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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
4
The Pendleton Daily Oregonian official city and county paper lists subscription rates for various durations and delivery, and notes offices in Portland and Washington DC. It outlines mail and carrier options, rates, and branding as the local newspaper.
Western readers await Senate action on stronger tariffs for wheat cattle and meat while opposing free admission for wheat and cattle. The piece argues protection should favor farmers and cattle growers over millers and packers, criticizes tariff bias, notes consumer outcomes, and discusses Frisco railroad finance per Post-Dispatch clues. It cites Declines in stock value, insider versus outsider gains, and losses across major lines like Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Illinois Central.
The piece notes a 17 percent dividend for 1910 11 yet falls $4 254 733 short of funding a 7 percent payout on common stock A total stock dividend of $7 650 720 was issued and a deficit of $4 245 753 charged to the company It argues management did not suspend dividends to conserve resources despite weak earnings and criticizes practices of paying deficits before profits The column links railroad rate raise pressures and notes a global note on cannibalism in Sierra Leone and wage investigation trends
A comment arguing that a high tariff protects the American workingman underscores ongoing industrial policy debates. The statement highlights concerns about competition, wage levels, and job security amid trade discussions.
A boy laments a family misfortune after a man slips on a banana. The judge consoles him, noting the fall caused no serious harm while the boy reveals the victim was his father. The scene ends with quiet, restrained consolation as the boy sobs.
A neighbor and mother debate Mamie's tears sparked by a fortune teller predicting marriage to a tall handsome nobleman. The mother notes it would be good fortune yet Mamie mourns losing her love, a short bricklayer with distinct smile and rugged looks.
The article asks about the number of children she had in the class, but the readable text does not contain a clear answer.
A Kansas City minister visiting Idaho’s reservation asks a government agent for the missionary. The agent points to a tent and jokes the chief can guide him. The minister is shown in and the Indian chief speaks excellent English while a clerk earns a sharp reprimand for misdirection.
In a lively scene from Everybody's Magazine a man in a deep mental fog shouts and kicks a lamppost until a policeman arrives. The man insists all is well, claiming to see a light upstairs and that his wife is home.
Even Friedmann's brother turns against him and the note that it is better to have never tasted glory than to be a sky rocket after it has fallen. E A Johnson is succeeding in Portland and is not the first Pendleton lawyer to do so.
Excerpt mentions a burglar, a watchdog, burglar-alarm gear, and a provocative line about a young girl from a Chicago Record-Herald piece. A Washington Star quote notes the burglar finds nothing valuable and exits with alarms, framing a crime vignette in a period newspaper voice.
A Detroit Free Press item uses a playful office scene to note a boy's claim of having a family history with the opening game. The office boy pouts as the manager dismisses his remark about his grandmother and a supposed connection to the event.
A courtroom exchange features Jinks protesting a $10 overspeeding fine, arguing against the judge as he claims the mud slowed him to eight miles per hour. The judge retorts that only the mud and rope of the path hampered him, delivering the ruling with sharp wit.
The Chicago Tribune highlights odd sensational items with playful wordplay and misread phrases including He Thought Four Duces Was 4 Winning Hand and Barrels of Alum Found in Ruins of Burned Bakery. It notes a joke headline about Deer Flinter and a fuel shortage affecting a dramatic scene.
A witty exchange notes a young couple, Wetherby and his fiancée, planning to start married life with four rooms and a bath. He imagines air castles as she outlines furnishing plans, a modest domestic ambition framed in humor.
The piece notes a St Louis resident who has never used a telephone and doubts real talk over wires while mentioning a local newspaper that shares this odd belief and comments on communication norms.
A school teacher took her class on a country picnic. A near sighted man exclaimed about the large class, and the teacher replied that if the class had twice as many, one-half as many, and one-quarter as many plus one, then she would have a hundred children.
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