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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
4
Social and cloud news for this department should be given to the Enat Ghegonian by phone or otherwise during the fare Reon. News turned up after 12 o'clock noon will frequently have to be held for publication the following day.
A busy social page notes a Fredda Seegrus Kee club meeting at the Presbyterian church tonight and a large Maccabees party hosted by Mrs Charlies Serel Tuesday at her country home. Several pupils performed in a piano recital at the Presbyterian church Saturday with Miss Esther South singing, and a group of Girls National Guard members delivered treats to workers in Meacham. Citizens attend dances, card evenings, and parlor gatherings, with multiple local residents traveling or hosting in Pendleton and nearby towns.
Italian naval commander Vantelli and commerce official Pardo head a delegation visiting the United States. Bragadini, General Guiliemetti, Enrico Arlotin, and Gaetano Pietra join in promoting wartime cooperation as the group tours aboard a ship tied to a naval battle in George’s Channel. The party emphasizes the importance of America joining the war.
Ice breakup on Green Bay released about 6000 gulls to the Great Lakes area. Birds wintered nearby and are now scavenging, finding a dumping ground of fish waste from fisheries. Thousands more gulls joined, with about eight wagonloads of fish waste consumed each afternoon.
A fragmented, misspelled message exhorts young men to pursue larger interests for a stronger future. It stresses that today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, facing unavoidable challenges and rapid progress across Europe and the world.
William Landrum of La Grande is elected Vice President of eastern Oregon with executive committee members Rice, Farmer, Woodson. Pendleton observers hail the event as a big success. Marion Lawrence of Connecticut and M B Pare-magaio captivate with practical addresses on teaching, Sunday School efficiency, and patriotic day praise.
Washington report outlines that enlistees will serve a single period of the war, with eligibility and coverage detailed for the initial phase. The notice notes a distinctive marker used to identify early recruits, described as the strawberry mark.
Chicago May 21. Merchants wholesalers retailers and the public were invited by the city to attend a ninehour day to smoke out speculators John Garner stated at the commission temperate service meeting W. J. Meary a food crusader attacked the crusade Henry warned that if futures in wheat had not been clamped wheat would have risen to five dollars a bushel indicating the heated debate over market manipulation and price control.
The engagement of Prince Alexander Albert of Peatwenters, son of Princess Henry of Fattenbert, to Lady Trene Denison, daughter of the Earl of Londesborovgh, has been announced in England. The Earl is noted for wealth and ventures in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
New York May 19 The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America sent a letter to 100000 clergymen urging exhortation of congregations to realize their duty in a time of national need. It stresses maximum food production for the United States and its allies and notes the war’s economic social moral and religious obligations on Christians.
The Mongolia carried dead crew to an American port after turning back. Mia Ayres and Mire Woods are named as experienced medicine nurses aboard the vessel, with the ship proceeding to port today.
Washington May 24 The Labor Department proposes a bill to Congress creating a United States commission of industrial adjustment with powers to fix wages and hours in interstate transportation The nine member commission would be appointed by the president with Senate consent It would have sweeping powers to intervene in labor disputes while preserving individual or collective right to cease work and not prevent employers from discharging workers The move mirrors February presidential recommendations and aims to remove the cause of strikes across transport sectors.
Helena May 21 proably the largest bill ever presented by an undertaker to the state Industrial accident board was filed yesterday by a Butte undertaker who proposed 450560 for burying Michael iron a miner killed weeks ago in the un property at Butte. The mining company wrote a protest letter stating that average funeral costs paid by companies in Butte run about 250.
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