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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
4
The text appears as an official local notice from Pendleton Oregon, noting postal handling and newspaper status. It references a city and county paper and the United Press Association in a historical context. The fragment preserves the document’s official imprint and packaging style.
A playful column discusses persistent effort across industries. The piece uses rustic dialect to compare nearly every product from automobiles to airships and hogs, arguing success hinges on action and getting up. It satirizes overconfidence and urges practical grit.
The Eugene community forms the Lane County Asset Company to promote a railroad to the coast. The Eugene Guard urges support, notes surveys and rights of way being developed, and predicts the project will attract capital and open timber belts. The East Oregonian praises community effort and wishes success for Eugene’s plan.
The piece from a eastern publication honors William Sidney Porter known as Henry. It notes his sudden death this week and recalls his mission to amuse readers. Porter was prolific and sought to entertain with bright humorous storytelling without didactic aims.
Henry Porter, a Houston reporter turned prolific author, rose from the Lone Star State to New York and London, contributing to the Toiler with Wil Wy, Sunday stories, and celebrity status in syndication. Sidney Porter, admired for vivid American life scenes from magnates to hired girls, died at 48, leaving a lingering, scintillating view of humanity.
Lewiston plans a comprehensive trolley system to transform the city from modest activity to rapid development. The interurban network would leverage water power and industry assets, uniting city and countryside with electric lines. Electric roads would feed steam and river traffic, boosting urban and agricultural growth as Lewiston is touched by trolley progress.
The morning and evening mail between Pendleton and Adams, Athens and Weston has been resumed. It is good news for everybody. The mystery is why the service was ever ordered discontinue.
A former New York resident is nearing Sandy Hook aboard an Atlantic net, and as he approaches the gang plank observers anticipate a notable concession or gesture upon his arrival.
Officials overseeing the election have been named, but candidate filings are not yet listed. The notice urges potential candidates to submit applications by the stated deadline, outlining eligibility and submission steps for local races.
A humorous guide describes odd pursuits such as bobbing for whales with a thread noose and kerosene can float, chamois hunting on a springbok with perilous bounds, ostrich snaring by miming a granite hole, and harpoon throwing as a popular sport. The piece lampoons archaic safari antics with cartoonish detail.
Fragment describes a game where two players throw a harpoon at an absent third party, requiring mutual acquaintance absence and mutual presence rules, often ending in a tie and replayed later. The text attributes the quote to Rhy Wex Jones.
Poem extols a man who embodies Christian virtue without sectarian gloss. The speaker, Robert Whitaker, praises a “wholesome fellow” whose simple, manly talk and gentle humor reveal the Christ within. The piece argues true Christianity rests on deeds, not title, noting the Father seeks those who do.
A meditation on truth and concealment. The text argues that every deliberate misdeed reveals itself through the eye, expression, and manner, exposing the soul to others. It warns that secrecy corrodes self trust and invites public judgment, echoing Emerson on character engraved in appearance.
A client seeks to provide for his wife after remarriage. The lawyer notes a clause granting her one thousand dollars yearly if she marries again, but the client insists on a harsher sum should another man claim her. He argues that the man who takes her will deserve it. The tale closes with a reflection on life’s race and overconfidence.
A garbled reminiscence lists places tied to literary figures and works, naming Think House Broadstairs Lincoln's Inn Field and Kr ooks shop, then alluding to Bleak House and Jarndyce v Jarndyce. The piece weaves scattered references to authors, characters, and a humorous rural exchange about a chicken.
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