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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
4
A 1902 column lauds labor victory in strikes and mine battles while warning about American Indian rights, motor safety, and high profile crimes. It notes Roosevelt’s Philippines army reduction, rising Pacific Northwest business, and a surge in divorce cases amid broad social change.
A half section of fine wheat land lies in summer fallow north of Pendleton with good improvements. An almost full section of land remains in one body a short distance north of town.
The piece argues divorce should be allowed only by death or severe fault, urging a closer religious view and fewer legal grounds for divorce. It advocates stronger court protections against collusion by spouses seeking separation to remarry, urging broader moral reform efforts.
The New York World notes wide disparities in physician charges from a Vienna surgeon charging 75 000 for repairing a child’s jaw to a New Jersey court valuing a child’s life at a few hundred dollars. It discusses how professional status, practice load, and monopolization influence fees and the tension between profit and care.
A mother notes a child’s red eruption and is advised that impurity of the blood requires Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Testimonials claim it cures scrofula boils eczema salt rheum and other eruptions and promises free medical advice and a copy of the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser upon sending stamps to Dr R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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