Work Under Way On Dormitory at State University
The University of Oregon awarded Portland firm Eugene Hansen and Hammond the contract to build the first unit of a new men’s dormitory for 510,000. Lorenz Brothers and Stein Brothers bid lower, bond financing was arranged by Dean Witter with Marine National Bank Seattle at 4.5 percent. Dormitory capacity rises to 278 with fireproof asbestos roof, copper flashings, private refrigeration plant, ice plant, cork storage, and a large versatile dining hall for 500 plus showers and modern plumbing.
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University OF Oregon
Eugene
Portland
Marine National Bank of
Seattle
Wash
Ellis F. Lawrence
Lawrence and Holford
University Architects
Lafayette Land Grant of 1824 Lands in West Florida
The 1824 congressional act granted Lafayette 200000 plus one town of land for Revolution services. The tract, later split among many owners, covered about 29028 acres in present day Tallahassee area and was issued as a July 4 1825 patent delivered in person. Attempts to settle by French colonists failed.
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Lafayette
America
Congress
Pathfinder Magazine
United States
West Florida
Tallahassee
General Land Office
Pensacola
McKee
Florida
Count la Porte
Charles Murat
Napoléon
Woman's grasp of business shown after husband's death
A Chicago wife, widowed by an automobile accident, learns the news of her husband’s death by telegram sent to Maine. The message notes the tragedy and mentions incomplete insurance coverage. The incident is presented as evidence of women adopting business lingo and spirit.
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Times
Chicago
Maine
John
Classified notices list animals and goods for sale
Strayed Jersey milk cow from Henry Koepke place contact s2F12. For sale Hamilton Player piano contact Athena phone 561. Sixty one day old chicks with two mother hens Mrs Earl Martin. Team work available including plowing garden grounds Claud Dickenson. Good mountain pasture with water for horses and cattle prices two fifty and one twenty five per month Chester Ferguson Weston phone 15F2. Sale items include refrigerator folding couch full bed set bed mattress and springs Howard heater n ed board Peerless range utensils table high chair tubs clothes basket phone 501.
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Hamilton
Athena
Earl Martin
Claud Dickenson
Chester Ferguson
Weston
Howard Heater
Chinese Pirates Not Like Old Buccaneers
A Dearborn Independent tale notes Chinese pirates are less bloodthirsty than fictional buccaneers and that some famed officials began as bandits. An incident near a Canton Christian college saw a student launch ransom not paid, with the Honan governor saying capture for ransom is safer than killing. the students and launch were returned in days.
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China
Dearborn Independent
William EB. Barton
Orient
Canton Christian College
Honan
Man Faces Bowling Blues at Liberty Avenue Alley
A harried husband confesses to a Bowling Alley clerk that his wife plans to watch his match after believing he bowls every Saturday for six months. He claims neither knows the game, fearing exposure and scandal.
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Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Collins Chicks for Winter Layers and Profit
Collins Chicks offer early laying, reliable breed and rapid growth from purebred flocks. Chicks are vigor tested and guaranteed live on arrival by Parcel Post with 100 percent live guarantee. Leghorns Rocks Reds Black and White Minorcas available at 15 cents each.
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Collins
Local Notes from Athena and Pendleton
Miss Jennie Dykes visited Miss Elsa Rosenzweig in Milton. Sheriff Taylor attended a funeral in Pendleton. A Yellow Kid fan Byron Hawks visits Athena. The council renews W J Gholson as city marshal. Cut worms damage Gerking Flat and Sand Hollow wheat. Pioneer drug owner Bruce Wallace buys Jones cottage and rivals head to Echo. The Yellow Kids play Walla Walla with an excursion train from Pendleton. Ike Butler to appear at the Sun day game in Walla Walla.
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Jennie Dykes
Milton
Elsa Rosenzweig
H. J. Bean
Athena
George Scrimsher
T. J. Kirk
C. A. Barrett
W. D. Chamberlain
Pendleton
W. G. Preston
Waitsburg
Sheriff Taylor
Little Lee Gerking
LeGrow
Levanworth
Kansas
Eber Luna
Pomeroy, Wash
Saleman
Byron Hawks
Moro
A. B. Stone
Frank Coolidge
W. J. Gholson
Gerking Flat
Sand Hollow
Bruce Wallace
Pioneer Drug Store
Jones
Jefferson Street
Mrs. Jones
Echo
T. D. S. Hart
Walla Walla
Aldrich and
Drake
Mitt Bush
Mike Ryan
Phelps
Ryan
Garden City
Ike Butler
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State University
Henry Koepke
Get
Collins Chicks For Profit
Freewater Hatchery
C. T. Collins
Prop
Freewater, Oregon
Perry Hall
Pink
Place
Third Street
Umatilla
Morrow
Neustadter
Steve’s Grocery
Oregon
W. G. Cowan
W. Boyd Whyte Chiropractor
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Athens
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
Foley
F. Sharp
J. L. Geyer
Post Building
B. B Richards
Conoco Gasoline
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Icy Pi
A. W. Logsdon
Main
Bell & Venable
Grian
Sperry
Lee Wilson, M’gr
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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