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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
2
A store promotes its merchandise as dependable and long lasting, claiming high value without exaggeration. It contrasts with other shops selling uncertain products and promises complete service and satisfaction within a fair price.
A shipment of wicker chairs in different styles is now available in the premium department. Customers may choose a chair free with one book of T. P. W. trading stamps. The chairs are described as the most popular premium so far and are available for a limited time.
The season urges early purchase for best fit and choice. A range of fabrics is available including all wool, cotton, cotton wool blends, silk, and silk wool mixes in light, medium and heavy weights. Coopers closed crotch union suits promise smooth fit without gaping. Prices run from $1.25 to $5.00.
Retailers urge shoppers to buy Rufneck sweaters now as stock runs low. Prices quoted include 3.50, 5.00, and 7.00 dollars for varying styles, with a risk of missing out if delayed.
Our new stock of men's neckwear is most beautiful with the largest variety of choice patterns and styles we've ever shown. Featuring the celebrated Auerbach pure silk, up-to-the-minute style and quality. Shapes that tie exactly right priced at 25 cents 50 cents and 75 cents.
Trent on N J Sept 23 Hay mond F Clee six and Catherine Flynn seven pupils at Morrisville Public School died of lockjaw in a hospital after picking wounds on their arms following vaccination at school opening under a Pennsylvania law.
Camden N J reports voting fever as polls run heavy in the mayoral race and city offices. Republicans led by Charles H Ellis seek re election, joined by Democrat John T Wright and candidates Dowling Benjamin Progressive and Martin Kreck socialist.
New York reporters describe a large gathering of Republican leaders at an extraordinary state convention. The event aims to select two men to be recommended to the state committee as Republican candidates for the Court of Appeals, with the committee holding official naming power. Boss Haines seeks to control the process as progressives challenge his influence.
The New Haven Journal Courier notes fall boots as a favorite, detailing 12 button styles with contrasting uppers in dark russet calf and brown suede, gray patent leather accents, and silk uppers. The feature pairs boots with copper colored silk crepe outfits and a purplish blouse with a folded shoulder design in the accompanying sketch.
A Newark News stitching and cooking page describes box pleat embroidery shades brown and red, tunic and cuffs trimmed, red trimmed skirt fronts, and a decorative basque. It also covers soup proportions, vegetable usage for stock, omelet enhancements, vegetable storage, roast glaze, oven tricks, and a chic blue crepe frock with black net accents. Additional notes include basting thread colors, bread recipe, and decorative bags and feeding trays for home use.
A continuation of county fair awards lists numerous divisions. H. Forshaw of Pendleton dominates flowers and plants with multiple firsts and seconds. Other exhibitors include S. H. Forshaw, Mrs. Alice Simons, Mrs. F. H. Mytinger, R. C. Hawks, Mrs. John Vaughan, and Mrs. J. E. Fawcett, Pendleton and Stanfield, for roses, verbenas, asters, dahlias, petunias, and porcelain painting. notable artworks include landscape oil by Mrs. J. E. Fawcett, water colors by Mrs. C. E. B. Roosevelt, and various hand-painted pieces by Mrs. E. M. Dyer.
Police and private detectives fought to control a mob of foreigners fearing their savings were wiped out when the Victor bank, a state institution at McKee's Rock, was closed by State Bank Examiner McGlinchey. Cashier Samuel Biller reportedly disappeared last Thursday as bank records awaited examination. Depositors, largely foreign, held funds from a few dollars to thousands.
The Orpheum announces program changes four times weekly including Tuesdays. Featured are Selig two reel The Water Rat with Adrienne Kronn and Thomas Carrigan about two men in love and a diamond theft with a hypnotic detective Locksley solving the case. Also showing First with Dorothy Kelly and Burl Williams On the Dumb Walter and Her Wooden Leg from Lubin.
Rain cools the air as the Pastime Theater launches a refreshed program for Tuesday and Wednesday. The standout film is The Invaders, Kalem’s adaptation of John Lloyd’s novel, followed by The Rustler War set in Hole-in-the-Wall country Wyoming in 1893 with Carlyle Blackwell and others. Also featured Brown's Monetary Standard on pennies, plus More Pastimes of educational sights in island possessions.
Photographers faced a hard task capturing moving pictures of the Hagenbeck-Wallace show with hundreds of animals and complex scenes. Four reels depict arrivals to departures, highlighting vivid animal colors and transformation acts. Screens show Wednesday to Friday, September 24 to 26 at the Cosy theater. Borgestor Trio performs a full show today.
A new bill of pictures screens at the Alta Theatre today headlined by The Last Copperhead and Just In Time with The Tale of a Fish and The Great Towel Robbery. The program offers a compact package of varied short films for local patrons.
A new song number will be introduced by the singer on Thursday, adding to a bill featuring vaudeville acts Howard and Graf with singing talking and juggling, and Hillam and Murky in Behind the Scenes comedy.
The Columbia and Snake Rivers Waterways Association holds its first session since Pendleton, with J N Teal as speaker, in Kennewick starting September 25. Delegates view the Panama Canal completion as key to Northwest benefits while continuing to push locks on the Columbia at Celilo.
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