First U S Navy periscope used on the Osage described
Navy records recount Thomas H. Doughty designer of the Osage periscope. The device used a lead pipe with mirrors to spot Confederate cavalry during the Red River campaign near Shreveport. Doughty served as assistant engineer and acting chief engineer, dying in St Louis in 1896.
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Navy Department
United States Navy
Washington Star
Thomas H. Doughty
Selfridge
Osage
Red River
Shreveport
Shire
Eltridge
Monitor
Thomas Doughty
St. Louis
Family Loyalties Tug at Hidden Generations
A complex family dynamic unfolds as Older and Younger generations clash over affection and status. Younger resents Older while Older Younger forms tensions with an elder and a younger son, driving friction among family members as loyalties shift.
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Ounger
Mingle Note Echoes Family Rift in Post-Dispatch Line
In a terse reflection the St Louis Post Dispatch quotes a line about younger and older generations living apart. The fragment hints at familial estrangement and social distance lasting into the present.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Face of a Brother and the Fire Within
A reflective passage urges readers to look upon a brother and sense the shared inner flame. It emphasizes how kindness and rage meet within souls and spark a vast, mutual blaze that can become embracing love or deadly hate.
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Carlyle
A Good Heart a Citizen of the World
A reflection on goodness quotes Bacon noting gracious strangers reveal a world embracing heart. Compassion toward others shows a noble tree wounded yet giving balm to the afflicted.
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Bacon
Perfume for Linen Bags with Spiced Powder
A fragrant linen sachet perfume combines one ounce each of cloves caraway seeds nutmeg mace cinnamon and tonquin beans with an equal weight of orris root. Grind into a fine powder and place into muslin bags for aroma.
North Main Club Luncheon At Mountain View
Mrs Mar Budd hosted a luncheon for the North Main Club at Mountain View with out of town guests Mrs Davenport and the Davenport sisters Ruth and Grace from Portland. Mrs George Range helped host and music was provided by Mrs Thomas Jones Verna Range and Walter Range. The event was described as one of the North Main Club s most successful social affairs.
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Mar! Budd
North Main Club
Mountain View
Davenport
Ruth and
Grace Davenport
Portland
George Range
Thomas Jones
Verna
Walter Range
A Valuable Dog at a Sermon
A minister delivered a ten minute sermon when his dog reportedly ate the unspoken portion. After the service a church member joked about obtaining a pup from the minister's dog to give to their own pastor.
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Brethers
Household Tips From A Distant Era
A collection of practical household hints covers lighting candles with spirits of wine, preventing oven burns with cold water, preserving cut flowers, adding candle shavings to starch for gloss, using egg whites in poultices, keeping cakes from sinking, protecting tables with newspapers, avoiding stained fingers, elastic cuffs on children's stockings, brushing stair carpets with a basin of warm water, washing wool blankets with soft soap, using eucalyptus oil to remove stains, and care tips for greasy tins and ammonia usage for cleaning.
Marriages Registered For Oma Stegall and Others
Oma Alice Stegall wed Lloyd Plaster and Madge Lorena Eckman tied to Er cil Dale Porter. Belva Bessie Schmidt joined Guy Chester Grable, Gladys Erma Cox married Earl Stanley Robbins, Alta Lenora Gumm to Ray Stanley Langworthy.
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Oma Alice Stegall
Lloyd Plaster
Madge Lorena Eckman
Er Cil Dale Porter
Belva Bessie Schmidt
Guy Chester Grable
Gladys Erma Cox
Earl Stanley Robbins
Alta Lenora Gumm
Ray Stanley Langworthy
NuBone Corset Promises Fit Comfort for All Figures
An advertisement touts the NuBone corset with a woven wire stay for strong support, hygienic design, and lightweight durability. It claims guaranteed fit and comfort, launderability, and one year rust or breakage protection, from Mrs EB B L Terrell of 911 East Third Street.
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EB. B. L. Terrell
East Third St
Black
Real Estate Transfers Listed for McMinnville Area
A series of property transfers are recorded including Wakeman to Margaret Wakeman at 811 Walnut Grove Plantation No. 1 for $10. Myrtle Bell transfers to J L Wheeler at 59 Oak Park McMinnville for $550. Dickey family and Roy El Dickey acquire 90 acres in Sheridan for $10. Geof Milne receives 38.28 acres from JS Evans and W T. Robert Merchant estate transfer valued at $9000. Emil Lovegren to T W Sparks 14 blocks in Carlton plus 1% acre in S Cozine and Lakeview subareas. Nelis McKinney to PR L McKinney 314.99 acres in S McKinney district for $1. F M Rowland and wife to Flor B Snodgrass and Quay C Snodgrass at 124 Cozine's 2nd add McMinnville for $10. Lean Smith and wife to Carl Lovegren 1% acre in S Cozine's district for $10. Esther H Sykes and Watson Baker transfer 5.70 acres with Francis King deeds dated 23t 3813 w for $50.
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Nelis McKinney
L McKinney
McKinney
Rowland
Flor. B
Quay C. Snodgrass Ny
McMinnville
Graphic and Semi-Weekly forr nal $2 per year
The snippet notes a price of two dollars per year for a graphic and semi weekly publication. It implies a periodical pricing or subscription detail common to newspapers of the era. The readable text centers on cost and subscription cadence without broader context.
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Graphic
Yamoreg Collection Agency Seeks Slow Accounts
Mc Minnville Oregon firm Yamoreg Collection Agency offers to take responsibility for slow accounts with J I Knight as manager stating no collection cost to you and accepting full blame.
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Yamoreg Collection Agency
McMinnville
Oregon
J. I. Knight
Local Mortgage Services Offered in McMinnville Oregon
Loans on farm and city property at low rates. Long time mortgages at five percent. Mortgages notes and contracts bought and sold. Bonds and mortgage investments made without charge. Attorney B A Kirks McMinnville Oregon.
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B. A. Kirks
McMinnville
Oregon
Prunes Wanted at H S Gile Packing House
Highest market price paid for green and dried prunes at H S Gile and Co s Packing House. Local buyers and sellers urged to bring supply and receive prompt cash offers.
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H. S. Gile & Co
H. S. Gik & Co
Notice of Yam Hill County Board of Equalization Meeting
Notice to taxpayers that on Monday September 10 1917 the Yam Hill County board of equalization will meet at the county assessor office to examine the 1917 assessment rolls and correct errors in valuation description or quantity of land or property. The board will also correct double assessments or assessments where ownership is misattributed. Dated McMinnville Oregon August 23 1917. Martin Miller County Assessor by T F Miller.
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Board of Equalization
Yamhill County
McMinnville
Oregon
Martin Miller
Lands for Homestead and Sale in Oregon and California Grant Lands
Government seeks farmers as well as fighters. Two million three hundred thousand acres revested to United States and opened for homesteads and sale. Includes a large map detailing soil climate rainfall elevation and temperature by counties. Postpaid one dollar from Grant Lands Locating Co. Box 610 Portland Oregon.
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Oregon & California Railroad Co
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
Plum prices and canning quote from Valley Canning Co
Valley Canning Co of Newberg Oregon offers green plums at 20 dollars per ton and petite and silver prunes at 30 dollars per ton. They request samples before deliveries and will quote by grade.
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Valley Canning Co
Newberg
Ore
Red Cross Fund pledges payable at National Bank
Those who made pledges to the Red Cross Fund during the campaign week June 18 to 25 should pay them to S. L. Parrett at U.S. National Bank. Omar Fendall, Campaign Manager.
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Red Cross Fund
S. L. Parrett
U.S. National Bank
Omar Fendall
Hair Work and Hosiery Orders via Cora E. Diedericks
A message offers hair work at one dollar per strand and hosiery and underwear orders. Interested parties may drop a card or mail hair with full instructions to Cora E. Diedericks, Route 1, Newberg.
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Cora E. Diedericks
R. 1
Newberg
Dried Prunes at H S Gik Co Packing House
Prunes were processed at H S Gik and Company packing facilities as noted in a brief item. The report mentions the packing house activities without detailing outcomes or dates.
Executor Granted for Kramer Will in Yamhill County
The court in Yamhill County Oregon issues probate where Martha E Kramer deceased, naming an executor in charge of settling the estate under the lost Will. The filing confirms appointment of the executor and readiness to act in official capacity.
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Martha E. Kramer
Yamhill County
Oregon
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Dayton
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A. E. Moore
Ford
Call White
D. Barber
Newberg Feed & Seed Co
Nash
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Frank Nelson
A.S. Fogg
Dundee
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Wakeman
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Walnut Grove Co. Plantation
Myrtle Bell
J. L. Wheeler
Oak Park
JM Dickey
Wtto
Roy Eldon Dickey
Sheridan
JS Evans
Geof Milne
Emil Lovegren
Sparks
Lakeview
Carl Lovegren
Esther H Sykes
Husbor Watson Baker
Francis King
Eibene
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R. J. Moore W. M
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McCoy Bros
Hillsboro
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Vogan Candy CO
Red Cross
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Kener
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