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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
6
A Boston Post poem urges national resolve in hard times. It calls citizens to sacrifice petty concerns and join for a stern, great work to preserve democracy liberty and peace. The verse envisions uniting with strength and purpose to ensure a world of freedom and plenty.
A wartime editorial urges sacrifice over profit, arguing the nation fights to preserve self-respect and democratic ideals. It praises Herbert Hoover and food administration efforts, urging producers to balance gains with national welfare and avoid excess.
A call frames service as paramount over profits, arguing that when the nation’s life and glory are at stake no man will be a piker. The emphasis is on collective sacrifice and unwavering commitment to victory.
The article argues that the August 8 food regulation grants the U.S. President near total power to regulate major industries, including railroads and import/export trades, with price controls. It warns of potential both great good and significant disruption depending on usage, notes pending revenue details, and anticipates broader business revival in fall and winter. It cites Allied war prospects and various unrelated notes on ministers, hunting seasons, and a few names.
A garbled note recalls a city treasury dispute involving a Drewrymadn and a baker who paid about 629 for a wet fracas fundraiser. The text mentions seven memos and a tense event between factions, with references to a teen and a nocturnal beat.
Sy the marshal and police move to curb theft in town. A stock of wheat pricing remains at standard rates. G A Smith delivers a carload of hardwood for Taylor James and Co. A carload of bacon goes to Corbett and Macleiy, while Levi Ankeny arrives from Walla Walla to review banking interests.
The fragment hints at a Round director receiving $196 in cold cash for a coat. It questions the origin of the term nimrod for punter hunters from Nimrod and mentions Clarence Ash’s two years at sea before settling ashore. It also suggests a rescue of Walt Lehman from the draft.
Portland men are named as captains and lieutenants in infantry cavalry and artillery units in the National Army. The list includes Charles M Hodgen Jacob Kanzler Frank Sever Albert BE Cooper Austin H Richeson and many others with ranks from captain to second lieutenant reflecting reassignments and new commissions from the San Francisco camp preparations.
A long OCR readout lists names of officers from Oregon and surrounding cities in the National Army. It notes promotions to first and second lieutenants across infantry cavalry field artillery and quartermaster corps with several tied to Third Oregon and other units.
Paris Aug 14 Quesmy north of the Ofee observed a French war veteran pinning a medal to Mme Pellequer for gallant service during the war. Her husband served at the front while she maintained order and attended to duties in the village, earning recognition as a heroine of France.
The text describes a recipe method for a peanut soup including heating milk, adding peat and savory mix, and thickening with hunter of savory tet. It references the United States Department of Agriculture and details measurements such as 1 pint milk, one tablespoonfuls of peanut paste, and seven tablespoons of ear brine cue to the boiling potent.
Hollow tile is chosen for three new Lowell area residences. Thwarted details describe a corner property at Witton and Jefferson with nine to ten rooms and hot water heat. Early Tulloch plans an eleven room hollow tile house on Jackson and Logan with French doors and built in features.
The war and dry spell raised whisky withdrawals to 8,900,000 gallons in July, triple normal and a 23 year high. Volume was drawn across eastern, middle, and southern districts, with a parallel in 1964 when tax rose from 90 cents to $1.30 per gallon, and withdrawals in Adguerate reached about 1,000,000 gallons daily.
The stonners Great Northern and Northern Pacific between Ma vel and San Francisco are to be commandeered by the Shipping Board and transferred to Atlantic troop transport use. The Pacific run is set to be trimmed, with ships diverted to the Atlantic service as needed for government cargo and military movement.
The Shipping Board aims to retain current officers and crews of two steamers for round trips amid Europe fuel shortages. Troop transport will take priority, and Senator Chamberlain was informed that war needs outweigh commerce in this matter.
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