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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
4
An old OCR fragment notes an independent newspaper titled East Oregonian Publishing Co with various subscription rates in days and months. It references daily and weekly formats, mail delivery, and periodicals like Bem and Semi-Weekly with pricing hints.
A short moral fril excerpt invites children to do something for somebody to gain happiness. It contrasts a tired child with a restless girl and suggests a simple, uplifting game as the world’s loveliest pastime. The tone implies a didactic, gently encouraging message with a domestic, moral focus.
The East Oregonians laud a union meeting to unite all Pendleton churches. They urge the true spirit of religion, arguing Nature recognizes no creeds and humanity is one. Divisions and denominational quibbling are seen as detrimental to worship and fellowship.
Umatilla county grows less noisy in headlines yet ships fine fruit to market. Athena Weston Milton Freewater and Echo report regular apple shipments while Athena’s wheat belt notes several carloads. The county’s apple industry expands with good soil climate transport and cannery growth driving a potential rise to rival Hood River.
The Oregon Daily Journal denounces finance smart alecks who attack newspapers that report rascality while their own banks and trusts falter. The paper argues editors kept calm amid money panic, urging public confidence and condemning yellow journalism.
A critical critique argues newspapers must act against sensationalism that ruins confidence in banks. The author praises press restraint and loyalty to the republic while urging more balanced, non sensational coverage to prevent market wreckage and distortion of the money situation.
Alabama will ban saloons starting January 1, 1909 as the Senate passes a prohibition bill with only two dissenters out of 24. The measure is expected to pass the House quietly. The piece notes the South’s historic liquor culture and argues prohibition will curb vice and aid colored citizens, while northern states move toward similar laws.
The piece notes Oregon and Idaho Republicans who were drawn by free silver rhetoric. Bourne and Borah, once Bryan supporters, are now Republican US senators. It argues the country has shifted and the two have transformed with it, contrasting past loyalties and current positions.
A verse tale by W. Foss recounts an economical man who subsists on thirteen cents daily, catching fish and hunting for food, while sparing every expense and living in penury. After thirty years he leaves a vast fortune to his nephew Jack, who quickly squanders it within a year or two.
A Mississippi town wedding described a bride in a gray traveling costume escorted by a brother who demanded food at the door. The groom wore a worn brown suit and derby hat, accompanied by a fierce bulldog, as rice and shoes showered them before departing on a side-door freight train. If caught, locals might roughly rebuke them.
A Buffalo Enquirer reader questions why Carlisle Indian players bore names like Throw-the-Bull and Engine-Full-of-Steam and Morning Star. The letter asks for context on the practice of adopting animal and playful monikers by the Carlisle team and other Red Men in sports reporting.
In a Prineville Review remark, critics say government systems aren’t at fault for trust company failures and looming election tactics. They argue the people themselves cause crises by tolerating too much prosperity, with potential defeat of the Republicans if Bryan leads.
The Pacific Homestead extols a home environment with a tidy lawn shrubs and edible garden as a source of economy comfort and ambition. It argues pleasant surroundings lift land inspire business drive and contribute to success.
Instructions for preparing lime based whitewash used on the White House and lighthouses, detailing ingredients and steps. The note also mentions a backlog of births and deaths due to crowded columns, with exchanges noting delays.
A quotation exchange shows a father pressing his son toward college due to financial realities. The voice contrasts desire to skip higher education with the need to invest in a degree, noting a significant annual cost required to obtain one.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis marked his forty first birthday. Born November 26, 1866 near Millville Ohio, he grew up in Logansport Indiana where he sold papers and later was a reporter. He served as stenographer for Lake County Indiana circuit court and earned a law certificate. He then studied at Union College of Law in Chicago and, after practicing briefly, became private secretary to Walter Q. Gresham. In 1904 he was appointed to the federal bench.
A country church clergyman, preaching during a supply stint, asked an elder what he thought. The deacon replied with a wry memory, comparing the sermon to Sim Peck’s first deer hunt when he chased tracks all day in the wrong direction.
Mrs Lottie Hitchcock fatally shoots her husband Robert L Hitchcock in New York and then kills herself in a jealousy sparked tragedy.
An advertisement asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is absolutely pure and can cure dyspepsia indigestion female troubles chills colds and malarial fever, promising strong proof if you try it.
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