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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
4
Advertising and notice deadlines for the East Oregonian and related papers are outlined. Mentioned are subscription rates, mail delivery options, and participation by sellers in Portland and Pendleton. Ancillary notes reference offices, bureau locations, and submission times for classified notices and ads.
Timid workers and officials fear rising property valuations and regulation, yet proponents forecast rapid railroad expansion. If one company hesitates, another will build, as inland empire strengthens with a three year goal to network lines to the coast and attract global capital seeking Northwest riches.
Idaho and Oregon readers note calls for increased railroad and property taxes with a Moscow group forming a taxpayers league to push for higher valuations. The movement targets railroad companies and other property owners, arguing they pay too little and impose unfair burdens on consumers and consumers, urging broader taxpayer solidarity and support from newspapers.
The Salem Statesman urges secrecy about the Orewan representatives conviction to keep the public ignorant of official crimes and to prevent exposure that could expose corruption and immunity among public figures. The piece attacks broad discussions of government powers and character as dangerous.
The article argues that monopolies in news and telegraph services threaten public information and government accountability in Oregon. It cites concerns over state and local control, pressure on newspapers, and the impact on youth and mature thought, urging vigilance against concentrated media power.
A historical report discusses a scheme involving five thousand dollars and five hundred dollars linked to bank cashiers and a female workforce. It notes women in banking positions and questions reliability and potential coercion in financial trusts, with references to Missouri and broader policy concerns.
The article argues minors should be punished for obtaining liquor by lying about age and criticizes parents for not teaching youths a sober path. It condemns the practice of adults selling whiskey to underage buyers and calls for strict penalties to deter such behavior.
A fragmentary note recounts a spiritual tableau with quoted lines by Hila Wheeler Wilcox and a crime brief about the safe of Schomus & Co. in McMinnville being cracked and $169 cash stolen while tiles and goods remained untouched.
A damaged OCR sketch describes the Tilmburg-American liner Lior Amervika on its first voyage from Hamburg via Dover and Cherbourg toward Hoboken. The article extols its luxurious floating hotel features, 687 feet long with 74 feet 6 inch beam, carrying 260 third class passengers and 300 second class, while promising modern safety devices and electric elevator service.
A sharp foreword by Charles Finney in his new collection of articles contends civilization is decaying to barbarism. He argues city life breeds deformed, diseased, and helpless beings consuming social worldviews while wealth and luxury mask the peril. The piece warns England has long faced this issue and urges American cities to confront Stepney and Clerkenwell’s fate.
A fragment from a poem describes a child built brick walls admired by a figure named Wimitreta. A passing broom and a waning love disturb the house as wind and slander undo it. The speaker notes the fragile structure falls despite effort, warning against overreliance on breath to sustain it.
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