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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1916
Page
7
The verse paints Autumn as a sun burnt caravan moving through creamy hills near Wilton. Descriptions mark Kokharm and Samar cand on woods, Pompe’an rei on maples, and gold on hickories while birds sing along the march. The fragment ends referencing Piles Carman in the Atlantic.
The piece argues voters should consider not the loud rhetoric but the results. It contends most citizens prefer a proven, prosperous and peaceful administration over untested promises. It warns ousting Wilson for Hughes could risk peace and stability while offering little guarantee of better policy.
Taxpayers opposed to the eastern Oregon Normal wheel amendment argue it will burden the state finances. The measure would levy an annual tax of one twenty fifth of a mill, roughly four cents per thousand dollars of property value. A $1000 property tax would cost under the price of a cigar annually.
Thomas H. Ince, producer of Triangle films, endorses Woodrow Wilson in a statement to the Woodrow Wilson Independent League. He argues Wilson preserves peace, rejects warfare, and will gain a lasting historical verdict for his foreign policy, urging four more years.
A political cartoon-like critique compares property taxes to entertainment prices to argue for public school support and proper training of teachers. It also mocks church leaders for opposing changes to the Ten Commandments and cites Mrs. Hanley's hardship while noting her husband’s wealth from salmon canneries and a lavish lifestyle.
Hon C W Fulton republican elector candidate arrived in town and will address the crowd tonight. The East Oregonian notes a stirred local sentiment from Dave Horn’s proclamation, a theft reaction, and a hotel ornament casualty. Miro Winn Sohreen returns from Granite Creek mines. A soldier found near Walla Walla garrison weighed 209 pounds before loss. Edwin Bola, regained from a distant post, subsisted on water and choke cherries for 160 days, prompting curiosity. H W Publicook wheat king of Eureka flour refused 73 cents per bushel for 10000 bushels, expecting prices to rise to a dollar.
A young British aviator scored a notable victory over two enemy aircraft over English skies. The pilot’s decisive actions boosted morale and highlighted ongoing air defense efforts during the conflict.
Lieutenant Will am Leefe Robinson downed a German airship with a shell from his aircraft during a night raid over England. He received the Victoria Cross the next day and on September 14 was presented with a $2500 purse from British shipping men.
An old advertisement declares that inward humors threaten the body and that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures both inward and outward effects. It is pitched as a great alterative and tonic with universally established merit.
A First Battalion Idaho militia unit reports a nine hour march and a decisive dawn battle near Patagonia and Nogales. They claim victory over rival battalions, describe artillery dominance, a single company loss, and a lengthy border patrol with guard duty, while noting potential redeployment and desire to return home.
Lost crew members and survivors from the Elephane lie in focus as the German submarine campaign off Nantucket sinks ships. Survivors were landed at Newport RI after US destroyers pulled them from sea in small boats. Some sailors escort women and children through the arresting aftermath. Some went to port hospital, others to New York by rail or train.
The Dayville Killingly area woman, 24, reports eight years of suffering from bearing down pains and illness after being advised to quit the stage and move away. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound since January she says she regained mobility, happiness, and energy, becoming the picture of health and able to care for her child and household.
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