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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1913
Page
4
An Oregon newspaper commentary argues the legislature is controlled by a cadre of special agents serving interests not the people. It calls for fewer, better paid lawmakers and abolition of the special agent system to end inefficiency and the long ballot, predicting drastic reforms when the public awakens.
The New York World notes growing interest as a large audience gathered at Columbia University to hear Prof Henri Bergson, the renowned French philosopher, deliver his first lecture.
The World notes a ten to one female excess at the Sorolla exhibit and similar intellectual gatherings, praising women as custodians of national culture while criticizing malformed newspaper reporting and attacks on Governor West. It also hints at Taft era intervention schemes tied to Mexican politics.
East Oregonian editor outlines Christian Scientists concerns about a proposed national health department tied to the Owen bill. He warns the American Medical Association drives legislation to create a centralized health authority to control medical practice, with states already restricting Christian Science healers. The piece argues this movement aims to expand federal power and threaten alternative healing systems.
Albert von Hoffman of St. Louis, a balloon enthusiast born in Germany, recounts his awkward dinner with the Chinese Minister to Mexico at President Diaz’s Chapultepec residence. He notes language barriers and a humorous exchange when he asks about English, only to be met with the minister’s reply that he speaks Chinese, English and German.
A treasury report notes 20 million dollars yearly for a health service dominated by allopathic medicine. The author argues against compulsory state medicine and AMA steering, urging respect for individual liberty, sanitation, and pure food without government medical subsidies. Paul S. Seeley signs the letter.
A verse from the Rolla Herald recounts a tireless farm auto that rises before four, milks cows, washes clothes, plows fields, reaps, hauls, churns butter, pumps water, grinds corn, and even soothes a crying baby. It works from morning light to twilight then powers the dynamo outside as the farmer rests.
A star gazer touts a phil ter that will make a husband love his wife exclusively for $2. A practical housewife balks, but offers a share if the philter also brings in salary on paydays.
The ad claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes most cases to catarrh and inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, promising $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall’s Catarrh Cure cannot address. It promotes Cheney Toledo as the maker and urges readers to take pills for congestion.
A poetical reminiscence titled Dreamer by the Fireside reflects a parent’s longing for children, blending memories of old and new times. The speaker imagines family reunion at home and hopeful meeting beyond life, credited to Frank L. Stanton.
Maude questions Mamie about a poem by the young Mr. Guffson. Mamie concedes the verse touched her, though she calls it not a good poem. The judge notes the effort mattered as much as Shakespeare’s toil.
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