Spelling Contest Results At Eugene Public Schools
The Eugene schools report test averages from grades 3 to 8 at Patterson Central Geary with 73.1, 71.1 and 69.7 percent. Primary groups show 58.3, 56.7 and 50.5 percent. Teachers note delayed start in January, with extra work in February, benefiting spelling effort and student interest. Mae Larimer received the most votes to represent Eugene at the Seattle Fair. Lane County voters determine the winner. An average hides mixed performance but boosts enthusiasm and learning.
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School and Home Magazine” of
Portland
Eugene
Patterson
Central School
Geary
Seattle
Mae Larimer
Lane County
Linn
Lane
Miss Larimer
Married in Calgary Promising Nova Scotian Ties The West
Miss Hazel Farrow formerly of Eugene Alberta weds Ben Van Hearicum of Nova Scotia in Calgary Calgary bound for residence with Van Hearicum taking a local position Farrow born in Eugene lived sixteen years in that town Also a mining claim location notice filed in Bohemia district by H S Cline with the county clerk this afternoon.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Hazel Farrow
Eugene
Ben van Hearicum
Nova Scotia
Far West
van Bearcum
Miss Farrow
Bohemia District
H. 8
Cline
Many Apple Orchards Being Set in Valley
The Portland Journal notes a surge in apple planting across the Willamette Valley led by Benton Polk and Yamhill counties. Tracts near Monroe total about 1400 acres with Yellow Newtons, involving Urants Pass, Corvallis, and Washington counties. Prominent figures include J O Booth and B W Johnson, with Cornell and Wisconsin ties guiding horticultural advances at Corvallis.
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Portland Journal
Willamette Valley
Monroe
Benton County
Urants Pass
J O. Booth
Oregon
Corvallis Syndicate
B. W. Johnson
Corvallis
Brown
University of Wisconsin
Cornell University
Lewis and Cordley
Corvallis Agricultural College
Virgil Watters
Polk County
E. V. Carter
Hew Howers
Ashland
Yellow Newtownes
Washington
Yambill
Linn
Lane
Benton
Polk
Yamhill
Agricultural College
Corvallie
Kappa Sigmas Operate Small Home Wireless Station
A Kappa Sigma house in Eugene operates a windwire transmitter feeding a 100 foot aerial over six batteries. The operator on Skinner's Butte demonstrates messages to Portland and beyond, noting near big stations cause interference and urging licenses for all stations. He predicts a invention that makes private office communications unheard by others could make an inventor rich.
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Eugene
Kappa Sigma House
Bkinner
Tittle
San Francisco
United Wireless
Uncle Sam
United
Esterday
Skinners Butte
Portland
Haskell Case Reopened Over Muskogee Fraud Indictments
Tulsa reports a new federal grand jury reconvenes to reexamine charges against Governor Charles N. Haskell and six others in 1902 Muskogee town land fraud. Indictments for conspiracy to defraud the Creek Nation and federal government were previously quashed for legal technicality. Wealthy defendants include B. Severs Walter R. Eaton William T. Hutchins A. G. English and Clarence W. Turner.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Muskogee
Chas. N. Haskell
Haskell
John A. Marshall
Utah
Old Indian Territory
B. Severs
Walter R. Eaton
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a safe cure for female ailments. It claims dramatic health restoration and urges women to seek physician approval, promising relief and buoyant health for those suffering. The pitch emphasizes personal letters from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts inviting sick women to write for advice.
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Mragg Wittiawa
Bor
Gardiner
Lycia EK
Hinde
United States
Lydia EK
Pinkham
River crossing fail ends with rescue by launch on night river
Mr Simmons near Rose Hill narrowly crosses a river on improvised raft using planks. Tide is ebbing with large swells as a strip of board props him. a launch from Acme arrives and resuces him, landing safely at Rose Hill. Other Florence area notes include cheese factory activity, school principal appointment, possible bank opening and local road work.
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F. M. Maxwell
Coburg
Florence
Maxwell
Potter
BE. J. Frasier
Mesars
Davis
Greenwood
Cape
North Fork
Dean
Eugene
Frank Condon
Mapleton
Junction Cy
Louis Hunziker
Col. Holden
Bank
Florence Weert
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Madras
Chambras
India
Lonsdale
Berkeley Cambric
Aon
Isabelle
Kabo
Nemo
Wayne
Priestley
Bais Pre
Eugene Sigue Savings Bank
Capit US
L. System
Hirsh Wickwire
S. H. Friendly
Willamette St
Agents L. System
Imperial
Stetson
Bolton
Kappa Sigmas
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Jolmes Business College
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