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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
3
A vintage advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleansing remedy for sluggish bowels and liver, promising a painless purge by morning. It contrasts with harsh laxatives, claims fruit-based, drug-free action, and urges asking for the California Fig Syrup Company label for the genuine product.
Washington reports Manchester now fourth British port for American apples with annual Deansgate sales around 2.6 million dollars. Buyers come from major northern cities and Birmingham, Leicester, and Nottingham. Since 1844 imports have risen from 17,723 to 65,000 tons, recently about 100,000 tons yearly. Oregon apples expected to gain favor with first class quality and steady supply, price keeping profit for growers. The piece ends with a pointed critique of trusts and a stray line about artificial women.
Athena Ore November 6 Special The M F E church women held a chicken dinner after election day in the church basement raising about 60 dollars. Mrs N Buroker and daughter returned from Washington visit. L Swaggart visited Pendleton. The Young Ladies Sewing Club surprised Monday evening with guests and the host Miss Ruth Krebs organized sewing carpet rags then games and refreshments. Emery Stages of Weston visited Athena yesterday. J W Keen travelled to Pendleton Monday.
Weston residents and guests are noted in weekly society items. Visitors include Thoms McBride in Athena and Minnie Walker returning from Spokane, with Elinor Warren in Walla Walla and Will Nordean in Pendleton. Earl Kirkpatrick returns from Alberta to visit his parents, and Ralph Saling plans a Portland winter for health. Weston High School held a Hallowe en party and Claude Price hosted the Epworth League gathering with a short program and refreshments. A playful quip about a baldheaded mind ends the item.
Tallman & Co. offer Booth's Hyomet a complete remedy from Australian eucalyptus that destroys catarrh germs to end misery. The outfit with inhaler costs 1 and extra bottles 50c. A booklet explains benefits for catarrh, coughs, colds, croup and deafness.
Miss Winfred Gless hosted a leap year party Saturday with attendees including Dr. Wainscott Frank Kiils Ethel Peringer Zeb Lewis and many others. The event featured games refreshments and a pleasant evening as local residents common in Adams.
An alert warns of electrolysis as a hidden threat to city infrastructure. Stray currents from electrified streets attack steel, concrete, pipes, and rails, risking leaks, failures, and disasters unless protective measures are taken promptly.
The 1911 value of natural gas production reached seventy four million dollars, a 4.78 percent rise from 1910 despite lower output. David T. Day of the U S Geological Survey notes growing demand and rising investment in gas lines and power plants, with safety concerns as supply tightens.
The article notes rapid yield declines in Ohio and Indiana curbing further capital for production. It highlights a Kansas City demand study led by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas state geologist, predicting only three to four years of gas supply for the city. It lists 1911 consumption by Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kansas, with Pennsylvanian gas totaling over 1.1 trillion cubic feet and manufacturing uses in multiple states, reflecting shifting supply and demand patterns.
Two horticulture graduates land rig positions in California and Cunila Oregon Agricultural College Car valle Ore Nov 6 The Cold Stream Matate a huge fruit tract at Vernon B C has just secured the services of John Quincy Adams a 1411 graduate of the Oregon Agricultural college department of hor ticulture When the Canadian stower or meal from the Superintendents of the Mackintosh Minor lands in the Bitter Root Valley where he has been this year George Riehbun a classmate of Mr Adams who last year was at the Union experiment station and has been taking graduate studies in horticulture at the college since February has accepted an appointment as
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of N. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay $100 for every case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses. Cure is taken orally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Send ten cents for testimonials. Sold by Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A vintage advertising piece promotes Pape's Diapepsin as quick relief for indigestion gas sour stomach and upset stomach. It claims the enzyme helps digest food, stabilize the stomach, and prevent discomfort from a liberal diet, priced at fifty cents per large case.
An agriculture instructor at Ferndale High School California who served as team captain of the nine and a key mainstay of the community’s youth activities is mourned for his leadership and contributions to local education and sports.
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