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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
2
A Pendleton shop reports complete stocks of new shirts with rapid growth in sales. Men seeking finer garments can choose Salway Silks and French Flannels, with madras and percale options, styles, designs, colors, and ample sizes available for quality wearers.
The item promotes Liberty Loan purchase options with $50 and $100 bonds and easy weekly payments. It also lists a series of household bargains including Turkish towels drapery, table damask, hemmed sheets, towels, lace curtains, remnants, and a fall sweaters sale, all presented in a thrift-store style.
An old catalog style notice extols California Syrup of Figs as a cure for fevers upset stomachs and bowel issues in children. It warns of counterfeits and urges buying from the California Fig Syrup Company with directions for use and adult planning on bottle labels.
An undated Berlin dispatch via Wireless Press claims Germany will soon declare war on the United States Canada and Cuba. The report warns of submarine warfare drawing the nations into a broader conflict.
Echo, Oct. 22. A Commercial Club dance at city hall drew a large turnout with Sewyer Orchestra from Pendleton providing music. Lorette Woodward, five, celebrated her birthday with a small party including Pendleton visitors. Attendees from Heppner and other towns joined in, as did several local families and church events.
Lawrence Sperry of the naval seaplane unit performed a dramatic water takeoff and recovery in a hydro airplane toyed for practice. After a takeoff over Amity harbor he climbed to about 6900 feet, executed a brief stall and roll, then leveled and set down smoothly on the water. A water tank leak forced an emergency landing at Fire Island as caulkers worked.
A damaged ad fragment promotes a lemon based beauty lotion said to reveal hidden beauty. It describes making a quarter pint of lemon tincture from fresh lemons and white ointment, claiming it will brighten the skin, bleach freckles, soften and smooth the neck and hands, and keep for months.
An advertisement touts Pope’s Diapapdin as quick relief for indigestion gas and acidity. It promises a nonhabit forming action, claims safe use for stomach upset, and urges readers to keep a bottle at home for immediate aid.
The readable text shows a nickname and names like Philip A. Thompsoin and a Bankers Tent Company figure in a chaotic scene. The sentence structure is broken and unrevealing about dates or exact actions, but implies a dare and a jump into the water as a bold move by a local personality.
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