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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
4
Fragmented text lists various items and schedules including weekly and monthly references. Mentions mail delivery, carrier services, and multiple time periods, but lacks coherent details or clear names or entities to identify a single event or subject. The readable portions imply a sequence of notices or ads with irregular phrasing.
The article reflects on Villa’s activity on the Mexican border and credits German aims to provoke U.S. intervention. It argues the Tory press erred in criticizing President Wilson’s watchful waiting policy, warning papers to temper wartime commentary while leaders face difficult judgments.
United States secret service agents uncovered how German gold moved into the United States and Mexico. The Nazi war effort used the gold as currency to support the Kaiser’s aims. The report notes it was distributed in barrels to fund operations.
The Grain Standards Act and government grain purchases under the grain corporation will be administered fairly amid unforeseen contingencies. No farmer will be exploited this year as brokers’ commissions are small and there is no incentive for anything but fair dealing for producers. The Agriculture Department denies reports of price fixing affecting the act and outlines facts about enforcement and administration by the Feed Administration and the department.
Officials pledge to curb unwarranted practices in the cral trade and ensure fair application of official standards. The Grain Corporation and Agriculture Department stress buying within price limits and enforcing rules amid wartime grain demand. A WWI era political note questions Wilson's leadership while local roads and housing investment are highlighted as growth themes.
A 28 year old notice from the Daily East Oregonian reports a Blue Mountain meeting at Mrs Burreishe's residence and fire activity on Blue Mountain summit. Walla Walla riders are noted as sacrificing to fuel mills with flames. J Lennon improves a gravel bar and a photograph gallery owner Bowman is ready to move.
A series of realty transfers are recorded including J ATiett to Pat Doherty in Beedy Township for 15000 dollars and various other deeds. Leeward King transfers to Mary Tharp for 200 dollars with related lot and section details. Henry Schmitt to George Gerking for 20000 dollars in section 9 township 2. Inland Irrigation Co. to Raymond McMillian for multiple quarter sections and 35.84 acres in Bee 7 township 4 NM. Edwin A Hallin to W H Copeland for 14000 dollars with specified parcels in Bee 2 and NS. Jane Joy and Carl Jones to Moher Tarnwam et al for 2000 dollars in township 4 NIC. Pendleton and other unnamed parties appear in multiple transfers with varied locations and sums.
A damaged OCR fragment cites Taylor as sheriff and mentions Prank VW and various legal or property references. The text includes names such as Geo. Roger, Roy TF, J. Arnold, Corl, McNaught, and David B. Nelson, with scattered numbers and township codes, but no coherent event or outcome.
Major General W. G. Gorgas Surgeon General arrives at Camp Mills with Major Charles Arayo and Colonel Richard. They tour the 367th Alabama Infantry amid a germ warfare epidemic and discuss oral health in the Rainbow Division. A parade by the Third Battalion under Major Monsahin entertains thousands at Nassau County Fairgrounds as dignitaries observe the event.
An old advertisement extols local remedies for catarrh, praising internal tonics and nostrums as the best treatment. It claims some cures were effective and notes endorsements by practitioners and patients, mentioning a well known company and a local store.
Pol dig from Maasxenchusette and Connecticut join the Rainbow division, adding two more seats to the hospital unit and increasing total to twenty eight.
A DIY skin whitening lotion recipe claims to mix lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint of lotion. It advertises bleaching and smoothing effects for the skin and urges users to apply to neck arms and bonds to achieve a softer, fairer complexion.
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