This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
3
Pendleton schools brace for a record opening with 1500 students slated to attend on Tuesday morning September 2. After a summer break from May, a record number of youngsters will return to town’s schools, where new textbooks await and repairs on wheels and equipment are in place.
The Pendleton school system plans a strong start with 1100 to 1200 anticipated student enrollment, 18 fewer veteran grade teachers, and 4 new hires. Principal changes include Field School leaders Miss Neva Lane Hawthorne A C Thompson Lincoln Miss Della Tush Washington Miss Laura Shaw with H F Talow at the high school. Housing for out of town teachers remains tight, with only four responses for room and board and further placements expected. Textbook upgrades are expected to raise standards, and the high school will offer daily access from 9 to 4 with counseling for college entrants.
A tattered wartime cooking snippet provides recipes for a butter loaf cake with sugar and flour, a sponge cake with eggs and oil, and a fruit cake using raisins currants and molasses with hints on mixing and baking, reflecting era kitchen notes and economy tips.
A fragment describes mixing sugar with butter then adding tea molasses and sour roll. It instructs lifting soda with flour and combining all ingredients, adding fruits, and baking in a mold for about an hour. It ends with a note about eating cakes slowly until tomorrow.
News summary notes Aug 10 dispatch from Washington reporting hours passed on resolutions urging the federal trade commission to investigate shoe prices amid rising consumer concerns. Included are casualty notes from Trinidad Colorado about mine disaster casualties and a local invention proposal regarding corn products and color can labeling.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.