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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1904
Page
5
In a San Francisco Stuur field note, a speaker rails at the harsh grind of farm work and hunger. The rattled voice cites energy, corn, and the brutal cycle of selling first and dying early, while an exhausted fox and a tired worker symbolize weariness and neglect in rural labor.
An editorial argues the city poll tax for street work should be enforced to fund road and street improvements. It notes only about 260 of 1,000 taxpayers pay and urges penalties to ensure law obedience, warning that widespread defiance would undermine civilization and municipal governance.
The text argues that only law and good governance sustain order and warns against defying city ordinances. It questions if failure to enforce a poll criterion undermines authority, and stresses that community respect for laws should mirror the nation’s standards. The piece urges no penalty be ignored and calls for orderly compliance.
A venturing critique argues that public funds are increasingly diverted to expositions and private schemes through lobbying and graft. It cites the Lewis and Clark fair, railroad subsidies, and Pacific States Telephone Company franchises as examples of how taxpayers bear the cost while privates profit. The piece urges stricter guarding of public treasury and rejection of parasitic contracts.
Trade is as honest here as anywhere else but it must be hard when nobody knows the goods and risk rests on both buyer and seller. With Schilling's Best there is no risk for either as money back takes it.
The piece discusses city expansion funded by higher taxes while a local gas company profits on a small payment amid a 6500 resident town. It questions income-based franchise rights and accuses the East Oregonian of fanning Republican factionalism involving Mr. Macgily and Senator Mitchell.
April 12 Umatilla county Republican convention and Democratic convention. April 12 Pendleton school election. April 14 Republican state convention Portland. April 16 Oregon Catttlegrowers Association meeting Portland. April 19 Democratic state convention. May Oregon Federation of Labor Oregon City. May 4 General M. E. conference Los Angeles. May 27 28 Caledonian please at Athen. June 2 84 Umatilla county pioneers reunion Westo. June 6 General election in Oregon. June 1 16 17 Oregon encampment G. A. R. Hood River.
A Boston Journal clipping shows a parent complaint to a teacher about assigning a math problem. The note describes the child’s work with bottles and measurements, mentions drinking concerns, and ends with a request to make the next problem simpler and answered in water.
Ancient adage warns against overeating and digestive strain in childhood. The copy endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion disorders in children, claiming it builds health without alcohol or narcotics and citing a testimonial from Mrs. Ella Gerdeer of Waterview, Virginia. It also notes a free paper version of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser available by mail.
A historical ad text discusses catarrh and its impact on women including housewives, claiming Peruna cures. It portrays chronic fatigue, backache, headaches, and weak digestion as caused by the condition and promotes a testimonial from Barbara Alberty of Appleton Wisconsin about Peruna’s relief after years of pain.
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