Local notices and services advertised in brief
LOCALS DR. A. C. POSEY, eye nose and throat specialist. Glasses fitted. Silverthorn's soda fountain serves cold drinks and ege drinks. Royal Ann and Pile Cherries available at Batley's, North Ash Street. All bills against the Chautauqua association must be filed with William Miller at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Posey
Belcher's
Batley's
North Ash Street
Chautauqua Association
William Miller
Coo Off Key Note in Short Showdown
A brief exchange or miscue marks a minor clash in a performance scene. The incident centers on a small error or offbeat moment, drawing attention to a subtle tension between participants. No major consequences follow, but the event adds color to the ongoing routine.
Physicians and Fees and Personal Notices in La Grande
Local notes show Waldo Geddes at Joseph Lake and multiple visitors staying at the Sommer and Foley hotels. Personnel moves include Miss Gertrude Belver earning a life teaching certificate and Rev. H S Shangle presiding elder duties in the district, with several travelers and residents from Baker, Pendleton, Boise, Spokane, and Portland ushered through La Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S&. Shangle
Milton
York of North Powder, Dr. 8
J. T. York of North Powder is identified with the title Doctor in relation to the 8 description segment. The brief entry notes professional designation and location without additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. York
North Powder, Dr
Curious Swiss Ticino Wedding Rite
In Ticino Switzerland a peculiar wedding custom requires the bridegroom to gain entry after passing tests from a row of matrons and dolls. If rejected he learns his bride is absent, then finds her in la ber bridal dress ready to go to church before the ceremony proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticino
Switzerland
Omates
Hhis
Ancient Amsterdam monument bears tale of exact lifespan slippers
In a church near Amsterdam a white marble funerary monument bears an inscription “Effen Nyt” meaning exactly. The legend tells of a rich bon vivant who fixed his years and spendings to exhaust both fortune and life together. He died as planned, leaving nothing but a pair of slippers carved on his tomb after debts paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Holland
Wallowa
AA McIntyre
Baker
R McClary
Spokane
E. M. Crawford
Durkee
Port
R. E. Oliver
Portland
Jones
Foley
Lsst
Amsterdam
Effen Nyt
Curious Tea Case Reported in Medical Journal
A British Medical Journal correspondent recounts a peculiar reaction after drinking tea. Within minutes he experiences hot sensations, blurred vision, faintness, loss of balance, and sweating, followed by a return to normal within forty-five minutes. He notes consulting many doctors but finds no clear explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Medical Journal
Power of Music Awakening Stephenson to Ole Bull
Stephenson the inventor of the locomotive meets Ole Bornemann Bull the famed nineteenth century violinist. Bull explains violin construction and sound production then plays, leaving Stephenson spellbound. Tears mark his realization of a missing element in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Ole Bull
Ole Bornemann Bull
Dr James Craik and Washington at key battles field
Dr James Craik Washingtons family physician accompanied him in the 1784 expedition against the French and Indians. The next year Craik aided General Braddock in the fatal campaign. Years later Craik met an aged Indian chief who boasted of long journey to see Colonel Washington and his rifle fire at Monongahela. Washington had two horses shot and four bullet holes in his coat yet survived.
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James Craik
Washington
General Braddock
Virginia
Craik
Colonel Washington
Monongahele
Quaker Isaac Hopper Teaches Child A Curious Chemical Trick
The Life of Isaac T. Hopper recalls how the famed Quaker would ask a dirty boy if he studied chemistry. When told no, Hopper offered a striking demonstration: dissolve a song in water and rub it on the face to produce froth and whiter skin, calling it a chemical experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac T. Hopper
Friend Hopper
Archeology of Electricity in Flood Era Debate
A humorous dialogue contrasts a college graduate claiming knowledge of electricity before the flood with an older man’s skeptical reply. The exchange pivots on a pun about Noah and an ark reflecting a playful historical misread of science.
Warned Man-Love Counts Kisses Before Marriage
In a Bos ton Transcript a speaker warns that a woman counts the kisses given, suggesting she may continue after marriage and warning a friend about the behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oynica
Boston Transcript
Wooden cannons of the Cuban insurrection described
The Louis Republic reports that Cuban revolutionaries and Dominican regiments built crude artillery from trees. They hollowed trunks, burned bores, wrapped the cores with rawhide strips, hardened the weapon, and used clay or iron scrap projectiles. One wooden cannon reportedly endured 104 powder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antilles
Cuba
Halt
Reginue
J. Louis Republic
Untitled note on summer remedies and care
Fragmentary note discusses summer care for children and mentions a quick remedy or cure in a cartale. References Caen and diaeriite ti with cryptic phrases. No clear names or events.
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Diaeriite Ti
Alwaye
Cartale
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U. S. National
Thessis
Pathe
Red Cross
Sellg
Vitagraph
Miss Garrick
Silverthorn
Silverthorn’s Fountain
Physicians and Fees
Waldo Geddes
Joseph Lake
F. BE. Ramsey
John Win
T. M. Starkweather
Pendleton
F. Ivanhoe
la Grande
Roger Deal
Susie ¢ Dal
A. T. Warner
Fayling and McCallum
E. M. Howard
Boise
The
Waley
J. W. Fisher
Union Life Insurance Nan Ae Dalene
Jerome Foley
Fred Glenn
Denver
W. S. Cassady
Hermiston
Harry Neer
Sommer
H. H. Moulton
BE. C. Skiles
Seattle
Blanch McCullough
Zella Humminger
Haines
8. L. Lawrence
City
Lawrence
Frank Jolly
Baker County
Mitchell
David Bay
Ethel Fuller
Spokan
Oscar Jackson
Gertrude Belver
Oregon
C. Ralston
Indianapolis
Chicago
Eva Radcliffe
Ogalalla
Nebraska
Radcliffe
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Northwest
James Corey
Dodge City
Kansas
A.D. Catlin
May M. Denham
Savoy Hotel
C. W. Fisher
Elgin
Lee Alkiner
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Joseph
Misa Anta Kreiger
Agerm
Wilson Brick Yard
B. B. Brage
la Grande Colon Y
Wreehington
Hitchcock
Siren
Richmond
Beulah Binford
Henry Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Power OF Music
Cigar Factory
Fir Street
North Beach
Leith
Ash Street Dock
Satundays
Hassala
Polota
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation CO
Iden
W. R
McMurray N. Co
Ore
Wright Pure Drug Druggists
Heinz Small
Pattison Bros
Postoffice
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