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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1917
Page
6
The article discusses Representative Andersons plan to make drunkenness a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine or 50 days in jail. It argues the offense would be state wide, tougher than current city limits, and questions whether such punishment is too drastic for a self caused danger to others.
The Crews Financial Review notes total Allied and domestic wartime business activity reaching 550 million dollars with new dye and chemical firms at 170 million and shipping and munition concerns at 108 million and 154 million respectively. It mentions a planned large British war loan domestically unlikely to be issued here and possible collateral loan to back British purchases and stabilize sterling. It also praises the Smith Hughes bill as constructive and beneficial for education.
Congress and the president expect quick conference action to finalize the Smith Hughes measure promoting nation state cooperation in vocational training. It aims to expand agricultural and mechanical education, with Ohio set to receive substantial funds if state matching is met. The plan addresses long-standing gaps in practical training for workers nationwide.
A favorable financial situation features abundant money and credit at reasonable rates, a sound banking position, rising reserves, ongoing gold imports, and active interior trade. Interior reports indicate continued home trade for at least another season, with profits near last year’s levels and very satisfactory overall results. In 1916 capital applications for new enterprises reached about $430,000,000.
A collection of cryptic remarks about Umatilla county wealth a youth baseball claim a brick yard worker and Weston clues. It references Main street changes a Democratic sheriff candidate and a note on typhoid cases in Penichenon with Thorn Hollow water. Dee Temple’s long name Islay Alesce Temple is mentioned as a notable aside.
Eleanor Klinger and Ora One, both New York fashion figures, plan a wedding in mourning attire with black garments. The pair, described as temperamental artists, will have a simple breakfast featuring blackberry brandy and black coffee, per rumors from social circles.
A Chicago graduate nurse testifies to relief from displacement and periodic pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved health and urges other women to try the remedy, citing benefits for cramps, inflammation, nervousness, and indigestion.
Judge Bray orders all convicted wife beaters to have their portraits taken and displayed in City Hall in Kansas City, with name and court record attached. The policy applies to all offenders found by the potto court and announced today.
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