Pendleton Daily and Weekly Rates and a Government Rescue
The Pendleton paper, published by East Oregonian Publishing Co, lists subscription rates and bureaus in Chicago and Washington. It notes the paper was placed under a government receiver during hard times, praising government management for saving the big system from ruin and in turn rescuing employees and the company. It ends by noting some skeptics dispute the idea of government rail management.
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Pendleton
Oregon
The
East Oregonian Publishing Co
Pendleton Spirit Drives City Progress Again
The Pendleton spirit showcases vitality across Pendleton and beyond. It spurred sewer funding, school building, road improvements, and business development, with $70,100 flowing from the Commercial association to support academy dormitories and local progress, reinforcing Pendleton’s renowned regional reputation.
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Pendleton
Heppner
Mitchell
San Freseco
Woll
Sesson
Pendleton Academy
Federal judge rules La Follette railroad liability unconstitutional
Jude John Meall, federal court judge in Memphis, TN, holds that the La Follette amendment to the railroad liability act is unconstitutional and that an employee cannot recover damages for negligence. He sees it as a major setback for corporate accountability and criticizes lifetime tenure of federal judges.
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Jude John Meall
Memphis, Tenn
Vi. Pita
Government ownership of railroads praised in history
Opponents miss a practical demonstration of government rail line management after backing Union Pacific promoters with cash and watching the road finish by private hands, yet the system later neared collapse in a few years.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Office Supplies Line Promises Full Range and Fair Prices
A local office supply shop advertises a complete stock for the new year including files, clips, bank boxes, pens, inks and accessories. It emphasizes no specialty, catering to busy businessmen with a broad, reasonably priced selection.
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Frank
The Electrical Age At Hand For College Men
The electrical age begins as water power is harnessed to run machinery and light cities. Electrical engineering offers a promising life with growing demand as idle power is developed across the Pacific Northwest. Sufficient power exists at Tumwater falls and Priest Rapids to run electric cars throughout Oregon Washington and Idaho.
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Inia Empire
Tumwater Falls
Columbia
Priest Rapids
Upper
Oregoni
Washington
Idaho
Million Dollar Seat and Senate Reform Debate
A fragmentary Op-Ed argues Simon Guggenheim’s million dollar bid for a Colorado Senate seat shows the harms of private money in U.S. politics. It cites investors across multiple states, calls for direct popular elections, and condemns corrupt election practices. It also notes Governor Hughes’s push for a New York recount to expose fraud and negates the idea that recounts guarantee change.
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Simon Guggenheim
United States Senate
Colorado
Bowser
Senate
Legion
Guesenhain
Rhodes L Island
Massachusetts
Maryland
New York
Teta
Pennsylvania
United States
Ofium
Hughes
New York City
McClellan
Hearst
Sing Sing
Mmatilla County Calls for Broad State Service
Mmatilla county urges the Legislature to back a statewide, cooperative approach. Eastern Oregon residents demand no regional confinement and seek an equivalent effort for all parts of the state, including a Willamette fleet and a Columbia open waterway.
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Oregon
Columbia
Umatila County
Cottolene Advertises Healthier Cooking Against Lard
An early 20th century advertisement extols Cottolene as a pure vegetable shortening from cotton fields in the Sunny South, arguing lard from hog fat harms digestion and urging American housewives to choose the healthier, digestible alternative for nutritious meals.
Kaleidoscopic Fragments From a Dreamy Newspaper Page
A mosaic of vivid, archaic imagery and scattered news items spans rivers, valleys, and ancient curiosities. It mentions royalty in Africa, a judge in Texas, a horn of plenty, and a mysterious instrument likened to Pan's pipe, all rendered in a lyrical, antiquated prose style across diverse locales.
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Aletia
London
Leon Horte
True value of property in the South grows in 1904 notes
A censue bulletin from the Manufacturers' Record shows the true property value in the South rising to 15.625 billion dollars in 1904 from 12.994 billion in 1903, with wealth growth easing in the following year as patent office staffing limits slow invention. The Memphis News-Scimitar references 1904 1905 figures, noting declines in patent filings and attributing the trend to examiner shortages rather than economy alone.
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United States
Patent Office
Memphia News-Scimitar
The Underpaid Profession in Teaching
A New York Times writer calls teaching the most underrated and underpaid profession in the United States. Former Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright notes lack of political influence keeps women’s wages low, while in four states with equal petition rights men and women teachers are paid alike for equal work.
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United States
New York Times
Carroll JD. Wright
Horace's Garden and a Idaho bank valuation note
Horace's Garden recounts Thrace and Sabine farm gifted by Maecenas around 23 years before Christ with a garden, spring, and wood patch as divine gifts. A separate note states the capitalization of the State Bank of Commerce at Wallace Idaho has risen from 40000 to 100000 dollars with shares at par value 100 dollars.
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Thrace
Maecenus
Christ
Andram
Horace
State Bank of Commerce
Wallace
Idaho
Bee
Hotel St. George Promoted As Up-To-Date Northwest Choice
European plan with steam heat throughout and modern conveniences. Rooms en suite with bath and hot and cold running water. Large new ample room features. Hotel offers telephone and fire alarm connections to office for guest safety. Described as one of the Northwest's most up-to-date hotels.
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Rample
St. George la
Northwest
The Hotel Pendleton Opens Refitted and Furnished
The Hotel Pendleton newly refitted and furnished offers telephone and fire alarm systems, single rooms, heated accommodations, traveling men’s facilities, sample rooms, and weekly or monthly rates. Dining room service and connected bar available. Located three blocks from depots.
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Pen- Aleten
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Frazier’s Book Store
Noah
Yon Fi Company
Pan
Speedy Justice
Texas
Leopold
Poheium
Congo
Africa
Henry Ray
Tolwide
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Mexander Department Store
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STOE
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court St
Pendleton, Ore
Northwestern Gas and Electric Co
Corner Court and Garden
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the Hotel Bowman
Mey Smith
Ry & N, Depot
Golden Rule Hotel
E. L. M'Broom
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