Mock Congress Areas Treat Flights of Oratory in La Grande
A large La Grande audience enjoyed a staged reproduction of the Continental Congress of 1776. Speakers wore period garb and delivered original, spirited debates led by John, Thomas Jefferson, and Samuel Adams as actors represented notable figures. A packed auditorium followed the rules and sequence of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ience
la Grande
America
Congress
John
Thos. Jefferson
Geo. T. Cochran
W. B. Sargent
Continental Congress
Thos. McKean
Turner Oliver
Alf—Samuel Adams
C. E. Cochran
Richard Henry Lee
Ivanhoe
John Adams
T. H. Crawford
Benjamin Franklin
Blue-eyed salesmen in jewelry trade say blue eyes boost sales
A New York Times note quotes a city salesman claiming physiologists favor blue eyes. He cites a jeweler who says deep blue eyes help customers imagine how stones look on wearers. The claim notes two thirds of New York jewelry sellers allegedly have blue eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Stingy Queen Bess and The Epicurean Badger
A historical reminiscence contrasts Queen Elizabeth’s ministers and finances with ship provisioning failures and unpaid debts. It notes Drake seizing rice at Plymouth, and a badger described as carnivorous by gamekeepers, with commentary on its diet and habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Bessy
Conley
Robert Cecil
Edward Hastings
Francis Drake
Plymouth
Elizabeth
London Telegraph
Westminster Gazette
One Sided Rule about Barnum Tickets
A teller at Barnum's circus explains admission logic by saying you can pay without entering but cannot enter without paying. The remark frames the gatekeeping rule in a humorous one sided way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. I. Barnum
Cirtus
Barnum
Successful Co operation in Upland Kansas Mutuals
A cooperative experiment in Upland Dickinson County Kansas unites a telephone company an insurance mutual and a store under shared capital and volunteer service. Farmers solicit members without pay with $2 daily officer wages. current figures show 3500 members 4 million in insurance and 385000 in store assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upland
Dickinson County
Kan
Mercaptile Corporation
Republican
Smoky All
Alda
Union Tacific Railroad
Telephone Exchaner
Tnt
Golden Rule Company
Eating For the Love of It and a Paradoxical River
The excerpt cites Horace Pletcher on dietetics urging eating only when hungry and seeking enjoyment, with meals enriched by environment and company. It then describes a paradoxical river near Aden feeding Lake Assal, a 22 mile waterway linking inland to the ocean, whose inflow and evaporation balance to maintain the basin.
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Pawlow
Horace Pletcher
Pletcher
St.—McClure's Magazine
Gulf of Aden
Lake of Assal
Lake Aassal
Goose Fishing Teasers Stirred English Nobility
In old England lords and ladies sought novelty with goose fishing. A baited hook on a goose’s leg was released from a boat on Monteith Lake, Perthshire, to bait pike. The goose often won, dragging the catch to shore while onlookers cheered.
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England
Monteith
Perthshire
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C. T. Darley
N Avenue
McKennon, Phy & Roberts
United States Reclamation Service
U. S
Union County Lands
C. J. Black
George Palmer
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Oregon Short Line
The
Park
Park Hotels
Salt Lake
California
J. H. Keeney
Oregon
Omiisors
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