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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
2
Heavy cotton blankets in 11 4 size offered in gray white tan with blue pink and brown borders. Two blankets sold together for one price on Thursday and Friday. Extra size wool blends priced as a pair at 4 57 with popular demand. Jackets with Skinner satin lining priced at 330.00.
Navy blue black brown and gray Messaline waists offered in plain tailored and fancy styles in all sizes. Prices range from 2.98 to 4.49.
White Fox and Cascade wool blankets in white with blue and pink borders offered in limited stock. Full size and weight, special sale Thursday and Friday at a price of 84.23 dollars.
Reported volcanic activity expands 460 square miles as Etna lobs lava Navels towers flames and ash over Linguaglossa and Saesinghone. Sixteen crater bursts and earthquakes jar towns while forests airfields and vineyards vanish under a solid lava wall.
A curious tale from The Hague describes Queen Wilhelmina strolling near the capital when she met a small girl who later sent gloves as thanks. The queen sent gloves back with a gift and asked which glove brought joy. The girl replied simply asking which glove pleased the queen most.
Anna Gould purchased the famous Fontainbleau grapes for her two year old son, paying $240 for several bunches. The royal vineyard, famed since Francis I, auctions its grapes each year amid fashionable society on the Fontainebleau grounds. Local gossip notes the prince is ordered to eat the fruit by his doctor as part of a strict regimen.
Spokane article from E. M. Favor of the Fruit Grower of Mount Joseph notes the 24,000,000 bushel national apple crop estimate holds. He says growers with blemish free fruit should not fear disposal despite buyers’ price talk, as demand remains strong and the crop size mirrors last year.
Growers hear from commission houses urging sale as forecasts claim the 1911 harvest will be the largest in 15 years, yet Fruit Grower reports suggest the crop will not reach 1911 yields. Much storage space remains unused, indicating harvest volume and profits hinge on fruit quality and marketing actions.
Mining engineer C L Erickson rushed to aid Sol Brown in a hotel corridor as two assailants beat him. Erickson confronted the attackers and was shot fatally. Suspects Samuel Kirkpatrick and Harald McWhinney were arrested, with police believing the assault on Brown aimed at a robbery.
The State Land Board received a letter from W A Brownell stating all protests against city authorities of Wmatila taking possession of the winter front along the Upnatilla river are withdrawn. He will not interfere if the city pursues a public levee at Umatilin.
The Orpheum presents a trio of war and romance films for Tuesday. Wages of War depicts a northern cavalryman and southern love amid battle and sacrifice. Don Ramon's Daughter follows Manetta and her love with Carlos, family secrets, adoptions, and a Yaqui peril. The Crucial Test recreates the Battle of Santiago Harbor through an Edison adaptation. Also featured are Miss Chatierer's Experience, Putting it Over, Babes in the Wood, and a vaudeville act, all offering light comedy and drama.
A Tuesday program showcases In the Northern Forests and The Silent Tongue, with Vita graphic mood imagery of an escaped prisoner choosing to save a child, plus Edison comedy, Building the New Line, Nick Winter Turns a Trick, and a Pathe travelogue Across the Mountain Passes of New Zealand.
A fragmented tale unfolds with Sergeant Dillon blamed for a paymaster’s cash loss at Fort Winton. He bursts from confinement during an Indian outbreak, aided by a sweetheart, to save Mason, while a melodrama of lovers and mistaken identities leads to a beating for Ned and Victor.
University of Oregon documents show a surge of graduates entering high school teaching. Thirty-two recent graduates hold roles as principals and teachers across Oregon high schools at monthly salaries from $100 to $150, with many more ready to accept positions if offered. The list includes Ndith Baker Oregon City H S, William Reals Junction City Supt, Emmi Relat Bundon, and others such as Beulah Bridges Brownsville, Jessie Calkins Nysen, Lilah Churk Heppner, Olive Donnell Eugene H S, Myron Getchell Allen principal, Madge Hamble Ada H S, Gertrude Holmes Graham H S, Virginia Hurd Hale H S, Pearl Johnson Sheridan H S, Laura Kennon Cottage Grove H S, Maybell Larsen Clatskanie H S, Ruth Rolfe Yoncalla H S, Alice Stoddard Eugene H S, Naomi Williamson McMinnville H S, Edith Witner Burns H S, Ferdinand Struck Tacoma H S, Blanche Ross Portland.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a cosmetic cure for gray hair, claiming it darkens hair, stops dandruff, promotes growth, and prevents hair loss. It notes a money back guarantee if it fails and urges purchase from Pendleton Drug Co.
Advertisement touts S S S as Nature’s blood purifying remedy to heal chronic ulcers. It claims old sores stem from blood impurities and that S S S cleanses circulation to restore healthful blood, with free medical books and listed drugstore availability.
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