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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
7
An old style newspaper page shows postal rates and publication options. It lists daily and semi weekly editions along with six month and one year mail plans, carriers, and distribution formats.
Fragmentary verse speaks of morning Colt and beams of light despite gloom. It contrasts Tehan and Tahali with notes of woe and laughter as a storm passes. The speaker ponders tomorrow and asks whether a tribute will be asked, enduring whether clear days or rain arrive.
A dramatic note on footwear costs predicts winter shoe prices moving from current ranges of ten to twelve dollars up to sixteen to twenty dollars. Leather, tanners, and middlemen cited as drivers of the price hike, with manufacturers and dealers adding margins. Buyers warned that advance orders may accelerate the rise.
The New York World cites Franklin K Lane as saying many top leaders back the League of Nations yet warns of deceit by reactionary Senators. The piece weighs hopes for global peace against political maneuvering and cites county officials receiving varied ten dollar monthly raises reflecting unequal pay.
County commissioners deliberated for a month before deciding and reportedly followed guidance from neighboring counties. A graduated scale of increases tied to responsibility hours work and personal qualifications could have better served the petitioners.
CAPT Donald Hudson, ex First Pursuit Group ace, recruited by via to organize and train a Bolivian army unit. Bolivia plans to obtain instruction from the United States as European war methods influence South American forces. Hudson, formerly of Kansas City, married to Mic Lorraine Livingston, earned his ace in France with three German planes downed in five minutes.
During the war a Paris switchboard operator at the Murat mansion served private needs for Wilsons. Mise Destrice Francfort, once a chief operator, shifted to volunteer telecommunication work for the United States. She left business to serve.
A Cambridge Lowell club meeting featured Professor Thayer's quip about Cornell Ithaca and old versus new rivals. A young lawyer in a suburb shares a tale about a weekend visit where a chicken dish leads to a humorous misread of time and hospitality, ending with a playful line about being new in town.
Berlin reports flag sentiment is weak as Germany adopts new constitution colors. Public buildings struggle to display new flag due to shortages, with many still using the old Prussian black eagle on white. Troops appear indifferent to the change, signaling low patriotic response.
Sheriff transfers property to J H Reid for 01.96 covering NE 1-4 section 4. Numerous deeds follow including Ann Matlock to Hatnscom for 4000 in Pendleton, and Lydeil to Owenby for 175 on 10 acres in Section 35. Folsom to Marshall for 500 in NEQ 1-4 SW 1-4 Section 2. Others include Michael to Michael for 1, Samuel to Elizabeth Schubert for 16, and Baker transfers in Ad ans area.
Four small canaries named Finnie Tessue Ted and Harry stayed at the Hotel Montgomery in San Jose. Mrs Lillian Booth, said to be a San Francisco lecturer, checked them in and paid with a pen writing their names on the guest slip. The birds were placed in a room under bellboy custody and later retrieved by Booth before departing with them.
A court case in Balem addresses whether a driver can be prosecuted for failing to sound horn or siren before passing another vehicle. District Attorney Max Gholhar and defense argue over the charge with the hearing proceeding before Judge Heckart.
The fragment discusses driving horn etiquette and a halted case. It notes a driver could pass another, mentions a bag containing $140 and an escape, but details are incomplete and unclear.
While hundreds stroll the main street, a robber appeared at the chief moving picture theater box office and ordered Mimi Helen Callahan, the cashier, to surrender the receipts. He held a bottle over her head and threatened to throw nitric acid in her eyes if she did not comply.
Officials in Washington were startled by reports from Helsingford and Stockholm that two American ships carrying food had arrived in Petrograd for the Soviet government. The War Trade Board emphatically denied lifting the blockade of Soviet Russia and could not explain the dispatches.
Four Sacramento hunters Raymond Cranshaw, F C Hoffman, and Wilfred Purkiss with spouses paid $25 for a sow they killed after mistaking it for a wild hog. No charges were filed. The August story reports the group’s arrest was untroublesome.
A fragmented note describes Royaliatic Mute and Archinke Jmeph moving within aristocratic official circles with no reference to organized labor or peasantry, suggesting a royalist character. The text remains cryptic but centers on elite conduct and status.
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