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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows publication details for East Oregonian and related products. Mentions readership terms, subscription options, and pricing structures. includes references to weekly and daily editions and contact information. Due to damaged OCR, readable items focus on publishing company names and general pricing mentions.
A fragmentary verse asks where and how to return to the land of Sweet Content. The speaker laments lost paths from childhood and childlike steps, recalling other lands and strange roads. The piece seeks guidance to recall the homeland described as Sweet Content.
Counties in the Willamette valley prepare an elaborate display at Lewhe and Clark fair as they gather fruit cereal exhibits grain and other resources. County courts businesses and citizens unite to transform their space into a showcase highlighting regional potential and progress.
An essay laments Alaska miners' tax and mail rate abuses while bankers push to lift market limits to move gold. It condemns power-company labor exemptions, urges equal road taxes, and argues for public use of mountain streams and irrigation to empower rural progress and national ownership ideals.
The poem honors Helen Hunt Jackson, famed for A Century of Dishonor and Ramona, recounting her romance with the Western Indians, her death atop Cheyenne Mountain, and the stone memorial left by Indians. It notes her burial in Colorado Springs and recalls the mountain grave as a symbol of her advocacy for Native Americans.
World correspondent H n Whigham quotes General Kuropatkin’s army blaming Russian officers and training for failures in Manchuria. The piece notes superb Russian soldiers but cites officers as outdated and indifferent to modern warfare, while F F Knight highlights Japanese troops' excellent morale.
The New York World argues the Russian army suffers from poor officer quality, contrasted with the French army where officers show intense dedication. It claims generals want capable leaders and notes the Russian command relies more on numbers than decisive purpose.
A fragmented discussion estimates war costs by simulating a Japanese warship bombardment. It computes price per gun, rate of fire, and minute-by-minute expenditure, using Kasuga as a reference to illustrate weapon costs and total outlay.
A 15 year old case centers on a missing ten thousand dollar bill taken from First National Bank of Denver after a man confronted President David H Moffat with a nitro threat and fled with nearly all the cash. Authorities say only one bill remains unredeemed, while the thief vanished and was never located per the Minneapolis Tribune.
An advertisement touts City Brewery Bottled Beer as refreshing and healthful. It claims the beer is pure, never altered by temperature during shipping, and available in quarts pints and half pints. It notes bottling works telephone 1771 and residence 1831 in Pendleton.
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