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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
7
Incomplete OCR lists monthly carrier rates and delivery options. Names and figures are unclear, but indicate various pricing by month and method, including by carrier and mail. No complete details or clear organization present.
The passage argues that Wilson shows clear judgment on issues beside compulsory military service and favors efficient methods during wartime. It notes earnest effort for peace but supports decisive action and efficiency in governance.
The speaker argues that compulsory military service is superior to volunteers, asserting it speeds victory and reduces sacrifices. Citing world experience, the plan would employ modern weapons, tactics, and recruitment, claiming it would shorten the war compared with past eras.
A bond vote would pave the Pendleton macadam road to the state line and unlock at least 1 million dollars in federal and state highway improvements. Local residents would pay auto licenses and a quarter mill road levy, but receive substantial roadwork in return, per the East Oregonian.
The article argues President Wilson’s framing of the war as democracy versus autocracy is largely valid. It notes Allied nations are republican or democratic in practice, while the German empire is under a powerful autocracy. It credits Bismarck with forcing a constitution on the 26 states to secure Prussian supremacy.
The piece analyzes Prussia’s autocratic system under the Bismarck constitution, detailing the three class votes that give a few landowners control. It notes Prussia’s 18 of 58 Bundesrat votes and the balance held by ruling houses, with Berlin underrepresented. It calls for reform but warns of entrenched Junker power. It also covers wartime public safety efforts, a seven billion bond, summer fallow land ideas, and civic duties like gardening to aid allies. It ends urging enemy aliens to consider naturalization.
A damaged OCR text recalls a horse racing draw involving Ziti Aforer and Proveha Pit. It mentions John Short bringing a pair from John Pay country, a rifle incident, and further minor events including people Cobineow and Harr with injuries and accidents at a town jetting day.
A reader questions whether Leon Cohen, prior to residing in Pendleton, lived in San Franchisco, suggesting a potential relocation or mistaken origin. The note hints at interest in Cohen's early residence.
Pendleton Moose members arrived by special train to La Grande for a royal-hosted celebration marking a milestone in the local lodge’s membership campaign. They were greeted by La Grande Moose, dined at the Folvo Hotel, and inducted in a lodge ceremony with wrestling, bowling, and boxing exhibitions. Pendleton’s team struggled in bowling with a 2106 to 2370 score, and the group left without spending a cent during their stay. The La Grande Moose plan an excursion to Pendleton next year.
Washington April 18. The federal reserve system considers establishing branches in Portland Oregon Spokane and Seattle with the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank and a board member returning from a coast inspection to confer with local officials. Possible sites include Portland Spokane Seattle and perhaps Los Angeles.
Report says an unfamiliar aeroplane was seen by four sentries near a river bridge in Maine. Militants or watchers claimed the object stayed in sight for several minutes and sparked a hunt through surrounding mountains for possible suspects.
An old advertisement touts Monsterole a white mustard ointment said to relieve rheumatic pain without blistering skin. It claims to target joints muscles and limbs, promising pain relief and avoiding old fashioned mustard plasters.
A garbled text fragment speaks of an autumn week and a prank, mentions magical callers and a river term meaning liceuler. It notes indigenous names and an Austrasian conflict context, aiming to describe a wartime memory in vague terms.
A crude ad claims a fragrance scented anti septic cream clears catarrh and nasal blockage. It promises immediate breathing relief, opening airways and easing head pressure, with strong sales language and dubious medical claims.
Stockholm reports that the recent change in government does not imply shifts in policy toward the belligerents. The new cabinet, like its predecessors, aims to keep neutrality unassailable as Admiral Lindman, the new foreign minister, reiterates the line in an Associated Press interview.
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