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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
2
A fragment shows various table damask and lunch cloth items with sale prices ranging from 27¢ to $4.18 per dozen for lunch napkins and from 25¢ to 75¢ for linen towels. Several 72x72 inch table damask items priced around $3.96 to $4.18.
Footwear advertisement touts bench made shoes as highest art in shoemaking. Built over lasts for higher grade quality with finer materials and special construction. Priced at $4.00 per pair. Also Foxy Footery party pumps in new colors and sizes. fitting offered for Elks Thanksgiving Ball. Shoes department promotes trade.
A wide range of coats from serviceable wool mixtures to velvet brocades with fur trimmings is shown. Includes kimono sleeve designs and fully lined options, priced from 7.95 to 335.00. Also offers sport coats at 7.50, warm wool sweaters at 1.95, heavy fleeced outing flannel nightgowns for women and children up to 2.50.
Timely Hints from our Pure Food Department advertise Extra Fancy Spitzenberg Spitz and Yellow Newtowns apples at box prices from 2.00 to 3.00, Rome Beauties arrival, New Navel Oranges at 50 to 60 cents, Buckwheat sacks 65 cents, and Extra Fancy Mince Meat 20 cents per pound, plus a Candy Department offering fresh confections at favorable prices.
Special correspondence from Umatilla Oregon reports excitement over a West Extension road initiative and a forthcoming basketball squad for winter. Frank Pearson joins the lineup with several new players, while manager James O Connell builds a larger group. Also noted are social events in town including a silver tea, bridge parties, and a planned winter auction bridge club formation.
A Corvallis Oregon Agricultural College report details a major effort to breed pigs that can consume more feed and convert it efficiently into weight gain. The program aims to enhance pork production by selecting for higher feed intake and growth rates, reflecting early 20th century livestock improvement initiatives.
Ex health commissioner Dr Evans says skin diseases relate little to blood and skin must be cured through the skin. Leading physicians advertise a wintergreen thymos based wash for eczema with D D D prescription praised by Dr Holmes as a specific, with a $1 bottle offered on guaranteed satisfaction by Tallman & Company.
Oregon Agricultural College professor G R Samson reports on sixty one day feeding tests with thirty pigs in three groups. Lot 1 hand fed dry, Lot 2 self-fed, Lot 3 soaked rations. Self-feeder reduced labor by half and lowered feed per 100 pounds gain while improving daily gains across litters. Soaking feed showed a slight advantage but not conclusive.
Paris dispatch reports Cardine fishermen in Brittany beached by bad weather and scarce catches. Workers suffer unemployment and hardship as fishing fleets struggle, with local families bracing for continuing privation and cost of living pressures.
Spain’s veteran bullfighter Bombita retires after thirty five years in the ring as a banner hero loved by the public. The image captures his final appearance with an enraged bull goring his horse and two horses dying before the bull is killed.
Federal reports from Juarez claim Torreon was recaptured from rebels by Tug Founders In Report. Government troops under General Refugio Velasco in Menominee, Michigan, on November 13. Merchants with long supply ties refuse further credit as they oppose modern nets, forcing canning concerns to shut down unable to cover costs by the old method.
A Sunday gale swept Lake Michigan causing the tug Martin to founder. Its nine crewmen are believed drowned, with rescue efforts underway and authorities confirming the loss. The incident raises questions about vessel safety on the lake.
Female readers receive a mixed page of social notes club updates fashion hints home tips and personal items of interest. The column showcases society happenings personal notices and light lifestyle curiosities from the era aimed at women readers.
Sheldon D Taylor son of Sheriff T D Taylor and Miss Kittle Gholson of Athena married yesterday morning at ten in the Central Christian church study in Walla Walla Rev W W Burks officiating The bridegroom formerly attended Pendleton academy and has since lived in Athena The bride is daughter of a pioneer Athena family The couple will live in Athena The report also notes arrivals and visits from local residents including Mr and Mrs Cleo Straughn and Miss Dollie Satterlee recent Pendleton graduates Mrs G L Campbell of Portland and Mrs Jerard plan future visits Mrs J J Regan and Mrs Harry F Bickers host the Current Literature Club Mrs B R T Pettingill returns from California and will winter with her daughter in Pendleton High school students plan a Dante event Friday evening for visiting Baker football players and Gladys Lane entertains friends last Saturday Pendleton visitors were noted from Orchard Station and a Walla Walla Bulletin source.
The Ohio Agricultural Society annual flower show opened in Wigmore Coliseum Cleveland. Hundreds of flowers and plants filled the interior in a riot of color. Among amateur exhibitors were C. O. Barber of Akron The Match King L. B. Raymond of Akron J. H. Wade of Cleveland famous aeronaut and Howard Hanna and W. G. Mathers of Cleveland.
London, Nov. 13. English labor groups celebrate government recognition of the dockmen's union after a long campaign. The Admiralty ordered the Portsmouth royal dockyard to allow grievances to be presented by employee committees with union leaders. Minor issues stay at Portsmouth. for direct Admiralty meetings the financial secretary will meet deputations in London. Traveling expenses and full wages during absence are provided.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a tonic for expectant mothers, claiming it relieves pain and discomfort during pregnancy and protects the baby. It promises rest and health preservation, lubricates nerves and tendons, and offers a quick refund with a mail order from Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta for 81.00 per bottle.
The text details a young girl's original tailored suit featuring a double breasted cut away jacket, white rimmed buttons, fur collar and cuffs, a plain girlish plaid skirt, and a brown faille girdle. It notes imagined ailments as a light closing remark.
Druggists note Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy shows strong record. Proponents claim it is a physician's prescription and share unsolicited letters of recovery. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by Parcel Post from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
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