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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
2
Saturday specials on wool hose underwear and garments, with tiered prices. Deals include 25e 50¢ 65¢ 715e and $1.00 items, undergarments for women and children, shamrock lawn fabrics 15¢, green ticket yard specials at 8¢, couch covers $1.98, fabric and shoe markdowns, and men's coats at $12.85. Limited quantities, 10 yd limit on ticket goods.
The notice promotes a Model Grocery store sale with a wide range of items for Sunday meals, listing pineapple salmon cranberries raisins maple syrup and canned desserts with low prices. It mentions a coffee demonstration this Saturday November 18 and notes the store’s crockery department.
Oregon railroad rate hearing reveals charts comparing distances and charges across states. Yaquina Bay witnesses oppose rate reductions while Newport and other towns seek preferred rates, and Deschutes prospects hint at future freight growth. A later section recounts a violent Karuama massacre of villagers.
Read for Profit describes Foley Kidney Pills as directly benefitting the kidneys bladder and urinary passages with quick tonic action. A testimonial from J A Meple of Steubenville Ohio asserts relief from weak kidneys severe bladder trouble backache and improved kidney function after using Foley Kidney Pills.
News from Australia reports that during a October raid by the Karaima tribesmen, Murultan villagers were wiped out by advancing warriors. The raid hit men women and children as the village hosted a dance, many men away building a new settlement. A punitive expedition later captured several Karaima members for murder.
Dry weather cripples snail crops across Burgundy and wine regions. Paris markets report scarce supplies and higher prices for snails in restaurants and homes, with costs rising from 2 francs a dozen to at least 4 francs. Domestic consumers face steeper bills for a favored delicacy amid the drought.
Spokane Wash Ten entries have been received in the carload classes at the fourth National Apple Show November 23 to 30. Prizes of 500 to first and 100 to second will be awarded in each class. A special prize of 500 for the best packed carload is offered. The International Apple Shippers Association trophy goes to the best commercially packed carload. A 200 gold prize is also provided for the most artistically decorated carload. Exhibitors include R P Wright Chelan WA Rome Beauty and S Eimmons Wenatchee mixed.
George SS. Brnapp of Moscow Idaho and Wageners claim first carload entries from Latah county. Medford and Rogue River groups assist exhibitor in a display that wins 1910 prize. Spokane Valley Irrigate Land Co and Kootenal Fruit Growers aid Wageners with first Kootenal entry. Keystone Fruit Co Chelan Wash debuts three car loads of Gano Sultzenberg Winesap.
Alone at 2 am Mrs McClellian woke to a man in her room. She grabbed a revolver, told him to raise his hands, and forced him downstairs with her crying baby. The burglar fled with arms raised as her husband found her later in a nervous collapse.
An advertisement touts Ballardt’s Horehound Syrup to stop coughing, soothe irritated lungs and restore easy breathing. It lists prices 25c 60c and 1.00 per bottle and credits A C Koeppen & Bros as sellers.
In Washington, D. C., a seal demonstrates keen instinct by finding its offspring after wandering from a broken ice hole. The animal leaves its pup at dawn, dives through a surface hole to feed, and returns at night to locate its crying young amid vast numbers of seals and drifting ice.
An advertisement touts Dr Leonhardt s Hemroid as a guaranteed internal remedy for piles. Three physicians endorse a sugar coated tablet treatment that avoids surgery and claims to tackle the cause through improved circulation. Sold by Pendleton Drug Co Pendleton Oregon and druggists at 1 dollar for 24 days with satisfaction guaranteed.
In Fon du Lac Washington a lightning strike left a visible watermark on a door panel showing part of a table cloth pattern. Mia Sarah Chattoner of Western Avenue claims the unique exhibit. The flower motif remains clearly discernible in the design.
A vintage advertise claim suggests Hood's Sarsaparilla cures dyspepsia and stomach upset, promising to strengthen the stomach and other digestive organs for proper function, encouraging readers to take Hood's.
John Wanamaker, merchant prince, warned at John Chambers Memorial Presbyterian church that growing numbers of women smokers threaten public morals and urged universal prohibition to curb the liquor and tobacco traffic. He said any political effort that ignores this issue will fail.
A 16 year old boy named Thomas Roach found a ten pound lump of gold quartz near the edge of town while rabbit hunting. The nugget, valued between 1700 and 1800 dollars, was discovered on ground prospectors say has been hunted for six decades.
The widow of Railrong Magnite sues New York doctor Joseph Frankel claiming $4,500 in medical charges are exorbitant. The case centers on disputed services and billing as presented by the Magnite estate.
In a Supreme Court action one of E. H. Harriman’s attending physicians seeks to recover 4500 from widow Mary W. Harriman for services from March 1 to September 1, 1900. Dr Frankel claims the bill is valid though Mrs. Harriman calls it exorbitant.
Seattle factory and port report that Washington Tug and Barge hires women cooks for its tugs. Captain Hoon Crogby, manager, states women give better service, are as willing to work, and never miss work due to drink, after a fair trial.
The American Women’s Association objects to cooking caught fish in Yellowstone Lake’s hot springs. The Yellowstone superintendent has been directed to halt the practice after objections raised to the method.
The commission discharges City Engineer and assigns new leaders after a partial reshuffle. Salaries for appointed officers now total an estimated 0,000 yearly, reflecting changes since October 22 and December. Local officials in North Yakbon discuss cost savings and departmental duties moving forward.
Independence, Oregon resident Edward Rex, a farmer, died after his horse bolted, tipping him over an embankment north of the public school into a slough. He was found drowned in about ten feet of water.
Frank J. Cheney asserts as senior partner of F. J. Opey Co. that a hundred dollars will be paid for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath is sworn before a notary on December 14 and notes sale and distribution details. The fragment mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure being sold by Cheney Co. and then references Del’s Family Pills for constipation.
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