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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
5
A poem praising the flag as emblem of freedom and human dignity. It emphasizes courage, justice, and the flag’s role in lighting the path toward equality, opposing greed and hate, and honoring the nation’s promises to all people. It proclaims the flag as a symbol of shared hope and enduring virtue.
The United States government has stated through War Secretary Baker and others that permanently improved trunk roads are a valuable national asset from a military standpoint. The emphasis is on strategic road enhancement as essential infrastructure for defense and mobilization.
The government has moved from talk to action by directing road funds to be spent on main trunk highways in Oregon. If the bond issue fails, interior roads lose money while main thoroughfares receive it. Opponents favor lesser roads, but proponents argue the bond law is demanded by business sense and national safety.
The piece argues broad support for food control among farmers and consumers, while faulting middlemen, distributors, and speculators who profit from hoarding and price manipulation. It urges Congress to back production and fair pricing, while prohibiting monopolies and waste.
The town reports a $400000 Liberty bond subscription and a crack cavalry troop formed with a noted buckaroo as captain. Memorial day observance plans are set to honor veterans and inspire patriotism among youth. Also mentions Italian activities and a spring mood fading.
Mr John Vert and wife came by train from Europe and Glasgow to New York May 6, remaining two weeks. He plans business in this county, his first trip in months. Mrs Vert visits America for the first time. Pendleton displays of cayyn work admired at Tennery Wheeler's post office. Old photos of local residents shown in fine frames. Court street building plans progressing. Mrs Lafew in California plans brick storefronts on Court street. Jacob Frazer sold 24,000 pounds wool to Koshland Bree at 133 4 cents. Mercury climbs into the nineties.
Fragmentary items report Lew Caldwell as captain of Troop D lax at night and claiming multiple bucking contest wins. Herbert Hoover is tied to Wilson as food administrator. Mentions of G, ALTS veterans in Pendieton, a Maneers Pie day in June 197. Also notes Hock furnishing 10 recruits to Treep bY.
Realty transfers recorded include Dewd and Phyl tf McMore conveying to EB Ronda for $1 in Block 184 Recervation Addition to Pendleton. Fo Swayre et al to T Agrahem for $100 in Block OC Mermiston Orchards. GC. W. revidew and others to C. FE in unspecified parcels.
The heir to the Marshall Field fortune, Marshall Ficta, 34, signs in as a private in the First Cavalry Armor of the U.S. Army, sworn in by Captain McK. Scheensel, illustrating patriotism as a real example.
PF Crigter et al sell lot 1 block 43 Preservation Addition Pendleton to GW My sick for 32000 with mete and bound description in Athena.
Practical garden pest guide from Oregon Agricultural College notes on control methods for cutworms grasshoppers and aphids among others. It describes bran mush mixtures with white arsenic for cutworms and planters for soil digging plus dusts and sprays for worms beetles and aphids with cautions to protect plants and avoid pest inside covers.
At the May 26 meeting in WCHLIN the Sinn Fein delegates unanimously resolved to refuse participation in any conference convened by the Enaiieh government to settle the Trinh question until two conditions are met. The terms require the conference to allow Ireland's complete independence to be declined and for the Enaiieh government to publicly present to the United States a clarifying message on European powers ratifying the decision.
A vintage medical advertisement touts Trante Te trtle ool as a cure for bladder and urinary disorders. It promises relief from backache pains and kidney issues by claiming the remedy cleanses the system, urges readers to drink water, and warns against delays before seeing a physician for a medical evaluation.
Readable fragments describe a military topic and a person named Milrty. No clear event date or location is established. The text appears garbled but hints at a report involving a person in a military context and a committee or command element. One may infer a partial note about a ceremony or memo.
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