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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
7
The passage criticizes merchants who push old stock through loud sales and raise prices after pretending bargains. It urges readers to inspect lines of dry goods, nations and men's furnishings, arguing such tactics mislead customers and inflate prices.
Our suits carry the claim of top value and modern styles in Pendleton with prices starting at 3.98 and rising through 4.98 5.90 6.90 9.90 12.50 to 17.50. We invite customers to inspect the full line before purchasing.
Market notes show quiet activity during a holiday market with prices for cattle and produce. Prices listed include various cattle categories, seers, and calves across multiple ranges, along with delivery terms and general market conditions noted amid light trading.
In a historical price rundown, Bluestem notes 1.90 dollars and red Russian at 93 cents while Willemette valley quotes 95 cents. Barneys Producers’ prices show feed at 25 dollars, rolled at 56 dollars, and brewing at 299 dollars. Oats producers’ price lists spot delivery for white 35 dollars and gray 27 dollars.
In Washington DC, plans for the annual baseball game between Republican and Democratic sides of the House proceed amid party tensions. Nick Longworth leads efforts to stage a clash with Garrett resisting, as both teams prepare for a contest deemed a major capital event likely before the session ends.
Mrs. Mary George, a Verona, New Jersey resident aged 78, walked seventeen miles to visit her niece in Lewton. She crossed rough terrain and swampy areas, wading through ankle-deep water, aided by stout footwear. After a brief stay she plans to return to Verona on foot, repeating the journey.
Fragmentary OCR reads about John Dougherty chasing a chicken at a location described as four eighty feet deep and crushed beneath his weight with a rusty object nearby. Details are garbled and names may be misspelled or partially captured.
A man clung to a rickety beam for ten minutes after a fall, gripping his coat to stay aloft. With superhuman strength he hauled himself onto a crosspiece and crawled to safety, then collapsed from shock and exhaustion. No one witnessed the incident.
Glen Falls New York Winfield A Huppuch vice president and general manager of the standard walla paper company of Hadseon Falla was acquitted of Sherman Anti Trust charges by a federal court in Cleveland last week He signed a statement that upon Governor Dix's return from Europe he would resign from the public service commission of the second district He said he could no longer give the time required and that the office should be filled by another able man without sacrificing associates' interests to meet its great demands.
Chicago real estate operator Gordon Strong takes Floyd and Kenneth Keefe two and four, promising one boy per year. He rejects girls, aiming to fit wards for business or professional careers and believes the eldest will reach college before a new arrival.
The children will keep their names and may visit their real parents, but will be under the foster father’s guidance until they begin their business.
In Philadelphia a Western Union messenger named Joe Marshall, a sixteen year old, found a wallet with $100 belonging to J. F. Hulemit, a Holland delegate at the International Navigation congress. The owner returned $46, bystanders added $59, and Joe sent the full amount home to his mother.
Gertrude A. Eller of Oakville was granted a divorce from George F. Eller in Clayton after a cross bill litigation. He testified she warned pepper in his tobacco making him sneeze and recounted an outing to meet her parents in Sreesville without proper introduction. He accused her of neglecting farm work duties and consuming bacon and eggs for her own breakfast while he found nothing to eat.
New York reports the vessel Kaiserin Auguste Victoria arriving with fifty seven lifeboats along its exterior after three days at Hamburg rearming. A rescued three men from the Elbe were found in the English Channel. Rev. Joseph Kraemer, 60, of Kalamazoo, Michigan died aboard the liner. The voyage to Hamburg and back includes the distress of Katrine PINOK and her children Pinok, Hauncham and Sta phe, as they travel with intent to settle an estate in Russia.
After a voyage a mother died and was buried at sea. In Hamburg her children were placed in an orphanage and later deported when the liner called again. They contracted chickenpox on board and were sent to Swinburne Island upon arrival.
Paris reports a sensational verdict where three young men accused of beating and robbing deaf artist Mme Herbute de Bute were acquitted. The artist, living near Sceaur, claimed she was choked by the Apache Leard whom she then vowed to marry after a mesmerising encounter.
Berlin reports German professional airmen have unanimously decided to strike if the Aviators Union demand for a $75 monthly minimum wage is not granted before noon. The strike would derail the aviation week tomorrow. Some aviators earn as low as $37.50 monthly.
Dr Frank A Jackson of Joliet a carpenter learns by letter he is sole heir to Mrs Mary Jackson of Pelkington Yorkshire England. Estate valued at six million includes 2600 acres. The aunt’s death makes him beneficiary as undisclosed specifics follow in notice.
A letter dated April 2 from a younger brother in San Antonio Texas reports London solicitors asked him to help locate Frank A Jackson. Jackson succeeds to the estate under the old English law of entail.
In Cass County Indiana, farmer Monroe Yantis pleads that his son is a town boy with no farming knowledge to avoid jury duty. The judge excuses the son, citing outstanding farm work like corn plowing and sowing oats as the reason.
Clarence M Copeland of Fargo receives a $77,000 fortune and a North Dakota homestead as his uncle John Copeland wills he must stay in the U S Marine Corps for the term of service. Copeland, on furlough, vows to honor the will and remain in the military to protect savings from spending.
Harvard Medical Savant Tells How to Pump Animation Into the Body of Deceased. Dr Walter B Cannon, physiology professor, claims a method to revive the departed by a throat tube and chest pressure to force air into the lungs. Also mentions a land sale and a stray note about listening to others.
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