Community notices and gatherings in Chehalem area
Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Enos Bilis and C G Jacobson as Miss Gladys Smail visits with Miss Lila Hodges. Church hosts reception for 22 new members on March 18 and Edith Walton wins medal at Chehalem Center schoolhouse contest.
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Enos Bilis
C. G. Jacobson
Gladys Smail
Lila Hodges
Walter Hess
Ruth Meyer
Robt. Walton
Hood River
Alberta
Maurice Walton
M. L. Christianson
West Chehalem
J. D. Crater
Sheldon Stubbs
Elizabeth Palmer
Forest Allen
Ethel Morris
A. Kemp
J.C. Wills
Edith Walton
Chehalem Center
Handy Husband Describes Grape-Nuts Breakfast Benefit
A reader recounts how her husband prepared Grape-Nuts for breakfast with ease and notes improved health after switching to the cereal. She also recalls a friend with indigestion finding relief from a small dish of Grape-Nuts with cream at night. The letter, labeled There’s a Reason, is from the Postum Company in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
An Old Time Dinner and Seventeenth Century Manners
An account of English hospitality in the seventeenth century describes servants serving with hats on, dishes brought to the table, and close with a peculiar ceremonial: towels, basins, a green carpet, a beer cup, hot water, and three boys reciting prayers after grace.
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England
Bnugland
Fynes Moryson
James Pringle
BREAKING INTO FARMING Advice for Aspiring Farmers
Justus Miller explains in Countryside Magazine that a person should choose a farming line, learn both theory and practice by working, and assess farm locations before buying. He warns farmers must combine hard physical effort with strong business sense to succeed.
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Justus Miller
Countryside Magazine
One Way to Get Fame
A child named Walter vows to gain fame by making toothpicks stamped with his own name. He explains to his father that millions of toothpicks will spread his name and make him famous, a plan the father finds curious but reasonable.
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Walter
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Aunt Fretty Frawits Suspects Captain Peggington
Aunt Fretty Frawits declares belief Captain Peggington plans to remarry. Burt Blurt claims the captain painted his wooden leg yesterday, a tale echoed through a chain of gossip to Priss, Pheeny Partlow, and the sweet potato peddler.
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Aunt Fretty
Kansas City Star
Reckless Bravery in a Cash-Driven Encounter
A Birmingham Age Herald fragment quotes Mr. Jobson contemplating danger tied to money. He remarks on germs on currency and, with a sigh, expresses willingness to share peril when confronting a man with a large roll of bills.
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Mr. Jobson
Birmingham Age Herald
The Tree of Genealogy Quotation Note
A historical quotation notes genealogy like the oak of the forest and its timber value. It mentions tobacco stoppers made from ends and chips, reflecting a craftsman’s or writer’s analogy about lineage and material worth.
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Douglas Jerrold
Witty Exchange Highlights Blank Jests
Quotable banter shows a playful back and forth about efficiency and mischief as two speakers joke about the impossibility of returning a stone after killing two birds with it. The exchange charms with quick one liners and a light tone.
The Reputation of Cleverness and Character
A brief reflection notes that cleverness earns only temporary esteem while enduring character forms lasting reputation.
Blizzard Devastates Remote Areas Killing Thousands of Livestock
The Philadelphia Press reports a real blizzard with a fierce tempest and extreme cold. Snow drifts buried whole villages while property and livestock suffered severe damage. thousands of cattle perished as owners could not reach them. A New England sheep farm lost 1,100 sheep and on Fisher's Island 8% of a hundred sheep were buried sixteen feet deep, with two surviving after subsisting on others' wool for 28 days.
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New England
Fisher's Island
Philadelphia Press
Trees as Barometers Sign of Rain in Leaves Backs
Observers note that trees show the backs of leaves turned up or white under sides during low barometric pressure. This causes lighter greens and signals approaching local showers. The sign, long known by Indigenous peoples and reported by the New York American, aligns with scientific ideas of atmospheric changes.
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Asia
Africa
Pacific Islands
New York
Cowboys and Indians Raise Wheat in Frontier Trade
The Cowboys including Pocatello Tom Chima Eye and Big Lipped Pete planted and harvested wheat using primitive methods. They delivered grain to American Falls for 50 cents a bushel while customers could pay $14 a bushel if they retrieved it themselves. Indians reply that visitors may not want the grain at all after seeing their wickiups.
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Pocatello
Tom
Chima Eye
Big Lipped Pete
American Falls
Oldest Boroughs of England and Barnstaple History
The London Globe notes Barnstaple as Barum and one of England’s oldest boroughs. It traces Abertawe to Taw river mouth and Saxon renaming to Berndenstaple, with Barnstaple once represented in the Witenage parliament. Industries once broadcloth now faded. lace, gloves, cabinet works, tanneries and Barum ware pottery remain.
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Salisbury
Sarum
England
Barnstaple
Barum
Abertawe
Taw River
Berndenstaple
Witenage Motor
London Globe
Whimsical Numbers Stump Young Student
A teacher asks a ten year old to use the word whimsical in a sentence. In hesitation the pupil writes There are two kinds of numbers whimsical and even highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
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Dulcie
Dog Carts In Holland Describe Bunse Transportation
Residents of Bunse Holland use dog drawn carts common across the Netherlands. The region features tall yellow smooth haired dogs sometimes harnessed three abreast, providing a distinctive local conveyance.
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Holland
Bunse
Netherlands
Venice of Brazil Pernambuco Called Venice of Brasil
Pernambuco is described as the Venice of Brasil known for its many lakes rivers and waterways and a vast coral reef that encircles the city allowing all but the largest ships to anchor inside the reef.
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Venice
Brazil
Pernambuco
Brasil
When the fight begins within him boss nine Pena.
Readable fragments describe internal struggle and a puzzled voice around a figure named Pena. The sentence is fragmented and lacks clear events or context to establish a concrete action or outcome.
Lure of the Easy Chair Warns of Health Risks
An old warning notes that comfortable seating fuels sedentary habits and illness. It laments modern life for sparing outdoor work and movement, contrasting past open-air labor with today’s office and motor commutes. The piece urges more exercise to stay well.
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Chai Ie
Making of a Happy Man
A moral short essay on a man’s happiness arising from good habits and honest work. It praises temperance, prudent savings, reliability, and integrity as the path to prosperity, asserting character dictates outcomes and “Water keeps its own level.”
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Obio
State Journal
Jake Seeks Flour aid as Circus Arrives in Town
A village tale shows Jake asking city leaders for a sack of flour for his starving family. Officials weigh charity against temptation noting a nearby circus and Jake's claim he has funds to attend. Jake insists he will not sell the flour and will use it to buy a circus ticket.
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Jake
Controlling the Temper and Good Health
The text links health to mood and behavior, stating that bodily harmony shapes thoughts and actions. It argues that illness disturbs character, with digestion and blood quality underlying irritability and naughtiness in childhood.
Ginger and Pepper in English Spice Trade History
London Mail notes ginger and pepper were well known in England since the Norman conquest. Ginger ranked between pepper and other spices from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries, with pepper the most costly spice at about one shilling per pound.
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England
London Mail
Complete Success Dream Joke From St Louis Post-Dispatch
A joke exchanges that Vanessa walked backward down stairs to see her intended. The punchline says she fell but became engaged to the bright young doctor called in. The item reads as a humorous letter or quip from the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Vanessa
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Negative Judgments and Hidden Traits
A compact moral note quotes Youth's Companion on judging a person by the company he quits and by the things he does not do. The reflection suggests that apparent negatives can reveal positive character traits.
Evils From Heaven or Ourselves Fray Common Weal
A cryptic reflection contends that misfortune arises from celestial fate or human fault. The piece weighs moral causation and personal responsibility in the face of hardship.
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Himboss
Pena
Er H. Griffeth
Second ST
Newberg Feed & Seed Company
John Gower
Oregon
E. L. Evans
1St St
Newberg
Oregonian and Graphic
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