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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
9
Abraham Cahan, operator of an art store on Fifth Avenue, faces April 19 trial in Special Sessions on charges of exhibiting and selling indecent pictures. An agent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice saw a photo called The Fiving Bun displaying nudity in his window and caused his arrest after purchasing four prints.
Salem Ore March 21 Military training will be adopted for the convicts at the Oregon state penitentiary within a few months announced Warden Charlee A Murphy yesterday. Details are being worked out and after spring work ends the system will be installed. The program will focus on marching and calisthenics. The prison flag was raised inside the walls for the first time March 1 while the prison band played the Star Spangled Banner.
New York March 21. It was announced today that a divorce has been granted Mrs William F McCombs from her husband former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Mrs McCombs was Dorothy Williams, daughter of Colonel and Mrs John F Williams of Washington. They were married in London November 7, 1913.
The ad claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cleanses blood by stimulating liver and stomach, removing impurities and skin troubles. It advertises a “pure germicide extract of roots” in liquid or tablet form and invites readers to write for a booklet. Fingered toward Black people, it references a Buffalo New York address.
Ida M. Heaton of New York city sued William Talbot for breaking up her Beacon home, alleging years of drunken neglect and abuse. Justice Guy in Bronx Supreme Court awarded $26,010, citing Talbot’s selling of Reuben Heaton liquor after warnings under a liquor tax law. Heaton testified her husband once ran a chain of Hudson River grocery stores and a paper box factory, with three servants and an automobile prior to the tax sale.
A Roanoke County incident centers on Charles Vawter charged with murder as a guest in the home of Stockton Heth. Police report cites a death at a Roanoke hospital and a May court hearing where Vawter faces charges of betrayal of Offendehip and cogMdenes. Attorneys argue the county home honor at stake and vow to seek fair juror deliberation.
Readers learn Martin’s cafe in Paris March 1 faces shortages as patrons seek cocktails. The Merry Widow no longer served due to gin scarcity, leaving only the Manhattan at Maxin’s. Reflected are broader shortages of whiskey and related spirits impacting bars and mixed drinks.
A March report from Los Don describes council workers in Petrograd protesting factory conditions and a broad shutdown impacting industry. Detectives and officers are assisting in investigations as authorities address unrest linked to reforms and economic pressures.
A public funeral for an unspecified revolutionary leader is set for Friday in Petrograd. The record notes officials and city officials involved in food supply management are replaced by presilonin of formalvoe or mayors. The fragment mentions a formal state event amid ongoing disruptions.
Trenton March 31 Adjutant General Farber of the New Jerry nations guard today urged mayors and township committees to form a public safety committee. He proposed strengthening police and fire departments watchmen and water guard plans and suggested appointing a committee to collect confidential information on persons whose nationality and others matter.
Portland Maine March 21 Edein Wright a member of the Seventh United States cavalry at the time of the Custer massacre died at the national soldiers home at Togaster today age unspecified
Fragmentary item notes Trooper Wright carrying a firepatch from General Custer to Major Rene Fort before a battle dated to Lale Bice Horn era and claims he may be the last living man to have seen Custer alive. A second fragment hints Wisart Ediean planning to equip ships with a dictaphone for submarine eavesdropping.
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