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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1910
Page
4
Fragmented OCR listing recurring mail subscriptions and delivery options for the Official City and County Paper. References to weekly and monthly rates, durations of one month three months six months and one year, plus mentions of carrier mail and Honolulu style names.
A lyrical verse from the Baltimore Sun pleads for Sweet Southland, praising its beauty and invoking fairy imagery. The poem expresses distance yet proximity in spirit and asks for the reader to hear and receive homage and love for Southland.
In Oregon the direct primary law bans conventions and bowersman seeks an old time nomination via the Portland assembly. Critics call such acts anarchic and urge Republicans to back Judge Grant B. Dimick who champions the direct primary and progressive wing against Bowerman and the assemblyites.
East Oregonian correspondence from Weston notes a young Indiana figure achieving a notable deed on a Saturday, highlighting local interest and recognition. The report emphasizes the event's significance to the community and mentions surrounding context.
The article notes Miss Warren and many eastern Oregon young ladies are teaching in Washington due to the Cheney and prior Eastern Oregon normal school closures. It argues shortages of trained teachers in eastern Oregon schools and ties blame to Jay Bowerman, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, for the normal school funding crisis and calls for an initiative to fund normals.
J P McManus editor of the Pilot Rock Record attacks the East Oregonian with mendacious fulminations after a recent editorial critical of an assembly plan. He is quoted praising not backing any ticket and criticizing old time party factions seen at a Republican editors meeting in Portland.
ONeill Browne warns he will sue Roosevelt over a dispute. He cautions that Roosevelt might stand trial if Browne proceeds, alleging Browne is guilty of the charges raised.
People of the west favor horses and anticipate a Round-up with racing ponies outlaw bronchoes Indian cayuses and thoroughbreds. Two weeks remain in the primary campaign and registration closes Wednesday as schools commence.
Consul Augustus E B Ingram notes the Australasian wool year ending June shows a spike of 146,639 bales. Australian exports reach 1,921,705 and New Zealand 612,938 bales, totaling 2,434,643 vs 2,289,104 previously. UK wool imports for five months of 1910 total 550,128,963 lb, down from 1809. Australia and New Zealand supply up 16,028,721 lb but Argentina drops 14,580,263 lb. Cape wool also falls 17,101,974 lb. Exports of colonial and foreign wool amount to 224,196,625 lb, with a domestic balance of 325,?22,988. In six months, 56,524,922 lb colonial/foreign wool and 10,140,600 lb British wool were sent to the United States, down 23,795,747 and 5,296,200 lb respectively.
The Long Island engagement proved Washington the right leader for the patriot cause. Despite being outnumbered, his retreat showcased strategic brilliance, bolstering public faith in the commander. The battle also affirmed the militia’s capability against veteran king forces, given Washington’s leadership.
Princeton University plans an imposing memorial tower in honor of the late Grover Cleveland. Of the $100,000 required, $75,000 is subscribed, with friends contributing the rest. The piece notes Cleveland and John G Carlisle died relatively poor, and argues enduring respect grows after death as history reassesses their fixed principles.
A University of Pennsylvania expedition observers a solar eclipse in the southern United States. An old colored man recalls the professor’s remark that chickens would roost at 11. The punchline is that the teaching date was a year out and the chickens had not yet hatched.
The Bitters is marketed as suitable for every family member and free from cause seating or habit forming drugs. It claims gentle relief for poor appetite, nausea, belching, heartburn, indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, malaria, fever and ague, urging readers to try a bottle today at all druggists.
An observer notes women’s shoes on Riverside avenue show worn backs and scuffed heels while fronts are polished. The piece urges self inspection, noting bootblacks rarely polish the back and advising readers to check their own shoes.
In a tense exchange the horseman argues the horse is too large for Whistler. Whistler counters with vehemence and is urged to swap by a muscular rival who insists the other horse is a warhorse. Whistler finally concedes he does not want the large horse despite the insistence.
Boges, a cadet cavalry officer at West Point, overheard Whistler objecting to the horse assigned for his use in the riding hall. Whistler disliked riding, and his protest was noted during the September Century event.
In 1883 a French scientist piloted a dirigible carrying two men with propulsion powered by a bicromate primary battery. The historic flight demonstrated early air travel technology and the feasibility of powered lighter-than-air craft.
The article marks the 137th anniversary of the Battle of Long Island on August 27 and contrasts it with the era’s major conflicts, suggesting the event’s lesser historic weight despite its enduring memorability.
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