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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1904
Page
4
Pendleton Oregon's East Oregonian Publishing Company issues a midafternoon paper except Mondays with a dairy advertisement and subscription details. The fragmentary text references monthly mail, a Meyer edition, and cryptic notes, showing an old style newspaper announcement with obscured pricing and distribution notes.
The text argues that individual virtue and social welfare rely on temperance born of free will, not enforced restraint. Substantial progress requires spiritual emancipation of human nature, enabling reason to prevail over appetite, aided by educational influence.
The New York World discusses the Subway Tavern opening as a model saloon, arguing it safer than prohibition while critics say all intoxicants corrupt. Bishop Potter defends pragmatic traffic regulation, police note vanity in excess of strict saloon sobriety as a social factor.
The article argues irrigation unlocks desert potential, enabling settlers to build homes despite risks. It critiques promoters who take profits from vulnerable families while railroads push faster schedules to meet public demand, asserting Western civilization hinges on harnessing nature and expanding infrastructure for future growth.
A long, dramatic exposition on electricity and its impact, crediting Lord Kelvin as a leading authority. The piece links unseen currents to visible power, noting how water and gravity enable electricity to move across landscapes. It praises Kirigan's century of electric revolution and its vast, almost unimaginable human value.
A mixed review spans Henry G. Davis and his era as Maryland born politician, rail wreck tallies across the United States dated December 1909, and a note on the peaceful colonial behavior of certain spiders in South America. A separate item reports Wesley Pyle, 19, fatally shot by Roy B. Moninger amid mountain fires near Mount Tabor.
A fiery humorous poem describing the brutal summer heat and its absurd effects on daily life. The speaker insists the heat is “mighty good for corn,” despite the discomfort, as they endure sun burn, stifling air, and exhausted routines while clinging to resilience. Cornel Biff Nonypariel appears as the author.
Hearst faces a sixteen thousand dollar bill related to his presidential nomination bid. The charges cover rent at the Jefferson hotel for five days used by Hearst’s managers and delegations as he campaigns. The hotel stay raises costs beyond sixteen thousand dollars.
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