Pilot’s coast-to-coast trip shows orderly Army flights
Ellsworth describes a nine day cross country ride in an Army two motor plane with paratrooper heritage. He praises disciplined scheduling and weather checks, notes careful pilots and ground radio contact, and contrasts coast residents with Pacific coast air and scenery.
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Congress
Army
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Paacific
Oregon
United States
Erast
Bolling Field
West Coast
I’ m
Moore Discusses Postwar Economics and Production
Rep. R. T. Moore writes on postwar policy with focus on guaranteed wages vs private incentives. He argues a national plan risks a planned economy while urging tax and depreciation reform to boost mass production and lower costs. He warns against war-time controls and emphasizes work and private enterprise to restore living standards.
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America
Wilsons Buy Forty Five Acres at Fairview Farm
George L. Wilson and Mr and Mrs Orville Wilson purchased forty five acres at Fairview behind the store. They will grow tomatoes corn lettuce and cucumbers as well as peas and oats for stock. Wilson hopes to supply local households with garden produce for canning. They recently arrived from Yakima Washington.
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George L. Wilson
Orville Wilson
Fairview
Remember When April 14 1905
The item recalls Christopher Columbus as a hired man earning 56 a month for six months and $300 earned. It notes a potential Japan-Russia fleet clash and road rock placement to connect Myrtle Point to Coquille. It mentions a heavy frost with no fruit damage and lists migrant workers bound for Portland for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Census data show Oregon Chinese 10307 and Japanese 2001.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Isabella
Geneva
Vladivostok
Schroeder
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Philippine Islands
Portland
Oregon
Prohibition in Russia and New Developments in Iron Ore Drilling
A 1915 glimpse notes that while czarist rule blocks liquor for peasants, elites obtain it easily in Russia. A Los Angeles minister questions moral concerns. Andrew Greer, from Portland, plans a field party to drill test holes in the hills south of town for iron ore indications.
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Russia
Europe
Poar
Los Angphea
Company Orders Ten Percent Wage Cut Across Departments
The C A Levith Lem Manufacturing Company announced a ten percent wage reduction across all departments yesterday in Berlin. Details remain limited but the notice confirms across the board cuts.
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Coos Bay Times
C. A. Levith Lem. Manufacturing Company
Berlin
Powers High School Senior Ball Date Set
The Powers High School Senior ball has been definitively scheduled for Saturday, April 27, at the school gyms. Local authorities report a week of liquor raids yielding 19 arrests on unlawful sales charges. A shipment of breeding pigs from Oregon State College arrives safely in China.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Oregon State College
China
Fragmentary OCR Note From Rural Telephony Office
Incomplete text notes years of strain and a reference to tele offices and event details unclear. Names and places are unreadable, leaving only scattered phrases and generic references.
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Capitol City
Harria Elsworth
Rep. R. T. Moore
State Capitol
Theas
Washington
Treasury Department
M. E. Church
Jeallenes
Ingepre
Fieia
Rexall
Seothes
Anna E. Herzog
Columbus
Ohio
Mother Church
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Central Avenue
Coos Bay
Marshfield
Fredo
Ernest R. Smith Insurance Office
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