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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1904
Page
4
A note from Pendleton post office records shows an individual entered as second in line. The fragment mentions elaga mutter, but lacks further context or details.
The speaker asserts that living rightly in the present matters more than whether one has an immortal soul. If souls exist, it is still a good thing. God judging a soul for honest beliefs or disbelief is likened to the thinking of a savage, reflecting strong critique.
Pendleton considers Northwestern Gas and Electric Company rights for a 21 year term. City would receive escalating payments totaling 70 over 25 years, while the first five years grant exclusive privileges at no charge. Advocates warn of rising city costs and urge a graduated income share of 2 to 5 percent after year four. The piece contrasts with a Baker City fire subsidy and notes regional political support for Eastern Oregon congressman Moody. It also highlights a Pendleton school exhibit to St. Louis and concerns over portage road delays.
A quatrain style inquiry by Edmund Vance Cooke from the Saturday Evening Post questions identity and fate. It ponders whether a person is truly themselves or merely echoing roles, raising whether belief, work, and conduct define the self before the heavenly gate.
Edward Bok of the Ladies' Home Journal condemns newspapers as dishonest in World's Work. The New York World rebukes him, warning that his broad accusation harms press credibility and urges Bok to retract his charge and acknowledge moral responsibility in reporting.
The listing covers April to June political conventions and gatherings in Oregon plus a June 11 general election. It notes Harriman offering the Union Pacific as collateral for a $12 million loan and hints at a looming stockholder fight over his succession.
A fragment from a historic newspaper riffing on prohibition and temperance talk. It notes a Denver and Colorado movement to discourage tobacco and cigarettes, mentioning a society of 12 Denver youths pledging to abstain from tobacco in any form.
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