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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
4
A Parliamen tary Club lecture by Th. WL G Cole argued that health rests on individual habits not municipal show. Clean streets and water matter less than home cleanliness, diet, and temperate living. School rules cannot fix home practices. civic purity requires citizen effort alongside women’s clubs and officials.
The piece argues Fulton’s election as U S senator signals a shift for Portland and Multnomah County, once decisive in state politics. It laments Multnomah's dominance fading and questions whether the state’s political power structure faces a defeat after years of patronage and manipulation.
A fragmented treatise notes Portland’s political setback and urges an industrial, cooperative path to revival. It argues the defeat could be temporary, promises a political realignment toward commerce, railroads, and reclamation, and predicts Oregon’s prosperity through united regional enterprise. It contrasts Washington’s senators with Oregon’s, and highlights a shift away from force toward industrial fraternity.
A Boston gentleman named A. C. Carey proposes a novel substitute for hard coal as a fuel. The article notes Carey’s inventive solution and places it among other explored alternatives, suggesting curiosity about its practicality and novelty in meeting national energy needs.
A Boston inventor, McCarey, asserts a burner method can extract heat from water to produce fuel without additives. Using a Hunson burner inspired by Prof Bunsen, water is split and combusted on platinum to yield energy, with any water type usable. The claim notes vast development potential but acknowledges aging researcher may halt ongoing work.
The Scientific American notes the loss of vast forest giants as lumbermen harvest primeval groves. A government expedition retrieved a colossal living section from a Southern California giant, over 60 tons and 66 foot circumference, to be featured in the forestry hall. Professor H C Bumpus explains the growth history via yearly ring tagging, showing events in geology and science. Columbus era cross section indicates the tree began in 600 A D and was 13 feet dia at that voyage. Nearby trees reportedly age to thousands of years. Quito plans a new cotton mill with muleback transport up Chimborazo to 16,000 feet.
An old health advertisement compares consumption to planting on healthy soil, urging nourishment, fresh air, sleep, and reduced stress. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a food medicine rich in elements for blood and digestion, claiming it strengthens the lungs and body and offers a free sample upon request.
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