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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1917
Page
4
In Camp Lewis Tacoma Washington soldiers are urged to perfect accuracy and speed in bayonet and rifle drills. Major General Greene notes that even a fifth of a second can mean life or death in combat.
Readable sections show a wartime kitchen bulletin from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission. It lists cornmeal bread and corn meal soy bean wheat biscuit recipes with measured ingredients, mixing steps, and oven directions, plus notes about Berkeley Monthan and the Army medical staff assisting food conservation efforts.
A damaged text fragment describes mixing water, temperature ranges, rising times, and folding in melted shortening to form a smooth elastic dough. The instructions are garbled with misspellings and unclear steps but indicate avoiding extra water and kneading until a dough forms.
An air craft and its German pilot were brought to ground inside French lines by French gunners and anti-aircraft fire. The incident followed movement of French troops near Obwerye Ane, with the wreckage falling as the crew attempted to cross the front.
An old advertisement touts Dietul's Sarsapararia and Hood's Sarsaparilla as safe reliable tonics for all ages. It claims to improve digestion, increase appetite, and supply red blood for general health and convalescence. The text emphasizes widespread American familiarity and long-standing success.
The note urges securing a personal photograph as irreplaceable wealth beyond money. It advises making an appointment to have the work done now, implying the photograph's value lies in personal significance rather than price.
The passage describes greasing bands lightly, allowing dough to expel gas, cutting a piece to act as an indicator, dividing the dough into four parts, shaping and molding the loaf, placing it in lightly creased pans, allowing it to proof until it doubles, then baking at about 425 degrees Fahrenheit then lowering to 255 degrees.
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