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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1910
Page
2
Advert reads widespread reductions on embroideries and fabrics. Various ginghams, dimities, lawns, and shirt waist materials offered in low prices, emphasizing numerous patterns and wide assortments at 10 to 15 cents per yard or piece. Includes 42 inch linens and flaxons in plain and fancy effects for bulk purchase.
An advertised sale features ladies white lawn waists in lace and embroidery trims from sizes 32 to 44. Prices range from 58 cents to 1 dollar 58 cents with multiple discounted items listed, plus assorted textiles and accessories including percale, muslin, corsets, hose, vests, buttons and hat pins.
A sale listing outlines ladies dressing sacques in plain white and fancy lawns at prices from 68 cents to 2.15 dollars, with red sacques discounted to 98 cents and 1.39 etc. Children’s parasols are offered at 28 cents or 19 cents, and ladies parasols in tan pongee valued at 2.65 dollars are down to 1.94.
News briefs reveal Black Hand extortion letters sent to Echo’s elite. Vic torious Stanfield upset Echo as residents report threats of exposure for imagined offenses. A shipowner Herr paid 20600 gilders, while Frau Wieth, widow of a major racehorse owner, received eight letters and notified police.
Echo and Stanfield met for a ball game yesterday with Stanfield winning 13 to 7. The event mirrored last Sunday's Hermiston clash. Local residents and visitors noted news of Umatilla’s win elsewhere while several Pendleton visitors and area residents were seen in town during the period.
Kerlin reports the notorious Black Hand organization terrorized Hoambure eight years ago and has resurfaced in the last month with renewed activity and threats across the nation.
Pendleton Oregon May 21 1910 notice records the death of William P Temple on May 9 1910. The Farmers Fiducational and Co operative Union No 21 mourns a faithful member and extends sympathy to his wife family and aging parents. Resolutions call for mourning period draped charter and notices to Pacific Partners Union and East Oregonian. Poem quotes included. Committee signatures W R Campbell J D Cresswell L D Eaton.
A $200 reward is offered for the names and evidence leading to the conviction of the men who brutal ly ruined my choree in a food yard on Cottonwood street in Pendleton on Friday night.
A short caption notes the idea that injustice would end feather bed use if geese disappeared for piek. The line implies a rural or whimsical post about geese and bedding.
London protests over Canadian help wanted ads that read No English Need Apply. The London Globe notes reciprocal tensions as both sides joke about foreigners and as Canadians in England sometimes clash with local practice. It argues both nations share responsibility and warns against condescension on either side.
London plans to widen Fleet Street at a cost of 10 million dollars as narrow traffic flows impair daily congestion. Piccadilly will undergo a larger widening project, while a new bridge east of Temple Bar aims to ease traffic over Southwark and Blackfriars. Ten bridges already span the Thames between Tower Bridge and Hammersmith, with another to come, transforming the river into an arcade.
Rome reports that thirty Camorra members from the Black Hand of Naples will be tried here next August for a murder four years old. The trial is expected to last six months and be among Italy's most sensational courtroom events.
The slain couple Concolo are believed to have been Camorra agents. The trial targets dismantling the Camorra, a powerful Italy evil force. Prosecutors seek to start eradicating its grip on Naples politics and society. Accused face up to four hundred years in potential sentences if convicted.
London reports say Egypt’s nationalist movement alarms British policy. Sir Eldon Gorst, the British administrator, notes restless public attitudes and holds nationalist leaders responsible for the murder of former Premier Boutros Pasha. The premier died from an attack as he left his office.
Lisbon reports Queen Maria Pia, dowager and grandmother of King Manuel I, facing a $20,000 debt suit from a prominent dry goods merchant. The claimant, bankrupt, sued for recovery as the queen suffers melancholia after the deaths of King Carlos and the crown prince.
The first opera in the Irish tongue will be produced this month at the Gaiety. Composed by Robert O Dwyer with Irish and English words by the Rev Thomas O Kelly Eithne portrays a mystical tale of kings queens spirits and other queer things in ancient Erin. It will be sung by a strong company of Irish singers led by famed tenor Joseph O Mara.
Pendleton high school track team returned from La Grande with third place as Gonion sat out. Kimball stumbled in the low hurdles, while Beers and Jones set northwest and state records in hammer and discus. Boylen led Pendleton in the mile as La Grande won with 41 points to Baker City 38.
An advert touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous and female troubles health ailments, claiming many sufferers found health and happiness. It urges trial at 50 cents with Tallman & Co guarantee. Also a notice about Sunday and weekday store hours and a quip about outrunning a tle with a faster motor.
A collection of testimonial phrases praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervous weakness bearing down pains backache and related female ailments. Quotations cite improved nerves and digestion with recommendations to try the product despite medical doubts.
Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a remedy for kidney trouble with a testimonial from Mrs. G. W. Propeck of Bigin Oregon. The ad claims kidneys are overworked and cannot filter poisons, urging readers to buy Doan's at 60 cents, Foester-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, New York, as sale agents.
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