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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1917
Page
3
Fourteen our tomelines bearing Hon Prandico's Gellegation to the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Club of the World are on the road to Paris today. The cores will traverse the Lincoln Highway, expecting to reach their destination on June 3.
A muddled satirical note from Pendleton era letters discusses leadership choices for the Milioet Maids and questions whether a listed captain belongs on the roster. It references editorials, local figures like George Baer and Jack Horton, and notes war fever and community debates on guard units and readiness.
A Fort Fairfield woman writes that after long suffering from female troubles she found relief using a herbal remedy sold by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. She reports a health upgrade and a healthy baby girl, claiming thousands of women owe their health to the product and inviting others to seek confidential advice.
A jumbled sports page lists multiple teams and players, including Portland, Oakland, New York, Cleveland, and Chicago, with scattered scores and partial lineups. See scattered references to Pett, Fisher, Hoff, and others, plus misread abbreviations and stray phrases amid the cluttered box scores and league headings.
Across the county people back the increased food production drive. Ranchers boost output of beans corn and potatoes while boys and girls organize gardens canning and preservation efforts. Communities in Athena Umapine Milton Freewater and Pendleton fund and organize club work with Agricultural Defense backing. A June election of officers is planned for Umapine youth clubs as Montell praises the broad response. A testimonial from Brandon Springs Alabama promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough. The ad notes the remedy is widely available.
Practical guidance from USDA rural engineers on preventing rat damage to storage. Recommends flat proofing with half inch mesh wire around buildings, ground clearance, and a top strip of galvanized metal to deter rat climbing. Advises keeping driveways clear of objects and using traps where appropriate to protect food supplies.
An advertisement extolls a pregnancy aid called Mother's Friend from Bradfield Regulator Company, Dept. of Atlanta Ga, claiming safer, easier expectancy. It promotes the product as essential for expectant mothers and offers a book about its benefits.
Polson urged concerted effort to curb rat depredations in buildings beyond dwellings. Old outbuildings must be removed, ratproofing applied, and communities urged to act. The Department of Agriculture offers campaign information and a model crib plan with modern features to aid local eradication efforts.
In Paris 10,000 diresemakers strike seeking a Saturday half holiday with pay and higher wages. The action follows rising numbers to about 18,000 workers, with employers and officials aiming for an immediate settlement amid precautionary policing and a conference in progress.
Washington March 35 A Rthus F Heinze representing the Heine Deper interests loses a supreme court decision in a $15,000,000 treble damages case. The ruling ends a lengthy civil suit and outlines damages related to the dispute. The case drew attention from legal observers and involved notable parties and financial stakes.
The Sherman anti-trust law against the fetter and others charged their attempted monopoly of the Mountain copper industry. The court sustained dismissal of the Heinze suit.
In Madison on May 24 the governor vetoed the Evjue bill which would have authorized a statewide referendum on prohibition next April, signaling the end of the referendum plan for the state.
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