Canyon travel tales and canyon perils in the valley
A narrator describes illness and recovery after a fever, local mail routes by canyon road with families delivering sacks daily, and a settler recounting accidents along the trail. The journey from La Grande to Elgin features Mt Finoy to the right and Mt Emily to the left, wheat fields in shock and standing. The route climbs a steep hill to Cricket Flat where farms dot the landscape.
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Minum
Ga Grand
Minum River
la Grande
Elgin
Mt. Finoy
Emily
Eginne
Willowe
Notice to Parents and Guardians on Compulsory Attendance
Notice outlines provisions of the 1905 compulsory attendance law for children aged 8 to 16. It lists school attendance requirements, limited excuses by courts, restrictions on child labor, duties of attendance officers, penalties on parents, employer fines for illegal employment, and publication/public posting rules for school boards.
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Justice of Peace
The Limit of Life in Medical Opinion
The most eminent medical scientists conclude that human life can extend beyond current limits with advanced knowledge. They identify the critical period between sixty and seventy as vital for proper care, warning that neglect risks fatal outcomes. Electric Bitters is promoted as Nature’s best helper after sixty, a guaranteed tonic for longevity.
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Uoa
Nature
Webb Brow
Union Price Agreement For Painters In Jasper Missouri
A 1907 signed pledge by Jasper painters and paper hangers fixing rates for wallpaper hanging 20 cents per bolt ready rooms and 2.50 per hour for prep. Painting rates set at 2.50 per day or 8.00 per hour, contract work 16 cents per square yard for labor, higher rates when materials supplied. Witness signatures dated July 20 1907.
Obituary: Ellen Estella Balls Dies at 125 Years
Ellen Estella Balls born April 10 1882 in Taylor county Indiana died August 16 1907 after a life in Indiana and Michigan moved with her parents to Manche county then Jas per married William Tabler December 6 1903 two children Viola Ruth Stella May survive husband and children plus her parents four sisters and four brothers she belonged to Rowan Catholic church loved by all and mourned by family and friends
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Ellen Estella Balls
Taylor County
Perenta
Manche County
Manes
Jasper
William
Viola Ruth
Stella May
Rowan Catholic Church
Slater
GQA Picnic At Lakeside Draws Veterans And Delegates
The gathering at Lakeside park brought nearly all the leading G A figures and Jaeger delegates, honoring aging veterans who still value reunions. The event featured no address by Col Kemble and a note on Mrs Stells contribution.
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Thap
Lakeside Park
Metrituriuy
Jaeger
Tha Day
Col. Kemble
Mica Stells
Old Car fern praised by Jasper visitors at annual picnic
Covert's rendition of the Old Car fern receives praise as Jasper plans its annual picnic. Byers departs for Dus ter Springs to secure tents for Jasper party visitors expected at the gathering near Packers Bone Fertilizer. See Hayzrmr Ecavoror Co for supplies.
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Byers
Duster Springs
Jasper
Hayzrmr Ecavaror Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burgner - Bowman
Missouri
The
Kansas City Star and Times
Star and Times
Star
the Times
Associated Press
Merchant
Farmer
H. C. Burch
Studebaker
J. A.,.cozatt
Kinkade & Finton
J. S. Dafter
Bank of Jasper
Bert Webb
Bayne
Acorn
Charter Oak
Great Western
Oregon
Cuavp
M.A. Fouur
D. A. Domes
Grandt Hicks
Ballard
W. L. Bettle
Richmond
Ballard Snow Liniment CO
North Second Street
ST. Louis
Webb Brothers Mercantile Co
Teeter
H Co Burch
Jeweler
Jasper Bakery
C. E. Campbell
Prop
A. R
Lakeside
Covert
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
Louis
Webb Bros
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