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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary text from a 1900s Oregon newspaper page shows an assortment of frequency notices and publishing terms. Names, dates, and locations are partially legible, including references to weekly and semi weekly editions and a Fendleton style imprint, but essential details are missing.
In Pendleton the three street sprinkling carts operate as a private funded program under city control. The first season will prove if the plan can curb dust citywide, with citizen input urged and potential adjustments noted. The piece also critiques New York Gotham arrogance in yacht races and discusses civil service reform concerns centered on Charles Sapp and political coercion.
Rumors swirl as Boston’s Independence yacht faces New York’s wary yachtsmen amid trial race rules. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston has built a yacht intended to court entry for the America trophy defense, but New York club rules exclude the Boston boat. Lawson offered charter interests to any club chosen party to meet rules, yet received no reply.
The article touches on early paper money issued by Pennsylvania in 1723 with initial £15,000 and later £30,000, contrasts Greek and Roman timekeeping, and recalls a 1000 year old exchange where the Countess of Anjou gifted livestock and grain for sermons by a German monk. It also mentions Hubbard B. McDowald, journal clerk of the U S Senate, and a figure connected to parliamentary practice and Roosevelt.
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