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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1904
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment lists various delivery frequencies and durations such as weekly semi weekly monthly and quarterly. It includes an address line for a Chicago bureau and mentions a Washington security building with a postal label. The text appears as scattered phrases about mail intervals and carrier options.
Nebraskans split over accepting John D Rockefeller’s gift to the state university. Critics denounce the $66 4607 06 bequest as tainted wealth used to bolster churches and universities. They urge rejection and moral stand against Rockefeller's alleged exploitation of the weak.
The article rails at philanthropy and education as money driven, cites Tolstoy and the University of Chicago visit as critique, condemns Rockefeller endowments, and calls for removing Senator Banko. It also notes Tom Johnson’s influence in Ohio, Hanna’s opposition, and a Life magazine blurb on rising fortunes and friendships.
A historical testimonial extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other medicines as uniquely effective for female diseases including uterine trouble, with a Mount Hope, Lancaster County endorsement claiming restored health and mobility. The notice promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser and solicits stamps to obtain bound volumes.
The excerpt discusses Oregon election expectations as a presidential campaign forerunner, noting state enthusiasm despite governor absence. It shifts to Peter the Great, recounting a controversially academicsson missteps about naval water culture, and cites his empire suffering 8,000 deaths in two years.
A Paris correspondent of the New York Tribune reports that in May 1900 a horse meat slaughterhouse began operations in Paris, the first regular horse slaughtering house in the city. The move is expected to boost horse flesh consumption, with horses previously rare in markets. Prices cited show horse meat cheaper than beef, and old horse meat rising in value.
The text outlines Paris horsemeat cuisine with entries from the Vefour restaurant near the Palais Royal. It notes aged meat from owl companies, then describes menus including hors doeuvre, soups, filet de cheval, langue de cheval fumee, Choux de Bruxelles, and desserts. It mentions an inscription for the first horse the a meal and portraits of Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, plus a discussion of wine pairings and a larger Oregon mining context.
A fragmented schedule shows events in Portland and Hood River including socialist, democratic, republican state conventions and a meeting of Oregon growers assembly. It also notes an Oregon encampment G A R gathering in Hood River with dates spanning March through June.
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