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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1916
Page
7
A misread telegram from the event reports a semi final in which two teams faced off. The match saw strong defense and late scoring run by the home side, with the outcome decided by a single digit margin in the closing minutes.
Fragmented OCR text presents a Portland Oregon paper with garbled place names and stray numbers. Core readable bits reference a news brief from Portland and a building or district noted, but specifics are unclear due to extensive OCR errors.
Fragmented verse laments war and parting as lovers pledge courage and hope for a place of peace beyond conflict. The faded script hints at a sentimental wartime message from Abbis Garter Goodloe, preserving a plea for calm amid betrayal and fear.
Hood River residents are urged to celebrate patriotism as a civic spirit. The piece extols local virtues and community effort, highlighting the town’s allegiance to national ideals and shared responsibilities among its citizens.
Residents of Hood River protest a proposed post office site seen as a pork barrel move. They fear relocation could hurt local business and property values while questioning motives and seeking clarity from Congressman Sinnott. The piece also notes a general trend of dramatic theater style in film presentations.
Readers note rising patronage of motion picture theatres and praise for family films. The film industry is expanding with a new tone in recent features, aiming for believable life like stories rather than clichéd villains and melodrama, though initial offerings may be limited by available productions.
J L Mc Brien cites Washington findings on rural education showing one third of U S rural teachers lack professional training and many have only an eighth to tenth grade education. He notes 212000 one room schools and 70 000 teachers with only elementary schooling plus widespread under training and wasted funding. Oregon aims to fix this as 1916 enters history with eastern voices on western reforms and land policy cautions.
A widow with about 7 million left her fortune to an heir, announced in New York City on November 20. Judge Noten AW. Binghwin presided as the bequest and kinship were discussed, with details about the heir and timing of inheritance.
A garbled 15955 item from Pendleton notes political shifts with states closer to admission and a blundering duck and chickens anecdote. J D Moreton and A T Stillman traveled to Meadows by train for election updates and J M Slater visited town. The free library project and renovations of the old post building proceed, and work begins on a new southern Methodist church foundation in Pendleton.
Min wants Littl here below but he never gets quite enough. The brief note reads as a personal aside about desire and satisfaction, mentioning Littl in a figurative sense and expressing a wish for fulfillment that remains unmet.
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