Oregon immigration drive and regional notes in Athena
Oregon attracts Western settlers with rail travel to top locations aided by the Oregon Development League. A major full page Oregon promotion runs in several national papers. The Anti Saloon League reports heavy closures in Iowa. Oregon rivers progress discussed at Paxson and Albany meetings. Invitations extend to the Capitals dedication with Oregon fir millwork. Western Canada faces rail consolidation. marble deposits in Wallowa County highlighted. Czar’s navy limits linked to global tensions. Weather bureau urged to note Central American leaders’ talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Oregon Development League
Portland
New York World
Indianapolis Star
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Tribune
Minneapolis ,Tribune
St. Louis Hlobe-Democrat
Kansas City Star
Omaha Bee
Quotations and quips from a nation at leisure
The piece collects wry observations and light social commentary from various figures. It mocks hat chasing, renaming bills for orchards, baseball’s ancient roots, and naval panic while noting Zeppelin progress and a humorous Niagara barrel ride as a local jest.
Fought Off Death for General Grant in Time
Description of Dr Shrady and Dr Douglas deciding to faculty action to save General Grant. They give a hypodermic brandy injection when the medical code would have allowed death. Grant regains consciousness after the intervention and later completes his memoirs. A separate anecdote about a verbose bishop and the timing of a clock strike ends with the bishop taking the hint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Shrady
Newman
Grant
Ile
Prink W. Mack
House of Lords
Marquis of Salisbury
St. Paul's
Not the Sealskin and a Wifes Sympathetic Dinner Quip
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a New York dinner joke about wifely sympathy. A man trudges home in zero weather and laments that Pye got the sack. His wife reacts by calling the sealskin joke. The tale highlights social humor of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jones
Pye
Washington Star
Johnnie Likes It All and the Dessert Debate
A quirky tale where Johnnie defends his dining choices at Brandia's with praise for the dessert and the dinner itself. His aunt questions the motive, while Johnnie insists he enjoys the inner as well as the sweet finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Also Mentioned on This Page
F.B. Boyp
Pususurn
Athena
Cathena, Ore
Columbia
Willamette Rivers
Paxson
Albany
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Oregon and Washington
Wallowa
Transportation Combine of
Horopo
Weather Bureau
Repub
Mount Hood
Ore
Ron
University of Chicago
Great Britain
Jount Zeppelin
Niagara
The
Great Northwest
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Southern Pacific Co
Oregon Lines
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Lends
Mmurray
Mr. Newlywes
Witter
Mr. Newlywed
Jonson
Post Building
Main Street
Umatilla County
Washington
Morrow County
DR. King
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs, Tenn
Phanberle
Cough
Bronte
Teiselve
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Asa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!