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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
8
Readable text notes S L Back farm west of town beyond the Chehilian river. Investigations cite Pedersen committing suicide by ingesting carhalic acid. He owned a cattle farm three miles south of Chehalis and after tending stock at home returned to town, later seen in Riverside acting oddly.
Letter from Marie Peeavet in Royemlede Belgium recounts four years of German occupation with rationing and raids. Families faced starvation and theft while aunt Marie and others endured punishments. some boys were beaten and imprisoned. Allies eventually pushed Germans back and resettled homes. Prices in American money for cattle butter lard bacon sugar shoes and oil are listed.
The city council works day and night to remove German denigrations from streets and replace them with French names. New designations include Rue Marechal Joffre Rue Foch Rue Gourand Rue Petain and Rue Casternay. Some names kept include Gambetta Deberoulde Turenne Rousseau and Vauban. Other new names planned are Avenue de la Marseillaise Avenue de la Victoire Boulevard de la Marne Rue de Verdun Rue de Rheims Rue de l Argonne Rue de Liege Rue de l Yser and Rue du Cercle.
United Press report by Tom Lewis notes a postwar sports boom as American soldiers return home aboard transports to New York. Troops, back from Europe, push for boxing wrestling baseball and football and even Sunday softball, with major enthusiasm for legalized games and widespread spectator interest.
London reports English women resist standard outfits as four years of war push patriots to push wardrobes, but store managers say women value individuality and will not share their garment prices. The standard clothes experiment moves toward uniform pricing and producer autonomy.
A fragment notes STAMOND TIRES are dependable and balanced. It lists a telephone number 145 and references Pradicton Oregon, indicating a local ad or catalog snippet from a Oregon publication.
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