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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1921
Page
8
A brief note announces a team called Sheep Shearers kicking off a new round with goals led by Hilmar Olson. Temporary address for contact is in care of J. F. Miller in Independence.
Russell Alsip cuts wood on Monmouth Heights while several residents travel for business and visits. W. A. Fishback and P. Fishback conduct affairs in Dallas and Orville station. Lloyd Miller, Walter Strain, Clare Eggleston, George Cheseboro, Frank Swearingen, Lawrence Swearingen, Allie Griffith, Mrs. Herman Wunder, and Frank Skeen are named in local movements and errands around Monmouth, Salem, Independence, and nearby areas.
Hopville observes Prune Week with daily prune dishes and a Valentine party led by Miss Watzling. The school celebrated Abraham Lincoln's birthday with sketches of his life and a reading of A Perfect Tribute. Wade Carter presided as student body president when teachers arrived after getting stuck in mud.
Buena Vista resident Wilbur Devine visited family near Lebanon while Wayne Moe spent the weekend with relatives. W. H. Murphy enjoyed business with pleasure in Portland last week. Miss Alma Wells returned to Salem to teach after a stay at home. Mrs. J. M Prather visited Corvallis for several days. The Ladies Rural Club met at Mrs. Christenson’s home with eight members attending.
Mrs. S. Taylor Jones leads at 100 percent with a talk on America's first hero George Washington. Preaching at 11 a.m. on The Great Salvation. Evening sermon at 7 30 p.m. If the Dead Could Talk to Us What Then. Harold Hull pastor invites all to attend.
A Farm Bureau Poultrymen meeting is set for Friday February 25 at 8 p.m. in the Monmouth Community House. Prof Cosby from Oregon Agricultural College will instruct on incubation and broodings while poultrymen from Independence Monmouth Eline and Trinity are urged to attend.
Grace Yeater of Independence reports a lost plain band wedding ring marked CC.P Co. Lost land area not enough to grow crops mentioned. brief note reframes as a personal loss item from a local notice.
Mrs Lottie H McIntosh a voice and piano teacher obtains a state superintendent of public instruction certificate enabling her to grant music credits to high school students studying music outside regular coursework She is also a member of the Oregon state teachers association.
The Oregon Normal School hosts a busy schedule with a Delphian literary program on Friday evening and a series of talks by Miss Mabel West and Edna Mingis. Miss Jennie Carroll advances to the State Oratorical Contest in Eugene, while campus events include a chapel program on cultural reading and a motion picture program. The basketball team faces Philomath with a return game planned in Monmouth, and National Week of Song features daily chapel singing of classic tunes. The cast for Green Stockings and The Penalty screenings are announced alongside lectures by Mr. Albert Loughridge and a cantata by Deems Taylor performed by the Oregon Normal Glee Club.
A Monmouth audience enjoyed a community concert with soloists led by Prof. Gilmore and Monteith delivering refined voices. The program included The Highwayman and Dreamy Town. the school orchestra performed with notable polish under Edith Driver’s accompaniment.
Fragmentary text describes a governor, an interview, a prisoner and execution timing. Names and details are garbled. The piece appears to recount a morning discussion about legal penalties and greetings related to a birthday.
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