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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1912
Page
3
A partial OCR listing various grooming products including Colgates Shaving Powder and Ingrams Milkweed Cream with sizes. It mentions Sanitel Tooth Powder and Sanitel Fath Powder, Ponds Extract and old Cream, Sozodont Tooth Powder, all appearing as a vendor catalog snippet.
The piece discusses growing popularity of coat sweaters among women children and misees and notes the trend influences in men’s style as well. It signals a shift toward warmer fabric outerwear with broader appeal beyond traditional genders.
Berlin reports prices for meat wheat rye and other essentials soaring beyond any nation. Riots erupt in Silesia as officials guard traders while government admits near famine prices yet claims the spike is temporary. Socialist groups press for open borders to imports and lower tariffs amid broad municipal relief appeals.
Herfanean withdraws from Channel coast defense with destroyers and submarines. Cherbourg chosen as base for a fleet of twenty four built craft and numerous submarines. The flotilla squadron will defend the coast from Cherbourg to Havre and protect Calais Boulogne Granville Saint Malo Havre and the Seine mouth. All French submarines except two at Hopton stay at Cherbourg to join the destroyers for coordinated air defense and offense.
Paris reports a major redistribution of the French navy as larger ships depart for the Mediterranean. The move shifts responsibility among destroyers and prepares new defense duties for France’s maritime line while South Atlantic leaves are noted.
A 14 year old boy narrowly avoided losing a leg after an ugly ulcer from a bruise. Remedies and doctors failed until Bucklen's Arnica Salve was used. One box cured burns boils skin eruptions and piles. Sold at Koep pens for five cents.
Echo Oregon October 14 A new shipment of cattle from Montana arrived yesterday totaling twenty cars. The owners are A G and Sloan Thomson of Echo and T C Benson of Portland. The stock will be fattened on alfalfa then shipped to Portland markets. The same issue notes a Progressive Social hosted by the Ladies Aid with five stations represented and brisk patronage. Local residents travel for family funerals and visits, including Watenburger family to Hoppner for sister Mrs Ayers funeral and Mrs Benedict called there.
A delegation of 100 experts from twelve nations will travel to Egypt under the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners to study cotton cultivation and handling on the Nile. They will inspect ginning and seed crushing facilities and plantations, meet with Alexandria agricultural groups, and visit the department of agriculture. The visit echoes prior efforts by the British Cotton Growing Association and aims to bring improvements to handling and storage of cotton. Egypt reports a record crop of about 8,000,000 hundredweight cantars.
An American in Paris tried to cash a $15 postal order at a Paris office near the Opera but failed. He produced several proofs of identity including an international chromobolists' permit, a Touring Club permit, motor vehicle ownership certificate, a French customs license, several letters, and a U.S. consul legalized letter, all deemed insufficient.
Sulphurro reports broad success abroad alongside domestic use in curing rheumatic, blood, stomach and skin disorders. A French retiree, C Dormoy of Fontainebleau, endorsed its benefits after learning of Sulphurro via Bradshaw of Minneapolis. Letters from London praise its curative effects. Sulphurre is sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free booklet available from The M. C. Stewart Sulphur Co.
A man told his papers were insufficient must bring two witnesses. He found them and brought two firm officials with pro curation letters and twenty letters to him to the post office but failed. One witness then produced an electrician’s card, after which all obstacles vanished. The press weighs in with speculation while high officials offer no comment.
Hart Colds People whose blood is pure are not nearly so likely to take hard colds as are others, Hood's Sursaparilla makes the blood pure, and this great medicine recovers the system after a cold as no other medicine does, Take Hood's.
London officials report a widespread cat theft scam tied to furs. Cat skins are being used to imitate wild fur, driving up value and prompting a new trade in decoying and snatching cats around suburban streets by bicycle.
For Sale or Rent. Wheat land in tracts of $20 to 2000 acres. Terms to suit buyer. Address W. B. Smith, Jone, Ore. For Taxi call Main 4.
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