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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1918
Page
4
The notice asserts hard work ahead and strong support from Uma til a county. Newspapers pledge full backing and will publish the yellow list in every paper once released. Readers are asked if they want their name included.
In Umatilla County newspapers readers are urged to answer the government call during wartime. The campaign promotes home duty and civic support, urging people to back wartime principles despite opposition or risk.
The county faces a duty to shame those with means who refuse war bond support. Wealthy farmers earning large profits are cited for contributing only a $1 Red Cross membership while resisting liberty loan participation. The war drives urge overtaxing and pressuring such individuals to meet the quota and awaken negligent, greedy, and disloyal pockets.
An analysis contrasts English income tax with American rates showing England taxing 21 000 at 4.4 percent and 2 000 at 7 8 percent, while America has no tax for married or heads of families on many incomes and imposes limited rates. It notes English rates rise faster with income and outlines specific brackets for $3 000 to $10 000, with U.S. rates for married and unmarried individuals.
The piece contends that hundreds of thousands of German soldiers suffer heavy losses as they press along the English line. It argues that Germany’s gains are offset by a ghastly toll and that, as the campaign widens, the road ahead becomes rougher. It asserts Allied confidence in German defeats and mocks the Kaiser’s overreach. The author recalls Germany’s 1914 failure to conquer France as a cautionary parallel.
The passage notes strong editorials against Ben Olcott as a gubernatorial candidate. It compares German offensives and neutral perceptions, cites Umatilla county papers as ardent Americans ready to expose financial slackers, and remarks on the Kaiser’s submarine strategy and the difficulty of being abroad versus at home.
James B. Creffy nephew of Rev. T. M. Boyd arrives from New Jersey and joins Pendleton Hardware and Implements Co. Pendleton Roller Mills run past night with a new 2100 pound wheel proving efficient. Mrs. J. Parke returns from Willow Springs to her parents. Prather McQuary from Athena is in the city for events. H. Meckwith route agent for Southern Maclastic Railway Co. The Poopler Warehouse window is drawn with a novelty display.
A garbled notice touts Chamberlains Tablets to soothe stomach and liver distress. It claims tablets curb fermentation, relieve sour stomach, reduce headaches and vomiting, and cost a quarter.
A garbled local column parodies headlines and names, noting a speeding fine in police court and a joking offer to insure against arrest. It references a book misprint about How To Lie, wartime puns, and a critique of press figures Kernel Word and Kernel Wind, ending with a call for readers to note the misspelled words and oddities.
In Washington the Poindexter sub committee of the Senate committee on Interstate Commerce heard arguments against the proposed amendment to prohibit discrimination in freight rates for long hauls. Seth Mann led the transportation bureaus of the Portland and San Francisco Chambers of Commerce with Joe W. Melune of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. Mann argued for allowing carriers to move water competition in rate setting.
Readers are urged to conserve food during wartime by skipping desserts for weeks, cutting wheat and sweets, and choosing simple staples like bread and daly ney. The message emphasizes limited resources, personal sacrifice, and the need to keep up strength for those at the front amid patriotic pressures.
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