Letter From Oregon Ranch Life in Andrew Redifer’s Ranch
Mrs G Zimmerman writes from their Oregon ranch about daily chores and rough living. She details cutting saplings, building a house site, distant post office, school plans for Lloyd, preaching duties, and the dry, muddy climate. She notes timber value, farmland prospects, and the appealing air and scenery despite hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadid
Fred
Drew
Andrew
Avon
Lloyd
Salem
Canyonville
Brother Summerville
Currie
Oregon
Letters From Canyonville Home Front Describe Hard Life
Elizabeth writes from Canyonville describing rough living in a shanty with limited supplies. She details a venison preservation mishap, a trip over steep terrain, and a makeshift home with few furnishings. She notes plans to mail the letter from Myrtle Creek and return by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Muggins
Lloye
Myrtle Creek
Canyonville West
Bro
Redifer
Elizabeth
A Boy's Wild Ride for Life to Get Dr King's Discovery
A Leesville Indiana man travels 14 miles with his family fearing death. He obtained Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and better sleep after using the medicine. It cures throat and lung troubles including consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs colds and grip. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1.00 trial bottles free at Diper's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diper’s
Effect of Books Upon Character
A discussion on how reading shapes character emphasizes that books form ideals and futures. Reading uplifting literature nurtures a broad, noble view of life and maintains high aspirations, especially for youths.
Reading Shapes a Life Says Old Book Wisdom
A passage credits boyhood reading with guiding a person’s tastes and life path. It argues books help form values, provide pleasure, and model high ideals. The piece concludes with a note on trees cooling air like a shade and a house.
Toledo Blade Promises Modern Plant and Wide Reach
The Toledo Blade advertises a new four times larger building and modern equipment by end of 1902. It claims nationwide reach with 178000 yearly subscribers and a weekly format for both daily readers and non-readers alike. Also promotes free homestead information for South Dakota residents near Pierre.
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Toledo Blade
New York
Chicago
News of the World
Weekly
Blade
U. S
THE
Toledo
Ohio
Pierre
South Dakota
Bert Lane & Abstract Co
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Denver
Indiana
Zimmerman
Andrew Redifer
Curtis
South Myrtle
Purdue
Ayer
John McDonald
Philadelphia
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Maas
America’s Greatest Weekly
Toledo, Ohio
N. Broadway
Iphru
Cole
L.C. Dukes
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