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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
2
The latest styles in reversable and plain Welted models for men and women are selling fast. Available colors include tan blue and green with side closing, priced from 6.75 to 15.00.
A price listing notes two button silk items priced at 0.75 and 0.60 dollars and one dollar. Sixteen button silk is offered at 1.00 and 1.50 dollars, indicating tiered costs for fabric buttons.
Annie Morgan J Pierpont Morgans daughter travels with Elizabeth Marbury and Ella de Welfe to Spain to survey sites and plans to push for a minimum wage for New York mill girls upon her return. She says wages at three to four dollars a week make living impossible and signals support for an eventual organized effort to raise pay.
Dr Clyde Augustus Duniway, former Stanford professor and University of Montana president, has been elected president of the University of Wyoming in Cheyenne. The article notes his early days as a cowboy in the state, his 1887 teaching at Harvard, and eleven years leading the history chair at Stanford.
An all bright program for Tuesday at the Orpheum features four full reels. The Female of the Species from Biograph tells of a mining camp survivor tale with a death race to the desert rim. In After Year from Lubin a daughter and father reunite after separation. Hessie’s Dream from Selig is a laughing dream comedy. A Trip to Tahiti in the South Pacific from Selig shows island life and industries.
The program features Vitagraph comedy Working for Hubby starring Leah Baird and Lillian Walker praised as original and clever with Bunny’s performance noted. Selig’s The End of the Romance, based on L Max Ehrlich’s painting, stars Eugenie Besserer, Bessie Eyton, Hobart Bosworth in a life story of a young girl and her French navy lover. Lubin presents Captain King’s Rescue a drama on love jealousy and moral content. Eclipse screens The Unknown Traveler about a sailor and his sweetheart. Each film is lauded for refined, true-to-life atmosphere and strong acting.
Wednesday and Thursday feature a fight picture titled Ireland and Israel with Tom Sharkey as referee in a lively four round bout. The film also portrays friendship between Pat the Irish fighter and Abie a homeless Jew who later repays a debt in a surprising way. The program includes The Hargain a tale of a girl Lola Webber stars in a moral drama and Better Than Gold a mining era story about a child left behind. Coming Sunday and Monday Titanic survivors on the Carpathia arrive in New York with dock scenes and iceberg imagery.
A large and well pleased audience witnessed the opening show of Welch and Maitland a comedy acrobatic duo. The performance featured lively interludes and lighthearted routines that drew audience applause throughout the act.
Last night Venists and McWinn Trng drew strong crowds as acts were held over to satisfy requests. Frank the violinist and Miss Alice the pianist sang and played to acclaim. Maitland Welch offered top comedy contortion with other acts, delivering an above average bill. Photo plays included A Woman's Wrath Tale of the Wildamers and One Way to Win.
The Common Council of Pendleton invites proposals for sprinkling streets in district 1 north of the Umatilla River district 2 west of Main and north of Webb district 3 east of Main to Webb and College to Railroad and city limits district 4 south of Webb and west of College. Bids due May 1 1912 at 6 p m. City to furnish wagons water contractor to provide horses harness drivers and setup and takedown of all standpipes. Each district bid separately. City may reject any bid. THOS FITZGERALD City Recorder.
The note claims Demons of the Swamp spread malaria via mosquitoes causing fever chills and weakness, with typhoid possible. Electric Bitters are praised for killing malaria germs, improving appetite and strength. Testimonial from Wm Fretwell of Lucama NC says three bottles removed malaria and restored health. Sold at Koeppeng for 60c.
Halifax reports the Minia's physician states exposure, not drowning, caused most Titanic deaths. Of 17 bodies recovered by the Minia, 16 died of exposure hours after the sinking, with water in lungs observed in only one. Bodies were scattered miles apart, recovered only by expert navigation and luck.
Athena Oregon May report details two incidents. Mrs Mia Price of Adams near Athena badly injured when horses in her buggy ran from an automobile, throwing them out and breaking her wrists. The incident occurred after leaving town while another rider was attacked nearby. a separate assault on Edmund Walker near College Street involved a knife strike, with a club found at the scene and the attacker not captured. Various residents listed as visiting or transacting business in Athena and nearby towns. A remark about a presidential candidate writing a play ends the item.
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