White Serge Coats in Storm Serge Styles Promoted
Unlined coats with large collars and side closures shown in storm serge, trimmed with silk and braid. Prices range from 12.98 to 20.00 with marked values 15.00 17.50 and 20.00 for different models.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
2
Unlined coats with large collars and side closures shown in storm serge, trimmed with silk and braid. Prices range from 12.98 to 20.00 with marked values 15.00 17.50 and 20.00 for different models.
Plain serges and fancy fabrics offered in tailored jackets and two or three piece skirts. Prices range from 17.50 to 30.00 for various value levels, with several price points listed for different quality groups. Bold display highlights $22.50 value at 17.50 and up to 37.50 value at 30.00.
Princess slips made from fine lawns with nainsook and early trimmed with lace embroidery and medallions. Clothes listed with values from $1.50 to $5.00, suggesting a sale or catalog advertisement targeting readers seeking lingerie pieces.
A catalog offer highlights a large variety of lingerie waists in sea tones with new peplum effects, high necks, long sleeves, and contrasting short sleeve options. Trim details include Trish crochet, val lace, and hand embroidery. Prices range from $2.98 to $13.50 with several value lines listed.
Readable fragment describes sheer lawn and muslin corset covers trimmed with lace and embroidery in plain and fancy styles. Prices range from 39 to 98 cents and up to 1.50 dollars, with several value points noted.
Readable text lists children’s gowns made of muslin crepe and nainsook in slip overs and open fronts, trimmed with lace and ribbons. Prices noted include 65¢ and 73¢ with additional unclear markings and stray letters.
An advertisement offers a wide range of women's, misses and children's drawers in open and close styles, straight and circular, crafted with fine nainsook, lace and embroidery. Prices range from 5 to 3 dollars, with many values highlighted and a bulk sale noted.
Ads tout children’s drawers made of quality materials with hemstitching, pin tucks, lace and embroidery. Prices listed include Regular 15¢ Value for 2 pairs, Regular 25¢ Value, Regular 65¢ Value, and Regular $1.00 Value at 3¢ 25¢ 4A9¢.
Advertises children s skirts made of fine sheer nainsook and high quality muslin in plain, tucked, and trimmed styles with laces and embroideries. Highlights values at 45 cents and 65 cents deprecated garbled text follows.
Oakland 5 Frisco 0. Batter names and partial highlights listed. Sacramento and Portland games noted with incomplete details. All Odd Fellows urged to decorate residences during Grand Lodge week May 21 22 and 25 by Decorating Committee chair C P Miller. The item ends with a humorous line about aging and marriage.
Portland and Seattle played a pitchers battle as the local twirler edged the visitors in a 4 to 4 tie. Other results include Vancouver defeating Victoria 4 to 1, Spokane edging Tacoma 5 to 4, and batteries listed for multiple matchups with teams such as Barrenkamp Whalen Clark Lewis and Cadreau Crittenden among players.
Brooklyn defeated St Louis 13 to 5 in a National League game. Key players included Reese, Geyer, Dale, Woodburn, Harmon, Wingo, Murphy, Yingling and Erwin contributing for Brooklyn as St Louis struggled defensively.
Baseball recap notes Philadelphia 7 Chicago 5 with key hits from Brown McIntyre Richie Cole and Archer for Philadelphia while Archer Alexander Beaton and Dooin contribute. Boston defeats Cincinnati 6 4 as Dickson Kling Gasper and McLean perform for the Reds.
Washington tops St Louis in a tight American League game with key hits and defensive plays. Batteries Brown and Harlton for Washington. Stephens, Krichel and Johnson for St Louis.
The board of managers announced the appointment of a new official at the University of Pennsylvania museum in Philadelphia. The move signals a shift in leadership as the institution plans upcoming exhibitions and acquisitions.
September 1 the university will start an expedition to explore the Amazon river in South America to its source. Algor Lange of Brooklyn, who has made one trip up the Amazon, is to have charge of the expedition with five companions. They will be away for three years, leaving from Philadelphia or New York on a chartered steamship, proceeding up the Amazon about 1000 miles to establish a base camp and push into the wilderness.
In Athena Oregon on May 18 a class of three graduates received diplomas at a Christian church service. Rev W H Bleakney of Milton delivered a notable address on education benefits. Graduates include Jessica McEwen Hugh McEwen Lorell McEwen and other locals and visitors noted in a bustling society page.
James Lacey a 40 year old Coast Telephone employee climbed a 70 foot pole at Rhode Island and Pacific avenues and touched a live feed. He fell 50 feet to the ground wrapped in blue flames and died almost instantly. Sergt. James Lucey, who transported him to the hospital, was the officer in charge. they are not related.
Secretary G H Sumner of the Iowa state board of health will escort Herman Hirschfield a Michigan man believed to have leprosy from Centerfield Iowa to Bay City Michigan. A special car is arranged at an estimated cost of about 400 dollars with the state expected to cover the bill.
Call for sealed bids to pave city streets in Pendleton including excavation drainage gutters and curbs with complete specifications and a price per square yard. Bids due to the Recorder by 5 pm May 22 1912 accompanied by a $500 certified check. Mayor W M Matlock dates the notice May 11 1912.
Sealed bids by Umatilla County Court for 110 cords of wood to Pendleton Court House yard. Bids due June 7 1912 by 10 a m with certified check for 5 percent. Wood types red fir yellow fir or maple from green timber free of rot. Court may reject any bids. Dated May 10 1912 Frank Saling County Clerk. A girl always likes to kiss a distant mate relative merely to keep in practice.
Julia Marlowe endorses Peruna, praising its digestion benefits for nerves. The statement notes that proper digestion strengthens nerve centers, and impaired digestion leads to anemia and nervous debility.
Adams School hosts an industrial fair on May 25 at 1 pm with about seventy five entries and a premium fund near 100 dollars. The event runs from Friday May 24 through the school year end, inviting patrons and outsiders to learn about industrial education in public schools.
The passage extols Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria and its fevers, chills, and weakness, claiming it purifies blood, restores appetite, and rebuilds strength. A testimonial from Wm. Fretwell of Sucama, NC credits three bottles with driving malaria from his system and lasting health.
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