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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
Ontario horsesmen met Premier Borden to push back oral betting at tracks after July 1 during wartime. A decision to avoid interference with racing this season was hoped for after the conference and prolonged discussion.
This excerpt lists various home recipes and kitchen tips including Keoteh Broth with mutton and barley, Dried Fish Chowder with milk and crackers, Milk and Vegetable Soup thickened with flour, and notes on using a double boiler. It also includes a public note urging tractor owners to assist neighbors and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough.
Portland Gre May 31 The article outlines that men aged near conscription who are on high seas or in foreign lands must register within five days of arrival at their first U S port and details exemptions for Koreans and other groups. Officials including the national park service directors coordinate local registration at voting centers under wartime law.
A fragmentary sports recap lists multiple college and pro games across venues in Vernon Salt Lake San Francisco Los Angeles Spokane and Philadelphia. Mentions include Raim McKee Lee Quilon Patters, Hall, Bote, Patrick, Lever, Murray, Webb, Pah and others with scattered scores and upcoming matchups.
May reports from Salem Oregon announce three consecutive legal holidays starting June 3 through June 5, with Governor Weller backing the proclamation. In Tacoma Washington preparations intensify for American Lake, housing 60,000 troops for Europe, while Bend Oregon tests show clean water and Seattle hosts a regional religious pageant. Olympia orders shipbuilding contracts totaling 1.5 million dollars for bomber and motor ships, aligning with regional defense needs.
In New York on May 21 Rev William M Pineke arrived to lead the Pacific Presbyterian Church. After an all night meeting stormy in tone the congregation demanded his removal and debated the church's future amid tensions within the group.
A Swiss press report from Geneva notes a nest of spies in a principal hotel. The article, filed by a Frankfurter Zeitung correspondent and editors, describes a German and Austrian espionage cell operating within a prominent Geneva lodging May day.
Eight arrests have been made including a correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung. Several compromising documents have been seized. The text discusses central World supply and a note about a Union Food Dictator named Joseph. It closes with an agricultural proverb about weeds in a garden.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a universal cure for catarrh and related mucus issues. It promises dramatic relief after short use and urges readers to send for a free sample offer. The copy imitates 19th century drug promotions and names Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio and druggists nationwide.
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