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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes list various subscription terms including daily and semi weekly options by mall or by carrier with durations from one month to one year. Entries show misspellings and inconsistent spacing such as Dally Daly Daily Semi-Weekly and telephone mentions.
The poem portrays enduring hardship during a blizzard and a harsh storm. It urges perseverance despite despair, urging readers to press on from dark to dawn and to toast the world’s health even when hope fades.
Judge M C George's testimony before the water board accuses him of carelessness in lawmaking while a congressman. The piece discusses the 1885 Byers mill act, Indian birthright issues, possible amendments by dead senators, and urges state irrigation by the Reclamation conservation commission, arguing the state should fund water projects for settlers rather than promoters, with cheap borrowing and deferred payments for land and water.
An advertorial urging careful bargain hunting in the EAST OREGONIAN. It extols merchants advertising in the paper as trustworthy, backed by strong reputations, and promises real buying opportunities for readers seeking value in 1913.
An editorial review reflects on popular opposition to war, noting Italian and Turkish pressures, Young Turks, and Balkan tensions. It highlights that governments often seek peace while citizens push to end hostilities, and mentions labor and socialist influence, imminent income tax approval, and forecasts of a bumper wheat crop as a groundhog day note.
In a humorous St. Louis Post Dispatch anecdote, Harry Jackson, a poor bridge player, clashes with a sharp partner who berates every misplay. After a foul, the partner demands following leads but Jackson quips he will hold black cards for the partner’s funeral, keeping the king’s mood in the next round.
The Englishman later recalled Mansfield misjudging a blooming plant as funny, but they did not send it in.
A 59 year old actor quips that hair and a slim stomach keep him young. He then shares a cartoonish tale of a fat man who jokes about a bowlegged man who mocks his barrellike belly and is mocked in return with a dig about swallowing.
The New York World reports Wall Street harbors a growing public opinion favoring curbing the Money Trust as Woodrow Wilson repeats his resolve to tackle unlawful power in finance. Witnesses including Morgan, Schiff, Reynolds, Baker and Scheer erode the notion of unchallengeable power, while Perkins remains resistant. The piece notes a shift toward candor and a potential realignment of bankers toward reform.
The obituary recalls Richard Mansfield's sharp humor seen in a brief anecdote about a $500 prize for best umbrella story. He joked to an English friend that he would submit, only for the friend to read his note: "Once I bought an umbrella."
The year 1912 promises notable anniversaries in American and European history. It recalls the 100th anniversaries of the War of 1812 battles and the 50th of Civil War clashes, with Napoleon’s fortunes waning in Europe as he loses Leipzig and retreats across the Rhine amid Spain’s setback. Americans named include Fremont, Johnston, Douglas, Morrill, Blair, Porter, Beecher, Trumbull, Thurman, Chandler, and Kirkwood. A veteran recalls sunstroke ending blindness in India and shares a poultry farming plan, while he tests grain by taste and eggs by water tests to judge freshness.
The article profiles Sir Francis J. Campbell a renowned blind educator and head of the Royal Academy of Music for the Blind at Upper Norwood. It notes his ascent of Mr Blane and his familiarity with Alpine peaks as he nears his eightieth birthday, having lost sight at age four, and mentions Capt. F. Pierson-Webber as a county adviser and poultry culture lecturer illustrating a typical instance of perseverance.
The noted artist warns painters against frank criticism. He recalls an outspoken painter whose daughter visited a friend's house. Guided to a drawing room, she admired an expensive Kirmanshah rug under bright light and then whispered that it does not look quick. Minneapolis Journal.
Observed behavior shows a man who repeatedly says he will never perform a certain act ends up doing it when sufficient time passes. The pattern suggests eventual compliance despite initial refusals.
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