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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1919
Page
3
A scattered summary of local events from Walla Walla area residents, including updates on people, health, politics, and travel. Mentions Charlee Blumbarg, Mrs Mickelnen, Mary Mickelnen, Alberta Catender, Lt Haro Grady, and various community activities and observations in Umatilla and neighboring counties.
Fragmentary local notice reports a Pendicton man involved in an event labeled Coswally today with details largely unreadable in the available text. The item lacks clear names, places, or outcomes to specify.
The clipping lists wounded soldiers in France with broken bones and hospital notes, local employment service calls for discharged workers, visitors to Pendleton for family events, a missing team report, Kopper Kettle renovations, and Chester A. Fee recovering from Spanish influenza while visiting Pendleton before planned business in California.
The Pendleton Commercial Association receives inquiries about the Roseburg Commercial Club and copies of its constitution and by laws. Oregon retailers convention set for Salem February 19 to 12 with flu restrictions easing January 27. New Pendleton Drug Co staff includes J F Farrell recently discharged from Camp Fremont. A depot quarrel prompts mild uproar as grandmother keeps child. Notable local obituaries and updates include Laura DeFia Brumbach and Willard Bond family notices.
Alexander's Grocery advertises quality assured service with prompt deliveries and reasonable prices. It touts competent salespeople and honest weights, highlighting Tea Garden syrups and other brands while claiming superior service at the old Ee ea location.
The report describes a thaw affecting Ferndale and Twilight area roads with hazardous conditions. J P Strain related to road concerns and local bond committee matters. January rainfall reached 39 percent of normal, with total monthly rainfall likely over half of typical levels, near 1.5 inches expected. last January recorded 1.24 inches.
The article notes Ba Baker and J. Waser catching the season’s first salmon, described as four in number and one blue hack with steel heads. It also mentions school progress in Urantilla county, a total of 11 achievements, and a county superintendent reporting a profit of $43,400 from a work program. Disturbance case details follow with a court entry.
The docket records reference fines of 20 and 10 dollars after Guilty pleas on separate charges brought by A J Harp and Marie Mern. A decree of divorce was granted to Elian M Brown, while probate appraisers and contract actions involving Western Land and Irrigation Co. and Glywn P Durst are listed. Military notes mention Lt Willard Mond and a potential bendout for a colonel.
Fragments indicate a voter notice in Umatilte County about eligibility and the failure to respond affecting voting on a bond question. Mentions of no chance in life and Sewallpox, no new common reported, and references to quarantine and influenza. The passage is garbled with unclear dates and names.
A garbled legal or court note discusses bigamy and punishment, mentioning magistrates and social attitudes. It references remarriage, widowers, and shifting views on bigamy, with fragments indicating debate over penalties and moral judgments in a historical context.
A damaged OCR fragment urges a $300 Bonue for men who served. Mentions $200 cash Bonue and unclear names or places, with scattered words suggesting a government or local wartime benefits notice.
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