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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1906
Page
5
San Francisco and Chicago bureaus and Pendleton West office promote a county circular to recruit homeseekers. It urges immigration agents to distribute advertising to draw investors, promising fair treatment and unique resources for men of means, with direct outreach to those with money to invest.
A compact literary line reflects enduring affection and duty as love endures through burdensome tasks. It evokes devotion through imagery of carrying and bending under weight, suggesting steadfast partnership and resilience. The verse presents a timeless meditation on shared labor and fidelity.
Returning delegates from the Sunday school convention at Athena praise the town for unstinting hospitality. The writer commends Athena and Umatilla county as a treasure, noting warm welcomes and genuine receptions over formalities, strengthening community ties amid commerce.
The county association plans a bold campaign to attract homeseekers by placing paid pamphlets on trains and sending authorized agents directly to tourists. They will explain county sections, answer questions, and steer buyers to suitable locations, asserting official backing beats private firms.
An unused state appropriation of 1500 for a fair in Umatilla and Morrow counties remains idle. Proponents urge forming an association, building a pavilion and track, and using funds for agricultural and educational exhibits, livestock facilities, and stock sheds. A prior effort raised about 11000 for grounds, now largely abandoned.
The article touts electricity transforming life in New York area railways and homes. It notes a first electric home in upper New York state by H. W. Hillman, predicting universal electric lighting, heating, and power, with electric devices in every room and corner, signaling a shift from gas to electric living.
The article details a residence outfitted with numerous electric devices. An alarm switch by the bed, electric sewing room motor, flatiron, telephone, electric oven and radiator, bath immersion heater, instant hot water, and a massage motor attached to a lamp offer convenience and safety. Mr Hillman emphasizes comfort and quick heating in summer and winter.
Edwin Carlile Litsey portrays a spring reveler in fierce, untamed play across hillside forest and rain. The wild heroine, wind blown and sap charged, greets the rain with outstretched arms as nature groans, until gentle April arrives to temper the storm.
In the crowded closing days of the Inez session, Senator Hale of Maine pressed Senator Spooner of Wisconsin to skip a dinner with Mrs Spooner to stay on the floor. Spooner, loving duty, called his wife to cancel, then learned Hale had taken her out to dinner.
Charles Edward Russell recounts a flawed four year rail mail weighing scheme exposed in Everybody's March issue, detailing fake consignments sent to inflate government payments. The report notes Annie McGlynn, a Wallace hospital housekeeper, who suffered severe scalds when a two million can of boiling coffee overturned.
An advertisement features Julia Marlowe praising Peruna as a nerve tonic. It argues nervousness in women stems from anemia, links digestion to nerve vitality, and claims Peruna both nourishes nerves and provides lasting vigor. It invites readers to buy and to request refund details from Dr. S. B. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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