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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
4
The article blends a historical Oregonian reprint with remarks on the U S Navy numbers and officer expansion, plus an account of the Lewis and Clark expedition near Wallula, Wa ll a Walla hospitality, and gifts. It notes deck officer counts and treasury concerns, ending with frontier impressions and travel hardships.
A reflective verse speaks of aging with honor, storing up generous desires, completing duties, and ending life with a song. It envisions a brave heart, a hopeful end, and an achievement worthy of any man, possible to all, as a testament to one’s character.
The piece warns that Colorado Governor Peabody, defeated in the recent election, plans to contest the result and use emergency powers to imprison deport or kill opponents. It cites a Colorado Supreme Court ruling and notes militia mobilization, predicting potential civil unrest and a dangerous concentration of authority. It also includes a cultural aside on Japan's religious fervor and references Lafcadio Hearn.
The report notes 919 Mexican War heirs and 83,055 survivors of the War of 1812 with many from Revolutionary War era. It records pension payments by state with Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Indiana last in federal disbursements. Outside the U S there were 4,910 claimants earning 1,644,066. Half paid in Canada. vouchers issued abroad to Europe and beyond. The Pension Bureau handled over 262,000 cases with 162,000 certificates issued and 108,114 applications rejected.
A fragment from a Kipling anecdote describes an evening at Rottengdean Sussex where a young lady recites a poem and, after bowing, steps on Kipling's foot. He quips that she tread four toes away from the corn. The muddled text ends with unrelated dialogue about medicine.
A fragmented poem from Four-Track News December recounts a student’s longing to stay after school. The speaker recalls being punished, resisting, and envisioning a brighter future. The piece blends school life with reflections on dreams, drifting between childhood memories and hopeful adulthood.
A garbled excerpt mentions Bethlehem and teacher Tite with stray phrases about work, substitution, water, and a parched tongue. The disjointed lines mix religious, political, and slang imagery, yielding little coherent narrative or clear人物.
A poem from English Magazine laments soldiers sent far from home to die for causes they cannot understand. It questions faith, duty, and the impact on families, asking why spouses and children must pay the price while Earth remains indifferent.
An excerpt from Evernote's Magazine discussing Henry van Dyke's reflection on the selfish, reckless spirit in modern life. The piece argues against despair, insisting that justice and kindness will prevail in the long run because the growth of good will outweigh pessimism. It closes with a note that Christmas brings hope as humanity’s deeper influence deepens.
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