Community Notes From Umatilla County Readers
East Oregonian special news updates from Umatilla County list local movements. Mrs Dave Wymore cooks for the crew during a short tom run while Mrs Dillard French attended a funeral for Mrs Cornett. Residents Wilford Cortes Har ry Montremery Roy Montgomery Tom Enright and others travel between Pilot Rock Pendleton and Hermiston.
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T.” Hollister
Roy Montgomery
Plot Rock
Wilbur
Walter Jones
Ivin Corley
Frank Copp
Frank
Pendleton
Tom Enpright
Hock
Ftn
Mr. Enright
William Corley
Necht
Frank Jones
Pilot Hock
Campbell Place
Pred Huffner
Pilot Rock
Myrtle Wachter
Rilae
Rancher Plans Small Mill at Gurdane Oregon
Oregonian Special Gurdanse reports July 6 that Pat Laught ery aims to erect a small sawmill on his Gurdane ranch. The mill will cut lumber to fence his property and rebuild a home buried in a past fall at Butter creek. Daughtrey owns the former States Prince at Gurdane and has bought the Withur mill on McKay creeks. Ranchers seek timber and find smaller mills cheaper than buying lumber.
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Gurdanse
Pat Laughtery
Gurdane
Butter Creek
Daughtrey
McKay Creeks
Barn Fire on Fourth Stirs Local Wonder
STANFIELD July 6 A large barn and its contents including a valuable cow burned on the evening of the Fourth while the family was away. No insurance. Del Webster and wife left Tuesday for their home at 60 North West after spending a word. Navy constructor W. W. Welter of Premerton Washington spent several days here. Mrs T. W. Billings of Moore Mer were in town on the Fourth. Thomas Chapman of Kent Washington was here on tawimewete first of the week. G. k Denning and daughter Miles Helen motored to Portland. F E Everett and son Miles spent the Fourth with Mrs Everetts parents Dr and Mrs Alexander Held of Haines. Charles E Short and daughter Miles Helen motored to Portland. They left Wednesday. Ira Walker and Oliver Fillings of Mosler spent a couple of days here. Mr and Mrs J Andersgt left Tuesday for Portland. A number of Stanfieldites repeat the Fourth at Hidaway Springs. Ww J Bray of Cornelius arrived Friday to take charge of the Standard. Mrs Bray will come as Son on a house can be obtained.
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East Oregonian
Stanfield
del Webster
W. W. Welter
Premerton
Washington
Portland
Ira Walker
Oliver Fillings
Mosler
J.andersgt
Hidaway Springs
J. Bray
Cornelius
Ore
Bray
SagT Cornfield Thinks War Will Last Long Time
Letter from Sergeant Frank Cornfield of Co E 116th Engineers dated May 90 1513 to John Hastings in Pendleton describes long war, harsh camps, rough marching, strict discipline, and desire to return home. He recalls months of rain and cold, heavy loads, and longing for peace while noting travel across many miles and the need to stay ready for further moves.
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John Hastings
Pendleton
Frank Cornfeld
116Th Engineers
Jack
Sarah
Bale
Lime
Dil
Jere DL
Babe
Waves
North Park
Ant Eleen
Fritz
Justin
Surance
France
Letters From Overseas Describe Hard Times and Longing
A reader recounts wartime life with rough cabins and stone walls, talks of ruinous interiors and aging chateaus, and notes limited funds for town visits. He mentions Liberty bonds, insurance, and sending money home, while describing health wishes for friends and family and a long wait to return.
German millionaire Brandauer seeks death over exile
London July 6 Frederick Brandauer a German millionaire preferred death to being repatriated to the Fatherland while confined in a British internment camp on the Isle of Man. He had lived thirty years in England and his naturalization was invalidated by a technicality. His sister is the wife of a German general fighting the allies on the western front. The report closes with a note about a bumper wheat crop and little going to pretzels.
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London
Frederick Brandauer
Isle of Man
Brandauer
Poleon
Uen
Englanol
Returns From German Prisoner Arrives At Atlantic Port
Charles M. Jackman of Chicago, British subject and foreign buyer, was freed in a prisoner exchange after being captured in 1916 aboard the Konningen Regentes. He and 33 others were held at Bruges and later in German camps near Mauthan and Borin, enduring harsh confinement with limited rations and cold, barbed wire enclosures.
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Atlantic
Charles M. Jackman
Chicago
Jackman
Bruges
Aera
Hunger and hardship in a German prisoner camp
The writer describes dire conditions in a German camp with meager meat rations limited to one meal during work days and soup lacking barley on two days, replaced by turnip mash. Potatoes were poor, medical care unavailable, and many prisoners suffered after eating suspect potatoes. The author was released after an exchange of prisoners.
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Germany
Wget
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