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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
6
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Fragmentary verses praise the living hand and fellowship of friends as they pass, noting that the Vivier cannot aid the dead. The noisy crowd scatters smiles and light amid the strange, fleeting passage of life, making death seem distant to the living.
Opinion piece argues for completing a year round Columbia highway across eastern Oregon via The Dalles Pendleton La Grande and Baker. It says the road serves eastern Oregon and the whole state by boosting motoring tourism and climate friendly travel, urging Portland to prioritize the east. It also critiques a consolidation bill claiming it would harm state universities and raise overhead costs.
A contemporary editorial warns that the Barrett consolidation scheme could bring disaster to the university and agricultural college. It frames the proposal as a natural outcome of a statewide retrenchment trend and mocks calls for sweeping bureaucracy as a folly, suggesting future bills might target state officials’ offices to cut janitorial costs.
The Bureau of Mines warns that carbon monoxide from car engines in small garages is highly dangerous, especially in winter when doors and windows stay shut. Tests show dangerous air after fifteen minutes, with symptoms often silent until collapse.
A fragment from a gossip column discusses a scandal and a young woman who ends an engagement after recognizing a poor match. It notes public interest in the consequences of choices and hints at social pressures behind reputations and relationships.
BH Clarien arrived from the Wallat valley with Mr W Brown and the piano tower. P A Worthington and J W Young, prominent Weaton citizens, were in town yesterday. Dave Thompson contemplates opening a drug store in Centerville. The Centerville Home Press is nicknamed the local squzer. John Lawrey enjoyed a day in the City of the Band, reporting it moderately lively.
Warranty deeds record transfers including F Steiner Adm to FP A Laat for 10 dollars for several Pendleton lots. MeeKeowen et ux to JHH Samuel for 1000 dollars. Waylor to C M Taylor for 100 dollars per acre in Fruitvale. Olive L Bowlaby to spouse W L for 1 dollar. various other parcels in townships and ranges with nominal sums.
In San Francisco on January 15 Carl Jems, 34, a marine fireman, shot at Dora Roberts, 37, then killed himself after she woke from the attack. The two had been in a relationship and had fired at a hotel for a year.
A program assisted fifty five thousand residents in Western Australia and Victoria as funds were allocated to support services. The initiative mobilized local organizations to distribute financial aid, bolster community projects, and sustain essential programs across multiple regions.
New York report states Nina Larrey Duryea, widow of Chester B. Duryea who killed his father General Hirany Duryea in 1914, has arrived from Bordeaux to lecture and raise funds for war relief. She is the daughter of Franklin Waldo Smith of Benton and had been living in Paris with her husband, who was separated ten years before the fatal shooting.
A Poplar Bluff Missouri reader Avia B Timmons credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling her to care for her home and baby. The testimonial claims improved vitality, past childlessness overcome, and household work resumed, noting the medicine advice is confidential from the company.
Friday evening last Whaler Flame slipped leaving a cab and broke both bones in his right leg three inches above the ankle. A. B. Harvey arrived from Tacoma via the Nushem trip and was headed toward Pendleton.
Jan 11 note says M Athey editor of Burns Harney County Tribune sails to Hobe then coast to settle in a new home. The item mentions Bert Wheelon of Welker Ida and future residence plans by Mr and Mrs Athey.
In a rugged December 2 to January 2 disappearance, rescue teams found the missing hikers near a snowbound area. The search party traced their route over rough terrain and located the remains where they sat in the snow.
General rains expected in Pennsylvania and northern states with the first half of the week cooling below normal. Rocky Mountain and Plateau Regions forecast mostly fair but cooler, with snow or rain possible in southern areas after Wednesday and Thursday. forecaster KW Bowls notes below seasonal averages.
Rev Ellwood R. Ackerly of Montgomery First M E Church says critical illness and weakness ended after using Frultola and Traxo. He reports relief from gall stones and restored energy, praising the remedies as proven at Pine Labs Monticello and distributed in Pendleton. He urges readers to obtain the booklet from the Pine Laboratories for stomach trouble.
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