Mrs Whitten Delights Home Audience
Mrs Millie Brouillette Whitten received strong praise for her reader and impersonation work in a two hour program. Her versatility shone in pieces from Pa's Initiation to the Soul of the Violin and Aux Italiens with local participants featured in Mrs Tubbs at the Sewing Circle. Music interludes included piano duets by Prof. Alexander Hull and Mrs Hull and vocal numbers by several soloists and a male quartet.
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Millie Brouillette Whitten
Aux Italiens
Yankee Seeks Wife in Postal Matrimonial Appeal
Postmaster C B Wilson reports a letter from a resident of a neighboring state seeking a wife. The 57 year old man requests a fair lady under 47, claims $500 yearly income, $90 monthly salary, good references, no alcohol or tobacco, 5 ft 5 in, 172 pounds, dark brown graying hair, and plain honesty. Ladies may inquire at the post office for details.
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C. B. Wilson
P. M
The Orleans Coach Pathe Freres Feature at Star Theatre
A dramatic three reel film claims to show the greatest miscarriage of justice in world judicial history. The program plays Friday and Saturday at Star Theatre with 5 and 10 cent admission, promising spellbinding entertainment from start to finish.
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Pathe Freres
Star Theatre
A Wonder Book About the Columbia and Its Mountains
John H. Williams adds The Guardians of the Columbia to his series with over 200 illustrations of the Columbia River and snow capped peaks Hood St Helens and Adams. The Oregonian calls it a delight and a service to the Columbia river country. Published Tacoma Wash cloth 166 postpaid paper 83 postpaid Gill Co Portland distributors for Oregon.
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The
Columbia
John H. Williams
West
Columbia River
Hood
St. Helens
Adams
Oregonian
Tacoma
Wash
J. K. Gill Co
Portland
Oregon
Postmaster C. B. Merrick Dies in Lakeview Swim
C B Merrick post master of Portland died in the Hot Springs bath house near Lakeview. He disappeared early morning during a swimming outing with friends including three physicians. His body was recovered from shallow water and doctors attributed death to heart disease. The body will be shipped to Portland by rail via Reno Ney tomorrow under A W Orton’s supervision.
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Lakeview
C. B. Merrick
Portland
Hot Springs
A. W. Orton
Reno, Ney
School Fair and Stock Show Dates and Meeting Notice
The School Fair and Stock Show will run September 24 to 27, 1912. Directors and the Stock Show managing committee will meet at the McMinnville courthouse on Saturday, August 24 at 1 p.m. Full attendance urged as business will be transacted. Each district should have a booth and exhibits should be shown. If you have new agricultural items, bring them for neighbors to view. Thirty-one districts have been visited and show strong local interest. The Stock Show enjoys universal approval.
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McMinnville
Duncan, Co
Former Nebraskans Picnic at the Park
Former Nebraskans enjoy a City Park gathering with attendees from Portland Middleton and Dayton. A large lunch followed by a program of music recitation and frontier life stories led to election of I A Hanning as president and an invitation to Kansas to join in future events.
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City Park
Portland
Middleton
Dayton
Gregory
Reverend Hamilton
Norwood
Nebraska
Oregon
I. A. Hanning
C. C. Sloan
W. B. Baker
Sec'y
Treas
Clover Seed Production in Western Oregon
Western Oregon counties including Washington Yamhill Marion Polk Linn Clackamas and Benton lead clover seed output says Agronomist George R Hyslop of Oregon Agricultural College. Seeding in February or March on well drained soil yields 12 to 15 pounds per acre with second growth clipped mid May for uniform blossom production and higher quality seed.
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Oregon
George R. Hyslop
Oregon Agricultural College
Washington
Yamhill
Marion
Polk
Linn
Clackamas
Benton
Prof. Hyslop
Special Meetings at Rex Friends Church This Week
Special meetings will be held at the Friends church in Rex Friday and Saturday nights and all day Sunday. A basket dinner will be served on Sunday.
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Friends Church
Rex
Oregon Electric to Reach Eugene by August 20
J O Johnson superintendent of construction on the Oregon Electric railway between this city and Eugene went to Junction City to inspect work and said the line would be completed to Eugene by August 20. The new interurban depot near Fifth Street is a bungalow style with red pressed brick and stone foundation.
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Oregon Electric
Portland
Newberg
Eugene
Eugene Guard
J. O. Johnson
Oregon Electric Railway
Junction City
Albany Democrat
Democrat
Lane County
Interburban
Fifth Street
Woman Almost Drowns on Rockaway Railbridge Trestle
The McCormick party faced a close call on a trestle over tide flats near Rockaway. As a locomotive approached with darkness thick in the air, Mr. Sorenson rushed back to help Mrs. McCormick while others watched. She steadied herself on the bent ties and lowered her head to escape the train as it passed.
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E. L. McCormick
Hillsboro
Chance McCormick
Rockaway
Sorenson
Mrs. McCormick
Pacific College Year Opens With Bright Prospects
President Levi T. Pennington reports a strong outlook for Pacific College and Academy. Applications for dormitory rooms and enrollment exceed last year, with promising attendance from Oregon Idaho California British Columbia and Washington. New superintendent Mrs. Eli M. Myers will arrive before September 23 to prepare for the opening. The dormitory will be fuller, the Ladies Auxiliary has stocked dining facilities, and a boarding club offers paid work to help students cover expenses. Anyone with work to offer should contact Pennington or Mrs. Pennington.
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Levi T. Pennington
Pacific College
Pacific Co
Academy Thera
Salem
Portland
Lewts
Rosedale
Oregon
Idaho
California
British Columbia
State of Washington
Eli M. Myers
Everett
Washington
Getting the Right Fish
A weary angler sneaks into a fishmonger's shop and asks for a few trout to avoid arousing suspicion. He hesitates about salmon, then explains his wife preferred salmon, giving a humorous twist in this Everyone's Magazine anecdote.
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Everybody's Magazine
Philosophy of Cheerfulness Sermon at Methodists
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces next Sabbath morning's subject The Philosophy of Cheerfulness or How to Control our Moods. Epworth League meets at 7 p m. All are invited. There is no evening service at this church due to a union meeting at the Baptist church.
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Epworth League
Baptist Church
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Mrs. Whitten
Yankee
Orleans
P. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
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