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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1912
Page
5
A dense pasted list of local wants and notices includes wants for workers and services, rooms for rent, a piano lesson posting, a doctor’s office, various business advertisements, lost items, bids for school building construction, and the Pendleton area contact details for dining and trades.
A dance will be held at German Hall in Cold Spring on Saturday October 19. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Reward offered for a dark buckskin horse named Hecht bay possibly. Described with black mane and tail, black stripe along back, wire mark on right stifle, brands two circles on right shoulder with a vertical bar. WHUN pays reward for return or information leading to recovery. Notify Frank Baling, Pendleton, Oregon.
A Vancouver World summary extols bitulithic pavement as the near ideal for urban roads. It notes rivals like brick granite and wooden blocks falter on noise durability and upkeep. Bitulithic, made from fine rock and bituminous cement, is said to have endured tests and been adopted in over two hundred U.S. cities and fifteen in Canada, beautifying boulevards while requiring minimal repairs.
Notice to Members of Pendleton Local No 21 is requested to attend a regular meeting on October 19, 1912, at the Secret Society hall at 10:30 a.m. The question of next season's Sacks will be discussed. H. C. Mills, Secretary. Also mentions China coal production estimates and a generic proverb about self-reliance.
Steve Done the blacksmith and J M Hils the focal insurance man both left Pilot Rock this morning. W W Steiner came from the county's west end yesterday. Harry N Dryer, a booster of Umatilla, visited last evening. Mr and Mrs Sam Starr of Helix arrived by the Northern Pacific today. Dr W H McKinney of Helix rode the Portland local this morning. John P McManus, editor of the Pilot Rock Record, returned home after a city visit. A B Rothrock of Athena and John Rothrock of Walla Walla, both local farmers, registered at the St George last night. Arthur Harper, a Minneapolis banker, stopped in Pendleton en en route to Portland to visit with O F B Harper’s family. Stev Charles Quinney, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, returned via the Northern Pacific from Victoria BC where he attended the International conference of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew.
National League action continues with scattered hits and fielding errors. Hall, Wagner, Snodgrass, and Doyle contribute as Boston and New York trade innings with isolated scoring. Gardner homers for Boston, while Meyers, Herzog, and Devore star for New York in a pitcherless stretch. No final score reported in the fragment.
Dense, jumbled baseball recap describes New York and Boston players like Merkle Meyers and Yerkes. Mentions walks, hits, outs, fumbles, and several runs with occasional scoring notes and defensive plays amid a chaotic sequence of at bats and fielding errors.
New York, Boston and other players produced runs in an uneven sequence with singles, fielder choices, and a double play as Speaker, Tesreau, and Merkle contributed defensive assists. Herzog scored on a wild throw. Herz og later tied the game with Wilson on base. Electric power note follows as a stray item. Lot’s wife line appears as a quip about wives turning to salt and peppery remarks.
In this defense of criticism the writer argues serious critique challenges public perception of a play s philosophy of life. He says critics seek meaningful works like Galworthy s The Pigeon Thom a s As a Man Thinks Gorky Night Refuge and Pineros Mid Channel while preferring comedies that still provide intellectual or emotional impact. A miner's remark after Ibsen's Ghosts illustrates that a work that provokes thought is valued even if it challenges comfort.
London reports an annual laboratory review calling for a strict pure food law in Great Britain. It notes many so called nonalcoholic drinks lack real juice, being sugar solutions flavored and colored. The survey found butter high in water, oysters with copper zinc, and tea adulteration with sand, revealing misrepresentation in several foods.
The article notes Mexico City becoming a refugee hub as foreigners leave and upper class Mexicans depart due to war conditions. Many arrive from plantations and mines seeking safety while Rebels gain manpower in rural areas. Prices for staples rise amid weak crop planting and limited agricultural prospects.
Lord Guthrie notes marked changes since 1868 at the Great St Bernard Hospital in London. He finds a piano donated by King Edward in the reception room, central heating, electric lights, and plain but well cooked food. Dogs are still present but the modern St Bernard looks like a mix of Newfoundland and mastiff. Monks report about one rescue case monthly in winter and spring. Motor vehicles worth 919,219 dollars were brought into Port Elizabeth, South Africa, last year.
Stockholm reports Sweden tested defense readiness by mobilizing nine regiments along the Russian frontier. Despite railway gaps, troops were ready to march after two days training under last rik dag act, with color for ten days. Telephone aided rapid orders spreading to villages and farms.
Governor Wilton urged two thousand business leaders at the Omaha Commercial Club to back reciprocal trade and a revived American merchant marine. The address echoed President McKinley’s Buffalo sermon of 1901 on national industry and the need to avoid selfish neglect, stressing nationwide stake in a vast business system.
A new process uses electrolyptic etching to produce hardened steel dies. The development promises improved tool longevity and precision in die manufacturing, signaling advances in metalworking technology.
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