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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
2
A large shipment of children's school dresses arrives at The Peoples Warehouse featuring navy serges with white stripes and garnet serges trimmed with black braid. Styles include chalices and galateas in sizes 2 to 14 years, with regulation sailor suits and prices ranging from 1.85 to 9.50.
Attractive marquesette waist patterns in beautiful designs and colors. Sold as one piece per pattern with only a few left in stock. Visit early to choose your pattern and have it shown by staff.
An advertisement declares another shipment of silk waist patterns of a beautiful assortment. It urges readers that now is the time to buy and invites them to let the store help choose a selection.
The listing notes kimonas available in navy red pink and light blue in all sizes priced from 1.25 to 2.00 dollars each. The ad emphasizes variety and affordable fashion for shoppers seeking colorful options.
Women's coats announced in rep and black tan styles. Available in all sizes. Described as the finest lightweight rain proof and wind proof coats, warm and comfortable. Priced at $8.50.
New cloth for children's school dresses in plaid and striped styles. Wide 27 inches, fast color, priced at 35 cents per yard.
Wool goods of all kinds and colors offered at 1.25 dollars per yard. Cotton and wool mixed fabrics priced from 0.65 to 0.85 dollars per yard. A broad selection advertised for ready buyers seeking diverse cloth options.
Just opened, a barrel of new dills priced at 20¢ a quart. Winter squashes sell at 3¢ per pound and ripe eating pears at 1.25 a box. Bulk cut macaroni 10¢ per pound, new sour and sweet pickles at 20¢ per pint, apples in small boxes 50¢. Model Grocery Crockery Department offers these in-store deals.
The Portland Journal reports The Sunny Side of Broadway at the Oregon Theatre on Saturday night. The show, tied to Baker theatre’s fall season, drew a full house despite chilly weather. Max Bloom headlined as a Hebrew peddler of clothes and livestock with popular song parodies. Irish duo J E Coughlin and Jack Leslie entertained, while Johnny Gilmore and Alice Sher performed pleasing numbers. The quartet was a standout feature of the program.
A review highlights The Sunny Side of Broadway with a chorus noted for extraordinary charm and size. The show is described as clean and funny, with minor complaint that it may be a touch frothy overall.
Warden E J Forarty of the state prison drove four inmates with total terms of 106 years on a ten mile automobile trip from Michigan City to Laporte. One had forty years, one thirty five, one seventeen, and one thirteen. The men, all lifers, viewed trolley cars and other modern traffic for the first time, two even collapsing from nervous shock at the surprise.
The program features six short subjects led by Bess of the Forest from Lubin, a romance about a found girl and a cowboy rescue. Satan's Rival from Pathe follows a knight and princess under a meddling demon. Where Theresa Will There's a Way is Selle comedy about judges and courtship. The Great Nitrate of Soda Industry of Chile by Selig is an educational piece. The Professor and the New Hat by Edleon is a light comedy. The Question Mark by Excion is a lively comedy about a disruptive young hopeful.
A group of young women Helen Hanley Dorothy Wilson Mions Beaie Henderson testified they were kidnapped by Joseph Wright and Joseph Goldsman, forced to perform a midnight dance on a lonely road in Pittsbarg. Magistrate Siam jailed Goldman and Wright for thirty days after hearing the tale.
Milton Frank of a New York wholesale clothing firm proposed to his bride in Paris and announced their Chicago wedding. The couple, formerly Misa Stella Hariig of San Francisco, met in Paris after she won vocal culture studies.
Passenger guidance for through tickets via Pasco on Northern Pacific and P and N routes. Leave 1 30 p m arrive Portland 8 10 am. See W Adams agent at passenger station for arrangements and through tickets.
Thirty five thousand dollars will be spent on the new ice plant at North Powder by the Pacific Coast Refrigerator company.
Vitagraph presents The Handsome Man a one man feature starring Maurice Costello performed uninterrupted and clearly to evoke laughter and wonder Kalem offers A Mexican Rose Garden a heartfelt tale of two lovers and heartbreak with the man withdrawing from the world and the woman living a single blessed life
A historical advertisement praises Foley Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and chest illnesses. The Bee Hive mark signifies genuineness and a Mrs Anne Polser of 2626 Jefferson St Omaha endorses it as a reliable remedy for her family and neighbors with many positive testimonials. Sold by all dealers.
A western tale features an oath to kill a traitor friend and a held fire when a child shields the would be killer. The rescue ends with reconciliation as a father and daughter unite after a marriage the father opposed.
A two day cinema schedule features The Wel Peddler a kidnap rescue thrill and The Call of the Open Range a rugged Western with Imp educated dogs. Also shown Gray Clouds Devotion a tale of Grey Cloud Alatoma and a doctor with gold nuggets and Nat Wille in The King of Katim a burlesque comedy.
Breathite Co plans a gathering of district leaders in Jackson Kentucky on October 9 to organize a movement against unpunished lawlessness. Advocates argue policing can restore order and unlock the rich region for development while noting current isolation due to feuds. A separate ad promotes HER WINE as a liver correctant with claims of purification and vigor, sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
Passengers can save money and enjoy a river ride by taking the Bailey Gatzert steamer from The Dalles daily except Friday and Sunday at 3 30 p m arriving in Portland at 0 20. Fare is 1 90 dollars.
A Burmese unit pulgat is identified as the only foreign measure exactly equal to one inch. The piece notes a proverb about a new father claiming to be the happiest man on earth, reflecting parental joy.
A local ad urges trust in a home merchant over distant Plano agents. It promotes 5. W. Miller matchless models and mellow-tone pianos from Sheboygan Wisconsin, claiming top-notch tone and superiority to trashy Plano options, inviting patrons to see and hear the piano at the trusted store.
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