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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
2
Duality and style at the right price headline new silks including gingham plaids and novelties. One yard wide fabrics priced 2.00 to 3.00 offer bright contrasts and harmonizing colors. The ad urges choosing Hart Schaffner Marx or Clothcraft clothes to save money, labor, and materials.
PORTLAND Oregon April 1 Captain J E Cullens head of Oregon selective service has received orders to call 261 men to Fort McDowell California for a five day period starting May 1 They are to be drafted as coast artillery in training at Fort McDowell Local and division draft boards were instructed to select men for the call which represents 34 percent of Oregon s first quota for the second draft So far 20 8 percent of the first allotment has been called to service
Oregon quotas list counties and boards with assigned numbers for draft, detailing Portland and Clackamas as major contributors and signaling an April Camp Lewis call and a May larger request. The document records local board assignments, regional totals, and a heated exchange at a meeting where Woodward faced accusation while Mint Tec intervened.
Portland, Or April 1. A heated verbal clash between librarian Mary Frances and Library Association director William F. Woodward centered on loyalty. Librarian Louise Hunt resigned after refusing to buy Liberty bonds, while Woodward pressed for accountability and questioned Hunt's attitude toward the war. The board discussed the resignation at noon.
A garbled Spring news snippet mentions a combined effort with a Seton roommate and references to Peptiren and a working setae nea r Sore. It appears to describe a health or wellness context with a focus on medicines and renewed energy.
Marines train in alligator hunting near Charleston as they push through swampy terrain. A patrol surprised a gator, which plunged back into the swamp, prompting a continued search with improvised tools.
An expedition reports a failed hunt but later succeeds in capturing and killing an alligator. The incident stirs commotion at camp, with an informal “alligator party” recurring in the area. Three alligators have fallen prey to the wily Marine hunter.
An Atlantic passenger list recounts Americans who survived the Paris bombardment and reached Asierton, with John Finke Little of New York noting Paris residents faced alarm and sought every shelter. He describes crowded trains and scarce accommodations while Paris endured the early days of the war. A British officer was reportedly beheaded by German shells near a newsstand.
In France on April 14, Allied command issues a general order demanding stricter discipline and higher efficiency from American units. The directive, read to all troops, aims to enforce tight controls and improved standards on the march and at rest, to ensure peak combat readiness.
In New York on April 15 a report notes a steel corporation plant reaching a payroll of 145,000,6060 and plans to increase production. The piece mentions workers and the company moving forward with higher output, reflecting broader industrial activity in the area.
Ukiah residents rejoice over the Daily Mail service and follow a busy town agenda with visits, cattle wintering, and frequent travel to nearby areas. The week features deliveries, meetings, and local business chatter, including notable arrivals and departures around Ukiah and surrounding ranches.
A fragmented household tip promotes lemon juice as a skin whitener and softener. It instructs mixing juice from two lemons with orchard white cream to create a quarter pint facial preparation, claiming it whitens and smooths the face neck arms and skin.
An unidentified airman reportedly from Langley Field appears at Camp Lee near Petersburg Virginia around 3 PM. The aircraft hovered at about 240 feet then descended to about 1.40 feet above ground before flying off without providing identity information.
An informal health piece extols hot water and lithestone phosphate as cleansers for the liver and digestive system. It urges daily morning drinking of warm water with phosphate, claiming it removes poisons, relieves headaches, and purifies the body though scientific support is not provided.
Fragmented OCR text describes a claim for headache and neuralgia relief from Dr James with a low cost. It mentions streets and news, and suggests many men and women benefit, though details are unclear. The piece reads like an old advertisement or medical claim.
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