Portland Area News Summary Highlights Local Life
Miss Halcyon Wiley attends camp meeting in Portland. Jack Sawyer returns from shipyard work for a week on the farm. N L Wiley to lead Christian Endeavor service. Mrs Florence Eves called to Portland for Mrs Alice Hanson’s illness. W G Warnock newly back from Kansas, now at Columbia shipyards. Red Cross sewing resumes weekly now on Wednesdays. Mrs Florence Eves hosts Schubert Sextette at Chautauqua event. Mrs Jack Sawyer visits Portland. Road conditions noted as mostly good. Lloyd Brickley welcomed a son with grandmother Strate’s help. Fred Parrett called home from shipyards to thresh, then will return to Portland. Arthur Peters marries Dorothy Penner in Portland. Peters family attends.
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Jack Sawyer
Portland
N. L. Wiley
Christian Endeavor
Wiley
Florence Eves
Alice Hanson
W. G. Warnock
Kansas
Columbia Shipbuilding Yards
Lloyd Brickley
Brickley
Strate
Fred Parrett
Uncle Sam
Lease Parrish Jeft on Monday to answer call
Mrs Adlai Livengood visits Fernwood Friends. Mrs Emery Jones stays with her mother in law. Mrs Claude Pairbanks just back from Wyoming. Berry picking near end. Next comes evergreen blackberries then prunes. Mr and Mrs Parker and children visit D A Jones family in Portland.
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Lease Parrish Jeft
Mrs
Adlai Livengood
Fernwood
Geome
Barn Addition by Jack Larsen and Local Visits
Jack Larsen has built an addition to his barn. Mrs. Lathrop visited with her daughter in Portland last week, returning on Monday. Farmers hauled gravel on the road between John Erwert's place and the R. E. Bellew farm. Mrs. Chancey Gell has fully recovered from chicken pox. The thresher’s busy hum signals summer's swift passage. Mrs. Marie Paotenberg and children returned to Portland on Sunday after visiting Mrs. Paotenberg's mother, Mrs. Zensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Larsen
John Erwert
R. E. Bellew
Chancey Gell
Marie Paotenberg
Portland
Pantenberg
Zensen
Writers Are Queer Fish and Embracing Oddity
Emerson Hough writes in American Magazine that writers face stereotypes and alien perceptions. He notes his household once dismissed a staff member and reflects on how a writer balances home life and work while keeping focus with a skull marked Life is short on his desks.
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Emerson Hough
Goosta
Skull
When Beards Were Taxed Across Empires
The article outlines beard taxes from Elizabethan England to Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine I, listing periods of imposition and repeal through 1902. It notes clergy taxes in France under Napoleon era, with Duprat as adviser and papal bull urging shaving.
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Elizabeth
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Catherine I
Peter II
Bap
Anne
Elisabeth
Getherine B
France
Duprat
London
Oranges and Grove Culture in Florida by Leslie’s Weekly
John A. Bleicher extols orange cultivation in Florida, detailing soil needs, cost of clearing land, budded stock prices, planting methods, and expected yields. He cites Lakeland and Lake Highland examples, notes pest challenges, and praises blossom beauty and the scent of orange groves.
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Florida
John A. Bleicher
Leslie’s Weekly
Lakeland
Lake Highland Country Club
Hallam
Nature
Navel Orange Freak Takes Root in California Growth
A misfit orange known as the navel develops a twin-like protrusion at the blossom end. Seeds are scarce and small when present. Buds from these trees were grafted onto other stock, creating the semi dwarf navel orange tree in California. The stock began in Bahia Brazil where the trait was first noted and later spread on the Pacific coast.
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California
Bahia
Brazil
Pacific Coast
Dyspeptic Banker Compares Meals To Guideposts
In a downtown restaurant a well known banker jokes about meals being only guideposts to medicine. He explains his dyspepsia keeps him from enjoying food while his friend asks if meals are enjoyable. The remark captures a humorous exchange from the Knoxville Sentinel.
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Knorville
Studying the Case in Nebraska Legal News
An officer stops a car and tells Mr. Chugging he is under arrest while surveying the lights license and numbers. The officer admits he hasn t decided the exact charge yet and says he can charge something. The scene highlights police discretion and caution in traffic stops.
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Mr. Chugging
Nebraska Legal Newa
Savings Accounts for Los Angeles Children Grow
More than 40,000 children under sixteen have savings accounts in Los Angeles banks with over $1,000,000 on deposit, averaging just over $25 each. One thirteen year old leads with nearly $2,000, starting from 50 cents at age seven. Banks offer child accounts and thrift lessons in ads, schools, and clubs.
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Los Angeles
Ohio meeting prompts woman to rethink ration stand
A stern Ohio woman declares she will not give up food for anyone after her drafted son. She attends a meeting, then changes her mind and vows to concede some rations to hear more about the situation. Mrs. A Burnett Smith reports the remark in the Atlantic.
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Ohio
Notice of Final Settlement in Kight Estate
In the county court of Yamhill Oregon the executor L F Hall presents the final account for the estate of Elizabeth Kight deceased. The court sets Saturday August 17 1918 at ten oclock for hearing objections at the McMinnville county court room. Dated Newberg Oregon July 18 1918.
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Elizabeth Kight
McMinnville
Yamhill
Oregon
Newberg
L. F. Hall
Good for Fair Sex and Holiday Recreation
A writer praises the Saturday half holiday and Sunday open air recreation as healthful for women. It urges gardening, botany, motoring parties, excursions, bird study, and athletic sports as stimulating activities for girls and women to improve mental and physical well being.
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United States National Bank
Newberg Feed Store
Halcyon Wiley
Red Corps
Schubert
Beatrice Heskett
Arthur Peters
Dorothy Penner
Peters
Mr. Peters
Rex
Emery Jones
Charlie Jones
Claude Pairbanks
Wyoming
Hacine
Racine
Racine Rubber CO
Racine, Wis
State of
Oregonian and Graphic
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Yamhill County Abstract Co
McMinnville, Oregor
Q. M. Keiling, Sexton
Spaulding
E. A. Ellis
Portland Road
Undertakers
Hodson & Elliott
E. C. Arnett
V. A. Vincent
The
Newberg Feed Co
Hazelwood Co
W. A. Vincent
Chehalem Center Church
J.S. Graves
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