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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1907
Page
5
The fragment shows subscription rates for various plans by mail including one year and shorter terms, plus a Chicago and Washington DC bureau address. It notes Scripps News Association membership and a contact telephone line. The readable items include billing terms and the presence of a Chicago Bureau at 501 Fourteenth Street and a Washington DC Bureau.
Poem excerpt by Will F. Griffin published in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The verse toasting love, friendship, resilience, and dreams contrasts a weary mind, wandering rover, and humanity’s sea with hopeful luck and sweet unfulfilled dreams.
The East Oregonian cites strong homeseeker prospects in Umatilla County Milton Freewater area with apple orchards yielding $2000 per acre and peaches $500 to $800 per acre this year. Land costs range from 45 to 1090 dollars per acre on long terms with potential per acre returns from $350 to $4190 in coming years. Vast semi arid lands with ditches are ready for settlers offering multi crop alfalfa potential and high stack value.
A religious ramble extols friendship using the Saul and David tale from I Samuel. It praises the narrative as a model for lodge rooms churches and homes and contrasts it with Damon and Pythias. The text recounts David sparing Saul and resisting vengeance, highlighting reverence for the anointed.
The passage recounts David sparing Saul in a cave, declaring that Saul is the Lord's anointed while noting Saul aimed to kill him. David shows Saul the robe skirt as proof of his restraint and insists he has not harmed Saul, though Saul pursued him. Sauls acknowledges David’s righteousness and the Lord's judgment between them.
A letter laments Oregon coal shortages as vast surface and underground supplies exist in Idaho and Wyoming. It blasts high prices, rail transport barriers, and private monopolies restricting access, arguing government should serve the many who civilize and build the earth rather than a few.
Baker City bears a statewide sting as the only Oregon town where the tin horn can operate unmolested. Local merchants and citizens, though progressive and educated, oppose the stigma and urge Baker to abandon the immoral and dishonest element. They argue clean schools and decent business should attract better class of residents and not allow a shadow of shame to linger over the town.
The fragment describes multiple sales of animals or items from an owner. One was killed for home consumption. On September 12 a daughter or item was sold for 175 dollars in March following, average weight 212% pounds. In March 1907 another item sold for 160 dollars and in August there was another valued at 24 dollars today. The total sales sum to 441 dollars and Mr Underwood sold the son recently to a person named M Loll for 25 dollars.
A poem dialogue asks where a clerk keeps sunny and dreary days. The answer: sunny days lie in a shin ing door within your mind, dreary days in a second room you hold the keys to. The recurrence of gloom comes from forgetting to open the bright room at dawn.
The Pilot Rock Record condemns Baker City for its open town policy inviting thieves and criminals. It claims the town’s lax attitude fostered lawlessness and notes the assassination of Harvey K. Brown, a strong enforcer of the law, as a shocking consequence.
Chester ST. Long a Kansas United States senator born October 12, 1860 in Perry Pennsylvania. He moved to Davies county Missouri as a child and attended public schools there before moving to Paola Kansas in 1879 to study law and gain admission to the bar in 1885. He began public service in the Kansas state senate serving two terms and moved to Congress in 1895. He served in the House 1895 to 1897 and 1899 to 1903 before being chosen by the Kansas legislature in 1903 as one of Kansas two United States senators.
The pension roll totals nearly 139 million dollars per year for about 456 thousand beneficiaries. Vouchers are issued to most countries, with Canada listing 2657 recipients at about 297 thousand dollars yearly. Germany follows with 600 beneficiaries at roughly 286 thousand dollars annually. The text notes Andrew Jackson’s birth in a North Carolina log hut and roots in pine woods.
Pendleton residents rally behind a planned art exhibit by public schools to fund picture frames. The initiative cites community support from women's clubs who donated the initial pictures and pledges widespread help to ensure proper framing and display of student art.
The East Oregonian reports that the investigation into unpaid gambling fines will yield about 1000 dollars for Umatilla County as most outstanding fines are expected to be collected where possible.
Underwood of Walla Walla reports Berkshire sow sales surpass valley records. The seller claims a full financial ledger from his ranch, noting a June 1, 1996 entry with a 7 jitter figure and $8 sale price for four piglets, two remaining with the owner.
A Seattle dispatch reports Miss Anna Howard, dean of women, told University of Washington dormitory girls that dining with men cheapens a girl and should be avoided especially on Sundays. The lecture was given privately to students and leaked by one attendee who later declined an invitation yet accepted another.
The Weston Leader notes letters urging aid for lumber interests against railway freight-rate increases. The paper doubts the lumbermen’s chances and suggests they are suffering their own policy, pointing out they raised a quarter of a million to battle railways, yet fear for their children’s bread is unfounded.
Poem fragment describes a flight of scarlet birds across corn and trees with red wings and crimson feathers. Archibald Sullivan in Appleton's is mentioned as a byline or subject, while rain quells the fire and the scene shifts to crimson shadows under a sunlit canopy.
Letters from Ontario and unrooted testimonials praise Peruna for kidney and bladder relief after years of trouble. One user notes three months of use brought lasting comfort, while another credits Peruna and Manalin with restoring health and vitality. The ad underscores kidneys as blood cleansers needing support during strain.
European plan with first class amenities and steam heat throughout. Rooms en suite with bath and hot and cold running water in all rooms. Large new sample room showcases modern features. Telephone and fire alarm connections to office enhance safety. Hotel St George pronounced one of the most up to date hotels in the northwest.
A short pitch for wine and liquor brands noting their reputation and endorsements by medical men. It urges readers to try a single bottle for family use and claims customers will buy afterward. The address given is Court St opposite the Golden Rule Hotel and phone Main 550.
An advertisement touts Herpicide as a germ killer for dandruff claiming it cures hair trouble by eliminating the cause. It promises instant itch relief and glossy hair, sold by lending druggists with samples available by mail from The Herpicide Co Detroit Mich in two sizes.
Portland edition notes the Hotel Portland in Oregon offers American plan rooms from $3 per day, with special rates for families and single gentlemen. It positions as headquarters for tourists and commercial travelers and invites visitors to view rooms and obtain prices. H. C. Bowers is named manager.
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