Oregon News Notes Highlight Local Homefront Activity
Inland influenza deaths rise with 38 reported, a hotel project valued at 70 000 dollars moves forward, and the North Canal district eyes water storage at Crane Prairie. Oregon debates highway primacy, fish hatcheries expand at Oak Springs, and various local civic efforts unfold including Crook County formation and a 95 000 dollar horse deal.
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Asiatic American Steamchip
Aatorta Ln
Colurotin
Millon Wilverside
Astoria
Alwea Bay
Maupin
Grace M. Amon
Portland Surgical
Winesineville
Arippe
Eral
Colum
Ma Linum
Colt
Oregon
Ington
Idaho
Sealon Leat
Secretary of State
World War Veterans’ State Aid Comminston
Salem
Crook County
American Legion
Crook County Cooperative Association
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt Highway
Diamond Lake
Bend
Plumb
Diemond Inke
Central Oregon
Portland
Oiregon Public Service
Chy Water Department
Beher
Met Beru
Catlonal
Poveminent
Waele Ingion
Nebrraska
New York
Invest Levion
Eeoe Nouleus
Ojoout
Erner
Lila
Howe Rivers and Harbors Committee
Provintonia
Columbia
Willamette
Coon Bay
Ciarakinle
Umpque River
Titamodk Bay
Door Island
North Portland Harbor
Dante's Inferno Outdone in Armenia Famine Crisis
Reports from Near East Relief detail dire famine in Armenia with J. J. Handsaker describing appalling conditions in Erivan. Dr Mabel Elliott quotes tell of overwhelmed hospitals, dying children, and refugees seeking food and work as winter nears.
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Armenia
J. J. Handwiker
Near Maat
Mr. Handsaker
Erivan
Emrivan
Near East
Esther Lovejoy
Portland
Oregon
American Women's Hospitals
Mabel Elliott
American Women's Hospital
Near East Relief
Pretty Oregon Bride Mothers 2000 Orphans
Mrs Ethel Long Newman of Oregon Agricultural College directs a Near East Relief orphanage in Armenia caring for 2000 war orphans as her husband operates a 20000 acre farm aiding the relief effort amid postwar reconstruction efforts.
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Oregon
Ethel Long Newman
Oregon Agricultural College
Armenia
Armeyria
Ashes Reveal Cigar Quality Across the Board
A tobacco expert notes ash length signals a well-made cigar but not tobacco quality. The ash color reflects tobacco strength, with mild cigars producing white ash and strong Havana leaf yielding blackish ash. Poor burning may mimic poor tobacco regardless of construction. Brooklyn Eagle reports.
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Havana
Brooklyn Eagle
Eloquent Tribute to Trees
A poetic reverie extols trees as Mother Earth's arms and sheltering wealth. They nurture man and beasts, support life from shade to song, and span eras from spring banners to winter harps. Clarence Ousley’s lines cherish forests as universal aids and adornments.
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Clarence Ousley
Growth of cottonseed oil industry and uses
The cottonseed oil industry expanded rapidly from four mills in 1867 to 618 by 1902 and beyond 1020, with estimated value at 125. The oil and by products found wide uses in fat substitutes, lard compounds, packing fish, salad oils, and olive oil alternatives. Crude oil serves medicine cosmetics and illuminants, and after alkali treatment yields soap stock washing powder and glycerin.
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United States
No national holiday claims and state role in holidays
The text argues there is no true national holiday in the United States with New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or other dates. It notes states empower holiday designation and Congress has not established a single nationwide holiday, citing lawyer opinions on state versus federal authority.
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Christus
Washington
United States
Congress
Youth Seeks Daughter in Amusing First Impression
A young Chicago suitor, famed for a wide, ever-present smile, asks for the hand of a daughter. The father pauses, requesting the youth to close his mouth briefly to confirm his identity, in a note from American Legion Weekly.
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Chicago
American Legion Weekly
Recalling “Good Old Days” and the lure of memory
A reflective essay on aging and nostalgia. The piece laments vanity as people recall a past when life seemed better, citing local landmarks and early baseball stars. It contrasts remembered heroes like Kelly Clarkson and Jack Glasscock with modern figures, urging acceptance that new generations know their own legends.
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Jack Glasscock
Babe Ruth
Agamemnon
Harper's Magazine
Ingres Spares Seat as Anatole France Recalls Moment
Anatole France writes of meeting the aged artist Ingres on the Quai Voltaire and at the Theater du Chatelet. He describes Ingres as a powerful, baldly piercing figure who claimed his right to a seat, prompting France to yield his own.
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Ingres
Quai Voltaire
Theater du Chatelet
Christine Nilsson
M. Ingres
Milk Bottle Thermometer Gauges Cold via Frozen Neck
A North Woodward housewife notes daily the milk neck cone length on a back porch bottle signals temperature. She compares it with a pearby thermometer, reporting frozen milk at 14 below, solid at about three inches, and seven above as a four to five inch neck, while below zero relies on curvature of the frozen neck. The Detroit News cites the milk thermometer as reliable only above zero.
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North Woodward
Detroit News
Maxim Gorky Pseudonym Explored Amid Bolshevik Tensions
The text profiles Maxim Gorky as a pseudonym for Aleksei Peshkov, notes his link to H. G. Wells, and describes his name as symbolic of a bitter view toward life. It mentions Bolshevik frontier holds and Gorky’s complex stance between survival and political involvement.
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Maxim Gorky
England
Alexei Preshkof
Haiti's Scrapping Roosters Described by Marine Vet
William Alleged Williaw Almon Wolll, former Marine Corps Reserve sergeant, recalls cockfighting in Haiti. He notes roosters crow day and night, two rings in Port au Prince, and Sundays draw thousands who bet on birds. Losses end when the owner cries quits to avoid harm.
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Williaw Almon Wolll
Mr. Wot
Haaiti
Marine Corps Reserve
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Fletcher Announces Republican Run for Polk 11th District
D E Fletcher announces candidacy for the Polk county 11th district state representative seat on the Republican ticket with the slogan No interest to serve but the peoples interest seeking Republican voter support.
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Polk Couny
Joint Representative Candidate Seeks Lincoln Polk Counties
B F Jones announces candidacy for joint representative from Lincoln and Polk counties subject to Republican primary voters in May 1922. The statement emphasizes party backing and election timing.
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Lincoln
Polk
B. F. Jones
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