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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
A tornado swept through territory north of Pittsburg late last night injuring two people, one fatally, and causing property damage. The cyclone began seven miles southeast of Pittsburg and moved northeast across a mile wide path.
In Ukiah area, R E Sturdivant suffered head and shoulder injuries when a runaway hay wagon, attached to a haying machine, broke loose at the Sturdivant Brow ranch. The machine was damaged, and locals like Ben Colvin and Mrs Canfield helped while urgent care was sought. The incident occurred amid a string of recent local happenings and travel news.
A crowded local column details visits and trips among Ukiah residents including Charley Hynd and his wife meeting Portland guests at the Hynd ranch, and various siblings and relatives traveling to Cardane and Bridge Creek. The piece notes telephone line work between Ukiah and nearby towns, a heavy storm breaking a heat spell, cattle shipments to Portland, and a surgeon’s operation recovery at home. It closes with a Washington dispatch about aid for soldiers and civil authors awaiting publication.
Mrs Dewitt of West Danby reports relief from nervousness irritability and backache after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy cures female derangements with ingredients from roots and herbs and has been valued for forty years as a tonic for women.
Raw OCR hints a baseball note from Cleveland on July 18 mentioning Philadelphia and Detroit with players Cullop Love Nanamaker and a postponed game between Philadelphia and Cleveland. Names are uncertain and event timing suggests a rain delay or schedule shift in an early period.
Fragmentary report of multiple games and scores with city places and names unreadable. Mentions Portland Verpon Lew Aneel San Pranjebau and Chicago. includes July dates and references to players such as Johnson and Almemith with undetermined teams.
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