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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
5
Readers are urged to shop a holiday sale featuring Christmas waists with substantial reductions. Prices range from eight dollars seventy five cents to twenty two dollars fifty cents, inviting quick purchases ahead of the season.
A local textile shop promotes a wide assortment of silk fabrics including fancies and plain colors. Prices range from 2.25 to 5.00 dollars per yard, offering many choices for customers seeking quality silk at varying budgets.
A Wyoming news item recounts Harry G. Hontz being reported drowned after a railroad accident while en route to join the army in 1915. He later turned up alive, served in France, was wounded, and after a long recovery returned to Laramie to resume life, while initial obituaries were published in error. The tale follows the frantic river search and the misread death notice before Hontz’s eventual discharge.
Tacoma story reports Mine Thea Billings, daughter of a Tacoma politician and financier, died from a pistol wound on April 22. Witnesses said a threatened financial settlement prompted the act. defense contends the revolver discharged accidentally during a struggle. In Seattle, Utter sued Billings Jr.’s daughter over proceeds from an accident policy of 15008 dollars. Also noted is destruction of the Gray school in Minnesota after 52 years.
Dec 21 Tacoma reports the remount depot at Camp Lewis is discontinued after a shipment of 420 horses from Camp Lary to Camp Kearney. Cowboys from western ranges, numbering about 200, helped officers. eleven thousand horses and mules were brought to Camp Lewis for duty before the closure.
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