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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1917
Page
5
Generally fair weather with temperatures near seasonal average across the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions. forecaster BE. W. Rowe notes typical conditions for the period and urges watchers to monitor any changes in advance.
More than 16,400 applications have been received by the war department for commissions in the officer corps. The department will seek congressional appropriations to pay salaries for trainees at camps. In the interim those who passed examinations are to attend camps pending House and Senate decisions.
Thousands suffer indigestion with liver and bowel upset blamed. A purble olive oil tablet formula promises to restore natural functions, ease coated tongue and poor appetite. Take one to two at bedtime for quick relief. available at 10c and 2c per box from all druggists.
A fragmented local column notes Che Weakly Hullbogger turning from boxing to peaceful work. It also lampoons wartime tunes and drills, recounts schoolchildren spotting a German spy lookalike, and parodies the nation’s anthem debate. The piece stitches in school drills, banter about Army life, and a jocular roster of locals imagined in different military roles.
Readable notices list rental ads for apartments rooms and houses, requests for workers and goods trading like wool and meat brands, plus services from sewing and repair to moving and storage. Names and addresses include Ed Morgan 266 telephone 731M and Pendleton Meat Co. 140W.
ALTA TODAY surveys current attractions with Lenore Ulrich in Her Own People and Birds of Paradis amid a lineup featuring Morocca and Belasco titles. Mecca adventure tale He Met Her in Mecca adds danger, comedy, and romance as a white man wed a local girl under a forged bargain. The Cony theater will show The Romantic Journe and The Greater Love at Arcade, with Theda Bara headlining.
The Rev Dr David G Wyle, secretary of the Presbyterian church erection fund, advocates naming Jewish regiments after biblical heroes. He imagines eight or ten regiments of Jewish soldiers marching in unity, each regiment woven after a great Jewish leader such as Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Gideon, King David, or Solomon.
Publishers of sericultural papers representing over 416 000 readers offer free advertising space to the government for selling war bonds or promoting enlistments in the army or navy. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and kindness during bereavement. Various small ads mention phonograph give away and stage coach schedules in Athens.
A fragmentary ad proposes assistance to obtain a home, offering either a do it yourself option with a kit or full construction service for a commission. The text is garbled and unclear but suggests guidance on securing housing.
Fragmentary OCR lists a farmish trade line mentioning cash for potatoes poultry pork and fruit, with a telephone hint. No clear event, date, or organized entity ID is readable.
An ad extols Cascarets as best for headaches biliousness sickness and constipation due to fermenting food in the bowels. It claims the tabs cleanse the stomach remove foul matter and bile from the liver and relieve head pain overnight. A ten cent bar from the druggist promises a clear head sweet stomach and rosy complexion by morning.
A Petrograd dispatch reports the Provisional government ordered all fodder grade corn and cereals from the 1916 harvest placed at state disposal. Expropriation also covers the 1917 harvest except seed and peasant family needs. Mme Breshkorskaya is noted for political activities against the old regime.
To the expectant mother the coming of the new baby should be an event of joy. Be should be bright influence her coming baby's entire Atlanta, Ga. today for book.
The text urges reducing uric acid to ease joint pain and gout. It promotes dry conditions, high water intake, and a Jad Gabe remedy made from rape and lemon acid with tincture, claiming it prevents uric buildup and aids elimination through the kidneys. It promises relief for many sufferers via a simple home remedy.
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