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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
2
A catalog blurb touts new fall shirts as classy, fast color, and perfectly fitting. It pitches the Manhattan, Indes, and T. PL W. Special line with prices from 50 cents to 2.50, claiming they are the last word in shirts and urging readers to view them.
You care and it’s right you should care about how clothes look on you. We feel an interest in your looks and are partly responsible for customers’ appearance. Our duty is to ensure garments are smart and efficient, giving a well dressed feeling and a successful look. New models target both young and older men with fresh fabrics in grays blues browns and tans. Overcoats look sharp and stylish in this greatest lot of good clothes Pendleton has shown.
You’ll be busing warmer underwear soon as cold nights and mornings demand it. Find the best and biggest assortment here with common everyday kinds and finer varieties.
Widespread Republican distrust of Roosevelt and failures of Taft push progressives to back Governor Wilson. Letters from business leaders and civic reformers urge support, citing Wilson’s progressive promises and criticizing Taft and Roosevelt. Over 50,000 have joined the Wilson Progressive League as its nationwide ranks grow. Walter Pollock of Cleveland joins, aligning with La Follette’s Ohio supporters now backing Wilson.
New York Oct 16 The proposed stone highway to span the continent gains momentum as auto interests and good roads advocates push toward a coast to coast system. Manufacturers are urged to contribute one third of one percent of gross business for three years to fund the project.
A discussion notes a tax levied on all members of a major industry could fund a vast highway project. It envisions manufacturers paying willingly, with three years of revenue stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi. A broad twelve foot pike would be laid behind it.
Edmonton leader Nicholas Sarandos says he will depart for the Balkan seat of war with 100 Greeks 200 Bulgarians 60 Servians and 60 Macedonians from the city to defend kinfolk. Vv. Evanoff is organizing Macedonians to take up arms. Turkish residents here show little appetite to return home.
EB Ferguson, 62, a Pendleton native famed for quick wit and ready repartee, died in a Salem hospital after paralysis. Known for sparking a famous but friendly exchange with Sam Blythe, Ferguson moved into national attention during Blythe's Pendleton visit. He had been ill since October 4.
In Los Angeles on Oct 16 a past act of kindness by Mrs. T. M. Nolin of Ontario Cal toward a Phoenix tramp 12 years ago leads to an inheritance. The tramp, now in New York, credits the act with a life change and his mother, Mrs. E. J. Erikstein, notes the kindness in her will.
Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis reports professor Miriam Thayer linking girls clothing to higher rates of spinal curvature. She cites tight belts and corsets as major factors while outlining health talks and prescribed exercises for female students.
Roseburg Oregon October 16 Dr F F Smick a noted Roseburg physician and member of a local medical firm drowned Sunday morning while fishing in the Umpqua River a mile and a half west of Roseburg The body was recovered 69 minutes later after swift currents and cold water hindered revival efforts He was 82 and to be married in six weeks to Miss Elaine Well daughter of the weather observer The accident occurred near the confluence of the North and South Umpqua rivers as Smick and two companions fished and he lost footing in strong current and sank despite aid attempts
An advertisement asserts rheumatism is caused by acid blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure. It claims the medication corrects the acidity, relieves pains, and offers a permanent cure without internal remedies, urging readers to use the external option.
The piece argues health and success are closely linked, noting many illnesses begin with digestive troubles. It asserts strength and achievement rise with good health and hints that use of certain unspecified means improves health.
A historic advertisement extols Beecham's Pills as a family remedy to cleanse the system regulate the bowels stimulate the liver tone the stomach and nourish the body, claiming it will prevent minor troubles from becoming lasting and keep you healthy.
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