Athens Press 1913 farming notes on cattle and tobacco use
The Athens Press reports on farm encroachment and population growth, noting cattle supplies drop 28 percent since 1900 while population rose about 25 percent. It cites export declines from 1911 and 1904, a rise in imports, and a tobacco census at Hogan High School showing 61 percent of 215 students do not use tobacco. It cites Oregon Agricultural College demand for more graduates in agriculture and domestic science with salaries aligned to positions as the “back to the land” movement begins.
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Agricultural College of Oregon
Gus
Enya
la Grande Observer
Lille
Wilson
Oregon
Aegdon
Frustration and reform urged as Oregon legislature dwarfs progress
A reader column laments widespread gloom over legislative overreach and argues for a 20 year recess in lawmaking. It advocates supporting local merchants and home newspapers, opposes mall order houses, and notes postal changes, beef price shifts, and rural parcel post examples as context for economic caution.
Baptism Said Essential But Not Gate To Heaven by Locke
In a 1918 sermon summary Dr Charles Edward Locke pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Los Angeles affirmed Baptism is enjoined in the Bible and a true follower obeys Christ. He noted a dying believer could not enter the kingdom if baptism were omitted but it remains a holy sacrament whose omission contradicts Jesus teaching.
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Charles Edward Locke
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
Mary Sth
Pia
Servis
Kingdom of Heaven
Looks
Los Angeles Daily Express
Tjosaph N. Scott
Thrifty Napoleon Reveals Honest Economy in Markets
A short tale portrays Napoleon I in plain clothes visiting Paris markets to verify officers’ honesty and economy. He tests shop prices via a minister, cuts extravagant charges by one third after uncovering overpricing, and orders modest purchases to expose true costs.
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Napoleon I
Paris
Hebland
Napoleon
Lily
Naepoleon
Chereupon
Leeuw
A Dream and a Crime from Cicero’s Arcadian Tale
An odd tale from Cicero set in Magara Greece follows two Arcadians lodging with friends. After dinner one man dreams of the innkeeper plotting murder then wakes to fear. A cart, a hauling driver, and the innkeeper’s body are glimpsed leading to a nighttime pursuit and eventual apprehension.
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Cicero
Magara
Greece
Athena
Corinth
An To
Toly
Why Rain Clouds Are Black and The Boiling Deaths
A discussion explains cloud color by sunlight and cloud position with high clouds seen white from below and heavy clouds near the earth appearing black from beneath. A brutal note recalls death by boiling in old England as punishment, citing the cook Rouse alleged to have killed seventeen.
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England
Bad Egg Comment Sparks Talk in Boston Tran Script
In the Boston Tran script a character brands Owens as a bad egg saying he strikes at everyone for a jean. The speaker notes the man’s behavior becomes conspicuous when he is broke, highlighting social ridicule and public perception.
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Owens
Jean
Boston Transcript
No Deception and the Blind Thoroughbred Opinion
A San Francisco Chronicle quote contrasts a horse hailed as faultless with the cruelty of a blind horse as a dealer shrugs at the misfortune. The fragment hints at moral restraint and cautious judgment, noting that elges turn keen and moderation endures amid harsh extremes.
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Teff
San Francisco Chronicle
Aleyn
Glass is Peculiar and Curious in its Qualities
A historical note on glass describing its paradoxes, such as high elasticity yet brittleness, and peculiar effects from different stresses. It cites hollow spheres with holes, cooling effects on vessels, and how thickness of the bottom influences breakage under impact, with examples of mallet blows and small pebbles causing shattering.
Eliza Logan Advocates Original Five Act Tragedy Offer
A letter from Ellen Logan, famed 19th century actress, claims a bold offer for an original five act tragedy. She proposes to personally portray the heroine, keep the scene private to America, and promises space rates for the loreal paper with a payment upon completion.
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Milton
Alexander Hill
Cincinnati
Middle West
Ellen Logan
America
Eliza Logan
American Leaf Color Traits And European Observations
An English observer notes American tree leaves such as maples and oaks exhibit autumn colors less vibrantly when transplanted to Europe. He suggests U S climates, with wild extended summers, influence pigment development, causing lighter fall hues in transplanted trees compared to their native conditions.
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Europe
United
Stans -Cllengu
Joy of Creating Inspires Full-Hearted Work Across Careers
The text extols putting heart into all work from farming to banking or schooling. It argues genuine satisfaction comes when a task reflects the maker, turning effort into something new. Rewards arise from personal engagement, not mere external results, with caution against hollow, halfhearted effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
A Legal Legend In An Oriental Court
The tale follows Abdel-Hakk once poor traveling to Widow Zaidah who offers two boiled eggs. In Marrakesh now rich, lawyer Meludi prompts Zaidah to sue for eggs that would hatch into chickens and bankrupt Abd-el-Hakk. The defendant misses court claiming he has sown boiled beans, the judge notes the odd logic, and the suit is dismissed with costs to the plaintiff.
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Abdel-Hakk
Zaidah
Abd-el-Hakk
Marakesh
Meludi
Pearson’s Weekly
A Wonderful Escape and Assassination Attempt in 1835 France
July 1835 in Paris near the Boulevard du Temple King Louis Philippe was nearly struck when Meschi fired a covert battery from a house he had rigged. Mortier was killed and about thirteen others died with thirty wounded. The king survived as barrels misfired and one crucial burst failed. The New York Press notes the event and reflects on authorship stagnation in Milton Hawthorne and Thoreau’s limited sales.
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Meschi
Louis Philippe
France
National Guard
Boulevard du Temple
Marshal Mortier
Flesch
Railway Station Library in Sussex Village
A railway refreshment room displays a rack of books owned by the town vicar for passenger use with a condition to return or post the volume. A magistrate hears a witness describe a quarrel between a defendant and his wife, with a childlike exchange about punishment and affection ending with a family memory.
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Sussex
England
Notice of Final Account in Boddy Estate in Oregon
In Umatilla County Oregon Jackson Nelson administrator for Robert J Boddy deceased has filed his final account and report and the court will hear it Monday February 17 1913 at ten oclock in the forenoon at the County Courthouse Pendleton Oregon for settlement of the estate. Jackson Nelson administrator Peterson Wilson attorneys for administrator filed January 17 1918.
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State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Robert J. Boddy
Jackson Nelson
Fisa
Pendleton
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