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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
4
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The article argues that distance and lack of contact fuel disputes and misjudgments. Steamships and cables unite people, reducing misunderstandings. Traveling, unbiased people learn about other cultures, eroding prejudices and revealing a shared humanity.
The text recounts Vice President Fairbanks touring Oregon and Idaho with four minute water stops at Grande and towns such as Union Baker City Huntington Weiser Payette Nampa Caldwell Shoshone Pocatello. He delivers consistent glowing tributes to America in varied landscapes from La Grande to Huntinston and Baker City.
Thousands of Elks members condemn the grand lodge decision to keep the elk tooth emblem. Wyoming delegates defend tooth extraction as painless, while hunters slaughter thousands of elk yearly for teeth. Two men await trial in Pokdocello for killing 1600 elk for their teeth with flesh and hides abandoned.
The East Oregonian prints regular reports from Umatilla County towns via a traveling correspondent. Local businesses are advertised through home-town notices, boosting communities and offering them visibility unmatched by other papers.
The notice explains continued service to growing communities with a daily regional review of Unmatitth county happenings. It notes drawbacks in county mail delivery and urges patrons to notify Pendleton office if papers are late, aiming timely delivery after the hour of receipt.
Pendleton residents support the railroad commission and road officials to improve TR N service. They demand trains on time, clean, comfortable coaches, and space to sit. The town favors immediate provision of a clean westbound coach over delaying a full local train to Portland amid potential court fights. Reinstating the Walla Walla passenger run is urged to aid east end farmers during harvest.
The piece argues that corporations and conservative politicians oppose Roosevelt and back Knox or Fairbanks as trust candidates. It notes Senator Heyburn backing Knox in public and predicts Roosevelt may be forced to seek the presidency again to continue his reform efforts, as people reject Knox or a balrbwake.
A Pittsburg dispatch notes wives of modest means mortgage homes and valuables to buy cars to maintain social appearances, while husbands support the sacrifices. The piece criticizes summer conventions driven to the far east by heat, suggesting the Pacific coast would offer more agreeable weather for gatherings and outings.
Seven railroads are now being built in Idaho, about the same number in Oregon and Washington, and two or three in Montana and Wyoming. The railroads show little fear that Roosevelt's policy of investigating and regulating railroad conditions will harm their business.
Mrs Andrews predicts the bonnet will pay for carpenter work done for her. Mr Jordan hands the bill to Mr Hadley for flour, feed, and lumber, with Brown noting it settles $10 on the pay board. A passerby remarks that Mrs Brown should buy locally, or the $10 would have left town.
A hilly Ohio district backed a church project without insurance after Sipes, its wealthiest member, opposed it. A lightning fire destroyed the first two buildings, prompting insured opposition. A shaft revealed a rich iron ore vein on the site, selling the land for many times the church’s needs, proving the Lord’s business acumen.
Mrs Gertrude McKiernan of 216 Neosho street Emporia Kansas writes of a severe head fold and constant tiredness. After following her mother's suggestion she took Peruna and soon felt like a new person. Other letters praise Peruna as a great tonic and effective remedy for a wide range of ailments.
A historical report discusses a practice where some wives remain silent on their wedding day, labeled objects of ridicule in lower caste settings. The piece cites anecdotes of mute brides, familial warnings, and drastic outcomes, including imprisonment and vows to stay silent for life.
A Houston Post piece evokes a quiet house after a father’s death. A boy remembers the pipe, hat, rawhide boots, and a go-to-meeting coat left in place. The house is still, no voice calls, and every step feels noiseless to the son.
A prose poem speaker seeks guidance from the Lord to walk life’s path through sun or storm, praying for shelter and grace rather than explicit direction. The text shifts to an anecdotal note about a man who doubles as a minister, doctor, undertaker, and motorist, offering support.
A village Mi lliner Mrs Andrews receives ten dollars from Mr Brown as payment toward a promised sum. The scene centers on Mrs Brown and the boarding house context with local tradespeople involved in the transaction. The fragment hints at community exchanges among Mrs Andrews the milliner and others like Mrs Brown and Mr Jordan.
The Hotel St George touts itself as among the Northwest’s most modern hotels. It offers steam heat throughout, en suite rooms with baths, large sample rooms, and hot and cold running water in all rooms. Telephones and alarm connections are available to officers.
A brief ad notes rooms available at one dollar and one fifty, with a block and a TMall from the depot. An electric sign draws attention to the offer.
A brief notice states the Hotel Bar and Billiard Room in Connection is located only three blocks from depts, indicating proximity to municipal services or offices.
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