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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
7
German submarine U-55 is described with its crew on deck and conning tower in Newport Harbor. The vessel, the first German war sub to visit the United States, stayed briefly before departing. It is reported to be preying on British commerce off the coast, with the tramp steamer West Point named as its first victim.
Echo readers recount an informal dance at the 10. C. F. hall and a flurry of local updates. Individuals such as Jeme Arnold, A. D. Wright, Mrs Bryant, and many Echo residents are mentioned with travel, meetings, and community events spanning Pendleton Baker Hermiston Pomeroy and Stanfield.
Mrs. Peter Devolve visited county physician A. I. Stuht to arrange sterilization of her husband who has been imprisoned for wronging a young girl. Devolve plans to sell assets to keep her home as a mortgage is pressed.
Chicago October 21. President Wilson will pass the Illinois-Indiana state line amid a flight of agitation literature dropped from an aeroplane. Marjorie Stineon, a Cicero aviation field instructor, and Mrs. Gilaon Gardner, both women’s party members, will be aboard the aircraft. Mrs. A. F. R. Colvip of Minnesota directs arrangements for Gardner’s flight and accompanies her near the line where the plane meets the president’s train.
In Cheyenne at the Wyoming state capitol last evening a worker attempted to operate a freight elevator alone. The elevator rose to the roof but failed to stop, dropping cables and plummeting four stories to the shaft bottom, as carpenters watched in shock.
Leaders of the Irrigation Congress celebrate the dedication of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico. J B Case chairs the event, praising the central feature and future water projects. Attendees discuss benefits and ongoing development for the arid region.
The text describes Talbot forcing his feet through two inch door planks while avoiding injury as the elevator wrecks. It labels loan sharks in a den of frail finance and jokes about women preferring leather footwear over cold feet and small ones.
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