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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1911
Page
4
Fragmented OCR lists various subscription rates and carrier terms with unclear names and dates. It references monthly and weekly options, durations, and prices, but the text is garbled and many items are unreadable. The readable parts indicate standard subscription concepts without coherent details or totals.
A probing commentary argues that popular government and direct democracy like initiative and referendum strengthen democracy. It contrasts Canada and Britain, notes Oregon’s reforms as forward progress, and mentions reactionary critics led by Judge Grosscup who laments the people as final court. It closes with a call that freedom remains a divine law.
Daily progress toward paving Alta Cottonwood and Webb streets continues while overhead electric and telephone wires remain. A city council meeting with the electric trust manager yielded talk of underground lines at great cost to property owners. The East Oregonian notes skepticism toward corporate veracity as officials ponder next steps.
A citizen questions whether elected officials should defer to David Son on electric trust upgrades in Pendleton and urges consistent rules for all. The speaker criticizes police arrests, animal control actions, and city officials for favoring the rich while oppressing the poor, calling for firmer action and fairness.
The unsigned critique targets the Pilot Rock Record over Pentico n water concerns and Oregon Pacific Power relations. It warns against bushwhacking and calls for honest journalism while noting wheat price movement tied to reciprocity rejection and the push for a commission form of government.
Fragmented report notes attacks on the Korean coast with Japanese transports seized by destroyers. Mentions advanced Japanese forces near Fu Pass east of Mukden and a pilot’s perilous journey from the Alps to Italy with a wrecked end.
A New York Times note describes a boy blessed by an angel who grants him love and beauty as lifelong gifts. Despite fifty years of hardship and pain, he remains hopeful with a childlike wisdom, carrying the memory of that morning promise and dreaming of grander heights yet to win.
A condensed timeline lists events from 1641 to 1904 including Trish rebellion massacres 1641 Worcester 1642, Namah 1748, Dutch Cape 1794, Assaye 1802, Neapolitan fortresses Russia, Egypt retreat 1807, Liverpool fire amid 1840s, Leverrier 1846 Berlin find, US Canada reciprocity 1854, Sheridan defeats Early 1864, South Carolina negroes admitted 1564 conflict, Toul capitulates 1870, Paris peace rejection, Portland fire 1894, and Windlyostock Meet 1904.
A San Francisco Star opinion excerpt argues crooks line up on both sides of initiative referendum and recall while honest men differ. It contends crooks vote for the opposing side, and observes some voters are influenced by money. It warns that honest but ignorant individuals may oppose reform.
A New York Herald report quotes Assemblyman Alfred J. B. Smith recounting a raw scene at a railway station where a man with a crying boy faced police. The man explains his wife died, children fell ill, their home burned, and insurance expired. he pleads that the officer not cause him more trouble as he struggles to feed the remaining dependents.
A Galveston News line notes that wanting little on earth does not prove entitlement to heaven, reflecting a moral stance on wealth and reward.
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