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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
7
Washington reports the Democratic tariff plan raises duties on cosmetics, powders, perfumes, and related items. Perfumery, dentifrices, skin preparations, and many facial products will cost 2 to 5 percent more, while talcum powders, some soaps, and camphor see relief. Manicure instruments gain a lower duty, keeping fingers affordable.
New York reports a sealed glass skyscraper to rise as a 12 story loft building. About 78 percent of the structure will be glass though there will be no windows. A $2 million project includes a $300,000 power plant. Ventilation uses artificial rain washed air and dual flues to purge and replace air.
El Paso Texas Nov 27 promoters predict the Juarez race track winter meeting will be the most successful yet in its history as racing begins this afternoon. The program promises a strong showing to start the season.
A Detroit area ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It urges readers to send for testimonials and to buy the remedy, claiming constitutional treatment and blood impact.
A collection of business notices from Pendleton lists PETERSON and BISHOP attorneys at law with offices in Smith Crawford Building, STROBLE dealer in new and second hand goods on 219 E Court St, W DOUGLAS W BAILEY attorney at law in Ogonlan, auction services by I C YOHNER, E RUDE, and Crier of livestock sales, plus CITY LIVERY STABLE on Thompson Street offering cab service and rigs, contactable via East Oregonian office.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. immune blood purifier claiming to purify blood and cure rheumatism catarrh skin eruptions and other blood ailments. The Swift Specific Co allege that S. S. S. stimulates cellular nutrition and regenerates blood, promoting energy and vitality. It markets the product from Atlanta Georgia and urges readers to coerce druggists to stock only S. S. S. and reject substitutes.
A long planned racing carnival spans at least 1006 days with over 800 horses expected to run. Stake races include the Juarez Handicap worth 1400, Dos Republicas Handicap, and Chihuahua Stake for 2-year-olds drawing top American juveniles. Bookmakers will offer wide odds as Mexico’s unrest barely dents track patronage unless Juarez fighting erupts. Two years ago amid the Madero rebellion races ran daily except three as battles raged nearby.
A St Louis Post Dispatch piece humorously notes rediscovered passenger pigeons north and south of here. The author skewers modern transport norms, praising the bird as a rare, neutral actor unaffected by laws, politics, or industry obligations, invoking a wish for more such impartial efficiency.
A fragment hints Higel could excel as a detective while another voice notes a person named Bobh and a comment about attending a musical comedy where she followed the plot through to the end. The text is garbled but preserves two distinct names and a social event reference.
At a regular meeting of Pendleton Common Council on October 2 1914 the council adopted a resolution directing the surveyor to prepare plans and specifications for Bush Street improvements from Jackson Street to Raley Street. The project includes gravel pavement and cost estimates with benefited land and cost percentages.
The Pendleton Common Council approves plans by City Surveyor Geary Kimbrell for gravel bitulithic pavement on Rush Street from Jackson to Raley, creates Assessment District No. 32, and orders notices published in the East Oregonian. The surveyor's cost allocations will be filed with the City Recorder for all benefited lots and parcels, with assessments based on benefit.
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