Thanksgiving Day Socials and Local Notes in Portland Area
Many residents shared holiday meals across Portland and nearby towns including J. W. Moore at his mother’s home in Portland and visits by Miss Ruby Fosner Harold of Sherwood. Rex and Springbrook community members hosted relatives, a school election funded a play shed project, and several birthdays and gatherings were noted with local families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Moore
Portland
Ruby Fosner
Harold
Sherwood
Paul Reimers
A. H
Retta Noyer
Louise
Rex
Jack Sawyer
Irene Maltby
Pine Bend
Minnesota
O. Woodworth
Woodworth
Halcyon Wiley
Ethel Jenkins
Springbrook
Friends Church
Newberg
Thanksgiving Visits Across Oregon Reflected in Notices
J R Hess returns home from Walla Walla. Floyd and Elmer Duncan visit at the Hess home in Warren. Mrs John Bross visits with her parents S W Newhouse. Maud Wills returns for Thanksgiving then to Albany schools. Everest family enjoys time with relatives near Dayton. Mary L Christenson moves to West Chehalem to stay with Anna Rogers. Hendrickson family and S W Childers attend Springbrook feast. L H Meyer and daughters Christine and Ruth travel to Portland. Christine stays longer. Mary Johnson family joins dinner with A J Palmer household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bross
S. W. Newhouse
Maud Wills
Albany
W. R. Everest
Dayton
Mary L. Christenson
West Chehalem
Anna Rogers
A. V. Hendrickson
S. W. Childers
Springbrook
L. H. Meyer
Christine
Ruth
Portland
Miss Christine
Community Hall program entertains with Springbrook Society
A Friday evening performance at the Home Community Hall featured the Springbrook Literary Society with Tilly and Mickey Mullins in a light scene that drew laughter. Door receipts totaled eight dollars and fifty cents. Mrs. Hodges hosted a Thanksgiving feast Sunday with a gathering of neighbors and relatives including the Jacobsons, the Smails, and the Hodges family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahr Agen
Community Hall
Springbrook Literary Society
Tilly
Mickey Mullins
Ovid Shire
Mary A. Hodges
C. A. Jacobson
Mabel
Thelma
Myrtle
June Jacobson
Wm. Smallail
Mary Johnson
Gladys Smail
Marguerite Johnson
Lila Hodges
Messrs
Elwin Smail
Teddy Johnson
Elmer
Robert
George Hodges
Thanksgiving Guests Fuel Local Festivities and News
Thanksgiving brought visitors from Pacific College Faculty and extended family to Spr ing Brook and nearby communities. Local events included church services, a large communal feast with over two hundred attendees at the school house, and house parties at Valley View farm. Other notes mention travel, teaching assignments, hunting trips, and an upcoming December program by the Literary Society plus a Ladies Bazaar at the school house with varied booths and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eadowvale
Myrtle Gauze
Huber Haworth
Max Kaufman
Haworth
McMinnville
Fred
Gaston
Mary Finnigan
Portland
W. P. Phillips
A. E. Palmer
Rainier
Washington
Literary Society
Percy
Frank Sharp
Newberg
Wegman Make
Fernwood School Hosts Thanksgiving Week Activities
Mrs. Inez Ross visited Fernwood housewives before returning to Washougal Washington. Manuel Adolf of American Falls Idaho visits relatives in Sherwood and then returns home. Fernwood boys defeat Springbrook 37 to 10 while the girls fall 11 to 5. A small mouse dare raises alarm in Mr Fiske’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Ross
H. C. Ross
Washougal
Wash
John Fiske Jr
Fernwood School
Sherwood
Manuel Adolf
American Falls
Idaho
L. Adolf
Fernwood
Springbrook
Daniel Wclgemuth
E. A. Posner
Henry Livengoods
Piske
W.B. Baker
Salem
W.A. Parrish
Newberg-Portland Auto Service Schedule
Daily service from Imperial hotel at 6 30 a m except weekends. Return from Corner Sixth and Taylor at 5 15 p m. Fare 66 cents one way 125 dollars round trip. I B Holt phone Red 181 tf.
Bioluminescent Shrimp Squirts Light On Demand
A shrimp emits a pale blue light when touching east water. It lives in absolute darkness and does not keep its illumination constant, wasting energy. The creature releases illuminating fluid only when it needs to view its surroundings or attract prey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Elisabeth of York’s Frugal Wardrobe Reveals Humble Finances
Records show Queen Elisabeth of York spent small sums on dress from 1490s accounts. Her gowns were repeatedly mended and waistlines rebuilt, with bills to her tailor proving long wear and shoes costing 24 cents with tin buckles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabeth of York
Henry VII
Great House of Plantagenet
Charm cures and lingering belief in folk remedies
A London Telegraph note recalls persistent faith in charm cures for whooping cough. It cites a East Anglia mother requesting a spider in a nutshell for a baby, and West Country practices like cooked dormouse or hair from a child’s neck hidden in meat, as examples of enduring superstitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Anglia
West Country
London Telegraph
Friday Weddings in Courts and Licenses Record
Friday sees fewer marriage licenses issued than other weekdays while divorce courts show no hesitancy in approving those filings. The note records contrast between licensing offices and divorce proceedings in urban areas.
Time Enough to Begin in Baltimore Love Note
A light exchange about marriage mocks discord and prompts the husband to recall their wedding date. The remark fits a playful Baltimore American tone, reflecting domestic harmony and curiosity about when the couple wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
The Curious Kangaroo A Style of Australian Animal Architecture
The New York Journal discusses a theory that the kangaroo represents a remarkable survival of an ancient style of animal architecture. It notes a pouch for nurture, enormous hind parts, and massive legs suggesting powerful leaping abilities once shared by dinosaurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New York Journal
Day in Douarnenez: Jeweler Delays Watch Return
In Douarnenez, France, the artist and companion wait outside a jeweler’s shop on a narrow street. The jeweler explains the watch cannot be picked up until tomorrow, as they prepare to catch a 3:15 train to Pont Croix and will not return that way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Douarnenes
Pont Croix
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Frank Paris
A. H. Dean
C.G. Lewis
Robert Burton
N. L. Wiley
Joanna Winters
Jennie Burke
Springbook
Miss Burke
Stuart Barret
Hazel West
Ed. West
Hazel
Alva Heater
Elmer Thorne
Stuart
Middleton
J. R. Hess
Walla Walla
Floyd and
Elmer Duncan
Warren
J. T. Hess
A. J. Palmer
Lewis
Sutton and
McCracken
Pacific College
Levi F. Lewis
Sprigbrook
Marion George
Mrs. Hoskins
Mr. George
Ed. Shearey
T. A. Godel
Mrs. Edmonson
Seattle
H. Stockman
Elsie Winters
Perrydale
Frank E. Hobson
Tillamook
Minnie Dean
Corvallis
James Lemon
Sheridan
Enera
M. A. Burgoyne
Florence Rees
Corvallis High School
J. L
Howard Fearey
Valley View Farm
Keach
H. H. Starkey
New York City
Fernwood and Vicinity
Curious Kangaroo
United States National Bank
Newberg Feed & Seed Co
Fiagt Street
McCoy Bros
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