Public sale of real estate in Polk County Oregon
Notice of sheriff sale on Monday the 6th of March 1920 in Independence Polk County Oregon by GEO W Denman executor of Nancy Tharp estate. Property described in Hodges D L C No 1716 and located in sections 3 4 10 5 T 4 W Willamette Meridian with 140 acres more or less to be sold for cash to highest bidder under Benton County Oregon court order issued November 17 1920 with first publication November 5 1920 and final publication December 3 1920.
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D. E
Independence
Polk Co
Oregon
Alexander Abigin Hodges
Polk County
Benton County
Nancy Tharp
Bng
Geo. W. Denman
Language of the tongue and heart amid the doughboy encounter
An essay reflects on how soldiers in France bridge gaps beyond spoken language, showing kindness and friendly acts as powerful communication. It contrasts distant explorers whose travel narratives meet universal human understanding despite language barriers.
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France
Arange Land
Amazonia
Stanley
Af- Hen
Roosevelt
South America
Kinglake
The Same Old Hun The Teuton Menace Remains
Readers are told that Germany clings to the war memory while nations forge peace. Books and magazines analyze German leaders and tactics, sparking clubs and debates on why Germany failed and how it might do better next time. The piece warns that prudence, not pessimism, fuels a belief that American sons may face the Teuton threat again.
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Germany
America
Britain
France
Italy
Aani
Conver
American Legion Weekly
von Flindenburg
von Sluck
von Sanders
Heinle
Teach Value of Foods and Early Home Economics Lab
The first laboratory for resolving household food problems was set up in a New York Teachers College a little over a decade ago. Science has transformed the value of food and wartime needs confirmed these findings for American soldiers. The laboratory includes a full house setup with kitchen dining room bedroom and bath. Students are chosen who need such food studies and are tested for weeks to solve crucial issues.
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Teachers' College
New York City
France
Wood Fire-Resisting Treatments Tested by U S Forest Lab
The United States Forest Products Laboratory tested three methods to increase wood’s fire resistance. Coatings include paints, whitewash, and treatments to keep wood wet or inject chemicals. Painting is cheapest and most practical though not the most effective. Whitewash proved surprisingly resistant, offering some protection by slowing flame spread.
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United States Forest Products Laboratory
Furs From New South Wales Export Trade Grows
An important export trade in fur skins from Sydney shows value around seven million dollars for the six months ending January 20 1920. Exports include skins from kangaroo opossum wallaby and wombat with rabbit skins excluded. Box skins are largely exported and foreign demand remains steady.
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New South Wales
Sydney
Syd
Buried Insulator Fossil Reveals Tree Growth Record
In Arcata California a telegraph insulator bracket buried in a Douglas fir for 36 years was revealed when the tree was felled. Growth rings show rapid annual expansion and the insulator remains well preserved inside the wood now housed in the University of California forestry division collection.
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Arcata
Cal
Grase
Forestry Division
University of California
American Forestry Magazine
Turks Reuse Dog Remains for Buttons Near East
In Constantinople a drastic move by locals emptied streets of stray dogs by shipping them to islands where they died. Russian refugees now occupy former dog stands, and the American Red Cross processes bones to make buttons. Turks reportedly refuse to buy the buttons.
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Constantinople
Sever
Red Cross
Near East
Swelled Head and Wages Rise Quote from Lady Duff Gordon
Lady Duff Gordon quips that rising wages swell pockets but may inflate egos. She recalls a club story about a man asking for cheese sandwiches after a late theater supper as a cook busy with lobster and wine preparations refuses to be disturbed.
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Duff Gorton
Raisin Imports Show Surge From Malaga in 1920
The United States imported nearly 8 million pounds of Malaga raisins in the first half of 1920, exceeding the port's total exports for seven years. Most stocks from 1910 are exhausted, with no on hand. The American consul notes potential production growth and continued strong demand from raisin growers.
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Malaga
Spain
United States
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
French Forests Suffer Heavy War Losses
Government sources report France lost over 2 billion board feet of lumber and 750000 acres of valuable woodland due to war. More than 40000 trees per day were cut during four years to supply military needs, plus neglect and ravages further depleted forests that had been carefully protected for centuries.
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France
Bear Fights Back As Maine Farmer Fends Off Aggressive Black Bear
A Brownville farmer encountered a unusually spirited black bear in nearby woods. The animal attacked fiercely and forced him to improvise defense with two heavy clubs. He used feints and blows to reach an open field where he escaped unharmed.
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Maine
Brownville
Foundations for Capitol in Washington Completed in 1820
The central Capitol structure with its dome was finished by 1820 after earlier destruction in 1814. Extensions wings began 1851 and occupied by 1850, with the present dome completed in 1864. The goddess of freedom statue atop the dome was designed by Thomas Crawford.
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Wallington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Freedom
Thomas Crawford
Marlon Crawford
Charies Bulfinch
Boston
Thomas A. Walter
Martle
America
Europe
Chicago Journal
Dentist Patient Hides Oral Fear After Quick Relief
A man bursts into Park Emergency hospital seeking relief from a raging toothache. The staff comforts him and soothes the molar, ending his pain temporarily. He admits he must see a dentist in the morning, revealing he is the dentist himself.
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The
Park
A. Karageorge
San Francisco Chronicle
Hearing in Butterflies and Related Insects
The Berlin study by F. Eggers reports hearing in butterflies and moths via a tympanal organ in the last thoracic segment. The air vesicle and drumhead structures connect to sensory cells, with a second drumhead acting as a amplified sounding board. Females hear cricket chirps when the tympanal organ remains, while daytime fliers show broader hearing ability than nocturnal species.
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F. Eggers
Berlin
Eruption Clips Lava Photo Expedition at Kilauea
Scientists from the Hawaiian Volcano Research association near Kilauea attempted to photograph a solidified lava tower rising from a swelling lava lake. An explosion struck ten yards from the crew as the camera fired, ejecting white hot lava fragments that broke the crust and triggered a roaring fountain display.
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Kilauea
H. L
Hawaiian Volcano Research Association
Popular Mechanics
The Whitewashers Referenced by Representative Frear
Representative Frear criticizes a committee as notorious for whitewashing and jokes they should move to Los Angeles to start in the moving picture business. He notes they would likely succeed given how they screened a film last month.
Cromwell's Wild Streak Hurled Across His Youth and Rule
Philadelphia Record notes Oliver Cromwell showed a volatile temper from youth, courting tavern life, stiffing bills, and scaring townsfolk. It cites his signing of a king’s death warrant and bolder acts such as pranks with soldiers and a chaotic marriage celebration in 1057.
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Oliver Cromwell
Alleniste
Cromwell
Huntingdon
Oliver
Lfe
Mien
Perike
Philadelphia
Object to Menial Duties in Nurse Training Calls for Change
A Philadelphia Press column argues hospital efficiency hinges on hiring more nurses and reducing manual labor in training. Howard Butler Jr., a 19 trustees member, says hospitals need 50 percent more nurses and higher pay. Doctors contend scrubbing floors and window washing during training deters women from entering nursing. They warn hospitals may cut training years or face a nursing shortage.
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Girard
Philadelphia
Howard Butler, Jr
Mr. Butcher
English singer recalls Balmoral visit to Queen Victoria
M. L. Albani Gye recalls holidaying on Deeside and singing at Balmoral before Queen Victoria. He recounts Empress Eugenie crying after a song, the Queen joining in, and his own tears of sympathy before continuing his performance.
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England
M. L. Albani Gye
Eugenie
Deeside
Daily Telegraph
Balmoral
Queen Victoria
Ash Dump to Garden: Sheepshead Bay Converts Trash Land
In a past agreement with Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay received ash dump contents to fill a swamp. Refuse, loaded in metal tanks and hauled by trolleys, turned hundreds of acres dry. Vegetable matter fostered grass and sunflowers. by year two Italians planted cabbage and crops, making the area a truck garden.
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Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Timber From Dead Trees Reveals No Distinguishing Lumber Marks
The American Forestry magazine notes little prejudice against using timber from dead trees. When dead trees are cut into lumber and weathered exterior removed, no method can distinguish it from live-tree lumber except potential partial seasoning during sawing.
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American Forestry Magazine
Forest Products Laboratory
Waterfront Buttons andthe Mussel Industry
Floyd W. Parsons notes in the Saturday Evening Post that the freshwater pearl button trade relies on river mussels and fish hosts. He warns that overharvesting and lack of protection threaten a $1,000,000 industry spanning at least twenty states along the Mississippi basin.
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Mississippi River
Floyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Cheap meals for Chinese students in Shantung mission school
The Christian Science Monitor reports that at a mission school in China’s Shantung province, a girl can receive three meals daily for 18 dollars a year. Breakfast and supper feature steamed corn bread and brined turnips, with millet and dry rice for lunch and occasional fatty pork for variety.
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China—Tengshow
Shantung
Christian Science Monitor
Four Speeches for One by William Lyon Phelps
Yale English professor William Lyon Phelps quips that he earns credit for only a quarter of his after-dinner talks. He notes four versions exist: the prepared speech, the actual delivery, the homeward reflection, and the morning after newspaper account that bears little relation to the others.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Boston Globe
Taking After Mother Mustache Joke From Indianapolis News
Bert returns from college with a shadow on his upper lip and is told by his grandfather he looks more like his mother. He asks why and the grandfather notes the family mustache pattern with a pun about resemblance to his mother.
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Bert
Indianapolis News
Not Like a Lawyer Miranda Refuses to Speak Freely
A courtroom scene centers on Miranda a dusky witness who answers all questions with I think so. The lawyer loses patience demanding direct replies while Miranda pleads she cannot talk without thinking and asks for leeway in her speech.
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Miranda
Mirandy
Mistah
Long Time to Wait with Composer Quip
An exchange between a young musician and an older professor features a quip about future fame. The professor suggests the young composer may be played when Mozart Haydn Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer are forgotten, a wry forecast of lasting reputation.
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Mozart
Haydn
Mendelssohn
Meyerbeer
Houston Post
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