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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
4
The article analyzes Mexican political turmoil tied to English influence and Standard Oil backing, noting Madero's ascent with oil funders, his later stand against them, and Diaz’s fall amid foreign backing. It questions Wilson’s push for constitutional government and criticizes corporate meddling in Mexico’s affairs.
In a discussion of power terminology, a 1827 quotation from Furey on the Steam Engine describes Watt’s experiments with London brewers’ horses. A horse walking 2.5 mph could raise 160 pounds via a pulley, lifting water at 220 feet per minute, equating this exertion to 33,000 pounds of water raised per hour.
The article traces early horsepower estimates from James Watt and Smeaton, noting a horsepower near one foot per minute and 22,000 pounds per minute. It explains kilowatts as about one and one third horsepower and clarifies their usage in electrical and motor contexts.
P S Bonesteel of the National Rating League works with Pendleton merchants to compile a Red Guide Book credit report. Merchants will submit debt notices before names are published to allow avoidance of poor pay listings in the forthcoming issue.
An excerpt from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a wry exchange about a serious seeming man labeled a leading reformer. The dialogue contrasts his focus on “the man higher up” with another character’s suspicion of a thief.
A collage of lines mentions twenty four blackbirds and a pie, recalls high costs of living, and notes a weight loss specialist profiting in ten days. The passage ends with a quip about opposites attracting and flight from wealth.
A partial quoted lyric states that the speaker was seen as a lovely girl before marrying. The line reflects social reputation and marriage themes from the era, implying personal judgment and romantic union in a compact verse fragment.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that social climbing offers women broad career openings and that in this niche they enjoy a near monopoly, reflecting early 20th century attitudes toward women’s professional roles.
A western visitor tours a historic port and questions local diet. The host notes diners eat fish and jokes about appearances, remarking how different people would look without fish. A closing aphorism notes that the least informed often claim the most knowledge and that industry’s fruits vary by family.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item recounts a humorous scene in a grocer's shop where a woman claims a yellow substance is soap that washes itself. The grocer identifies the substance as cheese taken by her child, explaining a prior purchase. The comment about Welsh rarebit ties the gag to the cheese-scented mix up.
The fragment shows a staged dialogue where a wife accuses the husband of ceasing love. He responds with a wry quip that he has only stopped making love to her, while he enjoys a cigar and reads the newspaper. The snippet resembles a light, dated stage script from Boston.
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