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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
2
Merchants advertise a wide sale on summer fabrics and garments including crepe de chine and tub silk blouses at 3.95, wash goods cut to 18c per yard, wash fabrics at 48c, bunch lace at 49c and 69c, kimona crepe yardage at 25c, and bath towels in prominent price steps up to 1.65. The ad touts limited quantities and various colors and patterns.
The Bargain Basement claims the lowest prices in Eastern Oregon with white shoes at 2.49 and a high top lace shoe at 2.49. It advertises cheap socks at 5c and discounts on slippers including a 3.50 to 4.50 range and an 89c extra sale item.
Washington July 11 Rabbits prove a valuable wartime food source and should be raised more widely in America to ease meat shortages. The US Department of Agriculture notes Belgian and Flemish giants mature quickly, offer lean meat, and can be kept in backyards. Rabbits eat lawn clippings and vegetation, lowering costs to about a cent per pound with proper breeding four litters yearly.
In a flag raising speech Congressman Stephen Porter predicted no need to draft conscripts for Borepr. He forecast a swift victory against sea terror, the submarine, and Germany's strangest weapon. He urged many months to see aircraft over the western front aiding the German army’s defeat, with a rapid mobilization of an American expeditionary force to France.
A New York report for the U S Children's Bureau details how Canada supports soldiers families. It notes a monthly private wage, a 20.4 dollar dependent allowance, and Patriotic Fund aid totaling up to 41 a month for a wife with three children. Additional maintenance, pensions, and municipal life insurance schemes supplement the Dominion program.
A scrambled OCR-like fragment lists numerous surnames and places including Crandall Hotel San Francisco Portland and Vancouver. The text names Hughes Hannah Moore Hovile Kilhulen Schroeder Stevens Byler Adrian Rojas and T Cunningham among others, but no coherent event or clear narrative emerges.
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