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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1916
Page
3
An old ad claims quick relief from backache lumbago stiffness and soreness with a gentle rub of St Jacob OIL. It promises instant soothing penetration and warns the patient will straighten up forget the pain and stop suffering after using a trial bottle from a druggist.
A fragment notes May’s performance remains steady without a major setback. The sentence hints at resilience but provides no clear entities or full context.
Paris reports that the Appropriations Committees of the Chamber of Deputies agreed on substantial tax rises. Income tax jumps to higher rates, securities yield taxes rise, and sugar, tobacco, wine, beef, portage, coffee, tea, hotel, billiards, and dog duties will increase. A cabinet meeting created a ministry of provisions led by Joseph Thierry to supervise civilian and army provisioning, with a presidential decree granting the war minister requisition power over distribution stations for national defense.
An advertisement promises a trial package from Foley & Co for ailments like bronchial coughs biliousness constipation and headaches. The copy lists multiple Foley products including Honey Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cough Drops and urges readers to mail in their address for a trial kit.
The Portland Journal reports the Pendleton normal bill losing by 12,694 in the full Oregon tally. The breakdown shows county totals with Baker Clarkamas Clatsop Deschutes and others, totaling 109,522 for opponents to 96,829 for supporters across the state.
Judge Cleeton of Portland withholds ruling for one week in the case of Mrs Nannie Matthews of Pendleton and Mrs Mat Tobian of Seattle contesting the will of the late Mrs Anna E Dale. The estate is valued about 310,000 and the judge urged a voluntary division to spare family strife and preserve relations.
In the Bloomington area a chair in the Illinois Athletic Club fell silent when William Kroeller, secretary of Kroeller Brothers Co., manufacturers of ice machines, collapsed and died yesterday. The well known businessman, active in several ventures, was popular in club circles and among colleagues.
Mrs Waldo Pierce and Lawrence Sperry Jr survive a 1000 foot plunge into Great South Bay after their aircraft lost control. Duck hunters pulled the pair from the water and treated for immersion. Pierce, once Dorothy Rice Unti, married Waldo Pierce. Sperry is the gyro stabilizer inventor.
Nov 28 in Chicago Yvonne Torrey 22 from a wealthy family asks U S protection from her mother who allegedly aims to place her in a mental institution. She was recently served and removed from a theater party to a psychopathic hospital where two weeks of examination found her sane.
The mother has initiated a court inquiry into the girl’s sanity, scheduled for today. Misa Torrey claims jealousy from her mother and cites her stepfather Clarenne F. Torrey, described as a wealthy Dutchian, as having shown interest in her. Federal and state authorities are examining the family affair to uncover the truth.
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