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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text shows a Portland Oregon newspaper page with scattered names and notices. Mentions the Mast Oregonian, Portland, Portland landmarks, and uneven references to dates, prices, and publication details.
The Morning Tribune is accused of political spite against the Pendleton school board and Walter Pierce, alleging insinuations of misconduct to sway the coming county campaign. The writer defends the board’s tax levy for two new mills and insists the board followed the law and prudent budgeting despite the Tribune’s critique.
James J Hull ends active management of the Great Northern and western railroads on January 1. His bold expansion into the Dakotas Minnesota and beyond shaped early American railroad history, pushing into an almost unmapped frontier where development followed bold lines and settlements lagged.
The excerpt honors James J. Hill as an industrial prophet who built railroads and connected roads across the prairie territory. It credits him with opening up the country to hundreds of thousands of settlers, filling warehouse towns with merchants and produce, advancing agriculture, and introducing new farming ideas. It portrays him as civilizing and uplifting waste places and shaping American history.
A Portland man returns to his wife in Kansas after 25 years apart. Her years of longing and devotion are recalled as the husband’s arrival unfolds with deep emotion. The East Oregonian notes its county correspondence and the value of local news reporting across towns.
An 1812 era shell was hauled from Curt Bay by H R Stull of Covington. The shell, identified as English, weighed 22 1/2 pounds and held a black powder charge and 176 embedded lead bullets. The device used a wooden cap with a fuse to ignite the charge, causing the shell to explode in firing detail.
Congressman Mixey of Virginia denounces the agricultural committee for years of inaction on Virginia needs. Chairman Wadsworth tries to calm the clash as Mixey retorts that Rome wasn’t built in a day and Romulus and Remus would not have advanced the project. The Argonaut.
A French inventor describes a phonographic postcard that records voices on a cardboard card using a nonorine layer. The groove begins at the edge and grows inward, allowing 75 to 80 words per card. The card fits in postal spaces, carrying spoken news when opened.
Reports from Australia describe a London developed dried milk process sold as powder requiring only water to reconstitute. An Australian medical officer notes improved outcomes in asylums for consumption and hospitals. Prof. Gustav Hambach of St. Louis, aged 74, was struck by a freighter, suffering severe injuries as a noted geologist and university instructor.
A garbled OCR passage recounts a testimonial for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, naming Golden Seal,Blued Cherry Bark, and Stone Root as components. It presents an anecdotal account from a San Francisco reader praising cures for illness and stomach issues, claiming relief from chronic symptoms after using the product.
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