Pioneers to Be Honored in Portland Celebration
The Society of Oregon Native Sons and Native Daughters plan a Portland grand celebration next year to honor pioneers. The event aims to be a state fair for manufacturing progress and a museum for pioneer relics, housed in a landmark building as a meeting place and archival depot.
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Pioneer Monument Committee
Society of Oregon Native Sons
Oregon
Portland
Oregon Historical Society
Questionable Chair Choice in Scottish Joint Committee Debate
In Parliament a proposal to decide a tie breaking chair by lot faced objections. A supporter cited apostolic precedent and argued that if Judas Iscariot's successor could be elected by lot then the chairman could be chosen similarly. The debate hints at broader constitutional humor regarding religious influences on politics.
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House of
Ap Ja
Scotland
House
Long Distance Story Tellers Form Maine Group
At Waterville Maine a new organization the Stonytellers Association of Maine opens to unite Maine's best yarn tellers. Members compete for prizes for the longest and best original stories with flexible telling times including meals. Jo B Maxon of Bar Harbor joins after a record long talk.
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Waterville
Maine
Elmwood Hotel
Stonytellers’ Association of Maine
Prises
Jo B. Maxon
Bar Harbor
Maseen
St. Tony
Mystery Story Fragment Hinted by Obscure Text
A stray archaic passage hints at a tale told by Mp aa he went along. The narrator recalls 25 shouts and a journey past a tree featuring elements that might offend or alarm ladies, leaving the full context unclear.
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Oly Ua
Mit
Prairie dogs to disappear as grazing land battles loom
The piece argues prairie dogs spread across western Nebraska and eastern Colorado threaten grazing land. Agriculture officials favor removal, while critics mock the plan. The essay predicts ecological shifts, more cattle, and a quieting of landscapes once alive with prairie dogs.
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Neska
Colorado
Europe
Agriculturel Department
Wilson
Des Moines News
Through the Holy Land in a Travel Letter by Mia
In a Ladies' Home Journal piece Mia quotes Lew Wallace on Jerusalem as We See It To Day. The travel sketch reflects slow trains, shaded landscapes, and ghostly phantoms along the band of Proar ise, evoking contemplative impressions of sacred sites.
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Holy Pladerna
Mia
Lew Wallace
Jerusalem Gate Market and Ancient Rulers Amid Modern Noise
The passage recalls the Jaffa Gate as a busy west gate market with multilingual chatter and scenes of ancient leaders Saul Job and David as if witnessing a contrast between desert stillness and modern machines. The narrative closes with a train whistle and a felt spiritual thrill as Zion's city rises in view.
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Jaffa
Saul
fRears
East
David
Zion
Philadelphia
City
Trenton
Camden
Hondomtown
Cere
Toms River
Fortowen River
Joana Heights
New Brunswick
Monmouth Junction
New York
Agbury Park
West Twenty-third Street
Benders
Desbrossos Street
Bandays
Wortiead Street
Sandaya
Interlaken
Ayo Lace
Asbury Park
Aebury Park & Otoff
Broad Street
Ata
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Market Street
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J.B. Hutobingon
Burial by Immurement in Chinese Lepers Case Described
The piece notes Chinese practice of burying lepers alive after an elaborate funeral meal. It cites Dr. Wittenberg on leprosy in China, describing nerve forms and mixed forms, with prisoners and sufferers often segregated or left to beg as lesions worsen. The article mentions contagion claims and social reactions.
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Pérdéne
Wittenberg
China
Wittenberg Fresold
Cuban official defends habeas corpus in island trial
Photograph by Oterd and Colominas Havana notes Dr Migiel Gener secretary of justice Cuba extending support to the island's legal process. The caption mentions jury trial habeas corpus writ and sympathy toward the hidalgo of the Antilles amid turbulence with twelve men and a judge.
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Oterd & Colominas
Havana
Migiel Gener
Cuba
Population atlas issued by railway passenger dept
A booklet listing populations of all U S cities 25000+ per the 1900 census has been issued by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway passenger department. Copies available by sending address with two postage stamps to the General Passenger Agent at Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Chicago Ill.
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United States
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pas ‘Senger
Chitaio
Milwaukee & Bi. Paul
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