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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
2
To praise the beauty of the new fall waists would be impossible none the less many designs and trimming effects charm the eye. Women should view the display to appreciate the interest and artistry in materials and combinations.
Florence writes to a young auto salesman chiding him for missing a date. The prank card, showing a girl on a knee, almost provokes a jealous scene at Malcolm B. Shackleford’s home. The erased North Park street address leads to widow Mary E. Evart’s arraignment. authorities weigh postal law action.
L P Brosseau of Edgewater Golf club began at 6 am and finished 108 holes before sunset, setting a remarkable endurance record. His feat surpassed former 75 hole mark by Bud Marley, with three different caddies assisting as the round tallied 565 strokes for six eighteens.
Mrs Harriet E K Balch, a wealthy Seattle widow, reported a theft at the Canadian Pacific wharf when the Princesa Charlotte arrived from Victoria. A hand bag containing jewelry worth 4000 to 5000 dollars was stolen. Police arrested a suspect within two hours and recovered the bag and contents.
Special Correspondence from Weston Oregon notes a new brick front for the building adjoining L J O Harra’s store, likely to be office rooms, with construction by Walla Walla contractor H T Gore for a Rawhide district school three miles south of Weston. Local residents and visitors are listed, including movements between Athena Milton and Walla Walla, and a marriage in Calgary Alberta.
Medford Oregon residents at a house party denounce ragtime dances such as the turkey trot and other contortions as immoral and unsuitable for the upper Rogue river country. Country folk withdraw from the floor after a clash over displays, leaving dancers in ragtime revelry through the night.
John D. Rockefeller, staying at Forest Hill, carves time to ride through Cleveland and nearby areas in a Haroun Al Rashid persona, talking with the city’s poorest residents about life and current conditions. He often travels with Dr. H. F. Briggar Jr. or alone, avoiding disclosure of his identity.
An ad promises Gascarets will cleanse and regulate the stomach remove sour undigested and fermenting food and foul gases. It claims relief from heartburn nausea and headaches with a 10 cent box and urges children need gentle cleansing too.
Kirkland near Cleveland hosts Mr. Rockefeller on summer drives. The “old gentleman in the gray suit” buys candy at the village grocery and gives it to children. He often gathers groups of kids for spins, guiding rides to their homes in the Ital lam settlement near Forrestal, more enjoyed than giving away money.
American aviator Charles T Weymann won the principal event of the hydroplane meeting at St Malo France with a 145 kilometer round trip time of one hour. Rene Labouret Jean Benoist Michel Molla and Eugene Renaux were among the few to start and finish the race. Weymann led the outward leg in 48 minutes and narrowly beat Labouret on the return. Labouret took first prize overall with Benoist second and Molla third. Weymann finished fourth earning 600. The race was held under the Automobile Club of France with support from Theophile Delanesse minister of marine.
New York report tells of two young sisters Mary four and Helen two left in a hot third-floor flat. A girl named Nithe climbed onto a chair and out an open window onto a fire escape. Porter Christian Friedlum from American Express rushed to intervene as the child slipped toward the edge.
A porter named Friebaum shielding a crying baby Helen fell thirty feet when a woman, Mary Davis, entangled with him near a fire escape. The baby survived with no injuries while Helen was sent to Hudson Street Hospital for evaluation, and Mary escaped unharmed.
Bitches five dollars and stud dogs seven fifty. W L Little R1 Box 75 Amity Oregon. Room house for rent with range heater and curtains for sale. 1002 East Court Street. Phone Red 2841.
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