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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1912
Page
4
Public notice of publication details for the Daly and Semi-Weekly Pendleton Oregon newspaper. Contains subscription rates, delivery options, office locations in Pendleton and Portland, and associations with United Press and Northwest News Service.
The piece urges Oregon’s Democratic voters to support Governor Woodrow Wilson on April 19, portraying him as a progressive choice against a reactionary Republican faction. It highlights 16 Democratic senators backing Wilson, emphasizes party unity, and warns against Wall Street influence or standpatter forces at Baltimore.
A suffrage street meeting held on Saturday drew a representative crowd and challenged old notions that only a few radical women drove the movement. A poised speaker appealed for votes for women, showing the campaign is led by admirable women and aims to win support from thoughtful men.
The article argues that Oregon women will gain the ballot this fall not by force but by expediency. It praises women’s steady steps to demonstrate broad support among the average woman, asserting this approach will prevail over any trickery.
After Portland's power merger, local debate rises on relief methods. State Engineer Lewis backs joint state and national water power development while Pendleton is urged to seize a local, superior power site, avoiding state or federal control. The piece highlights a strong, ready opportunity for Pendleton.
In the suffrage effort we must keep the central aim before us the votes for women. The women of Oregon lack the vote and should unite beyond party lines. All parties should acknowledge the issue and support women’s right to the ballot. Oregon men express willingness if women want to vote.
A New York man recalls a Chicago gentleman who rescued an English woman’s dog from a Paris hotel quarrel over payment. The Chicago man jokes that he could subdue obstinate landlords with ease once he knows the trick, then reveals he simply paid the remainder of the woman’s bill. The anecdote underscores Chicago chivalry from a transatlantic voyage.
Scientific American envisions a Metro-letter for Paris combining the subway network with pneumatic tubes. Letters would travel from a local box to a nearby station, then by subway to the destination station and onward through tubes. It suggests creating jobs to handle mail at stations and on trains, with delivery faster than ordinary mail but slower than existing pneumatic tubes.
Humorous exchange about financial woes features a man recounting borrowing a dollar from his wife who had to break a five dollar bill. The quip reflects common everyday money troubles and spousal aid in a Detroit context.
Recipes from Practical Cookery detailing boiled crabs stuffed crabs soft shelled crabs fried crabs deviled crabs crumbles and fricassee of crabs plus rolled shrimp with notes on boiling times seasonings and presentation for serving in shells and with parsley lemon juice and cracker dust.
Michael J. Ryan of Dover recalls Mahlon Pitney's rise from a Dover base ball debut on the first bag to a noted law career. Ryan, a fireman and deputy marshal, recalls Pitney as a remarkable early player who impressed with skill and bare hands, noting he rivaled the era's best.
In a spoken aside, a Cleveland Press quote captures a tense moment as a speaker dismisses an umbrella remark and asserts rights, highlighting a contentious exchange that drew reader attention in the periodical.
In a sharp exchange, Uncle Eben warns that Eph Hoskins will not stretch his fortune long, recounting seeing the young man in a general store writing hundred dollar checks and burning through cash as he speeds along in New York.
A fragment from the Baltimore American notes a person returning home faced with trouble, while another asks what he did and mentions brief scalding tears as a reaction. The item captures a terse domestic moment with minimal context.
A Bostonian diary entry from August 10, 1887 describes going to the railroad station to see a sister off when a coincidence led to hug exchanges between siblings. In the confusion, the narrator hugged Harry Blank's sister while his own sister was hugged by Harry. The line surfaces amid a Boston Transcript note about a dog sentenced to die and women crying.
Harriet Evans, owner, and friend sob as Judge Feffer says no dog death exemption under local law. While coal delivery man John Perry returns to the Evans home, the dog breaks free, bites his leg, and the dog’s fate is sealed by ordinance.
In Chicago Tl John Rosall aged 19 of 2853 North Central Park Avenue reportedly stopped a stray pistol bullet with his teeth and spat out the pellet and the broken tooth. The shot came from John Penchinski aged 16 of 3121 North Central Park Avenue who was visiting Rosall at the time. Police at Shakespeare Avenue station investigated the incident.
A Scottish man named MacIntosh, asserting aristocratic pride as a clan chief descendant, argued loudly with a taxi driver in the East End over fare. The driver scoffed, prompting a tense exchange as the Highlander demanded respect for his identity.
An account notes a confrontation where a blow struck Rossal in the mouth and knocked out a wisdom tooth, yet he remained calm and cautioned Pendlinski on firearm handling. The text also lists transportation and fuel services including a dray schedule for the Asylum and the Penland Bros Transfer Co with contact numbers.
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