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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1905
Page
4
Fragments announce advertising deadlines for the East Oregonian with sale locations in Portland and postal entry at Pendleton. It specifies copy deadlines for Monday and Saturday issues and lists news association branding.
Ambrose Bierce laments the American habit of talk and public oratory. He notes how campaigns, social life, and gatherings center on speech, fearing constant chatter has shaped national character and political culture.
Hite warns readers that Umatilla county presents many small opportunities for homeseekers despite big $10,000 land deals. He notes rampant sales, with Freewater prune land cited as a model where a single crop paid for land, and stresses irrigation and reclamation turning waste into arable land. Echo, Foster, Hutter Creek, Freewater, Hudson Bay, and Furnish Ditch areas promise growth for small capital.
The Muskogee convention division seeks Sequoyah statehood admission for Indian Territory. The text lauds Sequoyah as a great contributor to aboriginal peoples. It notes his fame as the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet and his role as a peaceful leader among his people.
The article muses on how U S states derive their names from individuals, places, and honors. It notes California’s Sequois gigantea called big tree, England’s Wellingtonia, and various states named for royalty or founders, with few bearing citizen names. It laments the rarity of states named after American citizens, aside from a few exceptions like Washington.
The San Francisco Sunday Examiner discusses whether Senator Mitchell will resign as chairman of the canal committees to allow work to proceed at Congress opening. It notes the land fraud scandal tied to Mitchell and whether he will retain the chair through pending court rulings, with California senators cautious about public comment.
Judge orders grand jury investigation into rumors that Sunday closing wine laws are not strictly enforced by police. He directs the inquisitor to probe, indict officers if derelict, and report quickly. Court vows Sunday closing will be rigidly enforced as long as the current incumbent serves.
A contract for the excavation and erection of basement walls of the Catholic cathedral was awarded today to Charles Bumeran for $19,700. Work will begin Monday. Bumeran is the contractor doing the stone work on the Regan residence for Home Capital News.
The Danish government and Teelandish authorities pursue a giant undersea telegraph link from Iceland to the Faroe Islands, then to Shetland and Scotland, with Great Northern Telegrapher’s concession and mixed funding from Denmark and Teeland. Construction expected around October 1906, with overland routes and joint ownership terms and future potential Danish control if needed.
The excerpt presents John Burroughs's verse yearning for inner calm and self possession. It reflects a solitary search for contentment beyond wind sea and world, with imagery of night skies and a soul seeking pure delight.
A trolley car derailment in Chariton Missouri caused two deaths and twelve injuries, with several family members affected. In North Yakima republic notes, a breakthrough at the Selah canal caused major flood damage to Fechter and Janeck hay folds and ongoing ditch repairs.
An advertisement argues scrofula is inherited and unaltered by treatment except a constitutional remedy. It claims the blood is diseased, warns of weak health, and touts a product described as boosting strength, digestion, and overall health, with testimonials from Cleveland and LO COHON praising its cure.
The BD. B. Richardson shop in Helix Oregon has been purchased and will be thoroughly remodeled with a substantial stock increase. The new owner seeks local patronage and promises fair treatment and good goods in exchange for farm produce and trade.
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