Local Events In Lafayette Area and Nearby News
Lafayette and area residents attend meetings visit kin and travel from Portland. People include Je teico Hill Charley Maris Walter ant N.C. Maris Addison Naylor and Joseph Cook. Local crops wheat thistles brick work and dairy activity noted with church events and upcoming Yamhill County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ab. Hill
Charley Maris
LaFayette
Jease Ilobson
Portland
Win Townsend
Rev. Willison
Presbyterian Church
Crop Weather Bulletin highlights widespread crop yields
The dry season continues with no rainfall across the state and cooler mornings. Harvesting proceeds with fall wheat nearly all cut, late spring sown wheat ripe, and forecasts of record or near record yields in multiple counties across Oregon. Weather supports ongoing harvests and hay, barley, and oat crops show strong performance.
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Columbia County
Washington County
Yambill County
Tillamook
Polk County
Murroty
Henton
Linn
Valley
Albany
Douglas
Oregon
Wasco
Sherman
Gilliam
Morrow
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Haker
Crook
Klamath County
Stock
Wedding Notices From Aged Fragments
Couple Samuel Parrott and Annie Everest wed at Parrott residence with Gould and Wright officiating on the Anguat 10th in Illinois. The fragment mentions J. M. Wright as a participant in the ceremony.
Notice to Settlers on Accounts by August 20
All parties whose names are on my books will please call and settle their accounts by the 20th of August. Db. W. Lvir, M.D.
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W. Lvir, M.D
Unclear Junk Ad Fronting Shipping and Insurance Offer
Fragmentary items advertise bulk goods and insurance services with vague references to baring three hundred thousand Hirst class lunck and a yard near a railroad. Mentions New Zealand and Oregonhire and Marine Insurance Companies, urging prompt payment and wheat storage.
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Tov Yard
New Zealand
Geattys World Tour Returns Ex Mayor Beatty
Ex Mayor Daniel F Beatty of Beattys Celebrated Organs and Pianos Washington New Jersey has returned home from an extended tour of the world. Advertisements in this paper and send for catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F. Beatty
Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
Watchmaker Ad Pitches Repairs In Yreka Journal Ad
A short old ad for F H Howard Watchmaker and Jeweler notes repair of fine watches and clocks as a specialty in the Yreka Journal. A bizarre aside recounts a Chinaman near Frenchtown discovering a California lion feeding on a buck, driving the beast off with a crowd, then scrounging venison meat while the lion rested nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.H. Howard
Yreka Journal
California
Agelel
Hambog Creek
Frenchtown
John
Guna
Enormous Latourelle Falls log shipped to Brower and Thomson mill
A twenty foot long six foot nine inch diameter log from Latourelle Falls, free of knots and cracks, is claimed to contain about 7410 feet of lumber. Mill men call it the largest log cut in the region and a Chicago World’s Fair exhibit suggestion is floated. Brower and Thomson offer to deliver it to the railroad for 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brower & Thompson’s
Spencer
Park & Lacy’s
Chicago
Brower & Thomson
Latourelle Falls
Revival Meetings Conclude in Whittier Led by Rev J H Douglas
The revival meetings ending last Wednesday night drew large crowds with Rev J H Douglas delivering forty years of biblically grounded sermons. His engaging presence and earnest manner converted many attendees before he heads to Long Beach, with visitors from surrounding towns continuing to attend.
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J. H. Douglas
Douglas
Long Beach
Whittier
Cal ) Pointer
San Francisco Harbor Transforms From Idle Fleet to Busy Trade
Forty years after a harbor filled with ships that could not sail, San Francisco now hosts a vast merchant fleet active in loading and unloading. Sailing vessels are rare, while wheat, wine, wool, ores, lumber and fruit shipments surge to foreign markets and the Atlantic States. The era of overland dust and wagon trains has given way to robust rail and sea commerce.
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San Francisco
Union
Atlantic States
Florida
United States
Oregonian Railway to be upgraded under Southern Pacific control
The Oregonian railway now owned by the Southern Pacific Company will receive major upgrades including track ballast bridges and trestles improvements and grade reductions. Passenger and freight equipment will be updated as gauge widening proceeds with four new engines planned in October. Rail shipments arriving at East Port land Dock will accelerate as more steel rails are received.
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Oregonian Railway
Southern Pacific Company
Wallo
Cetler
Coburg
Jasper
Springfield
East Porthind
Southern Pacific
Corrupting Influence in a Neighborhood Cartoon
A mangled caption and dialogue from Van Dorn's Magazine show a minister asking a boy if he is good, the boy retorting about a neighbor child moving in. A second fragment features a teacher quizzing Betty about forgiveness and actions, reflecting a strained schoolroom scene.
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Johny
Johnny
van Dorn
Sun‘lag
Betty
Cas
Women’s temperance and reform debates stir Chicago scene
A Chicago Woman’s Alliance report unveils police court fines for revenue, arresting married women and girls en route to police headquarters. Judges Altgeld and Shepherd respond, urging broader focus on city safeguards while naming officials. The piece also covers suffrage statistics in Wyoming and WCTU campaigns on parlor meetings.
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Chcago
Clien’t
Sur Jor Courta
Police Farc
Chicago
Aml
Convieta
Hawla
Anel Aly Anne
Judgea Toley
Altgeld
Shepherd
Giellond
Boklly
Jidge Altweld
Yamhill County Protest Over Census Figure Error
A notice from Yamhill County residents protests a 2000 population undercount in the Oregonian census table. They claim growth in towns like Lafayette Sheridan Newberg and overall prosperity since 1880, urging the next legislature to adjust apportionment to reflect voting totals and avoid further miscounts.
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McMissvinne
Oregonian
Yamhill County
Indiana
Missouri
Yamhill Couunty
Bate
Pacific Coast
Columbia River
LaFayette
Sheridan
Newberg
Isso
Extraordinary apple tree measurements reported in Ohio
Rev A Swartz of Lancaster Ohio measured a giant apple tree on Henry Ammon’s Liberty township farm with a girth of nine feet five inches at three feet and a branch span of seventy feet. Another tree near the Ohio river stands twelve feet two inches in trunk circumference at its narrowest point and is said to be the largest in the United States.
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A. Swartz
Lancaster
Ohio
Wittsburg National Stoeckman and Fumer
Swary
Maiden
Wayne County
Oho
Oakes
Washington County
Musser
Jacob Tracy
Penneyvania
Tracey
Oaks
Ohio River
United States
Patoum
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G. W. Grayson
Harminetts Yard
Bank
Christenson Bros
Mra. Woodward
Joill Drivers,” Association
N.C. Maris
Center Street
Yamhill County Pair Association
Jennie Vowel
New York
Wannal Harmon
Olio
Shepard Ong
Mike Ont Gillon
Addison Naylor
San Jose
Vortland
Joseph Cook
True- Dlood
Danny
Worthand
Friends Quarterly Meeting
J. G Weight
Salem
Taselav
Wrights
Jesay Elwarda
Siern
W.D
M Saliia
John Vickery
Our Town
New
LakFayette
Mr. Thompson
Townsend New House
Ule
Jesse
Mary Edwards
Martin and
Mary J. Cook
Sarah Hall
Marion
Tarrant & Son
Russell & Co
Clehalem Creek
West Shore
Samuel
Samuel Fa
Mias Toone
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
L. J. Minthorn
B.S. Cook
Jesse Edwards
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Oskalooea
The
Evangelical Church
Newber
C. Poling
Eelool
Mary EF
K. Epwanns
QO. V. Mien
Kanaus
Allen
Wilhunette
Lillie Smith
Riley
Moses Votan
Missea Hailey
Cook and
Tadley
Eli Hadley
Smith's Mountain
Signal Service
Jamra Ulasweerr
Geatty
A. M Hoskins
Newberg, Oregon
Decca
India
So'clovk
Wo.t. T
Friends’ Church
Ion
Horace Plinkett
Portnightls Review
Londorf
Wyoming
Woc. Tou
Mai Taintains
Loval Termperance Legion
Helen G.ie
Anna Gordon
Edith Archibald
Cape Trenton
N.S
Dominion
W.C.T. U
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Newberg Real Estate Agengoy
J.m.wright
Willamette Real
Pracielc
Academy
Miarsos Pact Ackmesy
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MH. Woodward
Prea
Edwin Morrison
Yamhill
Banner County
Lerk
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New York Weekly
Rees & Hunt
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J. Edwards
Arlington Hotel
Ilovel Neal
John Atkinson
Webster
Government Printing Office
U. S. Supreme Court
New York World
Wolmter
Boston Globe
Atlanta
New Orleans Times
New York Tribune
C. Merriam & CO
Keerlees
Pilgrim's Progress
Bedford Jill
John Fanypan
Bongen
Agente
Prict
History Company
Beaty
Daniel F
New Jerawy
Beatty’s
Ka-Mayor
Dania
New Jerey
Anton M. Siay
Kewon W. May
Bray & Hobson
R. R
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Pivet Pri Hesay
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Devens
Farner
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