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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
4
An itemized display from the Pendleton Oregonian outlining subscription options and mailing rates by mail and carrier, including daily, weekly, semi weekly, and varying term lengths. Mentions Gregens Co and Washington Bureau, with postal class details. Contains multiple typographical errors and scattered addresses.
An artful excerpt evokes a future world of vast trade fleets and aerial power, contrasting expansive prophecy with martial imagery. It imagines nations' navies, market-age marvels, and a dream of world federation under a parliament of man, framed in poetic diction.
President Taft backs a ship subsidy while critics warn the measure is a nostrum. The decline of the American merchant marine is attributed to navigation laws, high tariffs, and the terminal rate system. Reform calls for open registry, lower tariffs, and ending terminal rates to revive national shipping.
In Chich 6 a man filed for divorce claiming his wife maliciously refused to prepare a pickled sandwich he dearly loved for lunch, describing the dispute as the central grievance in the complaint.
A judge listened patiently to the evidence and scolded a couple, ordering thirty days for the wife to avoid making the pickle sandwich and the husband to stop insisting on his meal, warning arrest for disturbance if home life worsened. The remark recalled Solomon and suggested fewer divorces might improve world harmony.
Senator Jones of Washington proposes the national government hold the public water power while states develop under their own rules to ensure fair share of benefits. He argues the federal government gains nothing from eastern sites and should not levy, urging a firm federal grip until state protections are enacted to prevent a power trust takeover.
Major Lee Moorhouse wins best biscuits at the district fair and sparks a satirical warning about gender roles. The piece humorously claims his success could threaten the rights of man and prompts calls for husbands to defend their unions.
Dr. H W Coe long known as a friend of President Roosevelt launches a contest to award town lots in Stanfield to the first babies born there, a move praised as a goodwill gesture and community booster effort.
The Hudson Fulton celebration and presidential tour boost activity as Pendleton showcases broncho busting and Indian dancing. An auto parade is scheduled for tonight alongside the district fair, drawing crowds to the eventful day.
A historical fragment argues against very young marriage for men, claiming teens lack maturity and that early marriage hurts ambition. It suggests many young marriages fail due to naïveté and family dynamics, and notes a pattern of unfaithfulness among men who wed too early.
Dorothy Dix argues in The Examiner that a man should marry while young enough to adapt rather than after forty five when bachelor habits harden. She states the right wife is found before aging, noting tastes mature with time, and that happiness depends on individual choice rather than a fixed age.
A Chicago Tribune column urges conscience over creed and action over words, arguing character shapes society. It cautions against relying on fear or rote religion, notes parents’ influence on children, and stresses facing doubts with honesty to blow them away.
A young man tours apartments and meets a cheerful landlady who insists the room is full of sacred associations. She recounts deaths and misfortunes in the space, claiming the decor holds memories of her late husband, Mrs. Harley, and a son, while implying there are two skeletons in the closet.
A reader warns against trying unknown remedies for stomach misery and urges sticking to familiar, trusted products, citing prior disappointing experiences and cautioning others to avoid experimentation with dubious cures.
An old advertisement touts Hosteiter's Stomach Bitters as a well-known remedy for poor appetite sour stomach indigestion belching and malaria fever and ague. It urges readers to try a bottle today to satisfy themselves.
A narrator recounts opening a cupboard to find dead men bones and skulls. The speaker mentions a dog that valued them, then wishes good night and pleasant dreams, suggesting a macabre, intimate late night scene.
The piece cites M Blowitzonde writing from Parla to the Hondon Times. It notes La Liberte as an amphibious journal that hesitates to choose a side, capable of shifting the balance when winds change.
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