Fires, fairs, and a changing Oregon season
Oregon notes report Curry county fires causing damage this season and Sumpter fire aftermath. Albany to hold an agricultural fair October, Astoria plans a regatta early September, and Portland telephone workers form an AFL affiliated union.
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Curry County
Mid-Columbia
Supreme Court
Albany
Astoria
Telephone Girls of
Portland
American Federation of Labor
Public Service Commission
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Sumpter
W. R. Meador
Corvallis
Moving Picture Theaters
Orlo
Center
University of Idaho
Oregon Agricultural College
Columbia River
Shuttler
Gilliam County
Lone County
United States Department of Agriculture
Linn County
Jefferson
Withycombe
Eugene Woolen Mills Company
United States
J. L. Masson
Myrtle Point
State Livestock Board
Coquille
Milo Lantz
Molalla
Cove
Ruthton
Stanley-Smith Lumber Company
W. G. Trill
Fossil
Wheeler County
J. K. Starr
Presidio
San Francisco
Lane County
Mule Psychology: Fear and Tricks Behind the Harness
A Los Angeles Times piece explains mules move in two attempts, then fear may halt progress. The animal risks kicking if startled, and drivers risk sneaking behind them. Mules are patient yet alert, defending themselves from understood threats.
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Costa
Los Angeles Times
Endless Chain Letters Start in 1808 Schenck Fundraising Scheme
A New York girl Natalie Schenck began the first endless chain on June 27 1808 to aid American soldiers in Spain. Four letters asked each receiver to contribute 10 cents and write to four friends, piling up mail at Babylon post office and spreading fraud across the world. The scheme swelled to over a quarter million dimes before authorities halted it. The note ends by citing the enduring endless chain prayer.
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Natalie Schenck
Babylon
N. Y
Spain
England
Miss Schenck
Washington
New York World
Despotism as Government According to Twain
Mark Twain argues that unlimited power is safest only if held by a perfect ruler who lives forever. An earthly despotism, he says, fails because the ruler must die and hand power to an imperfect successor, making it the worst form of government.
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Terebonne
Oregon
Horticultural Department
Oregon Agricultural College
J. A. Churchill
Hoover Food Administration
M.H. Houser
Pacific Northwest
James Tompkins
Gaston
John Miller
Cherry Grove
Multonomah
Klamath County
B. Hall
Multnomah County
Mr. Hall
Willamette Valley
Salem Fruit Company
W. B. Ayer
Herbert C. Hoover
State Industrial Accident Commission
Iwachikie Sueyoshi
Cochran
Floyd Hayden
Neverstill
J. Acker
Portland
William B. Edmonds
Buxton
Withycombe
Lister
Washington
Northwest
South
Stephens & Co
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Coronado
Cal
Clarke, Kendall & Co
Ochoco
Crook County
Twohy Bros. Company
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Railway
Southern Pacific
Minnesota
Dakotas
Marshall
Portland Gateway
Eastern Oregon Lumber
Sumpter Valley Railway
Upton Pacific
Intermountain States
Heaven
Mark Twain
A Uice For Old Rubber
Old hot water bags make fine holders to use when wringing cloths out of hot water for compresses facial massage and more Cut the bag around the seam and remove the stiff top to yield two flat rubber pieces This protects the hands and allows better water usage via the bag from the New York Tribune
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New York Tribune
Buried Manuscript of Home Sweet Home Localised Mystery
The Argonaut notes the manuscript of Home Sweet Home is said to be buried in a southern garden grave. The grave belongs to Miss Harry Haden at Athens Georgia, longtime sweetheart of composer John Howard Payne.
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Harry Harden
Athens
John Howard Payne
Argonaut
Love and Friendship Refined in Morning and Evening
A reflective note contrasts love with morning waning as day grows, and friendship with evening strengthening as life progresses. It sketches love fading while friendship endures, using the sun’s arc as metaphor.
Automobile accident described by Gillis
Aeneval Willis-How did the automobile accident occur Gillis In the usual manner the road turned one way and the car the other Town Topica.
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Aeneval
Willis
Gillis
The Wrong Midst Man Wins at Once
A terse aphorism notes that the man in the wrong midst wins immediately while those in the right can afford to wait. This suggests a cynical view of timing and advantage in conflict.
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U. S. National Bank
United States National Bank
Newberg, Oregon
Ototo
Parlor Pharmacy
E. L. Evans
1St St
Newberg
J. L. van Blaricom
California
John M. Scott
Portland, Ore
Southern Pacific Lines
Oregon News
V. A. Vincent
The
Newberg Feed Co
Q. M. Keiling
Wyneeshi St
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Mcminnville
Orecon
Newberg Transfer Co
S. P. Timberlake
Prop
C. W. Kienle
St. Newberg
Ore
W. R. Morris
I. W. Hill
Eavn
First St
Bentley
Bernicie
Shiloh Relief Corps NO
1. C. O. F. Hall
Mra
Elizabeth Clemmens
Emma L. Snow
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