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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
2
An old advertisement fragment shows pricing for a 25 cent item, with a 10 cent and 15 cent pack sale noted. The text is partial but indicates a small value sale and a 25 cent item pricing. It reads as a catalog fragment rather than a full article.
New York inventor Elman B Myer demonstrates a wireless telephone device from Mount Vernon that can receive phonograph music from distant stations and shut out other signals. He and his father operate transmitters atop Manhattan buildings and claim four transmitting coils allow clear reception and near total signal suppression across hundreds of miles.
Three wealthy collegians known as the millionare tramps mutinied aboard the four masted schooner Renard Sewell after leaving Los Angeles. They clashed with Captain Quick over social status, were put in irons, and one, Geo Little, later quit and filed a $20,000 salt against the captain in Honolulu as the voyage toward Philadelphia via Cape Horn continued.
In Jefferson Indiana a court filing for adoption reveals a dispute where a woman asserts a two year old is her child while the husband contends the infant is not hers and that she is suffering a hallucination.
The infant's would be adopters are the parents of the baby’s mother Mrs George McIntyre The mother vanished from home in March 19170 and was later found in a Louisville hospital with a 10 day old baby She claims the child is hers her husband disputes the claim and the maternal grandparents favor adoption Mrs McIntyre resists the application
There has never been a time when people appreciated the real merits of Chamberlains Cough Remedy more than now. An increase in sales and voluntary testimonials from those cured by it are reported. If you or your children have a cough or cold, give it a trial and become acquainted with its good qualities. For sale by all dealers.
Chicago police race to a Hyde Park scene after a report of a stolen baby buggy and baby. A junk dealer Louis Zukon, 1256 Hastings street, was jailed on larceny after a Parisian doll and carriage were found in his wagon. Mrs Higgenbotham confirmed the items, explaining the mix up with her actual baby.
Dry red fir slab wood cotton wood yellow and black pine sold at special five cord lots. Clean rock spring lump and nut coal offered. Save money by visiting Ko plitkhe and Giilanders. phone Majn 178 for details.
Dr. Harry Pinkerton of Pendleton reports from Dr. A D Melvin that congressional charges stem from ignorance and bias. The bureau asserts inspections follow eminent scientific principles, cites prior expert review and stricter rules, and notes increased condemnations under the new law.
Buffalo Vernon the buckaroo and bulldogger visits Pat Foley in La Grande and teases a new stunt for Pendleton and Union County fairs. He plans to rope a steer from an automobile at Pendleton and may perform at the Union horse show and the September fair, with possible engagements in La Grande.
Miss Jennie Crocker of San Francisco demands proper grooming for canine pets at her Hillaborough kennel. Dogs wake for tooth brushing morning and night and have nails manicured weekly, amid tales of a fight and bulldogs chewing bed linen.
An old classified style notice for Penland Bros offers rapid furniture and plane moving within the city or to the country. It emphasizes hauling any thing and includes a contact line with a phone number.
One hundred dollar reward printed for catarrh cure success. F J Cheney & Co Toledo endorsed by Walding Kinan and Marvin wholesale druggists as honorable and able to fulfill obligations. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internally taken, with distribution of free montana? sent. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Mary Reynolds, night ticket agent at Stewart Ridge station, admitted fabricating a robbery tale after officers quizzed her and found the $164 she claimed was stolen. She said the money was for her upcoming marriage to Charlie Duffy, who led police to the buried cigar box containing the cash beneath a telegraph pole at Michigan and One Hundred and Fifth streets. Duffy, a railroad switchman, was brought to the scene. the funds were turned over to railroad police, who chose not to prosecute Reynolds. The Polish suspect taken after the report was released.
Charlee C. Hess, a traveling salesman for Davis Milk Machinery, asked Judge Goodnow in the domestic relations court to find him guilty and order $20 weekly alimony after the court dismissed an abandonment charge filed by his wife Teenle Hess of 5701 Rosalle court. Hess was away on business when a telegram summoned him home for his father’s death.
Fort Wayne reader Miss Mabel F Dawkins describes long illness with satarrh and blood disease. After trying many doctors and remedies she reports relief from Hood's Sarsaparilla, claiming renewed health and urging others to try the tonic in liquid or chocolate Sarsatabs form.
An advertising pitch claims Cascarets work while you sleep to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels. It targets headaches coated tongues insomnia bilious feelings and general weariness. The promo says Cascarets regulate the stomach remove sour undigested food, carry off waste and provide a clear head by morning, suggesting benefits for adults and children.
A husband evaded arrest for wife abandonment after his wife admitted sending the message. She testified she would not live with him due to a suspected affair. Judge Goodnow dismissed the charge as the defense argued Mrs Hess knew his travel plans. The attorney proposed a weekly support order, but the court reserved judgment. Kleptomaniacs will take almost anything but a hint.
An old style advertisement extols the nose as a filter and promotes Kiys Cream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm for prevention and relief of catarrh and colds. It claims rapid nose and throat action, cleansing and healing, with a typical price of fifty cents a bottle and universal druggist availability.
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