Local social notes and upcoming W C U meeting
Mrs. Ingram remains ill while Miss Myrtle Walton visits Portland relatives for a month. Miss Nita Savage returns home from Portland. A group gathers at George Hodges home for an evening with friends. S. W. Atkinson trips to the mountains by auto. Grandma Foster visits Glen Hazel with Mrs. Lillian Ickley. Chehalem Center W C U meets Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer on Wednesday August 13 at 2 30 p.m. dues and quarterly reports due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ingram
Myrtle Walton
Portland
George
Lila Hodges
Nita Savage
S. W. Atkinson
Grandma Foster
Portsmouth
Lillian Ickley
Glen Hazel
Chehalem Center
Elizabeth Meyer
Real estate transfers in McMinnville Sheridan and Amity areas
A series of property deeds recorded including transfers in Sheridan and Amity. Transactions involve Allen and wt to Shum, Andrews to Northup, Amity Cemetery Association to Leander Conner, Chapman to Douthit, Cummins to Cummins, Drumeller to Mueller, Feltz to Larson, Gilstrap to Dale, Grossen to Scott, Parsons to Carmicha sel, Palmer to Thompson, Peery to Ella Jones, Richards to Brown, Shipley to Schellig, Swain to Kinsman, Tidd to Smith, and Wallace to Umphlette. Values range from 1 to 1000 dollars with parcels in McMinnville, Dayton, Walnut Grove, and surrounding additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Andrews
Edwin P Northup
Walnut Grove Company
Amity Cemetery Association
Leander Conner
Amity
Martha Lenora Chapman
Mortimer & Cora Douthit
Ilisha Bedwell
L E Cummins
Wito EE
Kathleen Cummins
Willis
McMinnville
Aubry E Drumeller
Ed W Mueller
L M Feltz
Wfto
Edward
Diana Larson
J C Geer
Gilstrap & Wfto
Beulah Dale
Gilstraps
Sheridan
John A Grossen
Parsons
Bertha Carmichasel
Baker & Martin's
Catherine A Palmer
J T Thompson, Light & Power Plant
Brainson
Peery & Wi
Ella Jones
Dayton
Samuel W
Richards & Wi
Alva O
Sarah J Brown
H Shipley
Wallace & Wf
John M
Our Sun Compared With The Hottest Stars In Cosmos
A Cosmos summary notes German measurements by Dr. Rosenberg comparing 70 bright northern stars to the sun. It places Gamma Pegasi as the hottest at about 400 000 C and Aldebaran as the coolest at 2150 C. Sun temperature sits near Capella at 4950 C.
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Germany
Rosenberg
Osterberg Observatory
Tubingen
Wurttem
Gamma
Pegasus
Harvard
Cassiopeia
Capella
Land Transfers and Debits in Amity and Dayton
A sequence of property dealings including Smith and Phillips adding two blocks in Amity with a $1 transfer, Western Bond and Mortgage Co selling tracts 76 and 54 in Walnut Groves for $10 each, Ella Harris and heirs to Bank of Dayton in Dayton town for $775, J L Hoskins and Loran Spaulding transferring a 20 ft strip in Deskins donation land claim for $185.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith and Phillip's
Western Bond & Mig Co
Chase Weston
Eola
Western Bond & Mig Coto E O Morse
Eola Walnut Groves
Ella Harris
Bank of Dayton
Dayton
Town of Dayton
J'L Hoskins & Witto Loran O Spaulding
Deskins
Marriage Licenses Listed For Edmiston Bryce Hayes Lucey
Bessie A Edmiston 3 years marries James Arthur Bryce 29 years Gemma G Hayes 21 years marries Jeremiah J Lucey 24 years. The notice records two marriages and includes the ages of the parties involved.
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Bessie A. Edmiston
James Arthur Bryce
Gemma G. Hayes
Jeremiah J. Lucey
Burglar Meets Gentle Clergyman in Midnight Theft Escape
A burglar, caught mid theft, is startled by a mild eyed clergyman who pleads for repentance and the return of the goods. The burglar, grateful to avoid police custody, departs quietly as the clergyman ensures not to disturb sleeping residents.
Burglary Confession Echoes in Silent Night Tale
A fragment from a crime narrative hints at a burglar slipping into darkness as the culprit. The line suggests a nighttime break in and the thief fleeing into silence, leaving questions about motive and outcome unresolved.
Bismarck and the Eggs in a Midst of War Tale
The article recalls a wartime anecdote about Bismarck during the Franco Prussian War. After Sedan the emperor reportedly ate bread while perched on a ladder propped by a barrel and a dead horse. He allegedly recounted sharing five eggs with two companions after being born in an isolated village amid conflict.
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Bismarck
Sedan
William
General Miles Receives Vague Telegram While on Furlough
General Nelson A. Miles, while on leave, received a telegram from a subordinate that could not report as expected due to major circumstances. He ordered a report or an explanation. The reply from the hospital said the train was off and he could not ride or walk.
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Nelson A. Miles
Unfortunate Cander Confesses Old Faults Friendship
A fragment from a Chicago piece recalls a former friend named Cander who suggests each person reveal the faults of the other. The dialogue hints at years of distance, noting nine years since they last met. The text appears as a clipped quotation from a social or literary column.
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Chicago
Mothers and Fathers Observe Child Growth Linked Roles
A quotation notes that mothers care for children until age two and a half, after which fathers become the observers and guardians. The line suggests shifting parental responsibilities within family life.
Clerical humor from Archbishop Magee memoir
The late Archbishop Magee and other Irish prelates discussed a memorial to Queen Victoria. An original draft praised the monarch, but Magee quipped to alter the line. He rewrote it to acknowledge mutual unworthiness, reflecting wit in the drafting process.
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Winnington Ingram
London
Magee
Queen Victoria
Minister Claims Sound Doctrines Meet Silence
In a Dean Ramsay anecdote a Scottish minister debates with a graveyard sexton about neighboring clergy. As each preacher is judged unsound the long winded guest finally asks his own name and if he is sound. The sexton replies with a twinkle, “Oo aye, he’s no sound.”
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Dean Ramesay
Sexton
Seogan the jester and the mock death debt joke
Seogan, famed jester of Edward IV, pretended to die to dodge a debt payment. The king bewailed the passing fool and forgave the bill, only for Seogan to rise and declare the news had revived him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seogan
Edward IV
Edward
Scogan
Quizzer and Sizzer Struggle with a Traced Treasure
Sizzer laments hiring a man to trace his treasure. The conversation shows worry over progress and cost as Quizzer probes the trouble and Sizzer reveals partial success and ongoing payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quizzer
Old Man
Sizzer
Early steamboat precursors precede Clermont
The article notes steamboats operated before the Clermont. Jouffray, a Frenchman, ran a steamboat on the Suone as early as 1783 with 10,000 people witnessing. In 1788 Fite displayed a steamboat on the Delaware. Fulton never claimed invention and credited Jouffray.
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Clermont
Hudson
Jouffray
Suone
Fite Reh
Delaware
France
Fulton
Washington official recalls old tale of a rising lawyer
A Washington official tells a story about an elderly townsman praising the rising attorney George. The old man notes the lawyer is busy and courteous, recalling that after a brief social call the lawyer invited him back three times within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
Detroit Free Press
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
ST Allen & Wt
O Shumway & S T Sanford
Faulconers
Afghanistan
Kabul
United States National Bank
Newberg
Sheet Metal Works
First Street
F. H. Griffith
Oregonian
the Graphic
Graphic
Eekly Oregonian and Graphic
M. H. Pinney
Main St
Newberg, Ore
The
Newberg Transfer Co
Mueller the Tailor
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Oregop
E. H. Woodward
Newberg, Oregon
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