War Department Plans Under Draft Bill and Training Setup
The War Department moves to implement the elective draft as law, aiming to build a trained army of 2,000,000 within two years. Local registries will start within days, with sheriffs and county officials aiding in statewide registration. Cantonments are tentatively chosen for August or September, with decentralization of admin work planned and public notices urging all eligible men to register. The first 500,000 drafted will begin training, drawn by county juries, with the fireman named in the lottery to join early.
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Washington
War Department
Lene
Beauty Lotion With Lemons Promised For Soft Skin
A promotional text instructs readers to mix three ounces of orchard white bleaching agent with two lemons and a quarter pint of a fragrant lemon lotion to whiten and soften skin. It claims the mixture will smooth rough hands and bring out skin beauty with daily applications to neck arms and hands.
Evelyn department in Navy GMEBAT Lakes Wisconsin
In April 90 at Navy training station at Great Lakes Captain W A Moffet created an Evelyn department named for Miss Evelyn Young of Chicago. The unit aims to provide a sailor with tobacco letters and other luxuries while he is present, responding to many requests from young women.
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Gmebat Lakes
W. A. Moffet
United Stator Nevel
Evelyn
Evelyn Young
Chicago
Henry urges Congress to ban liquor during war
Dr Henry at Happy Canyon calls for congressional action to prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors during wartime. He says distillers and brewers are America’s biggest enemies and will ruin the nation if not stopped, urging citizens to fight for peace and victory.
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United States
Congress
Henry
Happy Canyon
America
De“Roy U
Druggist Endorses Kilmer Swamp Root Medicine
A Pendleton storekeeper endorses Kilmer & Co Swamp Root kidney medicine, noting its long local sale and lack of adverse talk. The item requests readers send ten cents for a sample bottle and promises usable information about kidney and bladder ailments, while mentioning Pendleton Daily East Oregonian.
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Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Saito FeoMi
Amt
Pendleton Daily
East Oregonian Hegular
Ki Cream Vole for Catarrh Relief Ad Blend
An advertisement-style claim promotes Ki Cream Vole as a fragrant antiseptic ceum for nasal catarrh relief. It promises clearer air passages, less snuffles and headaches, and easier breathing after topical application in the nose.
Real Estate Transfers List of Mixed Local Names and Prices
A garbled transfer roundup lists multiple buyers and sellers with amounts and locations in Milton, Livermore, Hermiston, and surrounding areas. Names such as Watt, Kom, Newman, Peacock, Nichole, and Kies appear among the scattered entries with prices like 25000 and 0100, plus vague parcel notes and descriptions.
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Watt
Martie
Wee
Janet Kom
Feie
Bet
Pioek & Red
Ww & Miewart
FG Binck
Hermiston MA
Williams
Eve Rand
Gete
Tepe & X
Kalon Newman
Milton
Willian Nichole
Bigek
Kies Livermore
Amd
Ford
Pendleton Elia museum plans new building committee
Architect Todrtetotte of Portland met Sunday with Pendleton Elia uudiseum plan committee to discuss reconstruction of the EIK building. The fragmentary text also lists land transfers including H. and Forth to McLean and J. J. Spere to Stanley, with tract details in township and range, indicating property records in process.
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H. &. Forth
SN. P. McLean
Screkae
Tansey
J. J. Spere
J. B. Stanley
FE Pregnitz
Emma Pregnitz
Echillet
Fike
J. £. Todrtetotte
Portland
Sumiay
Pendleton Elia Uudiseum
EIK
Backache Like a Toothache Says New System Heals
A fragmented ad blurs claims of an “Anuric” remedy said to ward off back pain and rheumatic distress by reducing uric acid. The copy insists the product halts pain, darting feelings, and joint misery associated with gout, targeting older adults.
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Saderteen
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