Portland Orient Line Still Hopeful to Save Milling Trade
A $225,000 fund to insure a Portland to Orient steamship line is likely, with C W R B N pledging $75,000 and Hill lines expected to match. The plan, if realized, would keep Portland connected to Oriental trade, preventing inland mills from chartering wheat vessels or shutting down. Miller M L Watts warns that loss of Portland service would force shipments via Seattle, harming both milling firms and wheat growers in the inland empire.
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Portland
Hill Lines
Inland Empire
M. L. Watts
Seattle
Advangd
Umatilla
Portland Oriental
Apple crop surge credited to Washington in 1912 report
The International Apple Shippers association credits Washington with a crop about three to four times larger than last season. They call this the greatest U S increase besides Kentucky, which also shows a large crop. Quality is reported good, with Walla Walla growers agreeing the figures may be accurate. Yield potentially three to four times last season.
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Washington
International Apple Shippers Association
United States
Kentucky
Walla Wallaers
Mining Camp Melodrama Ends With Wild Western Exit
An 1880s mining town scene unfolds as Joseph Jefferson’s melodrama nears its end. A mother character fires at the villain, a miner cries out and the crowd rushes for the doors. After curtain, spectators insist on paying again to see a full replay.
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Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
Quicksilver Mining Dutes Labor Dangers Across Europe
The piece outlines Almaden in Spain and Idria in Austria as major quicksilver mines. It notes historical workers from Iberians to Romans, galley slaves, and criminals facing death from mercury fumes. It cites 1,600,000 pounds annual output and 4,000 miners at Almaden, then Idria with 500 miners and pensions for disabled and orphans. It also recounts a Morgan anecdote about a bet over employee curiosity.
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Europe
Almaden
Idria
Triest
Pearson's Weekly
Fortunate Chance and Wit Ended with Egged Upset
A jumble of jokes and quips from Harper's and London Answers is presented. It features Mose Willerby and Uncle Jaber debating egg spoilage and a battered attermobile seller, a school hygiene essay about germs that ends with a German joke, a Parson and Abs exchange about a sick husband, and a hair dye humor line about lasting love.
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Mose Willerby
Jaber
Harper’s
Howler
London
Floating a town away from Provincetown on Commercial Street
A Metropolitan Magazine reminiscence recalls Provincetown moving a schoolhouse and houses by bulkheading and tow ing them to a new harborfront site. Government action to protect the harbor led locals to salvage and float their town structures across the water, establishing the current Marine era streetscape.
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Provincetown
Send
Metropolitan Magazine
The Curious Snail Defies Air Water and Nourishment
From Harper's Weekly an account discusses a snail that can endure without air water or nourishment. Leppert cites oxygen absence as lethal for organized beings, yet Spallanzan’s experiments show snails can lose life conditions without dying. The snail hibernates within its shell, sealing the opening to protect against air and water loss.
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Leppert
Spallanzan
Harper's Weekly
Statue of George Palmer in Reading Draws Surprise
The Reading townspeople commissioned a bronze statue of George Palmer portraying him as he appeared daily. The English sculptor fashioned a portrait with every crease of his homely attire, standing bareheaded with a silk hat and umbrella in hand, an unusual inclusion of an umbrella in bronze in any statue.
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Reading
George Palmer
Palmer
New York Sun
He Fooled Her And A Motley of Local Snippets
A rich employer questions a widow about a ready journey and a young woman fumbles her letter under a melodious yet odd string of anecdotes. The column gathers misheard remarks and snippets from Chicago and St. Louis papers reflecting social quirks and comic misgivings.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Hall of Fame Reference in Rushed Verse
Fragmentary lines reference a hall of fame, a question about who earns entry, and mention of Bure. The brief appears as a fragmented verse or note rather than a full event report, preserving ambiguous references to a hall and a sports figure.
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Hall of Fare
Hall of Fame
Bure
The Elevator Boy progresses in Chicago posting
The Chicago Post recounts a humorous six day rise of an elevator boy in Chicago. He learns to run the elevator, answer questions, issue directions, and handle impatient riders while gaining confidence and authority. The piece satirically traces his rapid mastery and the public reaction.
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Chicago
Dutton
Chicago Post
Cheerful Mendelssohn and the Boy Joachim in Conducting
A nostalgic portrait recalls Mendelssohn as a cheerful, rational conductor who earned his players respect through knowledge. Joachim, then a youth, recalls challenging him on orchestration and Mendelssohn gently correcting the error. Also recounted is a Sheffield cutlery tale about a clever knife with a rye straw inside a tempered blade.
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Joachim
Mendelssohn
Leipsig Gewandhaus
Music Magazine
Johann Kruse
Joachim Quartet
London
Bach
Beethoven
Mendelsohn
Sheffield
Cutlers’ Company
Byles on Bills and Imperial Guard Histories Told
Anecdotes place Justice Byles with a horse nicknamed Bills for his work on Bills and a servant’s joke about the master being out on business. The Imperial Guard of France history traces Napoleon I’s creation, splits, and ultimate dissolution by 1815, with later revival by Napoleon III. Browning and Harrison are noted on retirement and social life, with aphorisms and a village exchange about debts.
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Byles
Justice Byles
Imperial Guard
Imperial Guard of
France
Napoleon I
Napoleon TV
Metz
Chamberlain and Canal Regulation Debate in Oregon Senate
Oregon Senator Chamberlain spoke in the lower house debate on canal regulation, arguing for discrimination in favor of American shipping, free tolls for coastwise traffic, and against railroad owned ships passing through the canal. He cited impacts on rail rates, competition, and independent ocean carriers, and referenced a 1893 investigation of collusive Pacific Mail and Southern Pacific practices. Also notes H D Cox's wheat samples from Idaho for testing, including a miracle variety with high gluten claims.
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Chamberlain
Senate
Hehiid
Chamteriaip
Columbia River
House
Pacific Mail
Southern Pacific
Panama
Milton Lower Rates In Fall For Electric Service
Milton city officials anticipate a rate cut in electric light charges between 25 and 48 percent to take effect this fall though final schedule and council approval are pending. In Athena Oregon warrants dated August 15 1912 will be redeemed at B B Richards office. interest on later warrants will cease after that date. W. W. Roper a Milton salesman was killed in a two car collision near Hay station in Whitman county Tuesday night.
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Milton
L. B. Coyle
Milton Municipal Light and Power
Eagle
Auto
W. W. Roper
Milton Nosserice
Hay Station
Whitman County
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Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Athena
Oregon
D. H. Mansfield
Walla Walla County Fair
Tigano
W. A. Ritz
Portland Oriental Ship Line
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Quicksilver Mining
J. P. Morgan
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Casey
Juice
Horace Fletcher
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H. D. Cox
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