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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
5
In Pendleton a local committee drafted a model plan for saloon regulation during prohibition. After adoption, open fronts, no back entrances, and limits on saloons reduced unrest. Portland and other cities weigh similar strict rules to avoid renewed prohibition while Indian progress and public speaking health ideas are noted.
A timid young man asks how the father reacted to their engagement. The young woman recalls a dreadful conversation in which her father refused to consider living on love in a cottage on seven dollars a week, showing he has no heart.
A courteous waiter asks how the steak should be cooked and the diner replies that he dislikes raw meat, choosing a well done preference. The exchange captures a brief, humorous dining moment.
A ten year old author recounts a penny born in Philadelphia in 1909 that journeys to Oregon with a man who gives it to a girl. The coin passes through a bank on a shelf among money then moves to the girl and later to the sister and finally to a merchant in town.
A girl buys ribbon with a penny, loses it in sand by the river, waves wash over it, children later find the coin. A boy uses it to pay for horse shoes, then passes it through several hands until a Sunday school secretary retrieves it, ending the coin's wanderings.
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