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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1905
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text references advertising matter at a Portland hotel and motel area with a 4 43 p m copy deadline. Mentions companies, names, and dates but lacks coherent details or a complete event.
A contemplative poem fragment references love and work, faith and fate, preaching by example, and the idea that Christ lives today in those who act. It mentions Plato, Time, and a cosmopolitan beacon, urging learning without fear and recognizing divine attainments through human action.
A critical essay condemns adult society for creating open gateways to temptation for boys. Junk shops, cigarette sellers, saloon keepers, and even messenger firms are accused of social complicity, while juvenile courts are cast as a response that proves the broader failure of civilized institutions.
At a White House luncheon Mark Twain, nearing 70, criticized mankind for praising many things while actions often contradict gratitude. He claimed God alone has legitimate cause for thanksgiving, noting wars, oppression, and harsh deeds as human truths the nation should reckon with.
The Pacific Monthly praises Western literature and pioneer epic, while Pendleton Tribune defends itself against false accusations of decline. It cites housing, rents, and new dwellings as signs of stable or improving conditions, asserting merchants report better trade than last year.
The Appian Way, named regina viarum, was begun under censor Appius Claudius Caecus and became Rome’s famed southward route to Capua, Beneventum, Tarentum, and Brundissium. It boasted a layered lime cement foundation and hexagonal basalt blocks, still visible at Terracina, though no longer used as a road.
The Poor's Railway Guide notes December 31, 1904 totals of 212,349 miles of railway and 293,937 miles of track. There were 48,658 locomotives, 31,034 passenger cars, and 1,728,903 freight cars. Liabilities reach 914.802 billion with 6.447 billion in stock and 7.648 billion in bonds. In 1904, 716 million passengers and 1,277 million tons of freight moved, with earnings of 1.978 billion and net 629.24 million. Mileage grew by 6,014 miles. The railway value equals the 1860 U.S. value.
Twenty five years ago Tans inland had no permanent population of 400 and supported flocks and herds. Now only two natives remain on the island as high winds erode soil from the Tava rock foundation. Remaining livestock and vegetation have largely vanished amid ravages of erosion.
Mary Burgey Woods of Hillsboro Oregon born May 20 1787 in Knoxville Tennessee recalls wars and westward migration. She arrived in Oregon in 1853 at age 46, helped run a hotel, raised four children, and remains active at 110 despite blindness in one eye and hearing loss. She notes her long memory and devotion to the Methodist church South.
Fragments of poetry by Fr. O Neill Gallagher echoing longing for the sea and a storm lashed headland Moa. In a separate note Violinist Jon Kubelik carries ten thousand dollars of finger and thumb insurance though never claiming a payout. Official report cites 1167 labor strikes in the United States through October 1, 1965, affecting 107,268 workers with 63,350 gaining versus 44,918 unresolved.
To those who are ailing and run down or whose stomachs have gone back on them we bring the good news that they can be cured, but they must give up old methods and commence taking new remedies as prescribed.
Modern and most successful remedy pitched for headaches bloating heartburn poor appetite cramps indigestion dyspepsia or general debility. Urges every sick person to start today with this tonic.
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