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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1912
Page
2
A local store advertises a large shipment of dress goods described as best selections and best quality with newest weaves. It claims superior readiness to meet customer requests and notes displays coming soon with prices ranging from 50 cents to 3 dollars and 50 cents.
A catalog note highlights fall silk fabrics including waist and dress lengths in chiffon taffeta Ottoman silk crepe meteor satin charmeuse and two toned options. The piece emphasizes appealing colorings and combinations and invites viewing.
Students prepare for a Monday start on Sept 9 as local merchants promote back to school items. Four shopping days remain with large assortments including Boys Hercules Suits from 3 50 to 10 00 and Mothers' Friend Waists for boys 50 cents to 1 dollar. Children and school shoes priced economically.
An ad lists assorted baked goods and pantry items with pricing. Freat Crisp Ginger Snaps two pounds, Fresh Fig Bars, Parker’s Home Made cookies, Stantley & Palmer’s Biscuits, New Coniic Honey, Pure Extracted Money products, home canning fruit, and pineapple with prices like 25 to 60 cents. It touts variety and right pricing and invites readers to order fruits for canning.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets laxative products beside Vermont election drama. The piece cites Republican dominance since the party’s birth, lists five gubernatorial candidates, and notes civil unrest with gunfire during clashes on Clark Street. Mayor Rodney engages Fort Dupont command.
Montpelier Vermont September 2 National interest centers on today’s state elections as Vermont, long regarded as a barometer state, seeks to replicate its history of accurate presidential indicators. Voters face contests across multiple offices amid a heightened political climate.
Newcastle Delaware residents of Dobbinaville trembled as soldiers from the Eighty first Coast Artillery fired for over twenty minutes. Inhabitants hid under beds and fled as bullets crashed through windows and roofs. No injuries were reported among the town’s 706 residents. Soldiers had been practicing at a nearby state rifle range and were said to act after a dispute with local youths.
An old advertisement touts Bal lard's Horehound Syrup as an effective remedy for coughs colds and chest congestion. It claims relief for lung and airway congestion with two price points of 25 cents and $1.00 per bottle, sold by A C Koeppen & Bros.
Mt Whitney Power seeks to expand Tu l a re county service with two new plants. Combined output 14 000 electrical horsepower, costing about 7 000 000 pounds. Kewesh No 3 will be on the upper Kewesh river near Sequoia forest. the Wolverton Creek plant near Grant Forest. About 136 000 000 cubic feet of water will be impounded.
An array of films listed with actors and plots. The Narrow Road features Mary Pickford, The Awakening of Jones with Miss Finch and John Bunny, The Barefoot Boy adapts Whittier, Easter Celebration at Jerusalem by Kalem, The Martyrs color film of Roman life, The Wreck of the Vega and The Way and The Wrong Way, When She Was About Sixteen, The Lavafer’s Mother, In God’s Care with child stars, all presented by The Pastime as Tuesday’s showtime with varied entertainment and educational subjects.
A short program notes two war dramas and a comedy. The war drama The Fortunes of War centers on a widow whose son is killed by a spy who seeks shelter in her home and later reveals remorse. Babette depicts a French revolution tale with period costumes and a compassionate heroine.
Sst Health foundation of looks urged to preserve strength during childbearing. The ad touts Mother's Friend external preparation to lubricate muscles and tissues, ease soreness, and prepare the system for safe motherhood. Sold at drug stores with a free expectant mothers book from BRADFIELD REGULAR OR CO Atlanta GA.
A vintage advertisement claims Danderine cleanses dust and dandruff, stops itching and hair loss, and after weeks nourishes new soft hair all over the scalp. It urges purchasing a five cent bottle from drug or toilet counters.
The article highlights a string of cinema offerings including The Heart of a Gypsy and The Bum and the Bomb a comedy with a farmer a hobo a lawyer and New York police in action. It notes Florence Lawrence and Owen Moore star in Taking a Chance and previews another 101 Bi son feature The Desert with vivid New York street views.
Advertisement notes the value of Chamberlain's Liniment for lame back muscle soreness sprains and rheumatic pains. It claims the product is indispensable and mentions availability through all dealers.
Allentown reports unprecedented coal trains on the Lehigh Valley line. A 7000 foot long consist of 193 coal cars moved from Perth Amboy to Mahoning yards with two locomotives in push configuration, drawn by a third engine. Train crews say equipment is scarce and lengths grow.
A Cheltenham police chief receives a strange call reporting birds invading Ogontz with parrots and owls hooting and behaving oddly. The caller mentions confusion and frightened women as the scene unfolds, prompting police attention.
Edge Hill section chief Lindsay, in a vestigated note, states there was no small invasion of the upper Glenside and Edge Hill district by birds of unknown species. He describes the birds as a cross between an owl and a parrot in shape and coloring with a whoo sound resembling owl hoots and parrot squawks.
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