The Art of Rolling Cigarettes Described in Vivid Detail
A nostalgic passage recalls how poets and painters once dreamed, then turned to tobacco making. It details a failed roll, the paper tearing, tobacco spilling, and the slow struggle to perfect the one handed roll. The piece notes ranch life and skill, citing Portland and Wallowa county as places where masters remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Wallowa County
Hell
Calwape
Ann
Niee -Youtmean
Tim
Santa Claus
Santa
Patsy Reynolds
Banta
Joelle Webb Peerson
Western Newspaper Union
Goofy Railroad Rates Stir Economic Debate
A marketing association speaker argued railroad rates are irregular and in harmony with each other. Rates depend on weight, bulk, fragility, value, distance, and equipment. Competing interests in wheat, meat, and fruit regions drive biased favors, making universal fairness impossible and harming national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marketing Association
Northwest
Middle States
Washington
Oregon
Puzzling Facts on Church Rule and War in Italy Japan
For 1600 years the Christian church educated Italians and for an equal span various sects educated the Japanese. Now both Italy and Japan governments with popular support wage conquest plunder devastation and slaughter marked by cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Japan
Garden Eden fruit riddle and Mussolini colonies remark
A preacher argues there were no apples in the Garden of Eden and hints a peach caused Adam's fall. The piece notes Mussolini’s view that Germany should regain lost colonies from the great war, clarifying he does not own them. Address listed: Moos Fosters Syndicate, 05 Summit Ave, Cresnsbere, Merth Csscli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Eden
Adam
Mussolini
Germany
Is Moos Fosters Syndicate
Summit Ave
Cresnsbere
Merth Csscli
River and Yangtze Rivers Shape China’s Trade
An extended feature details the Whangpoo and Yangtze rivers' roles in Shanghai’s coastwise commerce and China’s inland economy. It notes Shanghai’s status as a major port with foreign influence, the mud silt challenges, and the Bund’s prominence. It compares Yangtze dynamics to the Mississippi and highlights its vast basin, population, and strategic importance for China’s supply lines and regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Shanghai
China
Seven Seas
Ite
Mississippi
Colorado
Potomac
Nanking
Amazon
Nile
Congo
Yangtse
United States
Mankow
Central Plains
New Orleans
Chungking
Suifu
Batang
Yunnan
Yellow See
Yangtee Valley
Yangtes Basin
Tibet
Hankew
Yangted
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Simple Beef Stew Dinner Menu and Instructions
A home style dinner plan details a beef stew with dumplings. Steps cover trimming beef, dredging, browning in bacon drippings, simmering with vegetables, and dumplings recipe with flour baking powder and milk. A cabbage side and blackberry dessert are suggested.
Salesman Humor and Misplaced Letters in a Bustling Office
A collage of quips and mishaps shows a car salesman pushy sales pitch, a secretary delaying an unsigned letter, and managers debating misfortune. Jokes include dieting cautions, flirtatious callers, and a walking staff hierarchy. The piece ends noting 4,000 children died in traffic last year.
Thirty Years Ago From the Wallowa Chieftain 1908
Items from Enterprise and surrounding area recount a busy start to 1908. Farmers Curry and allies report a new road in first class condition while J H Dobbin is elected president of the Wallowa County Woolgrowers Association. Enterprise schools approve a 4 mill tax raising the school budget to 8096.56 for the year. A manslaughter case involves Howard Whittier after he shot and killed Frank Raymond near Pittsburgh, bond set at 500. Marriage of John H Long of Lewiston Idaho and Ethel Maxwell of Enterprise on Jan 1 in Banterprise is noted. Sam Litch buys the W J Funk company store building for 1600. Mrs. Chas Wilgerodt is ill. W G Beith attends the Woolgrowers meeting. Little Routh Banders, daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Sanders, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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J H Dobbin
Wallowa
Sam Litch
W J Funk Company
Chas Wilgerodt
W G Beith
Pruita
Woolgrowers Meeting
Canary Bird Inspires Gift Dream To Lift Carl's Mood
In a rainy day scene in an apartment, Carl Woods finds a canary named Littl Santa Claus visiting through an open window. The bird sings a tune that inspires Carl to compose a piece later accepted with an advance payment, bringing happiness and hope to Nedda Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nedda Langley
Carl Woods
Carl
Nedda
Blanche Tanner Dillin
Charm of Che Christmas Festival
Charm of Christmas highlights simplicity and universal appeal. The festival fosters genuine fellowship rooted in shared belief in the world’s greatest Life given to all.
The Birth of Christ Quiet Christmas Night Reflected
An old verse fragment evokes Christ’s birth as the moon rises and bells toll, capturing a hush of holy season. The text hints at reverent anticipation and nocturnal stillness framing the nativity imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Tennyson
Christmas names and regional ties across towns
The text notes that Twe Towns West in Virginia and Missouri bear French Christmas names. It cites Feast of Lights as an old Christmas name and references Italian culinary elements linked to Christmas meals.
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Neel
Virginia
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Della
Doreai, Jane
Erson
Ott
Bayer
Frank
Old Man
Jim
Alfred—lame
Dorothy
Elsie
Catherine
Geraldine
Jenkins
New Worlds
H Mench
John Curry
J A Dale
Wm Curry
North End
Enterprise
Routh Banders
J. P. Sanders
Unieo
Ket
Benelt
Smelt
Italien Cheiatmas
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