Leanness of Soul and Summer Church Activities
The Churches Hy J. K.P. and Prof. Gardner speak on Leanness of Soul from Psalms 106 15 urging contentment and God’s provisions through Christ. News notes welcome new and returning students, upcoming services at Monmouth and Antioch, and a Friday Young People meeting with officers elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
McMinnville College
Israel
Egypt
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Pollard
Monmouth
Brother and Sister
Antioch
The Church in The Near Future Fades to Entertainment
The piece satirizes a church turned into a carnival of shows and games. Rev Lycurgus Gable preaches on tuberculosis progress and a latest fiction, while moving pictures highlight Peter the Great. A week hosts drills, basketball, bowling, swimming feats, and a Friday youth event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge
Lycurgus Gable
Peter the Great
Athletic Association of
Monmouth Heights News and Rail Yard Developments
Local notes record visits from Monmouth residents to Falls City Creswell Rickreall and Independence. The report describes railroad depot upgrades at Sixteenth Street with under tracks and multiple lines to ease congestion and ferry traffic for events including the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Also mentions spring wallpaper stock at Perkins Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Arant
Josie
Monmouth
J. W. Johnson
Luckinmute
Fishback
F. K. Hubbard
Falls City
The
Heights
John Walker
Tom Marks
Rickreall
Elevated railroad project to serve Oakland suburban routes
The only elevated track west of Chicago is under construction at the Oakland terminal of the Southern Pacific. A double track ballasted deck will span 3844 feet to carry suburban electric trains between East Bay cities and San Francisco, improving passenger service downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
California
Southern Pacific Company
East Bay
San Francisco
Origin of Firewater in Indian Trade and Whisky Dilution
The term firewater arose from early English distillates shipped to America and diluted for fur profits. Traders learned Indians burned liquor to ignite a fire, while diluted whisky quenched flames. A chief reportedly linked the spirits to a fearsome blend from wildcats’ hearts and women's tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hy J. K.P. Canon
Evangelical Church
By W. A. Guermney
Ture
Monmouth Heights
Clay Guthridge
Andy Wilson
Independence
Nella Yeater
Creswell
Or. M. Calbreath
Twentieth Street
Sixteenth Street
Eleventh Street
Ninth Street
Oakland Terminal
Oakland Municipal
Mole
Perkins Pharmacy
Chase & Sanborn
Heinz
Jersey
Monmouth, Oregon
Oregon Power Company
Dallas
Walter G. Brown
Herald and Pacific Monthly
Herald and Pacific Homestead
Herald and
Weekly
Oregonian
Daily Telegram
Herald
Blade
Brown & Sibley, Attorneys and Abstractors
Mill Street
Oregon
POLK
Washington
R. L. Polk & CO
Seattle
Rene
Scientific American
J & Co
New York
F St
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