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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates by mail and weekly options, mentioning denominations and a Washington DC address. It then discusses the First Church of Christ Scientist, noting a growth in the second decade of the century, a claim of about 90 percent healing among 4000 members, and responses from adherents about healing after physician failure.
An ancient view from Plato describes humans as a four-armed four-legged creature living divided into two halves. The upper half feared the lower half and the halves were cut apart to form men and women. Each half sought its missing partner to reunite.
A historical overview details Christian Science in Chicago from its early micro movement to a robust presence by 1900. It covers church foundations from the First church in 1897 to the Fifth, costs and capacities, the Madison Street reading room, and the movement's expanding readership and book sales.
A committee endorsed the American plan for a permanent Hague court by 26 votes to 12, following speeches by James Brown Scott and M Bourgeois. French statesmen praised the move as a potential century defining institution and lauded the U S role in proposing it.
Description of Saratoga social scene during racing season with elite attendees. Clarence Mackay and Mrs Widener among guests, August Belmont present, fashionably dressed society women in view of the track. After the races, attendees travel to polo grounds or lakefront restaurant seven miles away.
The passage notes a governor proclamation and traces May Day origins back to 1854 with Kalaluts of Labor in New York. It mentions 1887 labor laws in Colorado and other states, plus celebrations in Europe starting in 300 with eight hour demos. It cites May Day as celebrated by various parties in the United States and abroad.
SAILON JOAQUIN. If Oregon people heed Miller's plea a Sierra poet may win a spot in United Sintra memite. The piece praises Miller as broad minded, honest, and a fighter yet shrewd and businesslike, calling him a worthy, even if controversial, figure among American writers.
Excerpts from Ray Stannard Baker in American Magazine accuse the saloon of fueling racial tension and crime. He cites Atlanta police court findings and a 40-saloon sweep showing 2465 Black patrons and 164 white men drinking, with nude white-women pictures displayed at some sites.
James A Banta, veteran engineer of the Inole Central railroad, was struck and killed by an engine while crossing tracks yesterday. Aged 62, he had driven or stoked trains for 44 years and narrowly escaped multiple prior wrecks before this fatal end on the line he helped operate for a decade under retirement pension looming.
Erasmus notes rude table conduct such as blowing the nose on a tablecloth and wiping flecks on a neighbor. He warns against feeding animals at the table and licking plates, a standard of manners. A Missouri editor jokes that stacking 1.09 million dollars would reach 276 feet high, and a bedspring collapse adds a humorous note.
Marion Butler backs Roosevelt for a third term while Major Hemphill pursues Latimer’s Senate seat in South Carolina. Ex Senator Carmack declines a vice presidential bid. Judge Landis, who fined Standard Oil, surfaces as a possible Illinois governor candidate. Kuehnle edges into Iowa governor race as seven top Republicans loom. Churchill shifts from novelist to politics with possible national role ahead. New Jersey Republicans fret over platform and candidate selection, wary of excise questions in bishop’s law era.
The Hotel Pendleton has been re fitted and refurnished throughout. Telephone and fire alarm connections with all rooms. Headquarters for traveling men, commodious sample rooms. Free bus special rates by the week or month, excellent cuisine. Prompt dining room service, bar and billian room. Room in connection. Only three blocks from depot.
The article notes Sunday opening fears costful support from strong Republican counties and discusses Fairbanks potential to win the presidency from the vice presidency. It recalls three vice presidents elected president historically, starting with John Adams under Washington and later Adams and Jefferson, highlighting that Fairbanks’ path would be nearly unprecedented.
Dr Goldwin Smith born August 15 1823 is an Englishman by birth who married in Canada and has lived near Toronto for about forty years. Educated at Eton and Oxford he visited the United States in 1864 chair at Oxford was resigned and he became a Cornell professor before moving to Canada. His writings cover England America civil relations and a wide range of subjects.
A reflective quote critiques separating intellect from manual labor and labels one as a gentleman and the other an operative. It warns that such division breeds ungentleness and social misery from morbid thinkers and unhappy workers. It notes a boy near rail yards feels clever beside a disabled man, from Alphison Globe.
A brief reflective line notes that every knock can lift some people, turning setbacks into unexpected boosts and propelling individuals upward.
The United States marks Labor Day on the first Monday of September as a legal holiday in all states and territories except Nevada and North Dakota. In Louisiana it applies to Orleans Parish and surrounding areas.
The Hotel St George operated by George Darveau offers European plan rooms with bath steam heat and modern conveniences. Sample rooms display large suites with hot and cold running water and telephone fire alarm connections to the office.
The Hotel Portland in Portland Oregon advertises American plan from $3 per day and up for tourists and travelers. It invites families and single gentlemen with special rates and promises to show rooms and prices. Manager H C Bowers notes a modern Turkish bath establishment within the hotel.
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