Whitman’s Wildride and the Drive to a Union Frontier
The tale recounts Marcus Whitman’s perilous winter trek from Oregon to Washington across ice and rivers to aid expansion, comparing his mission to Paul Revere’s ride. It notes earlier explorations by Captain Robert Gray, Lewis and Clark, and fur trading posts, framing Whitman’s journey as pivotal to American presence amid English claims and coastal ventures.
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Marcus Whitman
Imeliosa Prairies
Union
Paul Revere
Concord
Whitman
Washington
Robert Gray
Globe
United Blazen
Jefferson
Ibis
Lewis and Clark
Astoria
England
Russia
Vancouver
Hudson's Bay Company
Oien
Marcus Whitmin
Howae
Whitman Ride Rescued Oregon From British Claim
In 1842 Dr. Whitman undertook a perilous 4000 mile journey from Washington to plead with President Tyler and Secretary Webster to keep Oregon from English control. He argued Oregon’s rivers valleys forests and mines made it worth keeping, leading to emigration and the 1846 treaty establishing the forty ninth parallel.
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Washington
Oregon
Ldulw
British Columbia
Br. Whitman
Adien
Whitman
Tie
Prairies
Tyler
Webster
Whitimn
Isis
Congress
Britain
Omaha
Parting Shot From Ailing Bishop Ends In A Humble Plea
The late Catholic bishop Ranbee related a grim tale from his home to a shipwrecked sailor. The man lay near death, and the bishop urged him to utter a last word or two. The sailor opened one eye and whispered a final plea, Todly cou to the pope, before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranbee
Sword
Mike
Weathercock Metaphor Quoted in Newspaper Verse
A fragmentary quotation from the New York Press uses a weathercock image to mock miners or birds and wind. The lines discuss anger, binds, and fate with archaic phrasing and nonspecific setting.
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New York Press
Fragmentary notice hints at personal or local issue
The readable fragments suggest a personal dispute or domestic matter centered on a woman and actions she takes. The text references a wife, a sale or purchase action, and local Philadelphia context, but details are unclear and names are incomplete.
Ambition Is Like Love Delays and Doubts
Quoted aphorisms compare optimism and pessimism to doughnuts and holes. The optimist fills life with bites of opportunity, while the pessimist sees voids where effort should be. Both types fear delays and currency of success, shaping personal drive.
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Denham
The Red Headed Policeman and the Monkey Mystery
In a city of 100,000, a red headed policeman patrols a case of a large monkey near a foreign neighbor’s home. Burglary waves, a widow, and a surprising monkey link lead to detectives failing to arrest suspects. The cop ultimately confronts the widow and her tenant, uncovering a broader spree before a climactic police intervention.
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Andere
America
Olters
Pollesman
Fially
Bands Street
Fist
Afelea
Uegan
Lyo
Blocla
Dielanl
Isul
Tom Oni
le Vt
Jonghia
Annie Rice
O Connel Faces Jurors Over Fanciful Trial Tale
A garbled tale recounts a lawyer named O Connel miscasting crimes from highway robbery to burglary and theft at sea. The narrative shows a chaotic courtroom scene with pretended justice and odd phrases as the jury’s task is described in strained language.
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O'Connel
Jongapare Fou
O'Coonell
The Cocoa Tree and Its Chocolate Making Process
The cocoa tree is an evergreen reaching up to twenty feet high with smooth leaves. Flowers and pods appear from branches and trunk, yielding a yellowish pod filled with seeds. After fermentation and drying, beans are bagged for shipment, roasted, ground, and pressed into chocolate mass. This mass becomes chocolate squares when sugar and vanilla are added, leading to sweet eating chocolate.
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Afrian
Beating the Law and Travelers in Scotland Lore
A fragmented 19th century style piece discusses Scottish travel law granting tavern access during prohibitions to travelers arriving by foot or carriage. It weaves in a Scots village scene, a weathered inn door, and a mock dialogue about travel status and entry rights. The text then shifts to explain the origin of the Dixieland phrase linked to Dixy, a Manhattan slave owner, and its spread with migration of slavery to the South.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Auld
Wainturgl
Carstorphing
Waveler
Prue Leith
Dixie’s Land
Dixie's Land
Dixy
Manhattan Island
Newark
Lighting Up in New York Hotels
A New York Sun excerpt describes a sales pitch to a grocery house supplying big New York hotels. The pitch urges lighting up several front rooms nightly to avoid hotels appearing like graveyards, noting many rooms seem lighted to bluff guests.
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New York
Hottentot Women Ranked Higher in Africa by Traveler
The London Spectator notes that Hottentot women hold a superior position in Africa, with wives ruling household decisions such as meat or milk without their husbands’ permission. The traveler describes them as surpassing the average of the Negro races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Relens
Cuprat
Lonion Spectator
Mayflower Recall And Mogilshen Heroic Landing Tale
The fragment recalls the Mayflower and a heroic landing by Mogilshmen on a rock near a voyage. It mentions the ship's long service with Eastdia company at Masalina tam on the India coast and notes a spark of tragedy in its end as it sank after years of service.
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Little West
Aphitt
Eastdia Company
Masalinatam
India
Lonilon ‘Blanchard
The Tick of the Old Glock Original Ghost Clock Tale
Robinson Abridge recounts an old house clock believed to foretell its owner's death. A buyer learns a warned tale, the pendulum and ticking drive a man to terror, counting 3000 strokes before a fatal moment, until medical aid and a repair restore uneasy calm in the house.
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Nan
Leformer
Fini
Peter
Robinson
Agreed With Hi Hulber fosMing from head of statre
The fragmentary note mentions an agreement with Hi Hulber from the head of state at 1 00 p m and questions about time and safety. Details are unclear and no coherent event or names beyond Hi Hulber emerge.
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Hi Hulber fosMing
Statre
Mate Seonic
Edison the Victor in a Telegraph Office Tale
A colorful reminiscence recounts Edison arriving for a job at a Memphis telegraph office. He steadies a chaotic desk on the St. Louis wire, outpaces a lightning operator, and proves his skill by meticulously engraving every character with perfect T and punctuation, winning respect and a smile from the boss.
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Faust
Edieon
Memphis
aMice
St. Laura
Mne
Saya Francis Arthur Jones
Edison
Jillson
St. Louis
la Like & House
Soilson
Lott
Felic
St. Touts
Thrilling raft ride down unmapped Alaskan river tale
In a rugged Alaska journey from September, explorers race to raft their makeshift craft through a snaking unmapped glacial river. Rob ert Dunn recounts captaining the Mary Ann with crew racing the boiling current toward settlements for food or facing ice and snow.
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Alaska
Robert Dunn
Red
Rough river odyssey as crew battles current and gear
A fragmented river scene unfolds with a crew battling oil slicks, cliffs, and swirling eddies. They lash poles, strain against foam, and plunge into shallow water, scrambling to secure gear and stay aboard as the river tests balance and timing.
Street Grading Underway by Local Contractors
Davia and Milla, awarded the grading contract in Gentralia, began work Wednesday at Main and Oak where sewer construction has also started. About ten teams and numerous laborers are engaged with completion expected in roughly three months. Contract price 27 cents per lineal foot for six foot walks. private agreements set 40 cents more.
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Davia & Milla
Band Nidension
Gentralia
Wednomlay
Main and
Oak
Nida
Wishon
Davie & Milla
Mest
Davis & Mille
Hoes
Slaughter House
Ob & Range
Haleting Angina
Bain Position
Eagle Band Receives New Uniforms Ahead of Parade
Eagle band members receive twenty uniforms of dark blue cloth trimmed with black, each coat costing about $10 to $19? The superior cloth and cut promise a striking appearance as they march through Tacoma on Memorial Day.
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Eagle Band
Chay
Boyd
Tacoma
Advertised Letters in Centralia Post Office 1908
List of uncalled letters for the week ending May 10 1908 at Centralia including Bengow John Heushilvond Mind Gruff Chasate Homan Ai Mradite Hines Tea Lane Mitchell War Punt FW Pirke Peginant Storer Anrthur Gibney M Thompsons Miss Lot tie. Letters will be sent to Dead Letter Office May Jobh 1908 if not delivered before. Postmaster J M Besenier notes to say advertised and date of receipt. Centralia Meal Soulmge Association meeting May Std at 2 80 p m at Christian church Alber made walcome.
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Centralia
Bengow
John Heushilvond
Mind Gruff
Chasate
Homan
Mradite & Hines
Tea Lane
Mitchell
War Punt
FW Pirke
Peginant Storer
Anrthur Gibney
M ‘Thompson
Smiss Lottie
J. M. Besenier
Centralia Meal
Soulmge Association
Christian Church
Alber Made Walcome
Birth announcements for May two thousand twenty six
A fragmentary notice lists multiple births: a son born Friday May 15 to Mr and Mrs Schuyler Velville. a daughter born Monday May 11 to Mr and Mrs Mer rill. a boy born Sunday May 17 to Mr and Mrs Will Faulkner of 910 North E Street. a son born Saturday May 16 108 to Mr and Mrs L Ve Beguys.
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Sirs. Schuyler Velville
Means Fir. T. B. Merrill
Will Faulkner
North E Street
Mr. L. Ve Beguys
Smith and Walker Tie Patch at Winlock Baptist
Charles J. Smith and Ruby Walker, both of Winlock, united in marriage on Monday afternoon at the Baptist church in Jo'elyak, officiated by Reverend Hy.
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Gonday
Jo'elyak
The
Baptist Parsourigy
Hy &. Diack
Charles J. Smith
Ruby
Walker
Winlock
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Ayer
Whitman's
Jack
New York Globe
Philadelphia
Royal Baking Powder
California
Folger’s
Golden Gate Coffee
J. A. Folger & CO
Edison the Victor
Thrilling Sport
Scandinavian American Bank of
Seattle
Siaths
Salth-Walkar
Hope Building
Madern
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