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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1903
Page
4
A garbled newspaper masthead fragment lists publication outlet East Oregonian Publishing Company and distribution details. It mentions Oregon areas, a San Francisco bureau, and address fragments, but full names, dates, or figures are unreadable.
A quotation from Stephen B. Penrose extols education as the measure of ability to absorb others fears and experiences. It argues that depth of life one can receive should match the eagerness to give one’s best to others.
A commemorative piece on Ralph Waldo Emerson marks his centennial influence on American thought, praising his fearless philosophy and leadership against superstition. It contrasts his legacy with today’s materialism and ends with a note on the Baltimore & Ohio railway book, highlighting autographs by notable authors and a railways perspective.
On Emerson's centenary birthday May 2 the Society of American Authors plans a Waldorf Astoria observance with an Emerson memento exhibition at the Astor gallery. Speakers include Col Henry Watterson Cornell President Schurman NYU Chancellor MacCracken and William Harris with Edwin Markham reading a poem.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Marcella Arnold Salisbury fled with Harry Pestes Barbour to wed, continuing a family pattern of elopements dating back three generations. Friends note every prior marriage in the line began with elopement, including her mother and sisters.
Brander Matthews argues in New York World that twentieth century women have realized the poet and painter’s dream by shaping a distinct, fuller self. She is not better or worse, but more developed, having learned to assemble her nature into a complete, beautiful whole.
The text blends a Cary Blake Morgan poem fragment about diamonds and doom with travel sketches from Manchuria and odd notes on ants and Yankee mills. It mentions a jade dew and frost, a tragic royal cost, a French observer of horseback ants, and American food exports promised to Manchuria amid regional tensions.
In a stylish scene families stroll the avenue with carriages and children. Notable mothers include Mrs Frelinzhuyrnen, Mrs Frederick Allen, and Mrs Starr Miller, each with two or more young daughters. Prominent couples like Mr and Mrs J Laurens Van Alen and Mrs Charlie Oelrichs are seen traveling together. Senator Chauncey Depew and wife appear regularly, with Depew described as dignified and the wife in a yellow straw hat.
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