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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
7
Twenty five young women joined a naval reserve corps class in New York to train as clerks and cable decode operators. The same issue details a public improvement project for Ash Street in Pendleton, including street widening, paving, grading, and guttering, with cost estimates and assessment procedures.
In Portland on July 24 buyers moved hogs quickly up to 15.60 as late week activity lagged from the prior week. Cattle and hog markets showed mixed to lower tone with shippers listing multiple loads from Oregon and Idaho. Weathered market notes indicate subdued demand with broad declines in several segments. Local livestock firm activity included numerous consignors from Heppner to Corvallis and Roseburg.
A fragment notes experiments with a new insecticide on potatoes, described as entirely satisfactory, and mentions cost comparisons with existing products. The wording references individuals Frennie and Cooleyomye and discusses current pricing being less than half.
A Geneva based French lawyer reports via indirect channels that German troops seized safes from all St Quentin banks and carried away money notes and scrip, with private account books sent to Germany. The act occurred before bank directors and staff and is described as a patriotic error in the press.
A rough, fragmented description discusses military attire including a cape of blue cloth trimmed with black velvet and gold braid, a helmet with embroidered details, and a pompoms indicating a formal, ceremonial appearance. It references French influence and Denutity style elements.
Nerve racking or splitting headaches yield in moments to Dr James Headache Powders. Each tiny packet claims to curb neuralgia and headache pain rapidly, offering fast, simple relief from common headache discomfort.
A health column urges daily limestone phosphate intake to cleanse the stomach and improve digestion. It claims benefits include better appetite, fewer headaches, improved complexion, and relief for constipation, hallucinations of health through a purported internal sanitation practice.
The city announces a July 13 1917 meeting to consider paving College Street from Court Street to Water Street with gravel pavement 20 feet wide. It lists plans estimates and benefits for property within the project district and outlines cost sharing with parcels to be assessed. The surveyor Geary Kibrell prepared the plans and the council approves the project and publication for ten days in the East Oregonian.
A fragmented page lists several attorneys at law with office rooms in various buildings, plus two national ad offers for intelligent persons to earn monthly by correspondence. Also shows funeral director, real estate agent, and patent solicitor entries with contact details in Buffalo and Washington.
A Bozeman, Montana man faced a salternune test and a high court penalty for the death of Patate Bick Nivte Piatotmetoeret. The trial revealed arsenite of sine related to the poisoning, with the defendant under scrutiny for the extent of the act and motive suspected by authorities.
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