Pendleton scheme fears threaten city water project
Pendleton residents are urged to watch a alleged scheme to delay the gravity water system tied to Pacific Power and Light Co. The argument notes potential losses to the town, electric rates, and the future of a municipal plant, urging councilmen to investigate independently and protect water health and growth. Local relief efforts for destitute families and Christmas kindness are highlighted alongside national remarks on a currency bill signed by President Wilson.
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Pendleton
Eastern
Oregon State Hospital
Thorn Hollow
Pacific Power & Light Co
Electric Company
Pendleton Teller Association
Relief Society
Burlesque of Philippine policy sparks calls for inquiry
The Washington banquet satire on the Philippine policy by officers prompts President Wilson to seek an investigation and reprimand. Critics say officers swore to uphold government policy yet flouted it by praising battleship models and public mockery. A city council source notes electric company influence on the Thorn Hollow water project, urging disinterested investigation.
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Thorn Hollow
Wilson
New York World
Army
Navy
Islands
Enat Oregonian
Vincent
Pacific Power & Light Co
Haseen
Tims
Actualizing One's Ideals in January Woman's Home Companion
A summary note on the January issue of Woman's Home Companion highlighting Ralph Waldo Trine's piece on turning ideals into action for happiness, plus other articles by Frank A Waugh Rose O Neill Laura Porter and Dr 8 Josephine Baker. Includes fiction by Deland Vorse Bradley Seawell Tompkins and others and children features like Kewples for the Christmas Tree and The Kewples and Santa Claus. Cooking housekeeping and fashion sections are rich with ideas.
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January Woman's Home Companion
Ralph Waldo Trine
January Companion
Frank A Waugh
Rose O'Neill
Laura Porter
Josephine Baker
Iona Gale
Santa Claus
Jack and
Betty
Clara Andrews Williams
George Alfred Williams
Vy Fanny Y. Cory
Claire Wallace Flynn
Reading habit shifts with modern life
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler critiques slovenly reading and rapid tastes while noting colonial scholars thrived on few great books. He laments hurried absorption, cramming, and loss of reflective reading amid 1913 fast pace and urban leisure constraints. Panama-Pacific Expo adopts blue gold orange palette with a sun and battleship motif.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Columbia
Panama Canal
Jules Guerin
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KAT Oregonian Publishing Co
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Eastern News Co
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Washington St
6Th Imperial Hotel
Newman Nene de Mortland
File Athier
Security Building
Washington, Bb
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Deby
Giver
Edith Wyatt
Colliers
Washington
Netherlands
American Mortgage Bank
Frank R. Atkins
Weems
Rev. Beach
R. H. Davis
Mark Twain
Cincinnati Times-Star
Sicily
Europe
Balkans
Bond Brothers
Hanscom the Jeweler
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Warren
Music House
First National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
Holiday Presents
Rolla
Jesse
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