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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
5
A dense listing of local notices from Pendleton including services such as chimney sweeping, room rentals, furnished suites, and professional ads. Entries mention St George Grill offerings, dry wood and coal suppliers, live agent hires, lost items like a black coin purse and Eastman camera, and multiple small business promotions with contact details and prices.
Umatilla district 6 in Umatilla County Oregon will receive bids up to eight p m October 2 1918 for construction of a fireproof school building. Certified checks required. Plans and specifications are on file at the Builders Exchange Portland the Trussed Concrete Steel Co Portland and at the architect Robt Sweatt 416 20 Realty Building Spokane WA. Separate bids will be required for general contract and heating and plumbing. The right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities is reserved. HM. B Hull Clerk Umatilla Oregon.
An auction selling 10 work horses age 6 to 10 and 1000 to 1490 pounds, 400 sheep including 450 ewes and 40 Rambouillet rams, 60 Lincoln lambs, 60 hogs, 196 chickens. Free bus meets at O.W. KN. & N. depot at 4 a m. Wednesday Oct 28 at 10 a.m. Terms: cash on sheep and hogs. $50 and over cash or two months on approved notes at per cent, 3 per cent off cash. horses 330 and under cash, over $50 on approved notes until Oct 7 1913 at per cent, 4 per cent off cash. Auctioneer Fred Elffert. clerk D. C. Sanderson.
Pendleton Oregon September 26 1912 notice that the Board of Equalization will meet at Pendleton courthouse on October 21 to examine and correct assessments of lands lots and other property. Persons interested must appear. C P Strain Assessor for Umatilla County.
Apples 50 cents per sack for eating and cooking varieties, bring your own sacks. Sale at Tullix dairy on McKay Creek by Monday October 21. Also notes on Neuropathy relief and health restoration claims with free consultation by Dr. J. Holdn at Temple Building rooms 1 and 4.
Lewis R. Elliott of Delrio Washington offers to exchange an improved 640 acre grain and stock ranch for one thousand good sheep. Address owner.
New York reports the Jackson-Mack Manufacturing Company, a major silk petticoat maker, filed for bankruptcy amid falling demand. Industry-wide complaints claim close-fitting form dresses have reduced petticoat orders, leaving stock unsold and firms strained.
Freeman was in from Nelin yesterday. Mr and Mrs B S Garcia of Tees fire in the city. William Potts arrived from Helix. Albert W Warner of Pilot Rock visited. Mrs BF Keith of Duncan came through. Joe Storey left for Portland for vacation. Mrs Dunnington of Helix aboard the morning train. Edward Horsch of Eeho among riders on the list. George W Done of Pilot Rock visited Pendleton yesterday. Frank J Fairbanks returned from Los Angeles to Pendleton. Mrs Sarah J Seeley wife of Captain Seeley of Seattle guests of her sister Mrs W M Peterson. Aura Raley mother of Pendleton outgoing on Portland local. Dr W H H Lytle state sheep inspector from Portland. Mr and Mrs George A Robbing returned from Portland after ten days. Mrs Anson Woods of Walla Walla visiting Mrs Wood’s sister Mrs Will M Peterson, returned to hotel. Hutd Smith, Bow main clerk, back from The Dalles. Mr and Mrs J May Haley and James returned from Portland where Mr Keeley attended grand lodge. Ruth Duniway and Miss Velma Wilkinson teachers in Athena schools. Building housing their class area condemned forcing temporary suspension of school.
Charles Arestad, formerly a real estate operator, was granted by the supreme court the right to change his name to Charles Nightengale. He said the change was needed to end persistent ridicule and puns on his surname, which he reports caused years of jokes like arrested and questions about being tried. He noted insults affected his life and social prospects, prompting the petition.
Former newspaper man Rev. Jasper T. Moses, now pastor of the First Christian church in Grand Junction, Colorado, preaches sermons boiled down to simple truths. He says the motto, learned in newspaper work, pleases congregations and warns against overdoing candy gospel which nauseates the believer.
Kings Lovers Lane in London changes hands again, tracing back to the late Duke of Fife before marriage. The property, once tied to King George and Queen Mary’s 184% proposal tale, was owned in partnership with Lord Farquhar before the sale.
Butte Falls Oregon October 17 Citizens of Butte Falls and nearby Derby Dudley and Prospect protest a postmaster notice that after October 15 mail will come three times a week instead of daily. About 609 local residents lose daily service after a decade of daily delivery.
A thirty mile wind battered Chicago causing damaged windows and signs. Daniel Thurns, 42, was blown into a store window, suffering severe facial and hand cuts. While fleeing toward a doctor's office, he was pursued and arrested by a watchman.
Local project targets overgrown genealogical trees in archives and memory spaces. Volunteers map lineages, prune outdated branches, and preserve key names and dates for future researchers. Community organizers plan workshops and donation drives to support preservation efforts.
Portand Ore Oct 17 Secretary of State Philander C Knox addressed about 6000 people at the Armory praising President Taft for sincerity intellect and unwavering integrity. Judge Lowell introduced Knox and lauded Taft era and its achievements, citing peace efforts and arbitration treaties. A separate note recounts a river rescue near Wood River and community updates from eastern Oregon with local stories and a horse reward notice.
Chicago railroad clerk BE Anderson, 60, sank to his chin in quicksand on the Wood River bank eight miles below Alton. Rescued by a Standard Oil employee as a Mississippi steamboat carrying refinery supplies was due to land early morning. Anderson, temporarily unsettled, is in an Alton hospital.
Maker Oregon Oct 1 Myr and Mr Wilham H Packwood Jr celebrated their golden wedding at home. Jack Wood is the last surviving member of the state constitutional registry and his wife taught in Baker County. They wed October 16 1862 at Auburn and have lived in Baker since. Auburn once thrived but now traces are gone. Packwood was a leading factor in local business and promoted many enterprises.
A 19th century classified style notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available on request. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. includes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Local store advertises a bulk sale of boys shoes priced at 82.50 per pair with a discount tag of 1.90. The offer highlights quantity and value aimed at family shoppers seeking affordable footwear.
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