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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
4
The notice lists Daily and Weekly subscription rates by mail for various terms, with prices like .15 and .76 and references to semi weekly and four month options. It notes offices and bureaus in Portland San Francisco Chicago and Washington and gives advertising copy deadline times of 4 45 p m the preceding day for Monday issues and similar deadlines for Saturday.
A compact line of verse asserts a fixed inner will. It claims each person holds in themselves the power to summon what they need or deserve, a steadfast, unshakable force guiding choices and fate.
The article details a widening U S Navy program with 11 first and second class battleships, armored and protected cruisers, torpedo and sub warships, plus 97 auxiliaries. Two giant battleships Michigan and South Carolina are projected, possibly carrying 14 and 14 inch guns, with most vessels nearing completion within three years.
The San Francisco Examiner predicts swift and overwhelming retribution on Russia for perfidy and oppression. It condemns the czar as a pitiable public figure and notes Russian military defeats as the fleet and armies suffer losses. The piece emphasizes divine justice grinding slowly yet surely against the imperial government.
The article portrays a Russia steeped in fear and violence under the czar. Unrest spreads from the capital to distant provinces as loyal officials are killed and mutinies rise, with Poland open rebellion and a navy mutiny at Odessa highlighting systemic autocracy. The piece argues the mutiny on the battleship Kniaz Potemkin foreshadows wider revolt across the vast empire under a decaying regime.
The piece hails the Lewis and Clark fair as a prime educational exhibit for Western youth. It says the displays compress the vast range of modern industry into a single, comprehensible overview. It notes the unique, once in a generation chance to study this broad science and arts panorama in Portland’s fall buildings.
The piece outlines a dated Western view of Japanese women, specifying appearance traits such as height under five feet, fair skin, oval face, straight nose, large nearly black eyes, long black hair arranged in a Fujiyama shaped style, and attributes of modesty and submission as deemed essential by Japanese society.
The late Senator Hoar disliked profanity more than most. He avoided public rebuke, even when confronted by an inflammatory colleague. In a committee room moment, he invited calm talk by saying they would assume everything and everyone is damned before discussing the issue.
An Iowa man visiting the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds balks at the 60 cent admission. He asks his friend Roberts to help him locate the organizers and obtain a pass, recalling his habit of receiving theater passes and dead-head tickets.
The article argues Germany’s Bismarckian policy aims to provoke France into another conflict to curb its power. It notes French resilience and military history, predicts potential war, and contrasts German and French destinies. It mentions Kaiser Wilhelm, British-French entente, and French inspiration from past heroic acts.
The article explains three common water units in irrigation. It defines the inch as the volume through a one inch opening under uniform pressure, the cubic foot per second as the discharge rate, and the acre foot and acre inch as measures of depth over land. It notes pressure differences and the growing use of the cubic foot per second.
A Tom Watson’s Magazine passage argues for direct legislation. It contends the people should initiate laws and veto via referendum and recall elected officers immediately if they betray trust, avoiding reliance on legislature or congress and stopping ignorance of law.
The San Francisco Star declares Funston’s 1901 Aguinaldo capture a sham. It alleges Aguinaldo tired of fighting and sent for Funston, comparing it to a staged river escape that never happened and noting Aguinaldo could not swim.
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