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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
2
A dense sale listing details prices on table linens, napkins, towels, toweling, sheeting, tubing, and waist linens. Numerous items from 90 cents to several dollars appear with Thanksgiving sale pricing, highlighting heavy Irish linen and assorted damask patterns.
Our First Clearance Sale of Womens Suits was attended with success due to quality and value. T. P. W. offers man tailored wool suits with quality linings finished in 1912 styles at reduced prices from 29.75 to 22.50 and 25 to 17.50 and 19.75 to 11.75.
One lot of linen torchon laces offered at 1¢ to 2 inches wide with prices up to 10¢. Reductions include various lace yard prices from 9¢ to 65¢ and a Thanksgiving sale on linen items. Lot A B C describe women’s plain hemstitched linens and handkerchiefs with Thanksgiving sale prices, highlighting markdowns from regular 25¢ to 17¢ and 23¢.
Local ad touts Pendleton store as the cleanest and best in a model sanitary basement. It lists home made kraut a gallon pure grated horseradish jars peanut butter jars Quaker Corn Flakes Fresh Kippered Salmon Columbia River Salmon Bellies New Norway Mackerel smoked bloaters priced per two counts.
Advertises seamless cotton lisle and silk hose for children with a satisfaction guarantee. If not worn satisfactorily, return for replacements. Features new colors and prices 25, 35, 40, and 50 cents.
Unofficial results from Portland show a sweeping defeat for the commission government and all bond measures in the city election. Seven measures were defeated while the Northwestern Electric franchise and a uniform 3 cent toll for bridge crossings were approved, with revenue-raising measures also passing.
Two Titanic survivors, Helen M. Newson and Karl H. Behr, announced plans to marry. The engagement predates the disaster, with both families confirming the match amid the wreck romance narrative. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised for coughs and breathing relief.
Ida Diener of Nanticoke alleges in Wilkes-Barre court that she lived for 12 years as Edward Werner’s wife after being told his first wife was dead. She says a German invitation led her to move, and that she later learned Mrs. Werner is alive and confined in the Retreat insane asylum.
A Farm and Fireside note urges farmers to sell strictly fresh clean eggs to sustain prices, while condemning the sale of soiled or rotten eggs that harms all. The issue also features Mrs Hugh Campbell of Lavonia Ga praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine she has used for her children and all. the ad continues with sale items.
Portland hosts the Paddle International Dairy Show November 18 23 showcasing top dairy cattle from across the United States. Oregon breeders D H Sooner of Independence and W Morros of Independence join Utah Jersey entrants, with Guernseys, Jerseys and Ayreshires from Oregon Washington and California competing for prizes.
Brinton McCurdy drove into town with his wife and baby when a frightened horse bolted. Mrs McCurdy, weighing 300 pounds, was thrown onto a well platform, the boards giving way and she fell twenty feet into water. The baby was dragged and hurt as the wheels entangled the infant. A third man was knocked down as the buggy passed, his fingers crushed when caught under the wheel.
Philadelphia Magistrate Eisen brown backed a whipping post for wife beaters in a case featuring Thomas F. Bailey of American Street near Spruce. Bailey, accused by his frail wife of assault, was confronted as the magistrate urged public thrashing as a cure.
Jeannie de Letile, described as scientist of Physical Harmony, is taken to an asylum after raving in a New York room lit by a waning moon. The report details a scene with crystal spheres, chalk-white faces, and a frenzied march of muttered pleas. Her alleged innovation, selling beauty through spiritual methods, had reportedly earned up to $600 weekly two years earlier.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County sworn by Frank J Cheney senior partner of a firm in Toledo. Claims hall s catarrh cure costs hundred dollars per case if not cured by hall s catarrh cure. Notes testimonials and directions to send for more information.
The ad promotes Mother's Friend an external emulsion by Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga. It claims relief from common pregnancy discomforts and a smoother recovery after childbirth. It urges mothers to use the product regularly to prepare for the crisis and asks readers to request a free informational book.
A vintage advertisement claims a single 20 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound cures grippe and breaks a cold within hours when taken every two hours for three doses. It asserts rapid relief from headache fever soreness sore throat nasal discharge and stiffness with no quinine and urges buyers to demand the exact product.
In New York Stanisla Donda of Italy declared war on the torpedo boat division of the North Atlantic fleet. He bombarded the boats in the Hudson until ammunition ran out with no casualties. Donda, jailed for carrying a revolver, sparked the clash over humor and a fruit stand permit during the fleet assembly.
Thousands suffer indigestion and dyspepsia. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge advertised as a stomach regulator that aids digestion by improving stomach and intestinal coating. It claims permanent relief, adds sugar for children, and notes parasite-related indigestion. sold by Dr. D. Jayne & Son in Philadelphia and druggists nationwide.
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