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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
3
In Farm and Fireside discussion a cook from a large institution notes meat prices push shoppers toward cheaper mutton. He argues lamb and mutton can supply many dishes beyond chops, urging farmers to feed more sheep and promote mutton as part of household meals.
Neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet needs a potent remedy. Ballard's Snow Liniment offers penetrating relief when rubbed into the painful area. Available in 25c 60c and 1 per bottle from A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
Berlin reports Turkish fate sealed as Adrianople siege intensifies. Bulgarian and Turkish casualties run high with hundreds dead or wounded, many left exposed by rain and retreat. Reports of relief attempts and fort breaches surface from front lines, signaling a grim, hand to hand conflict.
Osservatore Romana reports a public consistory on December 2 to confer red hats on cardinals to be created then. Names of new cardinals are not disclosed and the Vatican denies any preselection, so the secret consistory date is not given.
Berlin reports a German doctors and scientists congress warned that early extermination of whales and seals is likely. Professor Carasin of Basel cited 1910 data showing a seal fishing company exported 400 tons of oil from sea elephants and four ships took 17,200 animals. Newfoundland sealers killed 983,343 seals.
I Amon owner of Northern Turkish Baths Seattle touts Sulphurro baths as the finest rheumatism treatment. He says three Turkish baths with Sulphurro therapy cured a patron with severe rheumatism in three days, returning him to work strong and well. The method, he claims, delivers sulfur into the blood while refreshing the body and cleansing the skin.
Otto Sverdrup, the Norwegian explorer, promotes a system that ships oil recovery stations with whaling vessels, enabling offshore hunting. The method, aided by wireless and modern cannons, has spurred about twenty companies. Professor Sarasin warns it endangers seals and the Greenland and blue whales, urging an international agreement for breeding zones.
A $1 charge was processed and hours later the bride requested the license just before the ceremony. Garcia discovered the error and faced consternation as the situation unfolded.
A Lincoln Nebraska man named Michael Hessheimer recovered after a three year illness using Electric Bitters. The notice touts the tonic as toning the stomach curing indigestion and improving strength and nerves. It claims thousands have benefited and advertises at Koeppens for 50 cents a bottle.
Sheriff Gosman and Deputy respond to a robbery by two highwaymen who tied up railroad agent John Schaeffer and stole cash and nuggets. The sheriff was shot twice and his leg broken as command to surrender was given. Gosman opened fire, killing the bandit who identified as Potter Stanton of Minneapolis.
Chicago Oct 28 Miss Margaret Fitzgerald and Miss Blanche Welter nurses who attended Colonel Roosevelt while he was a patient in a hospital here were allowed a vacation. They said weariness came not only from tending the colonel but from many letters from men who proposed marriage. One suitor wrote you are the girl for me roam well off and can make a happy home for you. I fell in love with your picture. Marry me and save breaking my heart.
New York reports Mrs Alec Tweedle, Porfirio Diaz Ding’s biographer, claims the aging former Mexican president and his wife live in poverty in two small Paris rooms. Diaz, still mentally sharp, is deaf in one ear and hearts Mexico’s unrest. Tweedle plans to stay eight to ten weeks between New York and Chicago.
One of Rosa Bonheur’s earliest works reemerges in San Francisco, identified by Anna Klimpke. The painting, titled at R. B39, shows a peasant guiding sheep and cattle along a sunken road and belongs to J. L. Cahill, bought 23 years ago for $60. The canvas is mostly intact minus a small three cornered hole being repaired.
In Redwood City a noon wedding was postponed after the bridegroom Garcia Garcia mistakenly asked County Clerk Joseph Nash for a marriage license but received a hunter's license. The bride, Mrs. Gabriel Stivera, discovered the error and refused to marry until the clerk corrected it. The couple ultimately resolved the mix up at the courthouse.
An advertisement claims Ballard's Aorehound Syrup eases throat tickle and hoarseness, quiets coughs, and restores bronchial health. Bottles priced at 25¢, 50¢, and $1.00, sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
A German court ruled that an attempt to extract 106,600 dollars from the Duchess de Tallyrand Anna Gould was born of extortion and usury. The case, reported from Lalpahc, Oct 28, details the claim and the court's finding of wrongdoing.
In 1911 a real estate firm claimed against the Duc de Talleyrand sent a representative to the couple at a Berlin hotel and compelled the Duchess to sign a note under threat of arrest. The Imperial supreme court ruled the note invalid.
Redding California October 28 Two miners Hugh Boyle aged 57 and Thomas Donovan aged 20 are dead after a shaft cave in at the Bonanza King mine near Trinity Center Both men were experienced miners Donovan survived six hours after the collapse before succumbing to injuries while Boyle died at once when fellow workers failed to find them at dinner time
The Oakland and Antioch Railway shifts from 48 pound rails to 70 pound steel from Bay Point to Moraga valley to support heavy overland traffic. Work has begun and traffic is expected to start once the line reaches Sacramento.
A Chicago World’s Fair statue of Christopher Columbus is trimmed to represent the assassinated president McKinley. The altered statue appears among the fair's featured monuments, reflecting revised interpretations of history on display in October.
After the death of sculptor Frederick Berlin in Florence, Italy, a search traced a Columbus statue for the World's Fair to Chicago. It was found in McKinley Park labeled William MacKinley with the hair chipped and accessories altered, the name added to the pedestal.
In Los Angeles on October 28 a Titanic widow fights for custody of her 2-year-old son J. Ross Clark II. Mrs Jack Tanner, widow of Walter Miller Clark, seeks possession while her father in law, J Ross Clark, president of Salt Lake Railway, had temporary guardianship after her remarriage in New York six months after her first husband's death. The guardian calls the remarriage heartless. she cites her mother-in-law's Paris illness as reason for departure.
Ohio leads in coal production by machinery, surpassing all states. Kentucky ranks a close second in output, indicating a strong mining industry and high efficiency across regions. The report highlights the industrial scale and regional leadership in coal mining.
A pithy saying notes that age becomes noticeable only when one seeks to use it in a bid or job context, implying age is more a social or practical hurdle than a numeric fact. The remark uses a humorous twist to comment on age discrimination or self-perception in hiring.
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