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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1913
Page
4
Editorial urges careful shopping and prudent buying practices, noting many buyers rush to purchase without verifying cost and value. It warns that hastily bought goods turn out to be poor quality and advises reading and trusting reputable East Oregonian advertisers for better outcomes.
The Pendleton daily notes city actions to support a branch hospital, including sewer upgrades and paving projects on Jackson and Haley streets. It discusses state and local moves on home rule, voter options, and calls for deeds over words to enforce laws, with references to governor powers over county officers and historic state provisions.
A speaker recalls the Gowers in a garden and roses speaking of beauty. Birds in a wood echo the same praise, and the sea murmurs an ancient mystery about you and me. The narrator cannot stay and returns to the beloved.
Advertisement claims deafness arises from blocked Eustachian tubes and cataracts, offering $100 for any case cured by Mail's Catarrh Cure. It warns permanent hearing loss if untreated and promotes Cheney's preparations and family pills for constipation.
A discussion of gubernatorial authority across states cites Delaware Maryland Massachusetts and Oregon. It argues for a strengthened governor’s power to remove officials and to appoint a temporary attorney general when the chosen officer is unfaithful to duty. The proposed reform aims to ensure faithful execution of laws.
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports Britain's plan to pay $7.50 to parents of newborns and weekly sums to mothers in the early weeks of a child's life. Officials say subsidies could aid up to about 1,000,000 of 1,200,000 annual births, but critics warn this may worsen overpopulation and fail to fix deeper industrial inequities.
The Russian monk Iliodor of Teuritzin has abandoned the priesthood and renounced the orthodox faith. In a final lay sermon to his former flock he admits remorse for fanatic sermons and persecuting Jews in Volga centers. He criticizes intellectual Russia as irreligious and calls for moral redemption.
The article compares Raymond Poincare, newly elected president of France, with his predecessor Fallieres. It notes Fallieres came from rural masses and showed little ambition while discharging duties, whereas Poincare’s temperament and methods differ sharply, implying greater aggressiveness and creative energy are needed in modern leadership.
Uncle Israel defends stealing chickens as a response to famine and asks the judge to back the land. The judge questions his interpretation of the Lord and whether he will support the Land or reject him, framing the moral risk of taking a chance.
The Atlanta Constitution lauds Poincare as a skilled diplomat tactician and philosopher who shaped Balkan Turkish peace efforts and the Moroccan Imbroglio with Germany. It praises his broad knowledge of France’s economy and industry, calling him a prudent democrat fit to lead during European unrest.
The Philadelphia Record notes shifting the North Atlantic route one degree south to cut voyage time by minutes, while crews face the iceberg danger. Since April 15 last year travelers resist speedups. running 60 miles south of the current path would greatly lessen iceberg risk as bergs vary by season. Neither travelers nor steamship firms want to risk encounters.
A playful piece explains renthophobia as a fear of blushing and notes how an ill timed blush could end badly. It recounts a young advocate in a boarding house whose arrival to find the landlady on the floor hints at danger and sets a cautionary tone.
An ad touts Cascarets as a superior laxative that cleanses the stomach and eliminates undigested food, bile, and toxins from the intestines. It claims painless overnight action, no gagging, and a low 10 cent price, urging widespread household use and noting children enjoy taking them.
A London Telegraph note recounts a man who, after his throat was cut, calls the police and faces a stammering advocate who blushes under cross examination. The real culprit confesses, exposing dangers of a medical phobia and alleged negligence by Dr Chaumat as blamed by the paper.
Gilbert the librettist laments the hand shake and its decline in meaning, citing its theft of Pinafore profits and praising St Louis leaders for barring handshakes. He condemns flabby hands and insincere gestures as meaningless and compares them to flabby kisses exchanged between women.
A child named Mary pleads at prayer for fewer siblings, saying her father does not know how to treat the children he already has. The remark reflects a domestic crisis implied in the piece. The tone is somber and reflective, focusing on family strain and the limits of parental care.
Mothers should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease colds feverishness constipation teething disorders headaches and stomach troubles. Used by mothers for 22 years these powders never fail sold by drug stores 25 cents sample mailed to A. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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