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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
4
Classified notice from East Oregonian Publishing Company announcing ad deadlines and subscription rates. Mentions daily and weekly editions, mailing options, and where to place advertising material. Includes mail and office details with deadlines for Monday notices.
A San Francisco Star verse notes that a fair contest outlasts deceit. It declares it better to beat a foe honestly than to win by cheating, warning that deceit harms more than it helps and time reveals the rascal’s failure.
The New York World lauds Secretary Hitchcock for his campaign against western land thieves. It notes John N. Williamson and Senator Mitchell faces, with Williamson sentenced to 10 months and $500 fine, Mitchell's sentence lighter. The piece credits Roosevelt era and Hitchcock’s steadfast stance against corruption in land deals.
A 20 mile iron fence encircles John D. Rockefeller's Pocantica acres near Tarrytown and the Hudson. He cites goodwill from his Sunday talks while noting vandalism and careless drivers who damaged his lawn and fruit trees. The fence blocks access except for a county road to the east and a state road to the south, affecting local residents and children.
A garbled text fragment discusses expanding beyond a certain hill for their piente bounde and argues about Roman how for 6000 nores between towne. It mentions Rockefeller and Cleveland Reareris, with phrases like feel like a sponge. The piece ponders whether the fence can encircle any lanew sharing public rights by common use.
The piece describes schemes by land and brigadier companies seeking to blame the state for losses after luring settlers with fake titles and ironclad contracts. It argues the need for proper methods and notes the influence of biased histories in schools, urging careful selection by school boards to prevent polluted minds.
A verse from Household Magazine seeks a man of honor integrity and cheerfulness and a woman of purity grace and intuitive wisdom. The shorter quatrain asks if such well matched partners exist in the city and lawn, hinting at ideal domestic virtues.
A terse, satirical piece by Eibert Hubbard lampoons politics and law. It accuses politicians of dual roles, notes hereditary resemblance as a civil variable, and mocks the need for lawyers to shield citizens from lawyers. The Kindergarten Idea in the best education for parents is referenced.
The Denver Post riffs on a ten year old Wheat Land World item joking about John Jewe ready to swear a squash in his garden grows each night. It playfully notes the 1455 Wyoming farming claim as a historical quip.
More than twenty five thousand art students flood New York as dozens of schools reopen. Western and southern youths comprise most of the newcomers, with 20 to 40 schools listed. Detailed counts show numbers in the thousands at institutions like the Art Students' League and Cooper Union, plus many others, all driving a boom in studios and modest living arrangements.
A Springfield Republican letter from Aurin FlamL of Boston argues the earth is flat. He claims Springfield lies 140 miles from Boston and questions globe curvature, asserting engineers could prove a level plane by a straight Boston to Springfield survey. He compares water to a level surface and cites a 3000 mile globe hypothesis to challenge standard geography.
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