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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
8
Farmers' Fire Relief Ass'n outlines non profit mutual model in Butteville Oregon. It emphasizes two risk classes dwelling and contents and barn and contents with rates 25 to 30 cents per 100. Writes only in Willamette Valley and avoids city risks. GEO. W. CHESEBRO, Agt. INDEPENDENCE, OR.
Local notes report social visits and activities in Buena Vista. Miss Addie Gobat and Miss Ruth Prather played music at Blanche Harmon’s home. The Prathers and Mrs. Jessie Nash joined a field meet in Independence. Edgar Lichty and wife visited Corvallis. Fat hogs and veals delivered to Salem Fat Stock. Alma Wells underwent nasal surgery in Salem and recuperates at home. The L. R. C. met at Mrs. George W. Gray’s home for a club afternoon with refreshments. George Gray installed a radio and repainted his farmhouse. The gospel team of sixteen visited the M E church and shared a community meal at the school gym.
One mile out on a paved road sits 112 acres of fine bearing fruit soil under crops. Includes new buildings and good condition facilities. Asking price is 4500 dollars with favorable terms.
The New York Sun notes rosin, from evergreen sap, has long supported a mining industry in the United States. Half a century ago rosin was so cheap that barrels were unused, while turpentine priced well. Manufacturers then diverted molten resin into pits and covered it with earth to remove it.
The Westminster dean assigns a stall on the abbey north side for the mayor's use during visits, signaling growing harmony between church and city. The piece recalls centuries of conflict from abbey control of prisoners to citizens' push for self-rule, ending with hopeful cooperation.
The article reviews a four city dispute over De Soto's burial place with Helena Arkansas City Rosdale and Greenville Mississippi arguing portions of the river as the grave site. The best conclusion offered places the grave somewhere in the Mississippi River between Memphis Tennessee and Greenville Mississippi.
A woman sought a book at a branch library claiming a friend praised it as especially good. The librarian, hearing Bangs, fetched Henry Bangs Houseboat on the Styx by mistake. The patron left content, unaware of the mix up and the actual title.
Paul Walter a Berlin blacksmith posing as Prince Press and four accomplices faced burglary charges. He urged death or life imprisonment to become harmless, then proposed 20 years under police supervision to reform. The judge imposed prison terms up to two and a half years. Walter and others accepted the sentences.
A winter scene unfolds as a shabbily dressed man claps loudly during a science address to a tiny audience. He admits he joined for warmth not understanding the talk, prompting audience cheer and a grateful, if puzzled, compliment from the lecturer.
The article explains color setting methods using salt for blues pinks and some reds with a tablespoon per gallon of warm water and stronger salt for black fabrics sometimes with turpentine. It also describes soaking in lukewarm water and using vinegar and warm rinse water to set browns yellows and tans and re tint faded yellows with strong coffee.
A librarian greets Tony and his eleven younger siblings visiting the library. Tony explains they once had a brush but it went to fix the family car, leaving the children with no proper toothbrush. The moment highlights a simple, poignant family scene.
The article discusses Mme Curie, her memoir, and how the unit of radioactivity the curie got its name. It explains metric terms millicuries centicuries and the practice of naming scientific units after inventors and discoverers.
Roscoe Staats found guilty of possessing moonshine and fined 260 dollars with 30 days in jail. Oliver Smith, confectioner, fined 500 dollars and 60 days in jail. Both sentences suspended on good behavior after fines paid. Raids by Sheriff Orr and deputies and Chief Parker led to the case. One quart of moonshine tied to Te Kamaya, Japanese cook, with further action deferred.
Independence Enterprise notes the writer thanks friends for election support. Illness in the family and urgent farm duties prevented travel or further campaigning in the final two weeks.
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