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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
4
A fragmentary notice from Oregon appears to advertise hotel news stand and office location details. The garbled text references Pew dieteom, Mela, Chevonas Purlieing Co, and Memeth street in Portland Oregon, with scattered mentions of city offices and import items.
A fragment from a New York World page echoes farewell lines about lasting friendship and love after a final good night. The quoted verse laments parting and hopes listeners remember a true friend whose presence endured to the end.
A news column questions motives behind railroad labor tensions and a looming nationwide strike. Portland businessmen protest anti strike legislation while railroads push wage increases. the piece ponders whether some forces prefer disruption to protect profits and avert an economic standstill.
A columnist argues the consumer bears freight costs, not shippers, and contends any small rate rise would be trivial vs the consequences of a strike. The piece questions an ulterior motive driving strike talk and asks what hidden aim could be behind it.
The piece argues that public scurrility against Secretary Daniels masks a rising Navy program. It cites authorized ships, from super-dreadnoughts to submarines, increases in crew and officer appointments, self production of mines torpedoes powder and naval aeronautics, plus Edison led mobilization efforts. It notes public interest in the Round-Up amid economic signals and labor shortages in eastern Oregon.
Twenty eight years after the event the paper notes Mie Billa Ward recovering from tophord fever. A corner-stone celebration occurred with a full report promised for tomorrow. A farmer named Arp with recent bad luck is mentioned, and a wheat haul down Will hurth of town his womin broke down twice yesterday.
This excerpt lists names and businesses amid a period voice, noting figures like John Stanfield of the Opera Saloon and Dave Horn of the Villard House. It includes references to insurance agents, postoffice items, and shop fixtures, reflecting a local commercial page with notices and vendor names.
Pendleton born Muriel Eaking crowned Queen of the Harvest and the Sea at the Astoria Regatta. She arrived aboard the T J Potter with her court and officials, received a bouquet, and accepted the crown from Neptune amid yesterday’s ceremonies and a daylong sequence of pageantry.
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