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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented historical newspaper masthead lists publication data for Pendleton Oregon. It notes the Independent Daily and Weekly editions, managing offices in Portland and Pendleton, and printing/ distribution terms including mail and carrier options, with official status and telephones.
The East Oregonian critiques a federal court stance on railroad rate spreads by carload and less than carload shipments, arguing freight must reflect service costs and affect small towns. It likens the issue to Napoleon and notes broader concerns about fashion and politics.
The London Times editorial on Dress of Ordrees argues a feminine fashion revolution mirrors wealth and unrest, suggesting excess arises from moneyed ease rather than social chaos. A Walla Walla reflection adds local notes on failed events, debt, and political cautions as the city learns from missteps.
The London obelisk Cleopatra's Needle displays a list of curious artifacts left in its base over the years. The catalog includes a Met Standard bronze model, vellum engineering plans, jars of Doulton ware, British coinage, a partial inch scale, a baby's feeding bottle, toys, a parchment translation of hieroglyphics, a portrait of Queen Victoria, and bilingual Bibles in French and English.
A London sale list describes items for auction including Hebrew Pentateuch in 215 languages, a Bradshaw's railway guide, a shilling razor, case of clears, pipes, hairpins and feminine adornments, a hydraulic jack for obelisk lifting, wire rope and submarine cables, 24 London maps, daily and illustrated newspapers, a two-foot rule, a London directory, Whitaker's almanac, and photographs of twelve English women.
On a train two suburban mothers trade gossip about their daughters. One says her daughter passed her teaching exam. The other laments that the interview asked about events long before the girl's birth, highlighting the absurdity of expectations. September Lippincott.
In Mirthful Vein from Philadelphia Saturday Post two Missouri brothers sued a neighbor for 375 dollars over a land deal. They hired the county’s best lawyer who won the case. When asking about his fee one brother stayed outside while the other entered. the lawyer offered 300 dollars, saying he knew their father and even their grandfather. The outside brother exclaimed that the lawyer must not have known grandpa either.
A young couple on a porch gaze at the stars. They identify Jupiter Sirius Mars and share a kiss as a footstep signals a parent’s approach, ending the moment with a hidden return.
A brief exchange contrasts bleak doubt with hopeful outlook. The pessimist wonders about life’s worth while the optimist affirms it, noting many do not live as well as they could.
A man of high social position is forced to stay in a small country town. He asks a boy where the postoffice is and is told to hurry back. The boy speaks in a soothing, pragmatic manner as the scene unfolds. September Lippincott's
A poem fragment notes a speaker once mocked as Bricktop now called Baldy, reflecting social mockery and changing nicknames. The piece, attributed to Courter-Journal, laments taints cast on reputation and pride amidst time.
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