Democratic laws that help farmers workers reform from Wilson era
The article outlines federal moves under President Wilson to aid farmers and rural areas including the Federal Reserve Act rural credits and warehouse acts. It highlights the new government employment service in post offices matching workers to jobs and addressing farm labor shortages, with examples from Oregon hop picking.
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Frank Gq
ODDLA
Nebraska Farm Magasine
Uncle Sam
Wilson
Department of Labor
United States Employment Service
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Oregon Journal of Portland
Portland
Federal Employment Service
Congress
Inet
United States
United Agtater Warehouse Act
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Sharpe
Cook
Bure
Waste of Powder Ducking Tale from Harper’s Magazine
A duck hunter who never before hunted shoots at a duck in flight and quips the fat would have killed him anyway. The anecdote, from Harper’s Magazine, contrasts a humorous hunting mishap with a broader note on Chinese rice consumption.
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Harper's Magazine
China
Central
Horth
Smallest Part First Exchange Note
A compact crossword style exchange hints at playful misdirection in counting age. The remark about saying eight and twenty versus twenty eight plays on arithmetic and language, while a quip about “batting the best feet forward” suggests a light moral on cleverness and forward-looking tactics.
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Exchanee
Baseball and Football Notes From Early Era Sports
George D Buck Weaver, a Chicago American League infielder, is highlighted as a top fielder and veteran who split time at shortstop with Eddie Collins. The piece also critiques holding in football, summarizes the football code, mentions Willie Kolehmainen’s arrival and marathon wins, discusses the Double Umpire System, and notes Archie Thulin’s Brown coaching return plus various league signings and changes in early 20th century sports.
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George D.buck Weaver
Eddie Collins
Chicago
Weaver
Practical Health Hint on Preventing Pyorrhea
Advice urges early dental care with daily brushing and rinsing after meals. Emphasizes tartar removal, keeping teeth clean, and teaching children proper oral hygiene to prevent pyorrhea and gum recession.
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Stoutne Uji
Fragmented Read on Flowers Leaves and Odd Tales
A collage discusses flowers and leaves sacrificing for seeds, then shifts to culinary lore, a lobster Newburg tale, a butter tree claim, an Araby butter note, and a wild boar escape story told by an English sportsman in India, with vivid but fragmentary details and names.
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Laties
J. Han
Wil
Mr. Hin
Delmonico
Del
Newburg
la Wenburg
Wenburg
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Africa
Pittsburgh
India
Astoria Freight Rates Confirmed by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission has affirmed the city of Astoria Oregon's home freight rate request to Seattle, Tavoms and Parthia, affecting transportation charges.
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Beatfirms
Washington
Astoria
Oregon
Seattle
Tavoms
Parthia
Interstate Commerce Commivalog
Bathing Then and Now at Brighton in Late Eighteenth Century
Erridge notes in a Brighton history that seaside bathers faced fewer machines and easier conditions a century ago. He recounts crowds gathering, boat and horseback arrivals, and differing hours for bathers, contrasting past practice with later restraint and fence reductions. An emerald motif and a quip on love and money appear alongside broader notes on the era.
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Erridge
Brighton
Bach
Horgeback
London
Chroni
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Russia
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England
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Richard Boose
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Ss. Football Rules Committee
Football Rules Committee
Willie Kolohmainen
Hanney
Glasgow
Willie Koleh Jmuinen
British Isles
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Mike Coolan
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Foot Lll
Pane Wau
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VU Ty
South
RBC Deseention Dawley Wiks
Ol Ventayy
Phihidetthay Ny Monals
Traily Sours
Resluse Hindu
Baltinian Moderals
Wit
McGraw
American Press Association
Kuppenheimer
V. E. Kachelhoffer
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A. H. Weber
Hore Ackley
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