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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
4
San Francisco and Chicago bureaus listed with addresses. Notice to advertisers requires all copy for the East Oregonian be submitted by 4 45 pm the preceding day with a further deadline of 4 45 pm Saturday for Monday editions.
The Portland Oregonian accuses Chauncey Depew of living off others' labor, lacking productive acts or original ideas. It claims his charm and quick platitudes catered to New York I millionaires, making him a celebrated figure in their corruption carnival.
Mayor Lane of Portland adopts Tom Johnson's method to raid and surveil objectionable joints. A policeman patrols entrances, notes habitues, and public exposure drives patrons away. Habits decline as light and publicity deter participation. establishments fall quiet under watchful police.
In this city 125 men women and children have been converted to sane Christianity through Salvation Army work under Captain J Holder. The article praises the charity and human touch of the organization noting converts may slip back but gain a momentary uplift and lasting memory of fraternity even amid public scorn.
The East Oregonian urges development of a Freewater fruit cannery to create a steady home market for all fruit grades. It argues Umatilla County groups should attract capital to expand the fruit industry, noting large annual production and the need to fetch best prices, with Pendleton and local towns benefiting from an independent market.
The East Oregonian urges Democrats in Portland to publicly endorse President Roosevelt for his fight against graft and trusts. It argues Roosevelt’s reform program aligns with democracy and urges all parties who value integrity to support him. The piece also notes March Pacific Monthly praise, and links liquor money to anti-suffrage rhetoric in Oregon.
A tombstone inscription from Merrington England lists Mrs Jane Winemore born 1794 died 14961 accusing a doctor of poisoning and a nurse of neglect with a brother robbing the widow, noted by the St Louis Globe Democrat.
Our blank books and office emuentials prove superior in quality, yet cost no more than inferior kinds, making it clearly advantageous for patrons to choose us.
A poem by Bert Huffman urges growth of mind and spirit through nature and divine kinship. It questions whether one grows toward a royal line by embracing effort, power, and self mastery as seasons turn, urging a vigilant, active striving in every wheel and impulse.
A condensed historic catalog notes Mexico has 69 lakes and a long coast, vast mineral wealth including onyx and marble, slavery abolished by 1837, exports like Conhuilacoat, an army around 40 000, area about 750 000 square miles, valley altitude near 7500 feet, higher ground dominates, 462 square miles federal district, cotton factories employing over 25 000, rainy season May to September, travelers see mountains, approximately 390 000 miners employed, Mexico richest mineral country with Chihuahua as largest state, sulfur mined in extinct volcano craters, and rich plant variety cited.
A description from Scientific American recounts Harry Houdini’s jail test in Washington. After being searched and stripped, he was locked in a cell with his clothes elsewhere in a linked area. In about two minutes he escaped that cell and then opened the clothes cell, freeing prisoners on the ground floor. The warden notes no assistance or conspiracy, and Houdini dressed and completed the escape in 21 minutes.
A Sedalia meeting during Gov Folk's 1904 Missouri campaign featured spellbinders opening speeches while Folk reserved the closing plea. One speaker challenged the crowd with the line Who is Joseph W Folk and repeated the question after a dramatic pause. A late attendee finally whispered I’ll bite who is Joseph W Folk.
David Mulvane recalls Dodge City's frontier era when Judge Strang was often absent and local lawyers elected a fire eatin old Confederate colonel as judge pro tem The joke rests on whether the old officer would take the U S oath of allegiance in time
Three carloads of building stone valued at 1500 dollars broke away at Port Angeles Washington destined for North Yakima. They rolled down a six mile grade and plunged into 26 feet of water. Rescue crews faced a tough recovery as stone and cargo tumbled into the channel.
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