News Notes Show Influenza, Roads, and Local Events
Influenza cases at Tillamook and Dufur area schools prompt health actions while county farm bureau plans demonstrations. Salem expects hospital grounds and city projects to proceed. Port Orford shipping dock extension and agricultural land pledges expand regional activity. Snow and floods disrupt rail lines, drug policy talks, and public services as communities report fires, births, and civic meetings.
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Douglas
County Farm Bureau
Hines
Pital
Salem
Achoolota
Gunly
Port Orford
Department
State Board of Control
Capitol
Muse
Yi & Oregon Coast Railroad
Twohy
Tillamook County
Albert Aubermayer
Tlebo
Vortland
Stephen
GA Lowell
Pendleton
Jom
Bat
Medford
City Health Officer
Eugene
Lane Iy Credit Association
Pomotate
O. A.C
John
Santa Rosa
Cal
Paul Kooll
Jaffia
Ernest Abbott
Ash
Oregon Agm Uval College
Harding asks Senate to approve treaties
President Harding urged the Senate to ratify five principal arms and peace covenants before leaving Washington. He warned that denying approval would discredit the republic and hinder future peace efforts. The package includes limits on naval armament a new Chinese rights bill and a four power Pacific peace concord.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Senate
America
Capitol
China
Pacific
Treaty Over Yap Signed With Japan
Washington DC secretary Hughes and envoy Shidehara sign a treaty ending the Yap controversy. It guarantees the United States free access to Yap and equal rights with Japan in landing and operating the Yap Guam cable and future cables, plus equal radio telegraphic and cable privileges, with limits while Japan maintains a factory station on Yap.
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Washington, P. C
United States
Japan
Hughes
State Department
Shidehara
Itm Nationala
Nationale
Yap
Jth
Lincoln Memorial Ceremony Guided by Coolidge Pershing
Vice President Coolidge and General Pershing honored Abraham Lincoln in Springfield. They stood with solemn dignity as they laid a wreath at Lincoln's tomb in Oak Ridge cemetery, passing along streets he once walked on the way to the old homestead.
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Springfield
Coolidge
J. J. Pershing
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Irish Troubles Grow After Ulster Raids
London reports sharp deterioration of the Irish situation following raids at the Ulster border. Officials note the suspension of evacuating British troops from southern ports, pending decisions on reinforcements to Ulster.
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London
Ulster
Oregon Veterans Seek Cash Bonuses and Loans
A total of 19,085 World War veterans applications have been received by the state aid commission. Of these, 10,086 express a preference for cash payouts and 9,184 seek loans.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
World War Veterans’ State Aid Commission
Interior Secretary Denies Rumors of Resignation
Secretary Fail dismissed widespread rumors that he planned to resign from the cabinet. He stated no intention to leave the administration and urged the public to ignore unfounded reports.
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Fall
Washington, D. C
Fail
Allen Law May Be Extended
Washington report notes a bill to extend the 8 percent restrictive immigration law through June 30, 1895 and was ordered reported by the House Immigration Committee.
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Washington, D. C
House Immigration Committee
The Awakening of Carol and the French Clock
In a dreary city apartment Carol faces a life choice between staying with her working husband John or joining a lover and sailing to distant cities. A departing letter reveals a baby's loss as she hides her emotions, packs a bag, and finalizes a quiet, fateful decision.
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Carol
John
Carrie
London
Paris
China
Downettirs
Elsie
Jack
Jong
Tite
Ethel
Mixed Club Membership in Paris Clubs
A Paris clubs article notes men mostly play cards as their main leisure. It recalls mixed memberships and an English nobleman who claimed his missing thousands were stolen from a hall. Waiters benifit from tips and lending money, while the head waiter jokes about finding a valet for the member.
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Paris
House Committee
Aember
Walter
Baptiste
Monsieur
Two Solar Eclipses in Year Promise Limited Shadows
The year will feature only two solar eclipses, both sun eclipses. An annular event is scheduled for March 28, followed by a total eclipse on September 20. The country will escape both eclipses.
Famous Humor Writers of the Laramie Boomerang Era
A brief sketch of notable humorists linked to the Laramie Boomerang and its editors. Edgar Nye known as Bill Nye rose to fame for witty sketches. Artemus Ward and Charles Browne aka Artemus Ward wowed audiences with phonetic spelling and lively lecturing. Billings and others are noted for their humorous works and personal temperaments, with mixed legacies and untimely deaths.
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Pill Nye
Edgar Wilcoo Nye
Laramie
Bill Nye
Bin
Hils Book
Paleday
Tts
William ‘T. Adama
Oliver Optic
Artemus Ward
Charles F. Browne
Kil Perkins
Ward
Melville D. Landon
Henry W. Shaw
Josh Billings
Masa
Monterey
Cal
Clearing Confusion Over Clove Hitch Description
A skeptic argues that knot instructions in prose often fail to convey a usable method. He challenges writers to explain, without a cliché, how to cast a clove hitch, noting that many descriptions mislead or hinder survival in a windstorm.
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H. Belloc
The
New Statesman
Wordsworth Autographs Boost Book Values in Odd Tales
A Oxford book buyer bought Coleridge Biographia Literaria for 4.31 dollars and found Wordsworth notes. He sold the volume back for 60 dollars, the notes confirming Wordsworth’s handwriting. In London a Gray signed volume bought for 9d now fetches 4 pounds 10 shillings, illustrating autograph value.
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Oxford
Coleridge
Biographia Literaria
Bodleian Library
Wordsworth
Inland Illinois Judge Squints At Subpoena
An inland Illinois justice of the peace with poor eyesight misreads a subpoena after a fly lands in his inkwell. A constable jokes by pointing to the prints on the paper and asks for the name, which the judge admits resembles his handwriting but remains illegible.
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Illinois
Wall Street Journal
The Lure of Office in Senator Snortsworthy Story
The Birmingham Age Herald notes that Senator Snortsworthy finds public life hard because it keeps him from his hometown and old friends. The paper also casts doubt that his election timing changes his attitude, implying he might welcome the separation.
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Snortsworthy
Birmingham Age-Herald
Notice of Final Settlement in Lillie B Kays Estate
John W Kays administrator of Lillie B Kays deceased has filed a final account in Polk County Oregon. Hearing set for February 27 1922 at 10 o clock a m in Dallas Courtroom to hear objections and settlement. B F Swope attorney.
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Lillie B. Kays
State of
Oregon
Polk County
Dallas
John W. Kays
B. F. Swope
Maggie Wilson
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W. A. Braastburn
H. Stewart
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Aredfield
Aassion
Portland
Te Keser
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Paxco
Joseph W. Gay
Yam Dim
Oregon Public Service Corms Alon
Wallows
Franklin
Korell
House of Representatives
Congress
Multnomah County
Crater
Diamond Lakes
Hugh B. Muinkin
Crater National Forest
Crater Lake
Olcott
Hart
Davia
Fauho
Columbia River Packers
Columbia River Fishermen's League
Astoria
Sam A. Koser
Camas Stage Company, & Washington Corporation
Camas
Snow Creek
John Dubuis
North Canal Company
Sam Hill
J O. Potter
Columbia River
Portland Merchants’ Exchange
Puget Sound
Lgact
Columbia
Ilinois
Ireland
Nan Burns
McClure
Nowspaper Syndicata
Famous Writers OF Humor
Swope
Campbell Building
Independence, OR
D. E. Fletcher
C. C. Wright
Uncle Billy
Wind Mill
A. G. Watkins
Jackknives
Pioneer Employment Co
North Second St
Broadway
Panama
South High Street
N. Com. Street
Salem Loveall & Robinson
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