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Monmouth Herald

Location

Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1917

Page

3

Oregon News Notes Of General Interest 1918

Oregon notes report a spring 1918 state Grange meeting in Salem, postmaster change at Pleasant Home, a horse kick death, new private secretary to Senator McNary, a drowning in Celilo, a shad hatchery at St Helens, and multiple state appointments and public works updates across Salem, Portland, and counties.

Oregon State Grange Salem Shaw Pleasant Home C. J. Britton Everett William Green Haines Henry M. Hansen Portland Telegram McNary Guy Oliver Corvallis 3D Regiment Celilo St. Helens George Palmer Putnam Lycombe University of Oregon van Patton & Son Salum Oregon Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners Portland Astoria F. Rogers A. B. Cordiey State Time Board Charles A. Murphy State Penitentiary J. B. Dodson Yamhill County McMineville St Vincent's Hospital M. Reagan Hillsboro Chautauqua Association Neal Oregon Portland Cement Hoseburg Portland Commission of Public Docks Oregon Public Service Commission Madras Chamberlain First National Bank of Madras Lillian Titgle Benson Polytechnic School For Girls Department of Household Arts Burns Seattle Turket Franklin J. Miller Senator McNary Naval Academy At Annapolis Frank J. Miller One Hundred Good Road Carlton Newberg Lafayette McMinnville Sheridan Amity Yamhill Brown Gehlhar Marion County Willamette River Polk Marion State Industrial Accident Commission J. ManDuhoff Blind Slough Eastern Star Grand Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Girls’ Honor Guard of Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church California Washington British Columbia Can Blanchard Crook Deschutes Crook County United States Charles L. McNary Oregon Supreme Court Law College Willamette University George &. Chamberlain J. A. Churchill Superintendent of Public Instruction National Guard Regular Army Navy State Highway Commission Benson and Thompson State Supreme Court State Board of Control United States Biological Survey R. A. Ward Bureau of Biological Survey Atte George A. White Oregon National Guard Withycombe Harvey Wells Insurance Department Wells

Abraham ward and the origin of the phrase sham Abraham

In Bedlam hospital a ward named Abraham allowed inmates to go out as licensed beggars on certain days. The beggars, called Abraham men, drew pity from donors and inspired imitators who were said to have shammed Abraham.

Sham Abraham Bedlam Bethlehem Hospital Abraham

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