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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
5
A damaged OCR style notice lists various subscription options including daily, weekly, semi weekly plans with inconsistent spellings and stray location data. Mentions May teenth street and a Washington bureau, creating unclear terms and contact points.
Local residents complain that Pendleton’s mail trains still deliver poorly to neighboring towns. Newspapers and letters are routed via mainline cars and delayed one or two days before subscribers receive them, despite timely dispatch from Pendleton. Government costs rise due to inefficient distribution.
Pendleton enjoyed a good horse show and parade drawing many locals and visitors. Residents and long-time spectators marveled at the variety of high class horses seen along the parade and streets today. The Oregonian notes the event boosts interest in the horse industry and city advertising.
Officials advocate a spring horse show in Umatilla county to display hundreds of well bred horses. They urge owners to exhibit regularly at county fairs and other events, believing such showcases will draw buyers and boost breeding profits for local horsemen.
Ex-Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho plans a nationwide lecture tour this season focusing on Mormonism and its influence on state and national politics. Supporters say he is a public advocate of the people, earnest and honest, aiming to expose church influence as a political machine to sway public sentiment.
Dozens of threatening letters pour in from across the United States as Governor Gooding warns that the fate of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone could be dire if they are convicted of the Stounenberg murder. Officials say jurors fear backlash as threats target any jury that convicts the defendants.
A discussion outlines revenue estimates and tax measures including a 6 percent rebate on earned income under 10000, death duties scaling from 10 to 15 percent, and old age pensions funded by 7500000. Residents seek removal of railroad tracks on Webb street to enable improvements. Pendleton academy draws up plans for a boys dormitory funded by a 10000 gift, with occupancy anticipated at school opening.
A local church announces a new nursery and children's program during Sunday services to enable parents to attend worship without arranging care. Rev P Monroe Steck says a staffed nursery will operate offsite for the hour, with a kindergarten style infants class for children over three. Swain's deximants will assist 12 members of the church in supervising the little ones.
The text discusses Mr. Asquith's budget plans in England, favoring a tax rebate on incomes and higher death duties to balance the year’s finances. It argues for fair treatment of earners versus heirs and notes the chancellor’s aim to address the year’s surplus. The piece references Asquith as chancellor of the exchequer and cites a year’s surplus of 229,956,000 with expenditure estimates for 1897 and 1898.
The Post-Intelligencer notes sailors read skies to forecast weather. Mariners see color cues from sunsets and dawns and atmospheric clarity near the horizon as indicators of wind, rain, and fair conditions. Landmen miss such signs, trading certainty for shelter onshore.
A fragmented historical snippet lists dates and places for regional gatherings across Montana Oregon Washington and Idaho plus national groups in Philadelphia and Saratoga. Included are meeting windows for granges pioneers Y P A Knights Templar and a reflective verse about steadiness versus changing winds.
A historical notice describes Merpleide used for women's health, detailing claimed benefits and a sale price of $1.00. The fragment references preparation, side effects, and a medical claim process, noting vendors in Detroit.
Data from Carroll D. Wright shows Mormon membership rising 138 percent in sixteen decades, doubling roughly every twelve years. In 1890 the count was 196,125 rising to 296,954 by 1906, with no other faith expanding so rapidly. eighth in numbers, the church persists amid hostility and mounting prominence across the United States.
The text riffs on penmanship effort, estimating word rates and inked lines per minute. It notes Rev. J. D. Jones’s death at Spokane, describing him as a well known northern Congregational minister and former pastor at Dayton for six years.
A fragmented 19th century medical notice touts osteopathy as a remedy for ailments linked to spinal misalignment. It warns of headaches back pain and organ disorder stemming from nerve interference and urges immediate examination and treatment to prevent long term damage.
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