Social and personal notes from McPherson area society
McPherson Circle No. 34 Ladies of the G A A plan a meeting at 0:20 PM with good attendance expected. A Thursday Afternoon Club delegate will attend the Federated Women of Oregon convention next week. Mrs Roy T Blehoppe was chosen to represent the Afternoon Club. Mrs A J Owen also attends, and guests include Mrs Althew Altman who is to wed Noel Manchetts in a quiet Tempe ceremony. The group hosts Miss Thelma Richardson arriving from Bremerton for a Round-Up visit, staying with Aunt Mrs Martha H K Thompson. Various Pendleton and Portland visitors and locals are noted, including shifts for travel to California and Seattle, with many social calls and exchanges.
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McPherson
Thurdarfternoon Club
Chipier
Oregon
Almh
Thelma Richardson
Mremerton
Martha KH. Thompson
Registration Rush Hits City as Card Shortage Looms
At 1 pm registration surged across city locations. Pendleton and local boards report shortages of littlesreen cards, with the court house already out and many buildings near empty. Over 260 registered at the court house and roughly as many at city hall and the Howman hotel, with new supplies promised within days.
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Pendleton
Court House
Howman Hotel
Posts Established at Canal by British Armies
A front line report states a unit of General Byne's forces crossed the Canal du Nord above and below Moenvres, establishing posts on the eastern side despite opposition. German efforts to feed a wide strip in front of Cambrai and the area hold up British advances amid intense shelling and air activity.
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Aciuals Canal
Lowell Mellett
Bynes
Canal du Nord
Cambral
Ruetots
Pendleton High School Grad Promoted to Sergeant
Philip Parcher of Pendleton, a former local student, has joined the Quartermaster Corps and was promoted to sergeant. He serves at Camp Travis Texas and reports extremely hot weather impacts. He wishes to be on the firing line and is assigned to the medical corps.
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Parcher
Philip Parcher
Pendleton High School
Tom Your
Fort Bul Uountin
Torus
Sie
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Travie
Téxa
Heriya
George Com Commissioned From Camp Taylor
George Clifford Coa of Stanfield reports to his father Dr. Henry Walla Oye from Camp Taylor Kentucky that he has completed the training camp and has been commissioned as a second lieutenant.
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George Clifford Coa
Stanfield
Henry Walla Oye
Camp Taylor
Cimis- Sune
Letter from Jess Linebaugh on battery life in action
From Jess Linebaugh of Battery I 245th Field Artillery comes a letter home describing a heavy bombardment. He notes enemy fire, mentions shells bursting near their position, and that despite danger they are not yet located by the foe. He reassures relatives that readiness and courage keep them in the fight.
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Bucal
Pili
Message From the Front by Corporal Jesse Linebaugh
A wartime letter describes combat scenes with Amelia and Archy Stanwool and a Webster peer as comrades fall on August 11. He reassures his mother, begs for letters, notes hunger for home news, and reports his unit Bat D 148 FA American EF.
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Archie CC
Webster
Jes8h
Linebaugh
Massacre Demands Rise After Lenine Killings
Bolshevik Krasnaya Gazette calls for revenge with headline Blood for Blood. Dispatches report mass killings to avenge Morea Critek and Lenine attack warnings. President signs resolution enabling proclamations to establish dry zones around yards and mines.
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Stockholm
Morea
British Casualties Continued From Page One
Fragmentary conference notes discuss World War I casualty figures and strategic outcomes. The text compares 1918 and 1919, debates league concepts, and argues for a peace system under Allied victory with a proposed league of nations. It advocates free nations and cautions about German terms after the war.
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League of Nations
League
League of Free Nations
Germany
Weston Mountain Notes Briefly Record Local Farm Leasing
Joe Cannon of Weston Mt rents Creigler Farm and plans to move to the Crojater farm near Athena after threshing. Neighbors and family are listed with movements from Oklahoma and Washington. School opens September 11 and harvest weather affected grain yields. several locals visit, travel, or are away on various errands.
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Joe Cannon
Weston Mt
Creigler Farm
Weston Mountain
J. McPaniel
Epert Wethertay
Thureday
Wall Walbe
John Uree
Kennewick
Wash
Goontry
Moses Hay
Herman Homderson
Mark and
Knezie Jury
Oklahoma
H. Dowd
Atlee
Alice
Chat
L. May
Milton
Crojater
Athena
Sire Cannon
Hansell Couple Killed in Auto Accident
A report details the death of Mr and Mrs George Hansell in an auto accident. The couple had planned travel to Walla Walla with relatives and were en route when the crash occurred. Local authorities investigate, and the incident is cited in a brief obituary notice.
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George Hansell
Unclear fragment reports accident near Nessin Washington
The readable text describes a family incident with injuries not specified and missing weight details. It mentions Marion Hansel receiving work and a night time accident near Nessin in Washington with Mr and Mrs George Hani and a daughter escaping harm. Details are partially unreadable.
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Baryt Werd
Marion Hansel
George Hani Werd
Nessin
Washington
Hitle Gratddughtert
Johin Shick
Pendleton
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Mre
Althew Altman
Noel Manchetts
Justice of the Peace
Joe H. Parke
Manchetts
Miston
Mre &. K
M. Ramefell
Portland
P. Wenstrand
Mim Naom| Welst
Albert Cavender
LK Oliver
Grace
Oliver
California
al C. Davis
Porthand
George.m. O. Bennett
Hennett
Seattle
Peter Becker
Wilden County
Ricne and
Hayburn
Todd Construction Company
Tactina
Waeh
Hie Parcs
Cy R. Rayburn
Mamie Mark
Gity
Serslot
George Com
Jess Linebaugh
Ewes
Sorengs
Eee Koch’s
E. Webb
Lenine
Piesident
Ditymond
Jen Powell
Worten
Paul
Lacrosse
Jake Narkue
Caynne Station
Mipal Mary Lansdale
Lansdale
Lester Leach
Wend
Lowell
Grover
Rome
Astland
Ore
Arthur Lansdale
Wallin Walla
John Neale
Pentteton
Roy Byatt
Wister
Migs
Walla Walle
Walla Walla Leliens
Terter
Ron
Alta Today
Moen
Mess
Main St
Oregonian
Umatilla County
France
Northwest
Nation
Globe
East Oregonian Pub. Co
Pendleton, Oregon
Post Office
Nam
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