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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
5
The article notes a large Lafayette Day celebration with multiple ceremonies planned, led by Alden B. Parker. It mentions events in New York with emphasis on community participation and commemorative activities scheduled for the anniversary.
The Lafayette Day Citizens Committee extended a formal invitation to Mayor Mitchel to attend a September celebration at city hall marking Lafayette’s birth anniversary and the Battle of the Marne. Andre Tartieu will deliver rites of honor, with readings by officials. The event includes a gala procession and honors cities across the country joining in observance.
A dense jumble of listings includes cars for sale and hire with contact names, varied addresses, and ad hoc items such as furnished apartments, rooming, sewing machines, and employment requests. Notable names include Allen Knight Paul Kreft Ed Morgan and McClintock Simpeon. places include East Oregonian building College Street and Kamiah Idaho. several phone numbers and dates appear inconsistently amid the clutter.
A bustling display of early cinema promises thrills with The Shackles of Truth and The Fatal Ring while Madame Sarah Bernhardt stars in Mothers of Prairie at the Alta Theatre. The lineup features action packed thrillers, moral tales, and war era drama, highlighting diverse talents from Pearl White to Helen Holmes and Heloise pradlette.
Notice states bids will be received at the Cuy Recorder office in Pendleton Oregon until August 5th at 6 00 pm for annual street cleaning including paved streets and Mirenta Lo during 1917. A certified check of 100 dollars is required, payable to the Mayor, refundable if unsuccessful and forfeited if awarded and not entered into contract. The council may reject any bid. Dated Pendleton Oregon July 27 1917 THOS Fitzgerald City Auditor. St Helens Hall praised for education and morals with ties to St John Baptist Sisters and Episcopal church. Miss Loniva Thomsen from St Helens Hall to visit Pendleton Hotel next week for inquiries about the school. Keys to golf club house at the golf links available by phone 2p8W. Will be away two weeks.
Miss Bharkemus Schon of California sought assistance on September 17, 1917, after filing an application S81 related to a theft. The report notes a disturbance with the shout “Hoover! Hoover!” heard near the Mose.
An auto stage service advertises trips for Adams and Weaton with evening departures at 730 p.m. Readers are urged to phone Ralph Shutfer for reservations with Drop -Adyv noted as part of the contact details.
Shortage of men due to wartime exodus forces Grant County women to drive rakes and bucks in Baker County hayfields. Some help pitch hay, others cut rye for feed. long Creek area faces potential hay shortage. Farmers harvest briskly, hay and rye prices noted, and local patents and inventors listed among miscellaneous rural items.
Joe Waldron a member of the prison honor gang employed at the flax Melds at Jon Etter place eight miles from Salem escaped late Sunday afternoon. The preceding Sunday three other inmates were involved in a related escape attempt.
Photographic caption shows American troops from a fort near a river under New York bound for duty. The censor requests withholding the monument date. The image is released for publication by the committer of Put No Information.
The article notes that other gang members fled and were not recaptured. Waldron finished his shift and went to a pool to bathe and change clothes, marking the last sighting before the escape. Hounds trailed him until red pepper spray and scent markers led them off the track. The convict had been sent up from Warren County for burglary. Realization without hope loses half its harm.
Miss Louisa Thomson will be at St Heldirs Hall Heheol in Portland as chaperone for a forthcoming event. She plans to be at Hotel Pendieten on the twelfth and thirteenth of Auruat to meet with parents or guardians of prospective pupils for St Helen's Tall.
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