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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1901
Page
2
A Florida fire devastated Jacksonville erasing its old time charm and picturesque life. The piece notes loss of historic live oaks and quaint shops, the disruption to a calm Southern town, and warns of modernization driven by powerful interests as a social revolution unfolds.
The piece notes the Pennsylvania and Maryland Steel Company boosted capital from 6.5 million to 50 million and proposes to push steel prices, especially rails, amid an adverse market. It argues the rise is arbitrary, unjustified by production costs or labor, and reflects trust power rather than demand, hinting at broader industry concentration risks.
The piece notes governors delaying to meet the head executive while praising and criticizing various editors. It recounts a New Jersey mail mishap where a Christmas wish letter to Santa travels across nations before returning to Newark, illustrating the imperfect global postal system and the diligence of clerks.
A speaker laments parental neglect turning pups into cared for animals while children are sent to roam. He argues truants become tramps, deadbeats, and disreputable figures forming an army on the streets, seed planted in countless homes and broadcast across cities. He urges addressing the issue in society’s marketplace.
A narrator contends that a man’s true worth lies at home not in public praise. He argues that genuine virtue shows in his family’s peace and his wife’s trust, dismissing critics who judge by religion or wealth while praising the warmth of a loving home and children’s affection.
In a lively social vignette locals discuss foreign visitors at the Chicago fair, Christian Scientists, garden work, and a humorous seance break up sparked by a materialized mouse. A tip about the stock market arrives as a side joke.
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