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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1913
Page
3
The advertisement promotes trading stamps for Christmas gifts with multiple price points. Listed prices include 19.75, 17.50, 14.75, 12.50, and a special sale line featuring 9.75 and 8.95. The copy emphasizes a total sale price and special sale figures to attract shoppers.
Edmonton Alabama November 1 1912 25 dollars a month pension and a silver medal awarded by the Carnegie hero fund to the widow of R Frederick Dayton of Viking Alberta Dayton lost his life saving William Kirkpatrick a neighboring farmer from a well in May 1912 He was lowered into the well with a rope by his wife reaching Kirkpatrick who lay unconscious about 40 feet below the surface
What Will Women Wear Next questions fashion trends and the fall styles. The piece notes extreme and charming outfits, with dressmakers aiming to create new sensations. It highlights stores as hubs of fashion news and store scouts traveling fashion circles for the latest whispers and advertising columns as the early indicators.
A rescuer named Dayton tied a rope around his waist and descended a well to haul out a man. He was overcome by gas before surfacing and died instantly. The incident occurred in a secluded spot and prompted an investigation by the hero fund commission, which concluded with the foregone result.
Edmonton Nov 15 Hon Charles Stewart minister of municipal affairs for Alberta works on a plan to appoint a provisional commission on municipal credit to oversee rural bond marketing and expenditure checks. It would involve Alberta's 84 municipalities and could be submitted to the legislature or used by provincial council. Taxpayers would know exactly what they commit to.
Four thousand dollars in cash prizes for essays by Ohio university college and high school students will be distributed by the Ohio Perry Centennial commission after today’s closing of the essay contest. Judges began reading and classifying the many submissions received.
The passage notes that the Perry Centennial contest benefited from the Ohio legislature’s most recent appropriation, providing context for several months of the competition. The funding underscores state support for the commemorative event.
Salem, Ore. Nov. 14 Samuel Haller, alleged ringleader of a charivari party at the home of A. E. Kuenzle and his bride, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. The groom swore out the complaint and County Attorney Ringo, prosecuting, says Falvey attempted to break into the house and the party was boisterous, using dynamite in its proceedings.
Ella Filixon, an attendant at the State Asylum for the Insane in Salem Ore, sustained serious injuries after falling into an elevator shaft. She believed the elevator had stopped on the first floor, opened the door, and stepped into the shaft. She was injured, but doctors say her skull is not fractured.
Seattle November 14 The revenue cutter Tahoma sails for Kodiak Island with medical and other supplies for a village struck by measles Nearly 250 cases and one death reported Governor of Alaska appeals to the federal government for aid.
Washington November 15 suffragists planned a rousing welcome tomorrow for Rhota Childs as part of ongoing efforts to secure broader public support and visibility for the movement.
Charles L. Dorr, editor of a new national magazine on equal suffrage, addresses a theater mass meeting. The event highlights growing advocacy for voting rights and women’s participation in public affairs.
Washington reporters note that on this date fourteen years ago the first wireless message was sent with difficulty from the liner St. Paul to the Needles as government radio towers at Arlington picked up messages from hundreds of miles away.
Washington November 15 coal freight rates rose five percent under schedules led by the Interstate Commerce Commission with the Pennsy and Baltimore & Ohio railroads.
Chicago November 18 One of the greatest mass meetings in the middle west is planned for tomorrow at the New Medina Temple Auditorium General Booth head of the Salvation Army will address thousands after applications for seats were received Rich and poor alike will have equal opportunity to hear the English evangelist Soldiers and ex soldiers meet at Cort theater in Dearborn Street in the morning A second gathering is set for the auditorium at night The staff council plans meetings Monday morning with two more sessions in the afternoon and evening General Booth departs for New York Monday night
Special Correspondence reports Echo Ore. Nov 15 The Echo flour mill started under owner J G Thomas with Jos Cunha in charge Two hundred thousand bushels of wheat are on hand for grinding Output reaches 150 barrels daily An alfalfa meal mill may join later Electricity is supplied by Cunha from a private plant linked to the mill Wes Mikesell and wife return from Brush Prairie Wash Geral Stanfield heads to North Powder to fetch the remaining Stanfield sheep Seven carloads arrived Monday Jay Pulmulder Hermiston visitor Lawrence Markham travels to Nolin to help father with winter grain.
The twenty ninth annual National Horse Show opened at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 15 and runs through November 22. Wealthy attendees filled the boxes and competitors vie for top honors as society spectators dress in lavish attire, likened to an Indian Durbar or international polo event.
Mrs. James A. Fee hosts Thursday Afternoon club with papers on Celtic Literature and Celtic Revival by Roy T. Bishop and Mrs. John Hatley, plus songs and tales. The Current Literature club discussed Uruguay and Paraguay studies by Mrs. Harry Bickers and others, with multiple papers and readings.
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