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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented OCR entry shows numbers and values linked to prices or ports. The legible items include figures like 7.40 2.75 1.93 65 1.50 150 suggesting a catalog or financial shorthand rather than a full narrative.
The paper argues supplying the fire department with proper equipment would save money, potentially lowering insurance rates and covering costs within years. It notes the benefit of faster fire extinction, the inadequacy of insurance payments, and cites a Belgium suffrage strike as context for broader political issues. It outlines Belgium's voting scheme with multiple votes based on age and property, contrasting it with other nations.
A published letter rails at women suffrage, praises national manhood suffrage elsewhere, and argues for white racial dominance in the United States. It claims continental Europe prefers universal male voting, condemns aliens, supports limited Japanese and Chinese entry, and notes Denver industrial workers’ hunger strike imitation of suffragettes in England.
Wallace Strubbele secretary of the Columbia and Snake River Waterways Association thanks East Oregonian for splendid reports on the Waterways convention held in Lewiston April 14 15 1913. He values the paper's cooperation and hopes to attend future Round-ups to engage more personally.
A. H. Eaton writes from Eugene on April 17 1913 praising the Daily East Oregonian and proposing reforms to both representative and direct legislation. He suggests discussing reforms at the newspaper’s convenience.
A humorous列 collection outlining public figures and quirks. notes include a man who eats garlic and confesses, a man who seeks a dollar tomorrow, a bum storyteller, a speaker who sprinkles words, a streetcar leg cross, a loud cutter, and a nut with a large car horn and tools.
A very young man boasts of paying five thousand dollars in cash for a house, claiming the feat is due to his own pluck and perseverance. A young lady reacts with surprise and asks what business he is in, and he replies he is a son-in-law.
Francis Burton Harrison criticizes Pendleton for low revenue, urging higher spending to fund needed work. He asserts woolgrowers and manufacturers form a high tariff combine and asserts he is not up on local discussions.
The New York American reports a troubled May shows audience reaction as fifteen minutes pass before leaving after a showing of Hamlet by a former hero turned ex comedian. The piece cites a cold fire of blame from critics and audience chatter around the performance.
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