Missing Concord centennial trip with Mark Twain and Howells
W D Howells recounts with Mark Twain missing the Concord battle centennial while both had invitations. They rode to Cambridge and tried to hire transport to Concord, endured a cold wind, and returned home defeated. They later told the tale in Bermuda and laughed at their failed plan.
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Mark Twain
Harper's Magazine
W. D. Howells
Mr. Clemens
Concord
Cambridge
Boston
Porter
Beaton
Clemens
Mark ‘S'Waln
Porter's Station
Bermuda
On the Move and a Quick Wary Thesaurus of Social Rise
A brief chat notes that Signer may have bought a stake in society but Wise doubts it. The remark suggests Signer might only lease access, ready to vanish at a moment’s notice. The exchange captures skepticism about rapid social ascent.
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Signer
Catholic Standard and Times
Ineures Solitude and Smoke Brand Opinion
London Opinion urges self-honesty and accountability in facing failures. It mocks excuses and advises studying failures to avoid repetition while recommending sending the press to a friend. The text contrasts quiet solitary smoking with crowd-free cigars of a brand.
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Ineures
London
Notice to Creditors and Public Land Sale Announced
In the Superior Court of Washington for Walla Walla County and in Oregon notices the executor for Henry C Adams estate and the administratrix for Emery Lane estate seek claims by six months from publication. Public land sale notices list Lot 8 and 4 Section 5 as well as Wheat Lands promotions and a ton of legal actions including a divorce suit and alimony terms. Public notices in these items date from 1910 with specific names including Herbert Bryson Sarah LaHoe and Viola Stover.
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State of Washington
Walla Walla County
Henry C. Adams
Crambeller Building
Walla Walla
Washington
John R. Adame
Adama
Oregon
State of
Umatilla
Emery Lane
Sarah LaHue
Emory Lane
Petérson & Wilson
Athens
Pendleton
Sarah la Hoe
Peterson & Wilson, Attorneye
Edward
Stover
Department OF the Interior
U. S. Land Office
LaGrande
Oreg
General Land Office
EB. W. M
P. ©. Bramwell
Register
R. Eberhard
Columbia College Milton Oregon Promising school in Milton Oregon
A select institution for both young men and women offering literary scientific normal and commercial departments plus shorthand typewriting music art and physical amenities. Grounds valued at $50 000 with a new administration building steam heating and electric lighting. Six daily trains and electric street care describe a wholesome moral atmosphere and absence of saloons or gambling. Send for catalogue to President W H Martin Ph D or H S Shangle Milton Oregon.
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State University
W. H. Martin
Shangle
Milton
Oregon
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Battle of the Minutemen
S. F. Wilson
Peterson & Wilson, A
Umatilla, Union and
Morr
Herbert ©. Bryson
Sammons
Jay-Hayden Realty Company
Lind, Wash
Industrial and Orphan’s Home
Macon
Columbia College
Milton, Oregon
H H Hill
Athena
Uae
Ballard Snow Liniment CO
St.louis
Missouri
G. F. Sharp
Ofice
Third Street
Ken Gregor
Newsom
M. D
M. E. Church
Peterson & Wilson
Attorneys-at-Law
Watts & Neal Attorneys-at-Law
Freewater
Dr. King’s
Tris Botte Ee
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. E. Froome
THE
ST. Nichols
Hird
Atavea
R. H. Johnson
Sec
T. H. Brents
Walla Walla, Wash
J. G. Bryan
Marion Jack
Pres
M. L. Akers
Sec-Treas
A. F. May
Pendleton Iron Works
le Grow
Koepke
EB. Koontz
E. A. Zerba
Caubler
H. Koepke
F. Wilson
Watts
First National Bank OF Athena
Carl Christien
South Side
Athewa
Ke, T, Kidder, McArthur
WM. Jamieson
Main Street
Whitman County
Priosa
George W. Taylor
la Crosse
Wash
Sherwin-Williams
WTA
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
Ballard
Liniment
Ballard Snow Linimeny CO
ST. Lou
Hissouri
KEENE
Ore
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