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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
5
A local critique argues Pendleton’s 4460 tally is too low and that proper enumeration would reveal 6000 or more residents. The writer cites a near miss of the south hill district and suggests commercial activity might have secured a fuller count, noting the resale cannot be altered.
Organizers anticipate a large influx of visitors to Pendleton with many outsiders expected. The key challenge outlined is providing temporary sleeping quarters and eating facilities at reasonable prices to ensure guests can be accommodated and the event gains favorable word of mouth for future rounds.
A historical note outlines concerns that special interests would take over the Democratic Party in coming years and influence presidential candidates. It discusses Roosevelt Alaska development, resource control, and Wisconsin centrist politics, plus local objections to government water use after the Furnish reservoir was filled.
A fragment argues a man who names an island should gain favor over settlers. It praises J. P. Switeler for Switeler island and urges colonists to consider the Umatilla project at Hermiston. The speaker suggests Lorimer may face scrutiny again, with a warning against whitewash. It asserts town size isn’t tied to population.
A historical recap lists events from April across years: the 1811 burning of a French privateer in Norfolk by 16 sailors, early Erie Canal law in New York, 1812 Louisiana joining the United States confederacy, 1824 US Dutch king dispute notes, 1835 Clayton’s ascent in Cincinnati, 1854 the Gange canal opening in Wisconsin, 1884 party names and conventions in Ottawa and Illinois, 1955 income tax ruling, 1909 Marion Crawford in Italy, New York Assembly defeats Hughes direct primary and telecoms reforms, and Thomas F. Walsh’s death in Washington.
Pittsburg Gazette-Times notes a nationwide push against house flies with health posters, school programs, and incentives. Georgia Florida Louisiana Georgia posters show fly habits. Tennessee offers gold medals for best essays on flies as health menace. California women organize for the fight. Texas health officials follow suit.
In a Terraintree Vermont testimonial Misa Ninette Porter reports chronic catarrh of the lungs and bleeding, saying doctors failed to help. She began using Peruna and gradually improved, raising up thick mucus, gaining flesh, and eventually calling herself well.
A Detroit writer WD Biggers issues a pamphlet on the menace of flies in New York with a stark indictment of their spread. It urges early action, describing flies lurking in households and contaminating bread butter and milk, and calls for immediate public battle against the nuisance.
Abraham Phexner recounts a startling Carnegie Foundation report and a New York medical school dean who, during a visit, brought out a portable physiological laboratory the size of a safety razor. He notes many larger labs offer less essential value.
Clarence Poe notes in depth study of Japan's industry reporting from the Tokyo branch of the Kanagatuchi Spinning company. The director, citing one of Japan's best run industries, claims American or English skilled factory laborers will face challenges in Japanese efficiency and productivity.
An article cites various claims on industrial labor. It notes a British firm needing four sides of a ring frame for one worker, an Englishman in another factory needing five men for tasks a mate handles at home, and an American vice consul saying Japanese labor requires three to four times as many workers as foreign labor for equal loom output. A Japanese expert argues Lancashire labor is costly yet cheaper overall, while Paes in World's Work notes that cheap labor often becomes the most expensive in the long run.
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A humorous snippet notes a man asks about meeting his wife and learns from society papers she will be at home twice this month, reflecting social season chatter and etiquette.
The official population figure for New South Wales was 1 65 820 at the end of March. The text also contains garbled remarks about individuals and language quality.
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