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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
7
Social notes from Pendleton detail visitors and gatherings. Mrs. Breach hosts a birthday celebration for Mrs Thompson with the Choral Society and a varied program. Local residents, musicians, and guests attend dinners, concerts, and teas while others travel to Walla Walla, Moro, or Portland, with many names and households listed.
The Pendleton Choral Society, fifty voices, will perform its first public concert on Monday evening, May 12, at First Presbyterian Church. The program will feature a varied selection. F. P. Austin was named publicity director for the concert at practice.
Pendleton birth reports a daughter to Mr and Mrs W H Malin at Mrs Dave Rogers home. New day clerk Miss Huth Courtney joins Motel Pendleton. Heppner court to open May with several matters including a murder case and major damages. George Clay of CWRR hospital-bound after illness and possible surgery in Portland. U S Marshal Pace to recover three men from county jail for selling bitters to Indians. Divorce granted to defendant William A Thompson after cross complaint and testimony.
E T Gilligan a United States army member arrived in Pendleton and circulated a petition urging the secretary of war to send soldiers home with six on the pits. Gilligan leads the effort in the Eastern Oregon district as soldiers nationwide push the plan. Prisoners Taken to Salem. Harry N Romuel4 a youthful murderer of Omerlinger and Baltacas Farrada who stole a certificate of deposit for 509 were taken to Salem by Sheriff T D Taylor to begin serving sentences in the state penitentiary. Samuels has a life sentence and Betrada from one to ten years. Examinations Game Soon. Fifth grade county exams will be held May 25 and 14. Some schools remain open as sessions extend one month due to the delay caused by the epidemic.
County Clerk T. Brown announced that registration books for the June 2 special election will close Saturday night. Eligible voters who changed precincts since the last election are urged to register at the courthouse or their precinct. Those who voted in the last special election and have not changed residence need not register for this section.
Poem reflecting on soldiers who died in battle and those who lingered behind. It honors their bravery and sacrifices, noting they gave their all though only the silver remains as proof. The piece calls for remembrance and shared peace for the brave.
London dispatch reports three American soldiers killed and 30 wounded in a clash with South African troops at a repariation camp 62 miles southeast of London last Monday night. Haitian forces quelled the riot.
Fragmentary item references a "scrub race" described as a scrub event with unclear context and who participated. No additional readable names or places are legible in the surviving text.
Ban Francisco reports Harry Lauder aboard the Ventura with a terrapin as a pet. He jokes the creature will be used for soup and then smoked as he prepares for a farewell tour of the United States, including a long stay in San Francisco before traveling on to Australia and Africa.
A garbled snippet hints at urgent thoughts on writing and power. The phrasing suggests a tongue in cheek musing on the pen and its influence, with a nod to masculine identity and craft. The text remains too incomplete to identify a clear source event or names.
Forty killed and many injured in a San Salvador earthquake. Uprooted by the quake, property damage was extensive. The American legation reported heavy losses. letters of administration issued for the estate of Mrs Myrick. farm machinery listed at the Merick farm near Myrick.
The case of Lora J ver ry ve versus Jamen W Terry was taken up in the circuit court at 4 oclock in the afternoon after a prior postponement due to road bond matters. A large number of witnesses are to be heard, and it is probable the case will take some time to settle. A former official is mentioned in the excerpt.
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