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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
The text lists subscription rates and mailing details for the East Oregonian published in Pendleton Oregon. It notes daily and weekly mail options, prices by month and year, and office addresses in Portland Chicago and Seattle.
Rev. William Wilkinson argues for selective settlement to keep lands productive and relieve elite pressures. He warns against excess urban crowding and promotes proportional distribution, using irrigation to attract people to underpopulated areas.
A Pendleton policeman is acquitted after a trial sparked by a dangerous incident. The era’s crime tone shifts from shock to debate on punishment. Separately Oregon and Idaho politics touch on anti gambling efforts and militia questions as crime and reform dominate public discourse.
A sprawling, pieced narrative notes financial ruin and desperate schemes tied to false securities amid the Oregon country. It mentions government taxes, class tensions, and the push for macadam road building as a test of progress. It laments strained markets from Alaska to the Orient and questions supply, pricing, and rail and coastal market dynamics affecting cattle and grain.
The advertisement boasts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as definitive cures for torture disfiguring skin conditions including psoriasis, ringworm, infantile afflictions, and scalp crusts. It claims purity, safety, speed, and economy, prescribing hot water cleanses and routines for surface and blood treatment to restore rest and permanent relief.
The Meridian correspondent for the New York World describes a tiny gold plated locomotive owned by Wo AL Smith of Meridian New York. The craft piece runs on kerosene and weighs about as tall as a finger with a three inch long tender.
A historical notice discusses Crescent Baking Powder as safer, purer, and less harmful than rival brands. It emphasizes its clean composition, non irritant ingredients, and superior effectiveness for baking while warning against dangerous, inferior powders.
A 1909 newspaper notice offers a $50 prize for solving a word path puzzle. Contestants must count distinct paths spelling "Rader" and "Furniture" in a grid by moving right or down, using contiguous letters, with multiple winners announced by July 26, 1909. No staff will participate.
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