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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
8
East Oregonian special news briefs list residents visiting Pendleton and nearby towns, with several moving or returning home for winter. It notes students and staff plans, farm activity, Red Cross sewing, and relatives abroad in France. Dated entries mention wet weather halting work, school preparations, and local commerce in the area.
Large shipments of wheat from stations near Helix are split between Portland Seattle and The Dalles. Residents include H H Richmond selling Walla Walla property and planning ranch relocation. Local social notes mention moves and visits among families from Helix Pendleton Walla Walla and Alberta with many name references and events.
In Seattle on August 24, Thomas M. Reynolds and Franti M. Verdl are identified as actors. The brief notice notes their involvement but provides no further details on performance or venue.
Workers at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Co. end an eight hour day at the ship builders plant on Tuesday. They quit after eight hours and returned to the theatre for the evening show. Rev Frink Health of Ralirer Beach Presbyterian church faces seven day work duties, breaking a Bible precept by working six days in a whipyard and one behind the pulpit.
London dispatch reports the coal strike concluding Thursday as employers concede the miners’ demands ending the industrial action. The settlement comes amid wartime pressures and affects Yorkshire coal output and regional energy supply.
Aug 24 Chicago dispatch reports a mail order house calling for 150 office and stockroom girls. The condition of employment requires wearing bifurcations to increase efficiency and remove primping, with the implication that the girls replace men in certain roles.
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