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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows publication details for Pendleton Oregon daily newspaper The Oregonian style with subscription rates and offices. Includes addresses in Portland and Chicago bureaus, press association membership, and service mentions.
Richard Burton condemns the fashion system as he depicts prisoners in a dim shop stitched into dainty garments. The scene shows bent figures, hollow chests, and dead eyes under dim lights as they march from the shop to home, doomed to sin or die while seeking fleeting pleasures to drown their thoughts.
The piece argues the Democratic convention shifted toward Parker after criticizing Bryan and Clark, accusing Clark of a crossed-progressive stance and Harmon and Underwood alliances. It predicts a conservative tilt and a potential clash with the Republican nominee for third place in the autumn contest.
The New York World lampoons the capital driven price fight over Cleveland street railways, arguing against a two and a half cent fare and defending a five cent rate as essential to profits, stock watering, and franchise protection.
The text argues a three-cent fare is a larger issue than confiscation, claiming it provokes opposition from New York's nations and highlights the city’s investment and guarantees of private operators’ profits from strap-hanger fares for decades. It suggests plutocracy tolerates opposition as long as officials are controlled.
Readers protest delayed paper delivery during the Republican National Convention period. The East Oregonian urges complaints in writing to reach authorities, noting postal inefficiency harms both the paper and its subscribers.
A letter to the East Oregonian defends Reverend Frank J. Milnes as scholarly and eloquent and notes the paper’s statement about his orthodoxy was meant as a compliment. The piece asserts the paper rejects rigid orthodoxy in politics or religion and mocks the notion of universal orthodoxy, while praising the Chinese for overcoming centuries of stagnation.
Parker bitterly assailed Roosevelt in a speech yesterday. He is so identified with the reactionary element that his assaults are seen as mere water on Roosevelt's wheel.
Reports on Portland road houses prompt Governor West to consider ordering Battery A into service for target practice against the worst offenders. The note reflects a strong punitive stance and potential military involvement to curb criminal activity.
The message urges readers who lost money on various schemes to sign a petition supporting the blue sky Inw. It frames the action as revenge and calls for public backing. No other details or dates are provided.
Taftorgals urge supporters to join a growing bandwagon as questions arise about the movement's direction and potential outcomes. Analysts warn the push could resemble a risky or even deadly path for adherents.
A fragment from the Kansas City Star recalls a warning about biting and writing that could excite emotions. The cryptic line suggests a cautionary note on actions and feelings, with no clear event or dates provided.
A brief Monitor item quotes a child dialogue in a playful moment. Little Bobby teases Willie and Lite Willie responds, leading to a cheeky exchange about toying with a goldfish. The fragment captures a light, local tone with named children and a small domestic scene.
On Pendleton station steps a patient veteran Indian named Red Elk stands for hours awaiting unclaimed baggage. A Major Moorehouse identifies him, a reporter sketches his life, tracing battles with Cayuses and Walla Wallas, Pioplo-mox-mox, to fires of the past. The piece ponders how Red Elk lives, travels yearly, and what keeps him tethered to a vanished era.
A playful note suggests sunspots could warm winter days, amusingly implying Mr. Sol might welcome heat from solar trouble during the cold season.
Jonesville 8 O I suffered with Womanly trouble writes Mrs J G Kendrick a letter from this place I could not bear to stand on my feet The doctor said I would never be any better I would have to have an operation or I would have a cancer I went to the hospital they operated on me but I got no better Medicines would do me no good I tried Cardus and began to improve Now I am well and can do my own work Cardul worked like a charm for women It has been in use for more than 60 years for the treatment of womanly weakness and disease Please try it for your troubles Mrs B write for Ladies Advisory Dept Chattanooga Tenn 133"}
A poetic reflection seeks to glimpse living personalities behind Indian masks, contrasting a rugged frontier viewpoint with a romantic high school essayist lens. The passage hints at unveiling authentic identities beyond myth.
The statement asserts Bryan should have withheld aid from the Clark campaign, arguing political neutrality or opposition to the Clark candidacy. It reflects a stance on endorsements and campaign involvement.
A small New York basement shop sells old actor photographs and stage cuts for publicity. The proprietor buys electrotypes and negs cheaply, then resells at five ten and twenty cents to touring troupes, enabling cheaper equipment to reach first towns like Kennebunkport Maine and Waterdale Wey.
A Washington bureau received a peculiar letter from a mail contractor bond signer who says he faked a bond to help a friend. He claims life risk to reach a section this fall and cites heart palpitations and 18 years without work to explain his request to office men at the White House to help him out of trouble.
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