Public View on Coal Mining Labor Strikes Explored
Opinion piece contrasts miner and owner perspectives on strikes. It argues miners lack education and savings, owners seek cheap production, and lasting improvement requires improving conditions for both sides. It warns nationwide impact if coal supply ceases and calls for training for both workers and owners.
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Organized Labor
Increased Adjutant General Salary Sparks Political Debate
The Salem Capital Journal blames the legislature and governor for doubling the adjutant general salary from 1800 to 3600 and boosting custodians pay to 1200. It notes the governor should curb unwise laws while citing Olcott, Patterson, and Margot Asquith observations amid Oregon politics and Ralph Williams’s likely re election as Republican national committeeman.
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Salem Capital Journal
George A. White
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Journal
Olcott
Ralph Williams
Portland
Polk County
Oregon
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Jim Stewart Seeks Polk Benton Senate Nomination
Corvallis editor and former three term representative Jim Stewart of Corvallia runs in the republican primary for the Benton Polk district seat. He faces E. P. Belknap of Monroe and campsaigned as a farmer allied leader with strong road, education and tax reform stances. Stewart urged workmen’s compensation, bone dry laws and education funding while in Oregon House.
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Jim” Stewart
Corvallia
Benton- Polk
Stewart
Corvallis
Oregon
Fossil
Wheeler County
E. P. Belknap
Monroe
McNary Initiates Probe into Manchurian Walnut Imports
Senator Charles L. McNary reports the senate sub committee has adopted his resolution to fund an investigation of Manchurian walnuts. An expert will be sent to Manchuria to study the industry as imports surge, with nearly 7 million pounds landing in San Francisco in December and January at about 84 cents per pound.
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Oregon Growers’ Cooperative Association
Senate
Manchuria
San Francisco
McNary
Oregon
Money value of art and public taste in Gainsborough’s Blue Boy
The piece reflects on how the Blue Boy’s sale price drew crowds after the event and argues that public interest in art grows with exposure. It notes that money often governs public attention while asserting the value of culture can expand even as financial headlines spark curiosity. It questions the link between price and understanding.
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London
Gainsborough
America
Blue Boy
Wiseacres
European art sales stir shifting gallery loyalties
The discussion over The Blue Boy sale in England reveals a tide of philosophy about intact entente while ill will surfaces as American buyers snag English treasures. The London Telegraph notes earlier gallery exoduses by Germans and Americans with changing European views on commercialism and wealth.
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England
London Telegraph
Germany
America
Europe
Telegraph
Oregonian
Pink Pills for Prevaricators in Medical Journal Quip
A satirical line notes a medical journal claims indigestion makes people lie and suggests pink pills for prevaricators as a joke. The quip mocks medical authority and truthfulness in a light editorial voice.
Fragment from dialogue about summer romance ends with fallout
A terse exchange questions the fate of a girl tied to a hammock romance from last summer. The reply is blunt: they fell out, leaving the matter unresolved.
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