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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
2
A Pendleton business advertises experience and a trained instinct for the best fashions. It claims exclusive contact with top manufacturers, promising lower prices and reliable service. The firm invites readers to rely on their judgment and to request items if not in stock.
Special lot of new strap purses in every color from a manufacturer. Prices range from 2.00 to 7.50 dollars. Bead chains in popular styles and colors including victory reds are also featured with prices around 2.50 dollars.
Washington reports a plan by Norway Sweden and Denmark to host a unified approach to reestablish and expand trade with Russia after the German collapse. The strategy includes rebuilding Baltic ports, expanding Hamburg as a central foreign trade hub, and leveraging cheap Nordic electricity to draw manufacturing abroad. Shipping lines align to promote Scandinavian trade to the Levant and Orient with vessels sailing to Constantinople and nearby ports.
Fragmentary report states Ed Turke and Peed Connert made a buvifiem vit to Cundon yesterday with unclear purpose and outcome. Further details are unavailable in readable text.
Six London dedding clubs held a memorial at St Martin in the Fields for members who fell in action or died in the war. Bath club loses over two hundred fifty, including Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts. Coldstream Guards provided music. Bishop of London gave the main address.
London reports ten month military losses in the Egyptian border area. Five British officers killed and six wounded. other ranks two killed and sixty eight wounded. Indian troops with one killed and twenty six wounded. The total casualties are estimated near one hundred forty six.
London May 1. Daily opening times for a new private dancing room are reported. An old ballet master notes no public hall is rentable in the east, and canvassing landowners and tenants of private houses about space in Kens[ington].
A private house has an advantage over a public hall as it can stay open late and wait for the next day, while a public hall must close at midnight. Teachers dancing in halls can earn from $20 to $390 a week, depending on arrangement and debt.
May 12 report from PUORNIX Arizona describes veterans returning from the front sharing vivid trench experiences and how juvenile Phoenix youths imitate trench life. Police Chief Ptr hatoyta notes a surge of unsafe acts involving adults and boys, including improvised trenches and cavings.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a shift from optimism to gloom. The incomplete fragment lacks clear names, places, or events to identify a specific person or occurrence. No verifiable entities or dates are readable for a safe, grounded summary.
A garbled Chicago report details a dramatic incident claiming a man named Britton courted a woman, with allegations of jealousy and attempted marriage. Police, including William Murphy, investigated a prior claim and referenced a connection to a value of romance between Britton and a woman named Inchiido, with unclear outcomes.
Washington May 12 forecast for the Pacific region spans May 12 to May 17. Moist current expected with generally fair conditions and normal temperatures. Strong high pressure fronts may not significantly alter the region’s weather during this period.
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