Editorial on postal reform and rural delivery expansion
The piece critiques eight hour limits for postal workers and sun day mail stoppages amid the parcel post boom. It argues congress should loosen funding controls to improve efficiency and warns against wasteful spending while noting Pendleton federal buildings and land values, plus a discussion of flood impacts and riverbank trees reducing erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Congress
Department
Hitchcock
Their shivered swords are red with rust their plumed heads are
A damaged line from a historical piece hints at a ruinous scene with decayed armor and battered helmets. The fragment evokes medieval or ceremonial remnants, suggesting remnants of knights or soldiers in rusted gear without clear names or setting.
Forest control debate and girl athletes mark Oregon page
The Grozon Conservation Commission weighs forest control opposing state transfer to private sale of timber. Uncle Sam should keep forest reserves for public benefit while critics warn against lax state oversight. Also notes growing outdoor track meets for girls and shifts toward physical culture in schools.
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Oregonian
Siates
Oregon
West
Lair Thompson
Sam
Hunan
Northwest
Uncle Joe Cannon Backers Hopeful for Old Party Revival
In a Philadelphia Post critique, Uncle Joe Cannon laments Republican disarray but believes the old reliable leadership will guide the party back. He mocks those awaiting a return to past grandeur, likening hope to a distant procession of historic figures from Danville to Yale law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cannon
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Republican Party
Israel
Waterloo
Danville
Guggenheims
Barnes and Penrose
Yale Law
Uncle Poe
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Ohio Valley Flood Report From a Farmer’s View
DD Stockwell Burch associate editor of Farm and Fireside reports from Springfield Ohio on the great Ohio Valley flood. He notes that land away from rivers escaped serious damage despite abundant prior rains. Farmland near rivers suffered more, outlining contrasting outcomes for farmers.
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DD. Stockwell Burch
Springfield
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Prisoner Seeks One Last Request in Court
A barber condemned to death requests permission to express a final wish in court. He asks to share a message with the district attorney, prompting a brief, silent moment as the judge grants a possible mercy.
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June Lippincett
Made Easy Exhortation Sparks Teeth Jokes
A missionary urged listeners to flee wrath while an elderly woman interjected that she had no teeth. The preacher dryly replied that teeth would be provided, highlighting a plainspoken, humorous moment in a June Lip-Pincott anecdote.
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Pendleton
The
East Oregonian Publishing CO
Daily East Oregonian
Budelman News Co
Washington Reet
Portland
Imperial Hotel
Chicago
Security Building
Washington
Burega
Fourteenth Street
N. W
Dally
Mall
Ocraily
Carrier
Carel
Carr Fi
United Press Association
Ferephone
Malin
Vancement
New York World
Postal Service
Treasury
Pendleton Federal
Uncle Sam
City Hall
Bureh
Kentucky
Seyi
Firlever
Rutire Generithons
Grozon Conservation Commission
Pure Foods
Our
Taliman &*Co
Meritol” Agents
Thomas
Brown
Miss Grey
Jim
Gall Thomas
Nh—S
June Lippincott
Alexander Dep't
Auto Veils
Copenhagen
Koeppen’s
Mark Moorhouse CO
Phone Main
Court Street
J. J. Wodaege
Sharon & Fiddings
Main St
Golden West Coffee
Alexander’s Crocery Dept
Closset @ Dever
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