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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
4
A garbled newspaper fragment from the Portland Oregonian and the Western News Stand hints at a Portland calendar, hotel notices, and security building mentions. Readable bits point to dates, prices, and local items within a busy city page.
A draft plan seeks to regulate lobbyists by requiring registration and sworn disclosure of interests represented. It aims to apply at Washington and state capitals, with interviewees advocating or opposing legislation to reveal their identities and aims under oath.
The article sketches laws making neglect of family support a felony, requiring bridegroom physical exams, and holding saloonkeepers liable for damages when they sell liquor to intoxicated patrons. It frames benefits as indirect, urging caution by saloonmen to avoid harm, and notes pending measures like initiative and referendum debates in Illinois.
The editorial argues against direct legislation via initiative and referendum in Illinois, urging opponents to present cogent reforms, criticizes forerunner missteps and socialist demagoguery, compares to Oregon episode, notes public patience and rights, mentions Harvard student and Miss Longhead in minor asides.
Dr Avrand of Handemann Medical College warned at a Chicago physicians’ convention that excessive tobacco use harms men’s natural powers and helps push women into public life. He linked intemperance to moral decline and stated clean habits give women an advantage in public affairs. Separately, Philadelphia reports Mie Elbel Edelweles Longhead of Radcliffe College won the National Municipal League prize for her essay The Best Sources of City.
A traveler reports Japan shows enthusiasm for tax dodging, noting heavy taxes and cheerful optimism in contrast with perceived morose traits. The writer wryly observes the Japanese may embrace the tactic, claiming such practices would benefit any nation and greeting the notion with ironic approval.
A historical note on women shaping elections in ancient Rome. Seneca credits an aunt for Quaestor, Julia Caesar’s possible rise aided by a woman’s influence, Servilia as Brutus’s ally behind his Gaul governorship, Pompeian inscriptions show women in political clubs, giving speeches and posting electoral notices, often with husbands’ support.
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