Scholarship Offers Four $100 Awards for Local Pupil
A new donation to the Oregon Agricultural College fund will provide four $100 scholarships this year. Independence High School principal D. Byers will oversee three contests to select the winner, including essay writing and efficiency tests, and extempore writing. Papers will be sent to the college for final rating by the school principal. Eligible entrants include recent high school graduates who have not yet attended college.
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Oregon Agricultural College
D. Byers
Orescon
Oregon
Oregon contest rules sent to four year high schools
A committee member says small town students have equal chances with large town students in the competition. Printed rules governing the contest are being sent to every four year high school in Oregon by the committee on awards and honors at the college.
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Oregon
American Dead Buried Abroad In Four French Fields
Paris reports more than thirty thousand American soldiers buried in France. Final cemeteries chosen at Romagne, Belleau, Flanders near Bony, and Suresnes with plans to beautify them as lasting American shrines.
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Paris
France
America
Romagne
Belleau
Flanders Field
Bony
Suresnes
Paria
C. C. Pierce
United States
W. M. Kendall
M. Moore
James Creenleaf
George Gibs
Europe
Argonne
Belleau Field
Belleau Wood
C. L. Sampson
Graves Registration Department
Belgium
Luxemburg
Pyrenees
Alpes-Maritimes
English Channel
American Legion
Polk County Faces Highway Budget Clash With State
A Dallas leader relays a state highway commission letter to Polk County judges detailing estimated costs for grading and bridges from Yamhill to Benton County. The figures show a total estimated cost of about 27,008,000 dollars with state reimbursements and county shares, prompting questions whether Polk should build its own highways or rely on state funds.
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Dalles Stemiser
Polk County
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Robinson
Yamhill
Benton County
Salome Daling
Portland
Ore
Jah Hon
Dallas
Oregon
Tara Pleas
Roy A. Kline
Salem-Dallas
Amity-Holmes Gap
Amity-Holmes Gap Briikite
Holmes Gap
Rickreall
Rickreall Creek Bridgee
Rickreall - Monmouth - Independence
Bride In
Monmouth-Suver
Suver-Henton County
STG Bss Gand
Himelf
Polk, County
Couney
Klinnyt
Powe
Peark
Dallas-Salem
Monmouth
Roomity
Weekend Leisure Tips for Saturday Readers
A fragmented note highlights American post weekend habits as people spend Saturdays relaxing after a busy week. The text suggests time for leisure activities and family moments during Saturdays.
Edison Questions Stump College Applicants for Jobs
New York report lists 160 questions Thomas A. Edison sent to graduates seeking work at his plant. Topics range from shellac sources and monsoons to prunes and domesticated sardines, with queries about wood for hatchets and notable figures.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Cleopatra
Incomplete OCR Questions on Meadowcroft and Menlo Park
Fragmented text lists questions about a person named Meadowcroft and a place Menlo Park. It mentions a tint, an assistant, and a questionnaire for positions in an overaft context. The readable material is garbled with several misspellings and lacks a clear news event or outcome.
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Frans
Plas
Menlo Park
Meadowcroft
Boas
Government Budget Notes on Jewelry and Ship Funds
A scrambled note describes spending on jewelry and beauty items in a year and mentions appropriations for a new ship, indicating budget considerations and national defense funding.
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Det
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Moca
Fig Tree John
Fremont
Pacific Coast
Emery
Madras
Salem Woolen Mills
C. P. Bishop
Elias Howe
Wright
Hartman Broog Jewelers and Opticians
Salem, Oregon
Edison
Joe
Felt
Spitzbergen
Memore
Ferma
SECUR
Independence National
Independence
J. Hirschberg
C. A. McL.aughlin
T. I. D. MIX
B. R. Wolfe
Sertit
Calbreaths Jones
Blacksuit
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