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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1903
Page
4
A court in Russia discharged Count Tolstoy from insanity charges, saying a man who gives money for a worthy cause may not be any more insane than one who keeps it. The ruling praised charity as a wise decision.
The Eas Oregonian urges no change to Pendleton’s charter, citing overwhelming support from the Pendleton Commercial Association and city council against alteration. It warns that a three-property-owner grievance clause would invite costly litigation and rekindle old municipal conflicts, urging two more years of charter stability and council-led governance.
Fragmentary statement argues the people hold the countrys power for order and good government. It asserts the need for authority to direct all agencies, to hold leaders accountable, and to ensure government can set its course and steer its work.
A historic Oregon debate highlights a push by Senator Steiner to raise school land values from 1.25 to 8.25 per acre and lien lands from 2.50 to 5 per acre. The piece laments past sales underprice, warns of land grab profits, and urges reform while noting effects on schools and teachers amid scarce funds. It also touches on Utah Mormon claims and a proposed Central Oregon wireless news station amid local Lane County concerns.
The writer discusses a February East Oregonian editorial amid a heated debate on class legislation. The piece critiques the draft medical licensure bill, noting misattributions of sponsorship and describes proposed safeguards requiring formal credentials and state-board examinations for physicians.
Prince Max of Saxony, a Catholic priest and royal prince, served as confessor to the murderer Chatton. He accompanied Chatton to the guillotine after hearing the confession, embodying his lifelong vow of self denial and spiritual duty.
An old advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood purifier to cure rheumatism by removing uric acid poisons from blood. It describes severe joint pain, swelling, and nerve distress, claiming permanent relief once healthy circulation is restored and toxins are washed from muscles and tissues. The copy promotes the Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta, Ga. as the source.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a German princely house that remained strongly Catholic after the Reformation. It notes pre Napoleonic times and references Sheen as a kingdom, with electors among papal adherents.
Sadie Van Buskirk writes of a child’s gleeful take on quarantine amid smallpox fears and school absence. The item notes Mrs Sarah Z. Johnson, a pioneer of Dixie in Walla Walla, died Sunday of pneumonia.
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