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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1914
Page
2
A catalog note advertises a large lot of summer weight comforters covered with silkeline and sateen featuring big floral designs, tacked with wool at 1.50 or 7.50. Also listed are muslin sheets in full and large sizes with prices from 81 to 1.00 and 63x90 to 108x90.
Weston Oregon March 31 The cement sidewalk now runs the north Water street and work is started on the first block of south Water street. Several residents received new curbs and ornamental plantings as beautification spreads. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. Bessie McAtee and family, Mrs. Jas Navin, and Dr Crutchfield of Milton, are noted in a roundup of social and civic activity. Weston’s police chief LF Wilson was in Walla Walla on Monday.
For constipation Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent. Easy to take mild and gentle in effect. Give them a trial. For sale by all dealers.
A 10 year old Wilford Simmons told Constable Singleton to avoid a cave near Cottage Grove after admitting he and others rigged it as a brigand hideout. The youngster had recently been released from the state industrial school and threatened the investigating officer.
Simmons, recently released from the state industrial school, returned to his father at Dillard and was arrested at Cottage Grove for placing rocks on the railroad track near Dillard. He confessed to operating as a member of a small Cottage Grove gang.
In Albany Oregon on March 30 a quirky parcel post case involved two magazines from McMinnville to Albany. Manager C H Stewart of the commercial club received the package and learned from J C Cooper of the Yamhill Walnut Experimental Station that padding the weight allowed the mail rate for four pounds at a lower cost than two pounds. Cooper admitted tearing pages from each magazine to hit the weight, noting the department’s ruling: two pounds costs 16 cents, four pounds costs 28 cents.
Wasco residents ordered to wear overalls and work a full day on the John Day grade twelve miles east of Wasco. Built last year by Sherman county at a cost of 7000 dollars. The day is a city holiday proclaimed by Mayor Merrow with autos to transport workers from town.
Social and club notes feature woman I as a focal point with fashion tips home hints and varied interests. Personal notices and items of interest to the world of feminine concerns are highlighted in a brisk society column style.
Mrs. A. J. McAllister plans a year away visiting Denver Iowa Chicago New York Sweden Scotland Belgium and other European countries. The McAllister home will be occupied by Mr and Mrs James S Johns during her absence. Relatives of Mr and Mrs John Vert and Miss Ethel B Wilkie return from Hawaii and expect to reach Pendleton in April. Pendleton ladies proceed to Portland for Chicago Opera Company concerts. The Thursday After Noon Club meeting moves to April 23. Mrs. George D Hazlett departs for Illinois for three months. Willard Bond moves into a new bungalow on East Alta. Mrs. George W Bugs hosts W C T U ladies. Mrs. Lawrence G Frazier returns from Portland with her baby. Mrs. Arle C Hampton hosts South Hill Bridge Club. Mrs. Elmer Brewer travels to Portland to visit her mother. Mrs. Charles Winter returns from Spokane after a two week visit.
The Jersey City Better Babies contest crowns Edward Dean, a once neglected infant, after scientific care by nurses at the Baby Clinic. He gains a mother and a home, with news coverage and a new name. A Helena Montana state fair display shows families traveling long distances for examinations, including a special train for Butte babies.
Dr. A Caswell Ellis of the University of Texas leads a staff to address mothers meetings and assist in Better Babies examinations. He prepared a traveling exhibit with literature posters and diagrams on health and hygiene loaned at fairs and contests.
Home Hints suggests a decorative cauliflower salad with jellied tomato center, lettuce circle, and white cauliflowers. A variation uses asparagus with tomato jelly. It adds tips to peel carrots and beets by blanching, then cooking as usual.
A Wakelee Michigan resident says chronic stomach trouble disappeared after using Chamberlain's Tablets bought a year ago. He had tried many medicines before with no lasting benefit and now feels perfectly well. The ad notes the product is available from all dealers.
Bullets fired in the Balkan war have arrived at Marseilles and will be manufactured into battle-tops and lead pipes. The bullets were found on battlefields in 2095 bundles of 100 pounds, sold to scrap dealers. About seven tons of cartridge shells accompanied the bullets.
The ad promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy first offered in 1872 and now world renowned after over forty years. It claims exceptional merit and wide popularity, offering relief and care for coughs and colds, and notes availability through all dealers.
Actress Saya She Objects to Competing With Herself in Pictures in New York. Anna Held sued a motion picture company for 250000 dollars and sought an injunction to halt use of her likeness. The case arose after she was distressed by the idea of being shown in films nationwide.
Umatilla River Water Users Association elected officers in Hermiston Oregon with H T Irvin as president and William J Warner as secretary. Directors named were C S McNaught George Cressy and Henry Sommerer replacing W H Skinner who stepped down. The event followed Saturdays meeting in the Skiner building. The high school's play titled A College was noted in nearby coverage.
An advertisement touts D D D and D D D Prescription as a cure for eczema and skin troubles. It features a testimonial from Prof C J Budlone of South Lyme, praising rapid relief and a suggested full line including D D D soap. The copy invites readers to ask about the products and offers a money back safeguard on the first bottle.
Town event at the high school assembly hall drew praise for both entertainment and presentation. The cast included Jimmie Cavendish Cyril Blakeslee Cheseldine Cato Johns Jr Leviticus Gordon Shotwell Grant Skinner Geo Prindle Shorty Long Billy Van Dorn Myron Anderson Ernest Waterman Raymond Longhorn Miss Jim Channing Laura Boynton Jane Cavendish Fern Wells Fay Wells Major Kilpepper Prof Senachariih Popp Clarence Carson Alfred Groom Dr Twiggs Prof Schlander Carroll Rower Dixie Fannie Todd Marjorie Haviland Mrs Babbsby Alice Limbert Marie Hobbs Mrs Cleopatra Mrs Molly Stiles Marion Leek and more. The Hermiston baseball team defeated Umatilla 12 to 7 in Umatilla. Social news includes Mr and Mrs E. P. Dodd hosting sixteen friends, Mrs Wm Leathers hosting a joint birthday tea for Mrs Phipps and Mrs Robert Lewis, a horseback trip to Hot Rock, and numerous town residents attending the high school play. Also noted: a ride in Martin’s auto following an aerial trip, with bulletins on the experience.
In Little Rock on March 30 three people were killed in a land dispute at Rogo. John Church was shot by G. W. Hart when they met on the road. Church's wife identified Hart. Francis McCain, involved in the quarrel, was killed at his home by a shot through a window.
A cough medicine for children should be harmless pleasant to take and effective Chamberlains Cough Remedy is all of this and is the mothers favorite everywhere For sale by all dealers.
Miss Jessie Jones, a Walla Walla native studying in Los Angeles, wrote to friends that she feels safer in an airplane 2000 feet up than in a crowded automobile on busy streets, describing her exhilarating sensations while aloft with Glen.
Advertisement urging use of Hyomel for catarrh head colds and croup. Claims quick relief by breathing antiseptic oils via a small inhaler. Promotes complete outfit at $1.00 with inhaler and liquid. money back by Tallman & Co. Drugstores nationwide carry the product.
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