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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1919
Page
2
Fragments show branch counts and adult and juvenile totals, books sent to branches, shelf cards, and meeting notes in library cycles. Fines collected and receipts recorded with March balances, rental and monthly receipts, and branch circulation across Milton Athena Hermiston Pilot Rock and Adams areas.
A library on wheels was purchased by Hibbing Minnesota for 6900 dollars to bring books to residents. The program aims to expand access to reading materials across neighborhoods and schools in the area.
A special auto car built by the White Company will carry hundreds of volumes and a reader space in the rear for choosing books. It includes a heating system and shelves for distribution to several small township towns as public libraries in January 1918.
Washington on April 29 reports Hughes or Taft as possible American judge for Wilhelm at the Geneva trial. Wilson likely will nominate, with Elihu Root and Lord Reading among possibilities. The prosecuting staff may include delegates from the five powers. Germany could name a prosecutor. Exile is tentatively set as punishment in a secret session. Paris reports the fate of Wil- line remains under discussion.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a overnight laxative improving liver function and bowels. It promises relief from headaches and coated tongue, claims gentle cleansing, and asserts widespread trust with thirty million boxes sold. It targets adults and children as safe and effective.
The peace conference will hold a secret plenary to review Helm Hohenzollern and the completed treaty. A date is not set and action is expected to be limited to formal acceptance by the majority responsibilities committee. The trial of the former Kaiser is debated, with the American Lansing group arguing Wilhelm bears no personal responsibility for the war’s inception.
In Chicago on April 70, Sears Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald allegedly subscribed a million for the victory lap, with Albert Toe urging a city stay during the campaign. Rosenwald reportedly said he would take a million for himself, claiming a habit of such loans and noting a $1,000,000 corporate gift and another for employees accompanied the pledge.
A cryptic exchange features phrases like six dot one and jel rebeaned, invoking a Gargoyle in a surreal dialogue about highest ambition. The fragmentary text evokes puzzling wordplay and a mythic motif without clear narrative context or concrete events.
Frank Jay Gould and Edith Kelly Gould have resolved their differences in French courts with a divorce granted to Mrs Gould. She plans to sue for divorce in New York, while Gould attends to sees. The French court awarded her 600 dollars a month alimony, and Florence is mentioned as tied to the family disputes involving Mario Casargon.
Teachers accuse the Tacoma School Board of suppressing facts in its report and failing to approve the planned raise. They claim the board’s actions lowered morale, forced summer work, and would raise living costs with a $120 annual increase and a $5 monthly home charge, starting September.
In Dundee Scotland April 106 municipal housing for workers has been set up in public parks. Wood and portable houses, shipped from Kalamazoo Michigan and sold to Dundee by a local paper via the American Red Cross, housed influx workers flooding from new factories. Five separate two room units per dwelling, ten by twenty feet, with rent of 1.25 dollars per four weeks, all currently rented.
Portland and Oakland opened the series with a 4 to 1 game in Portland as Arlett Krause Muse Cooper and Baker contributed in the loss. Salt Lake beat Souls 6 to 1 in San Francisco with Natteriee Schorr Byler Creapl Brooks. Los Angeles defeated Sacramento 1 to 1 in a windy opener as Hatteries Vance Mercy Murray Brown Lapan. Seattle edged Vernon 2 to 2 in a pitchers battle with Delant Schulis. British air force engineers report a development in a new plane engine in London.
Fragmentary personal reminiscence discusses marriage, desire for a child, and reliance on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter mentions health improvements and gratitude to a local contact, with many garbled lines about home life and family.
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