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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
2
A catalog item lists children underwear in fleeced wool and silk blends with wool, all priced from 25 cents. The offer appears in a merchants’ section highlighting fabric options and early sale pricing.
Moetly offers high necks and long sleeves crafted from all wool serge and wool oponge. Covers firm whipcords in navy blue brown taupe dark red black and red velvete.
The British Royal Commission on Public Records recommends expanding offices to improve accessibility. Local documents should stay at their origin, with branch offices near libraries and universities. American student experience aided analysis.
W J Coleman of Mason City Iowa convicted of having seven wives receives a five year term in the penitentiary.
In Eugene on October 7, University of Oregon fell 7–0 to Washington State College after a string of early errors and stage fright. Pullman struck with a delayed backline and Coulter's yardage, then Oregon rallied but could not avert the loss.
A collage of college results shows Princeton over Dartmouth 22 to 7 and Syracuse defeating Michigan 15 to 7. Harvard down Brown 30 to 19, Yale over Washington and Jefferson 13 to 3, while Penn State loses to Lafayette 7 to 3. Other scores include Cornell 14 Bucknell 0 and Army 15 over Colgate 7. Also noted are Navy 13 over Pitt 6 and Lehigh 12 over Ursinus 0. Swarthmore 49 over Johns Hopkins 6, Amherst 15 over Trinity 0, Minnesota 56 over Iowa, Chicago 7, Northwestern 20 over Indiana 7, Notre Dame 41 over Wisconsin 6, and several other regional results. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertisement follows.
Dudley Evans, manager, has hired Young Hackensmith of Sidney Australia to run all Pendleton Amateur Athletic club classes except boxing. The experienced instructor, 118 pounds, will begin immediately and brings a background as assistant physical director to the New York Athletic Association and participation in coronation games in England plus vaudeville strong man acts.
Corvallis Oregon October 28 Corvallis high school beat the freshmen eleven of O A C 6 to 0 in a closely contested football battle. The lone score came on a first quarter forward pass over the goal line. Geach starred at fullback for Corvallis and Fegley contributed strong defense and handling of forward passes. Kenneth Beeler left guard sustained a torn tendon but continued playing through the match.
The Commercial association members will attend the fall smoker and enjoy a high merit athletic program. Principal bouts feature Jack Carpenter of Boise and Fred Sax of Pendleton. Other events include a Nelson Dixon three round bout, Young Whitey versus Stanley Trimble, and Hackensmith performing parallel bars. Attendance shows local interest rising.
Kingdon Gould eldest son of George J. Gould and president of several coal companies visits coal mines in southern Illinois. In St Louis for several days he tours the mines daily in work clothes and volunteers to help miners. He is not afraid of hard work.
Mme Caro line White, vacationing on a steam yacht in the Mediterranean, found a lump of ambergris valued at about $15,000 to $16,000. The singer, known for roles in The Jewels of the Madonna and Yasobel, was cruising near Italy when the discovery occurred.
Advert depicts Pape's Diapepsin as a gentle digestant for stomach upset. It claims rapid five minute relief from indigestion heartburn gas and nausea, with a fifty cent case said to cure most cases of dyspepsia and sour breath.
Mme White, a famous prima donna, mistook a jellyfish for ambergris off the coast and had a deck hand haul it aboard. The lump, valued at $16,000 for perfume makers, led to a reward for the sailor. She later showed the prize in Paris to Mr. Mason of Boston and considered selling to friends of a perfume firm. She plans to spend next summer in the Mediterranean hoping to find more.
In Chicago, Count Kaiman L. Canby faces a $100 suit by Mrs. A E Weller of New York City claiming the money loaned to him was for settling a hotel bill. The attorney said he promised repayment after Canby’s marriage to Maude Inman, widow of Portland lumberman Bryan Inman. He reportedly repaid another loan to Inman’s husband. The couple resides in a fashionable Chicago neighborhood.
In San Francisco Harry Hanlon, son of Hotel Sacramento manager W. H. Hanlon, married Alga Clark, daughter of former Stockton mayor William Clark, without his father’s knowledge. Hanlon joked about attempting to thwart a prank by county clerks, while Alga Clark is from Stockton.
Pendleton citizens endorse Donan's Kidney Pills in a testimonial from J D Morrow of 617 Makea treat Pendleton Oregon who reports months of backache sharp kidney pains and irregular secretions eased by the pills and urges readers to remember the name Donan's and take no other.
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