Northwest Farmers Seek Big Prizes At 1911 Land Shows
The article urges Northwest farmers to enter wheat potatoes barley oats and apples in major land shows from October to December 1911. It highlights $1,000 prizes for best hard wheat and other cups, railways offering entry support, and the hope these prizes attract settlers to boost land values and local development. It notes events in Pittsburgh Omaha New York and St Paul with the Great Northern Railway coordinating shipping and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Great Northern Railway
Peel
Minnemm
St. Paunesota
T Con
Moet
Pittsburg
Northwest Farmers’ Own
Northwestern Land Products Show
St. Paul
Northern Railway
Marriage Announcements Tie Pairs in Local Notices
Ethel E Butler 18 wed Chester M Iler 18. Mary May Payne 26 marries Gottlieb C Gobeley 34. Myrtle Irene Payne 22 weds Glenn Campbell Markee 41. Cora Sinclare 29 to William H Absher 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel E. Butler
Chester M Iler
Mary May Payne
Gottlieb C. Gobeley
Myrtle Irene Payne
Cora Sinclare
William H. Absher
Newspaper Offer: One Year Subscriptions Combined
The Oregon Semi Weekly Journal and Newberg Graphic available as a bundled offer for one year at 2.00 dollars. This promotion invites readers to subscribe to both titles for savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Journal
Newberg Graphic
How Catgut Strings Are Made For Violin Use
The article explains catgut string production from sheep intestines, detailing cleansing, splitting, twisting, drying, and polishing. It contrasts American six strand violin strings with four strand European ones and notes packaging for shipment. It also mentions surgical and machinery gut strings and cites Dr. De Witt Talmage anecdotes from England in 1879.
A Nimble Footman and the Lady’s Formal Tests
In an eighteenth century social customs vignette, Lord Lyttleton uses an Irish servant to mock a fashionable old lady who brands footmen by grace. The servant parades, bows, and then briskly trots and gallops, provoking the lady’s shock at his vigorous display and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Neville
Lord Lyttleton
King
Carpenter Defeated at Supreme Court Argument
Wisconsin Senator Matt Carpenter faced a curt Supreme Court session as the justices signaled the case lacked merit and he appeared unprepared. After the opposing counsel spoke, the chief justice indicated no need for further argument, and Carpenter loudly relayed the judge’s remark to his deaf opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Carpenter
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Carpenter
Matt
Ancient 4500-Year-Old Bread Found in Egyptian Tomb
A loaf four millennia old from Mentuhotep’s tomb in Egypt, dating to 2500 B C, is housed at the Royal Museum in Berlin. The dark brown bread shows large holes and whole grain kernels, made from rudely crushed barley, indicating barley bread as one of the earliest breads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentuhotep
Egypt
Royal Museum of
Berlin
Exchanging Civilities With a Bank Robber in Jail Corridor
A detective who captured a bank robber chats through a cell door saying the name fits and that he has the convict safe. The prisoner retorts that the cop is a safe blower because he cannot reach him. The exchange is reported from the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Honest landlady praised for front sign misread
A boarder compliments the landlady calling her the most honest person he has met. He notes the honesty is visible on the front of the establishment where the sign reads parders taken in, implying a playful misreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boarder
Parders
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Baird’s
Peters Shoes
Mongolia
US Peters
Northwest
A. BE. Stilwell
Americea Imnante Eaae
Glenn Campbell Markee
de Witt Talmage
England
London Chronicle
Tor
Baird’s Grocery Department
Newberg
Baird
Dla
Whitten
Mr. Whitten
Foster M. Mills
Dennis C. Mills
M. H. Pinney
Depot
Elliott & Fox
Bran
Shelby
Grant Street
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