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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
Rates and posting options listed for Portland Oregon hotel news items. Includes pricing for daily, semi weekly, and carrier delivery plans with durations ranging from one month to one year. Mentions post office distribution and various city editions.
Fragmentary text presents Henry Van Dyke style lines about sheltered nooks and nature’s imagery. It mentions white mend wild, tiny ecula and hills sweeping through. The readable fragment conveys a rustic, contemplative mood without a clear narrative or event.
A wartime opinion denounces German peace feelers as presumptuous and doomed. It asserts Belgium’s treaty betrayal, recalls Bolshevik talks with Berlin, and warns any peace would depend on Allied victory amid a mad degeneration. It argues only total Allied triumph can free German people.
HNE Woolenson of the War Industries Board informs makers of men and youths clothing that the native program for June 22 covers manufacture of suited clothing and styles and is now in effect for spring 1919. The letter notes large stocks of fabrics and clothing already in the United States and urges compliance.
A garbled passage describes muscle tone loss and pallor from anemia, noting irritability in people and a digressive aside about satin and vague phrases. The text reads as a rough OCR fragment with unclear context and incomplete ideas.
The document notes that current supply should cover twelve months with careful use yet stresses conservation. It calls for measures to free raw materials and machinery for wartime needs and increase fabric production for the fighting forces. Price restrictions are essential to prevent profiteering as stocks run down.
A 1917 era column recalls Postmaster General Hitchcock proposing national ownership of telegraph lines and successor Burleson pushing the plan. War pressure and political opposition later shaped a similar government role for communications, with broader public acceptance amid wartime needs. The piece muses on temporary versus permanent shifts and notes weather and military context of the time.
A July report from Pendleton notes Agent Lee Moothuureth incapacitated by illness and unable to leave his residence while Judge Wilert Crawford handles city affairs. Wheat sample quality at Middle Cold Spring is described as flirt close in quality and water. Neighbors harvest expectations and local prices are discussed amid scattered regional updates.
A dated social column lists numerous local residents and visitors in Pendleton and surrounding areas. It covers Red Cross volunteer classes at the library, refugee layette guidance, university staff arrivals, hospitality events, golf club dinners, and dozens of arrivals and departures at hotels, with names including Mrs. N Berkeley, Mrs. Walley Adams, Mrs. J C Woodworth, Mrs. EL Power, Mrs. James Welch, Miss Gladys Bedwell, and many others, detailing daily movements and social engagements.
A fragmented, era-report recounts French forces surrounded by German troops. Commandant Georges Meutral Wolding Fas Hex near Chatillon communicates via carrier pigeon as French artillery coordinates to defend the village. The French hold for seven hours before ordering artillery to fire on the village to prevent capture.
Women aged 19 to 36 may register for nurse training under a state defense council plan. Applicants must be intelligent, well educated and of good health. Enrollment aims to place women in civilian or Army Nursing School programs with selective eligibility and advancing timelines through April 1, 1919.
Marguerite Wark announces engagement to marry Lieutenant Paumereon Williams of New Orleans. The report, dated July 25, notes her impending marriage amid wartime announcements and related international warnings.
Japan approves the American proposal amid official confirmation, with references to President Wilson and strategic moves involving Siberia. The document notes Japan's alignment with the plan and the ongoing Washington discussions in July.
Dowds J B Jones and others transfer to Trenry Haz sin for 2100 dollars, lots 8 and 10 in Reservation Addition Pendleton. Pendleton residents convey parcels in various blocks to Henry Maankle and other buyers for sums ranging from 75 to 666.66 dollars. Several transfers list sections, townships, ranges and lot identifiers with bidders including J Showmaker and E Wer, with parcels in Marmiston and Owen Jones areas.
A humorous fragment portrays a woman asking for money instead of a handout while a man declines, mentioning buying the “Thellt Sarge” and a cliché about installments. The scene shifts to a discussion about a new baby and payments, ending with a interrupted greeting.
A garbled exchange recalls neighbors and collectors at a Dawrtter trip. Humorous quips about money, seclusion, and a penitentiary counterfeiting joke surface amid references to a card game called bridge and a rush to prepare an evening gown.
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