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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
4
Residents in Pendleton's residence district protest city surveyor delays blocking needed sidewalk construction before harvest and Round-up rush. Critics urge immediate action and call for stronger anti logrolling measures, citing ethical breaches and legislative reform. The piece also notes debates over a nude art print and regional unrest in Europe amid Balkan and Turkish conflicts.
The harvest is late this year and yields are affected by conditions in Tillamook County. A driver at the wheel should focus on navigation. Weather in eastern Oregon offers limited relief, underscoring climate advantages.
The Outlook notes how busy Americans shorten long society names such as M C A and EL WW. Germans are also abbreviating cumbersome titling and have turned the Allgemeine Luftfahrtausstellung into Ala and the Deutsche Ausschuss fur den Mathematischen um Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht into Damm, a form with no impious connotation in German.
The piece argues that good roads are an economic must not a luxury for farmers. It notes U S farmers pay far more to haul ten miles than overseas shipments and that every pound of food travels roads. It explains depreciation of horse and vehicle value and lost time from poor roads, affecting cost of living.
A letter examines why strangers captivate American village girls. The writer notes romance, idealized views, and danger of infatuation with outsiders, contrasting imagined perfection with reality while suggesting sentiment fuels the attraction to newcomers.
A unnamed woman, long tied to routine, meets a stranger whose modern speech and new scenes awaken deep feelings. He proclaims love, reviving memories of past loves and childhood bonds, and the sudden, lasting romance brings extraordinary joy beyond ordinary friendship. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A California couple in a Spain inn cannot speak the language. To order meat, roast beef, they draw a cow with a number two. The waiter deciphers and returns with two tickets for a bullfight, illustrating cross language humor.
A London Graphic piece mocks aging attitudes among youth and society. It contrasts the cynicism of Eton boys at age twelve with the blasé high school girl who has read forbidden books. It also chides idle clubgoers who mistake life for a burden and nap after lunch.
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