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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
8
Local residents share weekend and holiday activity with visits from Dallas Hillsboro Corvallis and Independence. Families camp fish fish and crab near Bar View Pedee and Belknap Springs while piano gifts and moving household goods mark a busy period for Monmouth and surrounding areas.
A joint picnic by the Grange and the Farmers Union is set for Saturday June 14 in Dallas city park. Editor Brady of the Salem Statesman will speak and an afternoon sports program includes a baseball game between Dallas and Salem.
The United States Bureau of Chemistry reports a method turning sundried wheat straw into about 10 000 cubic feet of illuminating gas per ton 10 gallons of tar and 6 ¼ pounds of carbon residue. It suggests future gas sales by the cubic foot and notes experimental cars using gas in rubber bags. A 400 cubic foot tank could reportedly drive about fifteen miles. Elmer Hastings of Pedee visited the Elkins.
Hemstitching is available at the shop on 242 East Main Street priced at 8 cents per yard.
Latest creations from the Columbia Mills offer sleeveless sweaters in all wanted colors. Prices run 3.00 4.00 and 6.00 dollars.
Local store advertises a remnant sale featuring Marquisettes Cretonnes Table Damask Towelings and Oilcloths. Shoppers can save on fabric pieces and household textiles in assorted sizes and patterns.
Kenneth McReynolds of Cottage Grove was a guest last Sunday of Miss Elsie Canterbury. Get your hemstitching done at the White Novelty shop, 242 KE. Main.
A real estate operator argues that attracting families of the right sort ensures rapid growth of a new locality. He notes wholesome, prompt payers, neat homes, and orderly lawns attract more residents, creating a self sustaining community appeal.
Nature Magazine lauds the date palm as the most beautiful palma. It notes the palm family, foreign-born, adapts well to the new world with grace and resilience.
A discussion on how culture often discourages new ideas and public figures by clinging to tradition. It contrasts historical revolutions in science and invention with the fear of unconventional thinking. The piece urges persistence, originality, and risk in pursuing new paths despite mockery.
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