Real Estate Transfers And A School Board Exchange
Real estate transfers include Ada Becklyn to Charles Crater and others, with prices from 10 to 1575 dollars across Newberg and Newberg additions. A school board discussion features a principalship debate and a spelling emphasis dialogue between a veteran director and a young teacher.
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Ada B Becklyn & Hub
Charles and
Mabel Crater
Acre
John H Bess
Sultana Begun
Oliver Stevenson
Ramsey Terrace
Conner & Wi
US National Bank Vancouver
Newberg
A M
Dunlap & Wi
H J Noble
Pinzer
E Finzer
Pinger
Finzer
East Newberg
Maud McGuire & Hub
Mina Langton
Theodore Bishop
John
Holland
John Carey
August Boettscher
Fred Klingbell
Lewis Leslie Thompson
Romelike
Sebastian C Adams Dicin
Overheard at the picture show
A humorous overheard exchange unfolds as a college graduate plans to teach next winter while a veteran village school director offers practical tips. The brief vignette highlights guidance between generations and dedication to local education.
Magician Eugene Laurant Set for Friday Night Show
Eugene Laurant, the renowned magician, returns Friday night to entertain Newberg. Audiences who recall his previous performance praise his “man of mysteries” act. General admission costs 25 cents, reserved seats 50 cents.
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Eugene Laurant
Newberg
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Kind Sympathy
Mrs. Ethel Thomas and children express appreciation to those who offered sympathy and assistance during their recent bereavement.
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Ethel Thomas
Polish Villages in Ruins Amid German Invasion
War dispatch reports Western Poland devastated by German advance. Villages such as Plotek Kielce Radom Rava Kalisch and Warsaw show extensive destruction from fire explosions and lootings. German losses among von Hindenburg’s last invasion weeks exceed 30 000 killed and wounded. Regiments reduced to few companies. Trenches crowded with the wounded and dead.
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Petrograd
Russia
Poland
Plotek
Kielce
Radom
Rava
Kalisch
Warsaw
von Hindenberg
Saint Alban feast date confusion traced to typesetter error
The London Chronicle notes a long standing calendar error for St Alban Day. A 1062 prayer book misread XXII as XXV, shifting relics to June 17, while prior calendars marked June 22. The discrepancy has persisted in English and Roman calendars.
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St Alban
Alban
London Chronicle
The Fertilizing Rain In Indo China Factored by Lightning
The Annales de Geographie notes tropical rains in Tonkin delta Indo China. Lightning annually yields atmospheric nitrates equivalent to 181 thousand 890 tons of nitrate of soda or 187 thousand 510 tons of ammonium sulfate. Value nearly 20 million dollars.
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Annales de Geographie
M. Guillaume Capus
Indo-China
Tonkin Delta
M. Capus
Peanut Plant Growth and Crop Importance in the South
The peanut plant has clover like foliage and small yellow flowers. After blooming, pods bend downward and bury themselves in soil to form thick shelled fruits. Cultivating pods under earth yields large crops. Peanuts originated in tropical America and are now grown in many warm countries, with the southern United States key to production.
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America
United States
Mild Reproof in a Taxi Driver Encounter
A nervous man rebukes a speeding taxi chauffeur asking why he seems in a hurry. The exchange captures a tense moment as the cab advances sharply through city streets.
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Detroit
Hidden Meanings In A Philadelphia Ledger Quotation
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger presents dialogue about affection and repetition with the line Why stop repeated by a female speaker and a male kiss, illustrating a moral or literary sentiment in a historical clipping.
Happiness and giving define true contentment
The text contrasts happiness with material craving, claiming fulfillment comes from giving and serving others rather than receiving. A brief exchange questions personal growth and a buyer’s remorse about a purchase, humorously noting the collector’s entertainment value versus the seller’s.
Antiquity and evolution of gloves through history
The article traces glove origins in bas reliefs and early use, noting limited popularity until the sixth century. In the Middle Ages gloves served many needs and signified nobility and virtue, later becoming symbols of bribery, then luxury. By the end of the century glove wearing expanded for special occasions and remains tied to etiquette and society.
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Israel
Ees
Rene
Springhel
Humorous Snippets and Theater Tales From Old London
A collection of quirky dialogues and anecdotes. A Trinity College professor poses a mind bending earth question to students. William Terriss, famed Adelphi actor, is described as soggy after a stage entrance and later saving a girl at sea. Neighborly quips about a sister, a principal letter, and a stubborn tailor mark this collage of 19th century light verse and social notes.
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Howard Streets
E. P. Eng. V
First Street
Newberg, Ore
Bernard von Bulow
Prince von Bulow
Imperii
Italy
Philadelphia
Trinity College
William Terriss
Adeli Theater
London
Ellen Terry
Terris
Terriss
The
Jane
Bor
Mamma
Papa
Vane
Aioe
Prikade
United States National Bank
Ewberg
Newberg, Oregon
State County
Copeman
Yamhill Electric Company
Mail
Daily Journal
Graphic
Sunday Journal
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
Tc. Priges
Times
John Gower
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