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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
6
Dear Bill you are urged to attend the Elk’s building at seven thirty Thursday evening December twelfth. Committees are hard at work and promise a lively night with a large feed possibly whale meat or terrapin if late. A red white and blue card from Secretary Judge FitzGerald grants entry as no cards are mailed.
Long overdue casualty roll lists many soldiers with ranks from Private to Sergeant, noting Killed in Action and Missing in Action. Names include Frank Fradataty Fetehet old Robert McCutcheon Jaco Moser Jesse Collamere Kerber Lampinen Bedermren and others across Idaho Oregon Washington. Some entries show injuries or status as Undetermined Degree.
A report from Mather Field Ceremonial notes a light aircraft incident near Racrimenio and Bewttle during a morning flight. Lieutenant A Hogland of the army air service is credited with guiding the craft to a controlled landing after an issue emerged at about 8 30 o'clock.
East Oregonian brief reports local notes including Joe Lewis leasing a ranch near Helix and nearby citizens' movements. Items mention James Golowield proposed for first lieutenant, Mrs. Ellin LeonTa and Mrs. Penland of Pendleton in social notices, and visits between Portland and Walla Walla.
Grant county lawyers and business leaders favor a bill to move Grant county into the Baker county district court, citing easier mail connections and winter travel over mountains to Harney and Malheur. In Nye city, Douglas County Cattlemen form a committee to push enforcement of the stock law prohibiting open-range grazing, with A C Mariners named chairman and J Hurd as secretary.
An Ore than Benedict from Portland, serving in France with the 2511th Matgwn Company PF, seeks correspondence study through the University of Oregon extension. His November 1 application cites one year of Hermiston high school credit and is filed in relation to the university program. In Portland a man identified as Frank W. Finch, 46, shot himself in a phone booth after an attempted call and a disturbance nearby. Milas Nellie Johnson of Parton, Oregon, later entered the booth amid the scene.
In Halsey Oregon on December 11, George Maxwell, a farmer, found ripe Jules water melons in his field sparking a noted local surprise. Authorities expect Uncle Sam to provide the making for future harvests as the community reports this curious seasonal event.
A Brooklyn resident reports relief from severe displacement related inflammation after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative, claiming doctors advised hospital surgery but the remedy restored health. The notice urges other women to seek advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. as a remedy for ailments specific to women.
Grounding action involving Mt American Nations Bank Pauliding is reported as a notable financial or corporate matter. The fragmentary text mentions a banking entity and a location related to a climate or geographic term. No clear outcome or date is provided.
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