Local Socials and Notices Highlight Busy Week
Ralph Royal and family hosted by Dennie Shrew. Feed Ground advertises a full range of feed near Covington. Public sales opened with complete archives. Thomas Bodine resumes studies at Hanuis University after holidays. Mrs S. Vo Wells hosted a luncheon and games on Sixth street. The 500 Club entertained Dr and Mrs Chew as the first winter meeting. Out-of-town guests included Mr and Mrs Harden and Mr and Mrs DeHaven. A column of personal opinions offers varied maxims on life and society.
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S. Vo Wells
Sixth Street
James Barkley
Rat Snap Ad Claims Easy Rodent Control
An advertisement from Mayer Hardware Co. promotes RAT SNAP as a ready to use rat and mice destroyer. It touts rat breeding rates and guarantees, highlighting three sizes priced at 9 cents, 65 cents, and $1.25. The copy notes mummification after killing and claims pets won’t touch it.
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Mayer Hardware Co
Adv
Bridge of the Gods tale may be replaced by steel or concrete
The article recounts the legendary natural bridge over the Columbia at Cascades, once a grand causeway for Indians, said to have sunk and given rise to the Cascades. Geographers note the storied bridge may reflect older native lore, as Balch cites widespread mid-Columbia traditions.
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Columbia River
Casote Locks
Columbia
Cascades
mid-Columbia
Local social notices and community events list
Mrs. L. H. Jones and Mrs. Frank Crane of Stone Bluff are guests of relatives. Five Hundred party hosted by Mrs. Hendrick Lykins. Geo. P. Schwin and I. T. Sellers near hospital in Tuscola. Charity and club gatherings in town plus sales and theatre ads. Funeral for Mrs. Ben Brown near New Castle church.
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Ben Brown
New Castle Church
MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION ANECDOTES ON CHILD WASHING PLANS
A mother recalls a five year old boy refusing to wash his hands before supper and replying about washing ears. Another reader shares a tale of prompting a child toward tidier habits with a playful exchange about sharing a chair and schoolday seating.
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Chase
Johnny
Parallel Churches Share Dually Timed Services
Readable fragments describe two Jefferson-Wile church buildings in close proximity at an intersection. Both hold services simultaneously with choirs sometimes singing in unison through open doors and windows. An unidentified outsider observes the scene amid muffled reactions and lingering questions.
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Jefferson- Wile
A Fair Substitute
A Kansas City Star fragment describes a rural scene with a character named Gop Johnsen and a family traveling to visit relatives beyond Mount Pisgy. The whimsical dialogue conveys a humorous rustic setting and a sense of local color.
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Mount Pisgy
Kausas
Eye Strain From Front Seats in Movie Theaters
English investigators report eye strain in front seats, especially for children, as viewers must lift eyes to see the screen. They recommend limiting the visual angle to the top of the screen to not more than about degrees and reducing side-to-screen viewing angle.
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England
Atois
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Doctor’s Chart Records Patient’s Decline Before Death
An Anglo Indian doctor advised a native nurse to keep a written symptom log. On his next visit he found the patient dead, and the chart revealed the sequence: 11:30 p.m. life is failing, 12:15 a.m. patient in the sink, 1:40 a.m. life is flown.
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Aoman
Come, Deroths Declares Urgency As Family Rushes
A father urges his daughter to drop her dell and hurry, warning they will be late. The child questions the impulse, while the father corrects her with a light rebuke. The Boston Transcript presents a domestic moment of impatience and humor.
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Deroths
Boston Transcript
Straw-built homes trend signals wind of change in France
In France they are sow huilding homes out of pressed straw, in Karn ir houses of this kind would merely show which way the wind blows. This fragment hints at straw construction as a social or architectural trend.
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France
Los Angeles
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