazing homestead entries of up to 640 acres to simplify entry without irrigation or heavy fencing costs.
East Lansing Mich March 4 Ten thousand Michigan farms are deserted by owners and managers who attend a week long course in scientific agriculture at the state agricultural college this week.
An old promotional column urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children with coated tongues, listlessness, and digestive issues. It claims the gentle laxative cleanses bowels within hours, promising a well and playful child after a small dose. It warns to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
At the Michigan Agricultural College the institution was turned over to farmers and their wives for a one week course with MAC professors in charge. Special courses for women attracted a large enrollment covering fabric identification detecting adulteration child care home decorations and women’s physical exercises.
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