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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
2
Your vote for president matters in November but the clothing pitch makes the choice personal. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats are praised as the polling place, with varsity Overcoats for young men and prices from seven fifty to twenty dollars.
A newspaper item describes a store as a headquarters for various garments including Everwear Shanknit Wayne knit cotton wool and silk apparel. It lists dress and work wear priced per pair from ten to one dollar fifty, noting multiple fabrics such as cashmere and silk.
We urge you to investigate the values we offer with long, satisfactory service and good appearance. The prices are of special interest. They are just a little less than you will find elsewhere for the main quality of goods.
An Orpheum program features four reels including The Higher Mercy a Vitagraph tale with President Lincoln mercy theme and a desertion scene, The Indelible Stain a Selig California mission romance, Broncho Billy Outwitted a Bas saway western with Vedah Bretram, and Locked Out of Wedlock a comedy drama with a dog scare and a romance. Also The Trade Gun Bullet a Selig western with danger and a saved arm wound, and The Bride of Lammermoor a Cries drama about forced marriage plus Memories of Patio Days a Vita graph Spanish chivalry romance. Cast lists include Ygnacio Marquez George Stanley Juanita Mary Charleson Pasqual Chavez Venacio and Bevery Bayne.
A Friday and Saturday program features a two reel film about the 1812 evacuation of Fort Dearborn and massacre near Chicago with Mona Darkfeather and Charles Bartlett leading. Also shows Rex war drama of 1861 and comedies Two Overcoats and Bonifacio in Society plus Homer’s Odyssey trailer. Uncle Josh Perkins in Oregon with rural life scenes as October 21 draw. Seats on sale at Pendleton Drug Co. October 20.
Laughter succeeding tears marks the enduring appeal of the famous New England rural comedy drama Uncle Josh Perkins, which is to be the attraction at the upcoming event. The production promises a blend of humor and sentiment that has entertained audiences for years.
San Diego reports the death of John 8 Harbison at 86. He introduced the first bees to California in 1864 and founded the state’s honey industry. Harbison also brought early fruit trees and was renowned for writings on bee culture worldwide.
Wheat land in tracts from 820 to 2000 acres offered for sale or rent. Terma to salt buyer. Address W. S. Smith, Ione, Oregon.
Hertrand Jerard of Pendleton organized a university band at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The first practice was this week and a regular director is being sought. Fifteen attended the meeting, with many more performers likely. If not prevented, a band of twenty five pieces should form. The freshman class includes many with prior band experience.
London reports M Sazonoff, Russia’s foreign minister, secured the Czar’s assent to the engagement of Princess Irene Alexandrovna to Prince Arthur of Connaught. The plan envisions Claremont House Esher as their English home, potentially elevating Arthur to Duke of Kent and Irene to Duchess of Kent as part of a broader Franco-Russian-English alignment.
Farmer Budd of West Deptford township divided four building lots among his sons a month ago with the plan that they should wed. Three sons soon married and built homes. The youngest Charles married Mire Grice Whilden of Camden county and began building on his lot.
Historic Tatum oak near Mount Royal, Woodbury becomes the target of a lightning strike, leaving it shattered top to root. John G. Whitall of the Historical Society brings in a tree doctor who can stabilize the massive tree for $60. The expert calls it the largest tree seen in the East, about 90 feet tall with a 40 foot girth and a 116 foot branch spread, likely 1,000 years old.
A man reaches his fiftieth birthday and a departure from paying the fiddler marks a milestone in frugality. The line hints at easing financial obligations and personal freedom as age advances. Local reader tone echoes a common refrain about growing older with fewer expenses attached.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The makers offer $100 for any case it cannot cure and invite testimonials from users in Toledo, Ohio.
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