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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
6
A meditation on courage and life’s purpose blends with baseball lore from Detroit. It contrasts fear with action, citing Stevenson and a playful baseball scene about hits, baserunning, and signaling. The piece ties mental resolve to sports imagery.
The Gonzaga college football squad will host Whitman College’s strong second team this fall in Spokane. Manager Hawley of the Missourians aims to schedule three Whitman games here plus a game with Gonzaga. Negotiations reach to include Blair Business College and Spokane College, with Whitman planning three Spokane games in one week and a mid November return visit. Idaho and W S C are arranging to send their second teams, and Whitman’s trip marks a likely annual event for Spokane fans.
The Plantations beat Rathdrum 8 to 0 in a sloggy contest at Rathdrum as poor field conditions and numerous errors boosted the run total. Burchett pitched the later innings for the Plantations delivering quality twirling. Whitman coach Blanchard heads to Spokane to ready his squad for practice after college opens.
Connie Mark of the Athletics extols the hit and run as a key tactic. He argues mastered sacrifice and hit and run keeps opponents guessing and boosts scoring, noting the Athletics used the tactic to win the pennant in 1902.
A 19th or early 20th century style ad claims stomachs suffer under a broken system and promotes Tallman & Co. Mi-o-na tablets. It asserts quick relief from indigestion in five minutes, cures chronic and acute stomach ailments, and offers a money back guarantee at 50 cents per box. Local Pendleton readers are urged to buy to end distressing symptoms.
The National committee of six revised basketball rules addressing umpire focus, dribbling limits, foul penalties, and boundary lines. Changes include umpires watching all eight players, stricter foul calls, new rest/follow through dribble rules, entry after stoppage, play ball restart, boundary line rulings, and legalization of glass backboards.
State college at W S C has a nearly definite gridiron schedule with a pending game against the University of Washington set for November 19. Home games include Puget Sound October 19 and Idaho November in Moscow, with Denver University December 5 in Spokane. The new athletics committee is chaired by Prof H V Carpenter, with F A Thomson and Solon Shedd. Key players include Cave, Denner, Cheely, Hunter, Foran, Laird, Galbrath, Knight and Hamilton, plus Spokane high school transfers. Joe Halm, Herbert Wexler, Arthur Bryant and P J Gherry will not play this year. Cheely may be lost due to veterinary studies ending next year.
A Washington dispatch reports Professor A K Fisher derides cats as sleazy household pests while praising skunks for controlling pests. He cites New England bird losses to cats and warns that cats carry diseases. the piece contrasts tabby’s image with calls for restraint.
In Seattle the year ends with lingering questions about the WSC gridiron squad. Key steady players are absent, prompting speculation on a full college team reorganization and what championship potential the WSC group may display under new leadership. Conteh and Keinhels still draw fan confidence despite anticipated changes.
Hood River Oregon reports a novelty as Police Chief Frlabert Lewis rode a thoroughbred mustang in public to speed duty. He said the city needed faster patrols until the new mounted unit arrives, calling for quicker locomotion.
Portland Maine September 14 The North Pole was discovered just in time and a world ending tomorrow is predicted by Rev Frank Sandford leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Society He and followers plan white robes on Shiloh rooftops to witness the predicted apocalypse and ascent to bliss while others face destruction
Fred H. Page of Page & Son of Portland negotiated the sale of about 7000 boxes of Hood River apples not secured by Steinhardt & Co. The Hood River Apple Growers Union directors and Mr. Page held an all day session resulting in a complete harvest clearance of Ben Davis Russets Ganos Rome Beauties Spitzenbergs and Yellow Newtowns. Page expressed satisfaction with the purchase and departed Hood River smiling.
A fragment suggests lust is framed as a binding chain with the phrase Free Living. The brief notes a moral or religious critique, contrasting desire with personal restraint and social judgment. The wording hints at a sermonlike or editorial tone on vice and freedom.
From a small beginning the sale and use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. It has proved especially valuable for coughs and colds. For sale by all good dealers.
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