Week's Doings in Highland Country
Local social notes from Highland County recount visits to a tulip farm near Salem owned by Franklin and Dibble, plus movements of families like the Rulifsons, Van Avery, and McElmurrys. Shoots of warmer weather and spring farming near completion accompany plans for a May 26 fundraising event at Hopville schoolhouse for the children's farm home with basket lunches auctioned.
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Gale Alexander
Rose Evans
Pearl Alexander
Salem
Franklin and
Dibble
L. C. Rulifson
Hazel van Avery
Suver
Miss van Avery
H. McElmurry
Oren
Patrick Haley
C. E. Armstrong
Inwood
C. S. Bowne
Portland
Frank Lane
McMinnville
Hopville
Women police magistrate plans parlor court in Illinois
Mrs Mildred Brandt a police magistrate says she will hold police court in her parlor to save time from domestic duties and rent for a downtown office. The item also notes moon shining jailers mocking Volstead Act and daylight saving controversy in Washington and a Canadian MP's push to block electricity exports to the United States.
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Mildred Brandt
Illinois
Kentucky
House of Commons
United States
Canada
Farmers' Fire Relief Ass'n of Butteville Oregon Adopts Mutual Policy
The Farmers' Fire Relief Association of Butteville Oregon promotes a farmers mutual plan with two risk classes dwelling and contents and barn church and contents. It pays losses promptly and insures only in the Willamette valley with rates 25 cents per 100 for first class and 20 cents per 100 for second class. agent GEO W CHESEBRO operates from Independence Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual
Willamette Valley
Association
Gold Robbery of Ancient Graves Sparks Smithsonian Alarm
Ancient grave looting by modern Indians in western South America is exposing buried gold trinkets from pre Columbian ancestry. Smithsonian ethnology officials warn such theft destroys early history while noting large gold and silver images described by early Spanish explorers.
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South America
America
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Mistletoe Brains The Curious Plant Intelligence
A note on mistletoe illustrates plant intelligence as its berries plant rootlets to pierce bark. If bark is tough the berry moves to a fresh spot and tries again. A botanist once observed several berries journeying along a telegraph wire seeking growth sites.
Ring with a legendary Peru mystery given to British Museum
Sir Rider Haggard presents a ring tied to a Peruvian grave mound tale to the British Museum. The ring reportedly came from a traveler who opened a grave and found 18 mummies around a stone table. one finger moved the scene to a story source for King Solomon's Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Rider Haggard
America
Peru
Rider Haggard
Wil Venture
King Solomon's Mines
Titer Huaggard
British Museum
Stones and crunching cravings of Antarctic seabirds
The article lists rock swallowing habits of the crab-eating seal and emperor penguin plus the rare Lesser Rorgual whale, suggesting stones aid digestion or grinding. It also notes romance in business and highlights John Kimberly Mumford’s piece on wire rope and feats in industry, quoting a record wire drawing milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic
Joseph Pennell
John Kimberly Mumford
Finale-Hopper: Acropolis of Manhattan Names Ultra Modern Girls
The Acropolis of America section from Riverside Drive to Morningside Park coins finale-hoppers a term for young women a year ahead of current trends. Ray mond G Carroll notes they are trail blazers who anticipate styles in music art dancing dress and slang and move on once the crowd adopts them.
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Manhattan
Acropolis of America
Riverside Drive
Morningside Park
Raymond G. Carroll
Philadelphia Ledger
Hopper
Electrical rubbing machine for wood finishing developed
An American company has created a motor driven rubbing device for wood surface finishing. A fractional horsepower motor moves rubbing blocks together and apart at adjustable speed controlled by a regulator. The dual proof aluminum case weighs about 35 pounds and allows extra pressure by the operator. Suitable for surfaces up to 15 inches long and various widths.
Bar talk reveals trouble in a Louisville fountain business
In the Louisville Courier Journal excerpt a bar scene features a worker named Sam expressing confusion about his fountain business. The boss asks a pointed question about Sam’s job while noting the appeal of the place’s pretty girls, hinting at underlying tensions in the establishment.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Vespertine Society elects officers at Oregon Normal
The Vespertine Literary society elected next year's officers led by President Aretha Kidby and Vice-President Kathleen Skinner. The Rev Mr Rows and Mrs Ross lectured at the chapel while seniors plan a June 12 play Fanny and the Servant Problem. Dr E Sisson will speak at commencement day June 14. Local teachers and students prepare for Salem Muse festival performances.
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Vespertine Literary Society
Aretha Kidby
Oregon City
Kathleen Skinner
Independence
Carolyn Berry
Halsey
Mabel Lamer
Portland
Frances Court
Lakeview
Wiley
Dalles
E. ©. Sisson
Philosophy
Reed College
Lander
Sisson
Jerome K. Jerome
Mins Mcntosh
Monmouth
Geraldine Thrdy
A. N. Bush
Salem
Alown
Harold Lloyd
Local Notes On School, Union Meet And Community Events
Eighth grade exams held Thursday. Mildred Tedrow and May Alfred Jones noted among students. Farmers' Union committee met in Monmouth for picnic planning at S. J. McKee's farm. Proceeds from the basket social support a plan for a fund. Mother's Day services included a solo and violin duet by local performers. Mrs. Roy Miller and Mrs. Stasan Jones visit relatives in Corvallis.
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Falla City
Royann
Thane
Mildred ‘Tetherow
Alfred Jones
Kenneth Bacon
Jones
Farmers’ Union
Monmouth
Sarah Rittner
Podes
Yey Plano Fund
Tedrow
Mig
Roy Miller
Mra
Mig Ash
Frank Jr
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Connell
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Will H. Bloch
W. H. Harris
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WY. M. de Coster
Mary Jane
Tom Shido
Peppermint Farm
A. H. Craven
H. Craven
Monmouth Ore
Ash Street
B. W. Ford
R. L. Houck
F. P
J. H. Ward
J. C. Collins
Phone Farm
Enterprise
Good Harness Shop
Apply Enterprise Office
Farmers’ Fire Relief Ass’n
Butteville
Oregon
Farmers’ Association
GEO. W. Chesebro, Agt
Independence Realty Co
J. E. Hubbard
Beaver Block
Institute
Spider
Man
Elkins Country
Charles Osborn
Richard Qaborne
Mex. Wynn
Cooper Hollow
Mra. C
Marks
B. A Tedrow
Violet
Kathryn Murphy
Walsetz
Frances Blake
The
Normal
A. B. Teth
Erow
Viola Ash
Mra. Stasan Jones
Corvailly
George Jona
Peoples Cash Store
Ife
Druy
Andrew" Brown
Blue Ribbon
Waldo Hill
Armours Wernbert
Gang Daley Maid
Galemore
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