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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
4
An itemized rate list outlines subscription options for the Oregonian, including daily by mail or carrier, six months, three months, and one month terms with varying prices. The table also shows semi weekly by mail options and their corresponding costs, reflecting historic newspaper pricing structure.
A poetic plea asking Great-Heart where it goes, praising courage, justice, and divine guidance. It speaks of lifting burdens, breaking lines of division, and carrying out a mission to free peoples and establish God’s earthly sovereignty with steadfast faith.
The article notes lower long distance and person to person rates under the new telephone pricing. It cites Athena as an example where a five minute talk costs about half the former amount, suggesting expanded use of telephone service between Pendleton and surrounding regions and greater convenience for residents.
The piece argues for government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines to reduce charges and improve service. It cites a proposed no report fee around five cents, a new long distance wire capable of five conversations, and predicts betterment of service under public management while critiquing private profit motives. It also mentions political stances on prohibition and a comparison to Spartican and bolshevik ideas in elections.
The soldier from overseas is entitled to a welcome home and a job. A discharged soldier should not be cast adrift by the government and should receive six months pay or more to live while adjusting to peacetime. Seattle shipyard strikers demand stiff wages, arguing six dollars a day for common labor is high given many unemployed veterans.
A canary nest in a cage at Robinsons barber shop yielded a birdling from a shell while a second shell held a dead chick. The report follows a list of creditors for J. M. Elgin who assigned 2520 to protect his debtors including Deming Investment Co and Pendleton Savings Bank among others.
He disclosed that at the start of Lloyd George's government naval fuel oil stocks were low, but after seventeen months of hard work a reserve of 1,500,000 barrels was created, ensuring a steady supply.
Edwin Hunter, 18, tried for theft of $20,000 in Liberty bonds from Herd Whitney & Company on November 12. He allegedly took the bonds minutes after starting the job, returned briefly, then left with the bonds and exchanged them for smaller denominations before heading to Manhattan.
Farmers of the eastern county plan a meeting at Freon water firing to discuss the division issue. It is a purely agricultural gathering to gauge sentiment on potential advantages or disadvantages of division.
A small parcel liner from the United States feared lost on the Huntieh steamer Gilano that left Hull December 20 for Sweden arrived in Gothenburg aboard the Norwegian steamer Thule. The Thule was greatly overdue as Northern and eastern Europe mobilize to aid the war effort.
In a distorted dispatch from London dated January 23, Lord Curzon addressed the council after a tumultuous session. The record notes that allied forces reportedly benefited from a wave of public sentiment, delivering victory amid the strife and confusion surrounding the pe trumped events.
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