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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
4
Judge Maloney exposes illegal work on the old county court bridge project at Umatilla. He states taxpayers were bilked of over 6000 dollars for a cheap bridge that floods and could dam the river with debris. He calls for grand jury action or civil recovery and notes past officials’ faults in awarding contracts.
Budapest scenes of wild rioting followed the selection of Tieza, an anti suffragist, as head of the chamber of deputies. The uprising shows the working class protesting aristocratic snobbery and government favoritism, demanding relief for those at the bottom.
The piece notes a historic contest between wealth‑based power and popular reform, contrasting entrenched privilege in the old world with America’s freer path to progress. It argues suffrage for women and men, urges learning what reforms are needed, and sees broad public preference for change despite resistance from powerful elites.
Visitors during the I C C F and Rebekah gatherings praised Pendleton hospitality but complained halls were too small. Churches and Odd Fellows hall served, yet remain cramped. a proper auditorium is suggested as a low cost, high impact solution to attract future conventions and keep Pendleton in the regional lead.
Roosevelt and Taft clash on Ohio primary decisiveness. Roosevelt’s manager says Taft is off track while the president claims his nomination is certain. A growing view suggests both could be nominated, with no convention large enough for both men.
If La Grande shows more class the team may lose its league place to Weston for the rest of the season.
A compact report notes forces of Mexican rebels facing mounting pressure before federal troops are likewise pressed in subsequent fighting. The piece focuses on shifting fronts and sustained combat dynamics without graphic detail.
The Elks announce the upcoming circus as the next major attraction on the local calendar. Citizens anticipate a lively show featuring attractions and community fundraising activities coordinated by the lodge.
Charles Sweeney known as The King of the Coeur d Alene, a mining executive and multimillionaire, often prompted trains to be held for him. He recounts missing a steamship due to a landslide and a wrong connection, and wiring St Paul agents to delay the ship so he could reach London on a specific date.
A Globe Democrat excerpt recalls a frantic businessperson sending urgent wires from LaCrosse and Chicago, spending 14 85 on telegraph tolls, catching the Twentieth Century train to New York, riding to the Cunard pier by taxi, only to miss a ship that sailed on Tuesday.
Willard S. Straight recalls a Pekin letter noting how unfamiliar things seem perplexing at first but become simple with knowledge. A Mandarin dined with him and described eggs containing salad and the joke about printing inside a magazine, highlighting cross cultural misunderstandings.
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls Senator McCumber on judging motive. Wahpeton man Jim Bludge, once a bad figure, attends Easter service, warms hearts, then jokes about discovering a counterfeit dime and asks the deacon to keep quiet.
A Chicago Post humor strip notes a man and his wife decide to grow their own vegetables to cut bills. She loves plants and buys a lavish gardening outfit for 210 dollars, after planning to save about 100, leaving him still moaning over the unexpected expense.
John Drew spoke on the Bible at a society dinner. A friend and later a young woman misheard Sodom and Gomorrah as a married couple, prompting humorous remarks about biblical knowledge. An older woman suggested they should have been a couple if not.
A southerner at a banquet recalls the guests with a vivid, humorous badge of regional labels. He names a Virginia gentleman, a Kentucky gentleman, an Ohio man, a Chicago bounder, a New York fellow, and a Maine galoot, reflecting playful chauvinism from the Kansas City Star.
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