Local visits mark Monmouth commencement week
Smith Holt of Thomas and W L Frazer of Vancouver attended the Normal commencement exercises. J L Twohy traveled from Portland to see his daughter graduate. Lorena Burt visited her sister Mrs Carmichael. John Burt crossed to Medford. Mrs Burt Cross injured her foot and requires quiet. Rexall Hair Tonic advertised by Perkins Pharmacy. Allen Clark returned from an Eastern trip praising Oregon towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith B. Holt
Thomas
J. L. Twohy
Portland
Lorena Burt
George Carmichael
John
Medford
Burt Cross
C. J. Moyer
A. L. Rames
Fall City
Monmouth
O. W. Shields
McCoy
Allen Clark
Oregon
Chicago
Sloan and Foster Wedding Ties Newberg and Monmouth Figures
Thursday at noon at the bride’s grandparents home on Clay street, Lotus Sloan of Newberg wed Leota Foster of the city. Sloan, formerly a Monmouth resident, is well known locally.
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Clay Street
Lotus Sloan
Newberg
Leota Foster
Sloan
Monmouth
TWO GIFTS FROM A KING The House of Hohenzollern
Frederick William I of Prussia is portrayed in a study of the Hohenzollerns as stern yet capable of good humor. The king hosted Berlin assemblies and dinners with jokes and gaiety, often entertaining foreign envoys and his own subjects. The narrative notes his amiable side even when rebuked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick William I
Lotatelli
Frederick William L
Frederick the Great
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick William
Berlin
Theing
Poland
Augus
Virtuoso Locatelli Harbors Royal Debts and Gifts
Frederick William of Prussia hosted the famed violinist Locatelli in Berlin. The king disliked virtuosi yet attended a second concert and offered a scuff box of ducats as a gratuity, which Locatelli refused saying a gift from a king weighed too heavy to part with.
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Tus the Strong
Berlin
Loentelli
Frederick William
Agustus
Augustus
Locatelli
Boots and Saddles Origins in Military Call
The phrase boots and saddles traces to French origins and earlier English usage. It likely entered common parlance during the Civil War era among the Roundheads, evolving from boute selle to its modern form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Steele
the Tatler
London Times
Ancient Drinking Guilds and Civic Customs Described
In London Notes and Queries the origin of Dutch drink guilds is traced to early drinking clubs that formed primitive social groups. A Good Friday bequest at St Bartholomew’s churchyard funds poor widows feeding on twenty one sixpences. Monmouth, Oregon, announces street widening damages and a view of properties with appointed viewers meeting July 18, 1912, at 9:00 p.m.
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Guild
London Notes and Queries
St. Bartholomew the Great
Smithfield
London
Monmouth
Polk County
Oregon
Treat
Baker
Jackson Street
Knox and
Ecols Streets
City Hall
City of
City Recorder
D. B. Serr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liberal
Monmcouth, Oregon
T. M. French
Prop
W. L. Frazer
Vancouver
F. W. Chambers
Toledo
C. W. Bowers
Davis
California
J. B. W. Butler
Story & Clark
J. K. P. Carson
W. C. Bryant
Moro
Rexall
Perkins Pharmacy
Sloan-Foster
L. W. Horn
Crowley Bros
Independence, Oregon
Herald and Pacific Monthly
Herald and Pacific Homestead
Herald
Weekly
Oregonian
Herald and
Daily Telegram
Monmouth Bakery
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