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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1918
Page
4
Preview of a garbled postal rate listing shows misread terms and broken phrases for mail service options including daily and weekly delivery by mail or carrier. The fragment appears to outline prices or durations for various publication or periodical mailings, with several words misspelled or truncated.
A clipped wartime tract proclaims the stance of enduring conflict with a direct declaration, echoing a speaker named Hy Charles F. Driecoll who asserts the resolve to pursue warfare despite past calls for peace.
March 22 pledge by Umatilla county editors to support wartime duty has shown results. The vow to publicize slacker issues under proper conditions was kept, reflecting ongoing efforts to enforce patriotism and national service amid wartime pressures.
The Patriotic Service League urged newspapers to publish a barrage against wealthy men who failed to meet bond quotas. It persuaded previously reluctant subscribers to pay up, citing wartime European practice. The technique, reportedly unique to Umatilla county, shows it can be effective with no patented method.
Cuba’s gift includes 240 000 cigarettes and 3 500 packages of smoking tobacco for American soldiers in France, sent by the Cuban people to recognize the American army’s work and friendship. Cuba has also aided with sugar shipments, ships, and cash donations, plus an active Red Cross led by Senora de Menocal.
The piece notes that Wilson avoids a blunt rejection, preferring a probing question to test German sincerity and expose autocratic mendacity. It says the Kaiser will face a wiser outcome, while also mentioning local notes about a wedding license, a legislative trip, and a moved grocer on Main Street.
The nation passed a selective service law and issued 30 million dollars in government bonds. American officers are invited to train Cuban troops. Cuba and U S food authorities cooperate closely. President Menocal praised the United States for its stand, saying Cuba cannot remain aloof from the noble and courageous stand and remains bound by ties of gratitude and fraternity.
An East Oregonian note recalls Dupe Joe Parkes departing for Portland and Max Boer returning from Portland after a run. It also mentions the upcoming marriage of A J Overturf to Mr Laulee Crockett, both well known in the city, to take place at Milton.
Public notice from Ernst Grevonian Pubs Pendleton Oregon listing owners officers and bondholders of The Oregonian. Includes management names F. W. Lampkin J. D. Drake and L. D. Drake. States average circulation for six months ending September 1815 and sworn October 5 1818 by Notary Public Sealy L. Drake with commission expiry February 26 1620.
Laon, capital of the Alene department in France, sits 87 miles northeast of Parks atop a 320 foot hill overlooking the Arden river. The city’s status as a strategic strongpoint arose in the Hundred Years War when Burgundians and English seized it, later restored to the French after Charles VII’s consecration. Napoleon, 1414, attempted to remove a threat from the fortress. In 1879 an engineer detonated a powder magazine as German troops approached, damaging the cathedral and episcopal route and ending Laon as a bishopric.
Royal Air Force officer Captain Paul Browbhner writes for United Press about how air power will reshape thinking. He argues flight will widen minds, connect England and France, and reveal broader perspectives beyond local quarrels. Traveling by air could yield rational thoughts, unity, and a new humane outlook on nations and everyday conflicts.
A fragment from Pendleton Oregon dated October 8 reports an urgent dispatch from Salon. The readable line hints at a diplomatic or wartime communication with unspecified details and no clear action or outcome.
The Oregon state board of control led by Governor Withycombe State Treasurer Kay And Secretary Hen W Olcott urges support for a ballot measure creating a tax extension to fund war needs. They argue funds are essential to maintain police protection state institutions and services, noting the strain on hospitals prisons and public labor amid wartime.
Washington, Oct 3. A dramatic rise in the U S Army is reported from near 127,588 to about 8.2 million in seventeen months. Representative Lyon of New York cites this growth as proof of broad American support and the mobilization effort under the current administration amid war. The figure reflects the massive expansion of U S fighting power and the nation’s wartime mobilization.
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When war was declared the training army was called to arms and the air forces under POT.8S Vata moved to support operations. Details are limited in the fragment.
Readers are urged to act quickly on rental listings to avoid prolonged vacancies. Immediate inquiry to landlords and property managers can secure available homes or apartments before others respond.
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