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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
7
An old medical claim argues rheumatism is a blood disease caused by uric acid. It promotes S S S as the fastest, safest blood purifier made from roots and herbs, claiming permanent relief by removing the uric acid source. The ad invites readers to request a free book and medical advice.
London notes that Billie Burke will star in Mind the Paint Girl, a Sir Arthur Wing Pinero comedy. An arrangement with Charles Frohman enables Burke to begin in New York this September, with Pinero planning to visit for the premiere and start a new comedy while there. Burke returns to London after finishing the current season.
Hog tops at 8.40 in North Portland amid lighter gains and ample slaughter. Receipts 102 head. killers hold surplus, pressuring values. Sheep demand weak with 1945 arrivals. lamb prices around 6.50 to 7.00. mutton prices fall. Cattle eased with light run. grass-fed cattle and milder weather aid lower quotes. Wheat and grain prices steady to nominal with Chicago futures showing small moves.
Municipal Judge Walker adjourned a trial on Mrs Bertha McPherson and William McPherson over a dance incident in which Mrs McPherson was accused of being kissed by William Sullivan The judge found McPherson guilty of abandonment while quashing witness Harriet Le Sage's testimony as biased The case outlines marital strain after Mrs McPherson left Mason City for Chicago to explain the affair and her husband refused reconciliation and attempted to take their daughter away.
The report notes Mrs Le Sage living at 657 Barry Avenue and describes charges previously raised when he was arraigned for wife abandonment. It states MacPherson allegedly shampooed Mrs Le Sages hair on one occasion and that John Walker issued a formal order for a new trial hearing to permit bond and arrange regular payments of about five dollars weekly.
Senator Clapp recounts a tale of cronyism involving Dick Wintersmith and John Carlisle in Washington. When President Cleveland made Carlisle secretary of the treasury, Wintersmith sought a job with letters from friends. Carlisle sent him a fine cane as a gift, but Wintersmith feared losing it. Carlisle joked that he should quit drinking to keep the cane safe, and Wintersmith soon returned with a new claim.
A vintage warning targets elderly readers against calomel and violent laxatives. It promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle, natural aid for sluggish liver and bowels, urging use of the full label “Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna” from the California Fig Syrup Company and to reject imitators.
Duluth News reports a man named John seeks a consul post in Panama after a discussion with Wintersmith. Wintersmith notes a custom of sitting at a table to drink and the need to keep a cane visible. Carline helps secure the job amid the Alaska reference.
A dense ad style page lists farming, livestock, lumber, and fish production totals for 1910 to 1911 in British Columbia, plus local services in Pendleton Oregon. It promotes subscriptions, printing services, hair work, lace curtains, a restaurant for sale, engraved cards, rags purchase, and a domestic sentiments line. The ad copy emphasizes business opportunities, shipping, and local consumer services from East Oregonian publishers and North Coast Land Co. Ltd. Vancouver.
Hartman Abstract Co provides reliable abstracts to lands in Umatilla county and handles loans, real estate, brokerage, taxes, investments for non residents, and insurance. References from Pendleton banks. Also Bentley Leffingwell real estate and insurance agents relocated to 815 Main St Main 404. D A May contractor builder offers masonry work, phone block 3786. John S Baker funeral director and embalmer operates opposite post office with parlor and cars. Johnson Strable attorneys at Despais building.
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