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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
11
Fragmented OCR shows subscription terms with garbled phrases about one year by mail, ten months by mail, three minute by mini, and weekly options by carrier. Mentions Arty and unclear pricing, but details are unreadable.
A fragment from Alice Brown’s new poem collection The Road to Castaly presents a childlike speaker counting stitches and feet as a scarf is woven. The verses mix domestic knitting imagery with distant World War I references and a communal blessing, ending with a knitting metaphor and a closing Amen.
The article defends the auto license tax as constitutional and vital for road funding. It deflates antiwar and pro-German arguments referencing Count von Bernstorff and German mines. It argues the auto license is a longstanding, fair tax and would be preserved or legally reinforced if challenged.
A compact reflection on World War I aims and Allied resolve, arguing Germany seeks favorable peace terms but must be defeated to secure global safety. The piece condemns the German war party, praises President Wilson, and urges Americans to prepare for hardship amid food shortages and rising prices. It also notes Pendleton’s weekly recruitment, wheat price signals, and a weather forecast of snow in the Blue Mountains.
The text asserts that German conduct toward the United States was reported from identified sources, warning that veracity could be questioned due to prejudice. It notes that the damaging facts, however, stemmed from authentic German sources.
In a 28 years ago piece from the Daily East Oregonian dated April 18, 145% the prank duo Cram and Ankeney staged a money making scheme on Malin Street. Spectators watched as Ankeney’s corked head and Cram’s three and a third cent cam throw drew attention while promising profits of about 100 dollars per week. Plows price in Pennington is listed at 4 Wholeumb and 64.00 retail per barrel as the story notes a decline in prices.
The text remarks Friday the thirteenth as a shared calendar quirk, mentions Doug Bailey linked to a group escaping extermination by Lidians in LATS, claims Noli altered for an old wealer, cites Oregon being over 20 percent foreign born versus North Carolina at about one percent, and notes Philip Jones's daughters known as Cayuse or Moorhouse Twins as relatives of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces.
New York April 2 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt president of the Nation's Woman Suffrage Association asserted today that she never acted on her private convictions. She insisted her official and representative position guides her actions and that the organization remains committed to the campaign for constitutional suffrage.
Kansas City dispatch reports Dr Clarke Tryde attorney arguing during preliminary proceedings for the murder charge tied to the deaths of three members of the Bwope family. The case against DL Hyde was dismissed after a tense courtroom session as sudden developments and emotional scenes unfolded in the criminal court.
The record notes defense objections and repeated continuances in a murder case, with Hunt C. Moore, prosecutor, explaining that funds were exhausted. The trial, already stalled over four times, reflects a lengthy legal dispute, including eight prior delays in the Hyde case since 1913.
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