Insurance profits highlight state report in Athens Press
The Athens Press reviews the fourth annual report of the State Insurance Commissioner for the year ending December 1, 1913. It notes life insurers' premiums totaled 3,187,079 with losses and claims paid of 1,390,962, a net transfer of 1,746,117 to company treasuries, and discusses potential tax implications if the state ran the insurance business. It also comments on political remarks by Colonel T. BR and Senator Works regarding party platforms and tariffs.
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Loxsen
Olaima
Logses
Plaime
Aia
Life Tosurance
Oregon voters urged to study measures before election
A Oregon voter notes that many proposed laws are local and should be decided by communities rather than statewide ballots. He urges district meetings to discuss tax, county division, court houses, and forest and game code revisions while praising a state effort to streamline and modernize hunting and forest regulations.
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Avery
Oregon
Baobh
State Board of Mish and Game Commissioners
Jane
Hunters
Hoense Mouny Gulag
Matilla County
All Shad Are the Same Proverb and Fact Explains
The article argues that all shad across rivers from Hudson to Cape Fear are the same species. It notes shad migrate north, move through rivers to spawn in salt water, and are captured there. Local claims of regional excellence are dismissed as partisan exaggeration by the New York Tribune.
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Hunford
Seattle
Tadge
Taft
Nim
Jorges
He Fotley
Hurford
Fred
Wud Archibald
Ube
St. Johns River
Cape Fear
Potomac
New York
Hudson River
Sliad
New York Tribune
The Judgment of Years a Dolly Madison Reflection
Aged Dolly Madison counsels youth on life’s trials saying there is nothing in this world truly worth caring for. Her lifetime, marked by buoyant temperament and fortunate circumstances, convinced her to abandon bitterness and focus on lasting meaning.
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Dolly Madison
Not Soon Enough The Stock Exchange Leader and His Mother
A prominent Stock Exchange figure recalls a reckless youth and his mother's generous support. After a costly spree, he writes a contrite appeal to send $50 to avoid disgrace, only to receive the blunt reply Too late from his mother in the New York Tribune account.
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The
Stock Exchange
New York
Had Em Again Chaptecler at suburban studio grounds
A company of actors staged Chaptecler near a manufacturing studio. One actor met a moaning patient by the roadside who said he was confined at a sanitarium for bugs over yonder. He claimed the place promises release soon but roosters and hens six feet tall talk like humans, a tale told to a sympathetic performer.
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Alm Manufacturing Company
Lippincott
When Wild Winds Blow a Wheel of Winds with Eye at Center
A fragmentary passage describes a storm as a wheel of winds curved toward an eye. It explains barometer patterns: low at the hub and high toward the rim, portraying a meteorological metaphor. Also includes stray quotes about stories and a critical jab at a political figure.
Declares Wilson says world moves by people not politics
Woodrow Wilson argues that democracy is not secure by inherited power or elite leadership but by the will of the common people. He warns that most citizens distrust top leaders and urges judging by rank and file sentiment to sustain American enterprise and renewal from below.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Sustitlus
Amoyrien
Waxtoy
Ameren
America
Oregon Agricultural College Opens Fall Semester
Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis announces the fall term begins September 20 with a wide catalog of courses including agriculture, engineering, sciences, liberal arts, and professional programs. Free catalogs and illustrated literature are available on request from the registrar.
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Oregon Agricult! College
Adgpam
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Oregon
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Leee
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Athena
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Matt Matter
Seeae
Tathena
Ore
T. BR
Teddy
Tome
Senator Works
Wilson
Works
California
Umatilin County
Thane
Dmet
Wyldille
Washington Meraly
Gatterer
Abe
F. Sharp
Third Street
Athena Oregor
G. S. Newsom
M. D
Peterson & Wilson
Attorneys-at-Law
Pendleton
Homer I. Watts
C. W. Lassen
A. B. Steele
Chas. Norris
Middle West
Eastern States
Baltimore
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
St. Paul
Toronto
Washington
R. Burns
J. R. Mathers
Dist
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Walla Walla
Wash
Ford
Alexander & Wilson
Lincoln County
FE. W. M
Downs
Lincola County
A. L. Swaggart, Athena
Chamberlain
Chamberlin Medicine Co Manufacturing
Frabmaciitd
Baa Moines, Jows, USA
ST. Nichols Hotel
KE. Froome
ST. Nichols
Ita
Maid
Athera
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
Dr. King
Ceres
Acton
E A. J. Parker
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