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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1916
Page
8
Portland based piano tuner Howard Soule returns to Pendleton and plans regular visits. Orders for tuning may be left at Tallman’s Drug Store. A Boston Clothing Store window features a $200 talking machine set. see advertisement.
A satirical wartime poem extols Woodrow Wilson for keeping the United States out of war. It mocks pro-war sentiment and disparages European conflict while praising Wilson and criticizing Hughes. The piece contrasts national resolve with grim portraits of battle and foreign danger.
A horned female deer with four forked horns on one side and a spike on the other was found by trapper John B. Hammersley in the Rogue River area. E F Averill of the biological survey and W L Finley state the find is authentic. state law allows horned deer hunting, though public fables paint hunters as villains.
United Press reports Manchester England on November 4 that fifty seven juvenile offenders were chased into local police courts in one day. Officials say lack of parental guidance after wartime losses was the chief factor in the delinquency of the children.
Old graduates and friends plan homecoming on November 5 with a monster rally Friday night and a bonfire. A football game Saturday pits Oregon Agricultural College against the University of Oregon, followed by a formal Saturday reception. Sunday features club house and fraternity visits and a special reception.
The text directs voters to place a mark for the Wilson and Marshall electors and to place an X between the time and number for Hughes and Fairbanks electors. It also notes the same advice applies to voting for the prohibition of alcohol candidates.
An OCR damaged list of clothing items and prices including fleece union suits leather gloves corduroy pants overalls jackets and ladies wear with various price marks. The text is garbled with numbers and misreads, but signals a 19th or early 20th century department store style sale page.
The Ba rometer notes a growing campus with more students and new buildings. Alumni are promised engaging events as the committee seeks reduced rail fares for returning former students on homecoming day.
Paris reports the government will tax retail prices on butter and beer to curb soaring costs. Gruyere cheese has surged about 400 percent and Roquefort near 1,000 percent. Switzerland’s Swiss cheese sells in France for 60 cents a pound, up from 20 cents. The Interior Ministry may set maximum add-on prices and requisition goods for distribution. Parliament asked to authorize 16 cent bounty on next year’s French wheat harvest to spur planting without raising bread prices.
New York hotels and restaurants plan a lively election night with expanded cabaret performances and extra seating. Prohibitionists oppose many celebratory plans as venues prepare for a bustling, crowded urban nightlife scene.
Naval experts in Washington analyzed two metal fragments from a German Zeppelin that was shot down in England during a raid. The discovery is being examined for origins and construction details to understand the enemy airship’s design and materials.
Admiral Henson directs testing of a metal resembling osmium but heavier and stronger to determine exact composition. Reports state British and French scientists have yet to identify its constituents. Also noted is a German funeral alloy seroplane propeller claimed to be the best yet made, with its composition still secret after captures.
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