Willamette Valley Outlook And Arbor Day Plans
Hundreds of new settlers push into the Northwest as land hunger grows. Portland figures, including A. L. Milla, say the Pacific Northwest is the nation’s booming region due to railroad building and investment. Oregon crop prospects are mixed with bumper eastern grain and ample Willamette water, while Arbor Day at the Park invites beautification by planting roses and trees. Senator Chamberlain is cited over a postal savings bill. local athletes urged to gather at Arbor Day events.
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Montana
Idaho
Washington
North Dakota
Oregon
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Hill
Vancouver
British Columbia
Tacoma
Nts
Seattle
Pacific
Baltimore
A. L. Milla
Portland
Pacific Northwest
United States
Oaly
Northwest
Lesses
Willamette Valley
George Chamberlain
Card of Thanks from W L Kidder
W L Kidder expresses gratitude for kind assistance and sympathy during recent bereavement.
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Sasistavco
When Railroads Began the Locomotive Fought Horses
A historic note from American Cultivator recounts early railroad trials from 1822 onward. It covers the Philadelphia to Susquehanna charter, the Lackawanna Creek locomotive trials, sails on B&O engines, the 1830 speed race with a horse, and rough early operations with jerking starts, no brakes, and crude signaling. It also describes slave-influenced station shakedowns and the barrier car idea with cotton bales to protect passengers.
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United States
Philadelphia
Susquehanna River
Baltimore
Lackawanna Creek
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and
Peter Cooper
Gray
Cooper
New Castle and
Frenchtown
Origin of the Word Canada from Mohawk village name
In 1634 Jacques Cartier set out from St Malo to Labrador and Newfoundland. He named Chaleur bay and found the land’s vast rivers. Locals called the villages along the banks Canada meaning village, a Mohawk term the French adopted for the country.
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Canada
Jacques Cartier
St. Malo
Brittany
Labrador
Newfoundland
Chaleur Bay
Anticosti
Prancengela
Cartier
St. Lawrence
India
Saguenay
Amazon
Orinoco
The Planing Machine Inventor Controversy
The article notes ongoing disputes over who first invented the planing machine with many claimants. It cites records showing Nicholas Fory, a French clockmaker, using a metal planer in 1701 to machine pump cylinders, believing accuracy could be improved over a revolving cutter.
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Nicholas Fory
Cassler
His College Training Tins Bille’s Son Proves It
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes Tins Bille’s son used his college education in real life by dropping an attacker after a late hold up. The joke highlights a college football trick learned on his college eleven and ends with the rib toss remark.
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Bille
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Out of the Ordinary Event Cited by Boston Transcript
A dialogue fragment notes a caller nicknaming an incident as an event rather than a mere occurrence. The Boston Transcript is quoted discussing the proper terminology and seriousness of the situation.
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Rapleigh
Miss Port
Mr. Sapleigh
Boston Transcript
Pertinent Question From A Fractured Memory
An unclear excerpt recalls a mother addressing a boy about his father and a claimed throat injury. The fragment references power, a person named Lavell, and a poetic tone about memory and danger, but the meaning remains obscured and fragmentary.
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The
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Genind
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Post Building
Main Street
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DR. King
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs, Tenn
Thamberlain Moueh
Pere Renee
Chamberlain Medicine Co
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Oss Moines, Iowa
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