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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
2
Designers spotlight a new fit concept favoring flat, wall-like drape for garments. The trend emphasizes clean lines and versatile silhouettes, appealing to minimalist wardrobes and contemporary styling cues across runways and retail displays.
Immense stock of ginghams in all colors and patterns for summer dresses and house aprons. Yardage priced 10 and 12 cents, with fine quality finish.
White Linen Oar presents linens crafted from pure flax yarns with scientific treatment for best service. Showcased items include heavy and sheer weight hand kerchief linen round thread art linens and sheetings priced from sixty five cents to two dollars and fifty cents per yard.
An 4 inch wide Bedford Cord in woolen texture offered for clothing duties. Also a striped dimity fabric described as sheer with colored stripes for waists and summer dresses, width 36 inches. Price listed as 25 cents per yard.
Harney Anderson argues against the bond plan for the Columbia River highway from the Tillamook county line to the Columbia River, saying it is not agricultural and would burden taxpayers with high costs, maintenance, and taxes while offering little benefit to farming regions. He contends the road’s location favors scenery over practical utility and would divert funds from productive needs.
Fragmentary ad text touts Dr. Pierce products for women including tonics and nostrums. It claims cures for fainting, headaches, and various female ailments, urging readers to purchase with postal payment and delivery options. The damaged copy advertises Welk Women and Golden Mistical Discovery in a propagandistic era style.
Local editor urges Oregonians to vote on June 1 for a board of directors. The notice notes four directors are to be elected and warns against excluding women from public office, highlighting their stake in schools and community affairs.
Ella Lowell urges reform in Pendleton by backing a candidate and supporting a plan that would shift board representation to three men and two women, arguing that qualified electors should vote and praising women’s educational experience despite skepticism about men.
Leetonia May 31 a cloudburst of brown chestnut bugs drenched Byron Zimmerman’s Salem township farm. The insects, not a June infestation, were numerous and loud, driving Zimmerman into the yard to inspect the scene. Neighbors including Jeffeteen Freed observed the swarm as it spread, with chatter lasting into the night.
J W Maloney was re elected president of the local Chautauqua association at a county meeting. Vice president B Youns, Harold J Warber secretary, and J T Lambirth treasurer were named. The group discussed this year’s program and the renowned Het of talent expected to draw the largest price aggregation yet. The event will feature the Het of talent starting in New Orleans and concluding in Montana by September 1, with hundreds of communities visited. Local committees were urged to actively promote the Chautauqua this year.
A garbled report from Dallas records a denied case involving Emdevo Ministries and Presbyterians. The fragment references a testing period and a prohibition, with unclear dates and names due to OCR errors.
A chaotic free for all at a Daneball cane event on May 31 left two men mortally wounded. Turner Magee Stonehan and Hoss Minter exchanged fire with over 100 shots fired. A bystander was slightly wounded and a boy in the poolroom was harmed.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs. Neate Framak of Christy Ave seeing relief from female troubles headaches and nervousness. After four years of suffering she reports feeling well strong able to work and even welcomed an eight pound baby following the treatment.
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