State Superintendent Alder man Sets Forth Importance of Large Attendance
State Superintendent Alder man urges Oregon patrons to fill June 17 annual school meetings, elect a director and clerk, and discuss school conditions. He promotes women’s suffrage in school elections, family attendance, and a productive community dinner to review heating lighting ventilation and needed improvements. Jane 17 to be a red letter day for districts.
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Pionica
Stata
Alderman
Oregon Schoola
Oregon
Pablio
Contractor Accused of Murder Plot in Pasco Bank Case
State charges allege A R Garey conspired with Mrs Henry Christenson to murder banker Christensen of Pasco. A flask of whiskey laced with strychnine killed Christensen on a Spokane train after he drank it. Garey, jailed in Ritzville, is tied to debt and prior Pasco prominence.
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A. R. Garey
Henry 0. Christenson
Pasoo
Mre. Christensen
Spokane
Christensen
Henry Bi, Christensen
Bank of Pasco
Pasco
Obristensen
Seattle
Garey
Ritzville
Walla Walla
O'Brien
Franklin County
Obretiangsn
Giant Oregon Rubber plant eyed for Stanfield city
Negotiations near completion to establish an Oregon Rubber company forestory in Stanfield, turning it into a Western rubber industry center. City Realty and Lowasite firms offer $40 000 land bonus if buildings and equipment costs are matched. G L Hard of Stanford Commercial Club says terms met and construction soon. Absence noted at Athena circus day and Weston editor critiqued. bids invited for 40 four foot fir cards with delivery by Sept 1 1912 for School District No 29 Umatilla County Oregon.
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Stanfield
East Oregonian
Oregon Rubber Company
West End
City Realty Company
Lowasite Company
G. L. Hard
Stanford Commercial Club
Carraco
Athena
Colonel Wood
Weston
Peter
Board of Creators of School District, No
Umatilla County
Oregon
Ohas, Bette, Clark
Talk to Your Horse Lessons and Reflections on Life
A fragmentary antiquated essay urges talking to horses to gain obedience and calm, citing specific commands like when, get up, back, easy, and walk. It contrasts careful tone with nervous animals and blends in a quote about a blade of grass signaling life’s mysteries and the responsibilities of existence, urging gentle care.
Chicago Intil Youth and 19th Century Directory Insights
Extracts from the first Chicago city directory printed in the Record Herald recount 1844 observations on schools inns hotels and entertainment in the early city and note postal milestones from 1832 to 1887 including a weekly eastbound mail on horseback and later multi-horse stages. the piece also mentions debt and concerns about city credit and a modest theatre. a separate note traces heredity through composers Beethoven Haydn Mozart and Rossini and their humble musical lineages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Record- Herald
Eastern Mail
Ife
Uncle or Aunt Debate in Funny Exchanges
Comic dialogue shows a grandmother declaring Charley an uncle, while he resists noting the sister’s baby is a girl. A Newark News quip argues women should not vote while a Boston Transcript snippet humorously traces a petty money dispute and a courtroom remark about charges.
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Grandma
Charley
Chicago News
Getting the Particulars
A brief social exchange shows Nellie asking about Mr. Felewalley and poking him about courting. Nora responds that he hasn’t pressed further than inquiring about morning routines and the mother’s cooking.
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Nellie
Mr. Felewalley
Nora
Pillory as a barbarous engine of punishment through centuries
The pillory endured in England until 1887, evolving from the stretch neck. Accounts trace its use from medieval times, with public abuse and humiliation as the main penalty. Historical notes cite executions of reform and printing controls after 1637, and anecdotes of public shaming in London.
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Engeland
Henry III
Fabian
London
Agnes Daintie
Natal
Barton
Dr. Bostwick
Therry
Dr. Poe
London Globe
A Penguin Wedding and Other Collected Snippets
A lecture by Dr Charcot on Antarctic life recalls penguin mating rituals likened to human weddings with an officiant in the ice. The piece shifts through notes on 1784 mail coaches, a Bath actor, a gossipy mother, a mean retort, a burglar under a bed, and a timeless quote on making time by Charles Buxton.
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Dr. Charcot
Almar
London News
Farmers favor an Open River to the Sea
The Farmers Union of Oregon backs Washington and Idaho in urging that government Panama Canal machinery be moved to the Northwest to open the Columbia River to the Canadian border. G Conner says the district meeting in Spokane supports the Open River to the Sea push and urges Pendleton attendees to press for open transportation benefiting farmers and stockmen.
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Farmers’ Union of
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Panama Canal
Northwest
Colombia
G. Conner
Alix
Pendleton
Mx. Conner
Farmers’ Union
Pendleton Commercial Club
Tthe Club
Ted
Toland
Violin Recital by Bacon at the Christian Church
Walter A. Bacon of Columbia College performs in a municipal evening concert at 8 at the Christian church with soprano Mea Baumeister champion and Miss Lola Shangle at the piano. Admission is free. The program includes works by Vieuxtemps, Beethoven, Devorak, Mazurka, and more. An ice cream fete by the W U I U raises funds to equip public schools with hygienic charters.
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W. A. Bacon
Christian Church
Walter A. Bacon
Columbia College
Mea
Baumeister Champion
Lola Shangle
Milton
Bacon
Mie. Thompson
Drolla
Beethoven O
Lewis Viel
Mra. Thompson
Bom Aleoye Baoh
B. Bomerenko
Devorak
G. Mazarka
Maosin
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D. H. Mansfield
Main Street
Athena Bakery
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Paseo
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Pone Main
Dell Brothers
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Christiansen
Chicago Intil’ Youth
Nover
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
Capellme
Rossini
Hillside
Department of Justice
Newark News
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Willie
Boston
Transeript
Hit
Saya
Cleveland
John Palmer
Bath
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Donald
Agnes
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Harper’s Bazar
Charles Buxton
Washington State
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