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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
6
A dated political garble of patriotic verse by Wilbur DP Nesbit referencing flag imagery and national sentiment. The fragmented OCR reads as a civic or patriotic poem with garbled spellings and stray phrases about colors red white and blue.
Commentary notes astonishment at Germanys bid to align Mexico and Japan against the United States. It questions the feasibility of success amid American sympathy for Germany and the US governments fair handling of the German cause, calling such behavior damnable.
The piece discusses the U S stance on German plots led by Zimmerman aiming to draw Mexico into conflict to tie up American resources, with Japan and Britain as factors. It cites fears of a Mexican Japanese coalition and notes the discovery of the Zimmerman letter could erode trust in Germany. The rest mentions local notes on air quality and community happenings in Pendleton.
Local chatter names Deputy Sheriff Joe Blaker as a potential town marshal in Brownsville. Nex Ankeny fans curiosity about a bank robbery tale circulating town. Matlock celebrates a first long pants victory aboard his sire Baby Ruth in the Oregon Derby at the state fair. Hill McKinney recalls childhood as a long distance bicycle racer. A note mentions the First National Think moving into the Gre com theater building room now occupied by W I Gadwat.
Prom theme article notes 29 years ago today with Mr Nelson Swageart and wife arriving from their home and being mentioned as parents of Mrs William Mallonk. The fragment suggests reunion or background of local families in the prom coverage.
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