Local W C T U Institute and community notes in Dundee
Dundee notes report a W C T U institute at Dundee church Friday January 3 with a 9 30 am program and an evening girls gold medal contest. Other items include illness recovery, visits to Portland and Salem, Christmas activities, new tenants in Dundee, a Christmas baby, a large boulder incident, and several real estate transfers in Newberg Dayton Amity and Dundee.
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W. C. T. U. Institute
Dundee
Ryan
Francis C. Little
Portland
Red Hills
Theodore W. Spencer
Miss Spencer
Frank Keyes
Fred Jannsen
Salem
Mr. Keyes
The Graphic and the Evening Telegram to Jan 1914
A historical notice states a subscription offering covering The Graphic and the Evening Telegram up to January 1914 priced at four dollars and fifty cents.
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The
Graphic
Evening Telegram
Poison in Its Air A Java Valley Of Death
The Valley of Death on Java island forms a half mile long oval depression with a 35 foot depth filled with carbonic acid gas. The atmosphere is deadly. animals fall unconscious and die, while explorers rarely enter due to the hazardous air.
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Java
To Cheer Him in Farewell Letter to a Lonely Husband
The wife plans to leave her husband for two weeks. Fits Tomkins pretends bravely to endure the separation and vows he will miss her. She reassures him that dear mother will stay to keep him company until her return as the train departs.
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Fits Tomkins
George
Mrs. Fits
Fitz-Tomkins
London Telegraph
Ireland’s Coast Cliffe Features Ireland’s Grand Cliffs
London Standard praises Donegal coast cliffs as the finest scenery in the United Kingdom. It highlights Silleve League near Glen Columbkille, a near 2 000 foot mountain rise, and Achill Head’s Croghan cliffs towering 3 000 feet above the sea.
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Ireland
United Kingdom
Donegal
Glen Columbkille
Achill
Croghan
Achill Head
Defrauding the Waiter in a Paris Cafe
In a Paris cafe an American ordered a sequence of dishes then attempted to pay a 30 franc bill with counterfeit money. After receiving change he offered a tip with a genuine franc, but the waiter refused, noting the tip was counterfeit.
Gordon's Blunder From School Ink Escapade
A London Globe tale recalls young Gordon's mischievous prank in a classroom. He filled a syringe with ink and squirted the keyhole as peers peeked, drenching the head master and the room in ink as punishment followed.
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General Gordon
Gordon
London Globe
Hart's Easy Sleep Feat Earns a Year's Living
The London Chronicle notes Nicholas Hart slept for a week to live for a year. At St Bartholomew's hospital and later the Cock and Bottle in Little Britain he reportedly slept in cycles each year from Aug 5 to 11, earning enough small beer and rest to survive twelve months.
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London Chronicle
Daily Courant
Nicholas Hart
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Cock and Bottle
Little Britain
Spectator
Hart
Cigar Etiquette on the Streetcar Escalates into Verbal Showdown
A streetcar conductor commands a passenger to extinguish a cigar. The passenger retorts and the conductor delivers a pompous lecture on deodorization and ozone, then threatens removal. The exchange ends with a meek reply and the incident closes.
Running as Exercise Proves Endurance Beyond Thirty
An authority notes that peak running and speed walking can persist past age thirty. Elastic arteries decline after thirty, but endurance can rise into fifty or fifty five, even for women. Soldiers fifty show leather like resilience and can perform feats that would exhaust younger runners.
Dame Fortune Joke From Chicago Record Herald
A humorous exchange questions why fortune is named Dame and symbolized as a woman. The reply says Dame is feminine and Fortune is often late for engagements, citing the Chicago Record Herald as the source.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Sam Jones Praises Quiet Husbands in Tennessee Address
In a southern audience Sam Jones asked all husbands who had not spoken harshly to their wives for a month to stand. He then greeted those who stood and introduced them to the crowd as the “twenty seven biggest” in Tennessee.
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Sam Jones
Tennessee
Moving pictures capture wedding mishap on camera
A Chicago Record Herald style quip notes wedding footage shows the bride being struck by a tossed old shoe. The moment appears as natural as life, drawing both surprise and humor from the scene.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Quotations on Good Work and Death by Robert Louis Stevenson
A reflection on sincere effort and mortality. The speaker notes that those who work with a pure heart often leave lasting deeds even if they die before completing them. The sentiment honors diligence and integrity.
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RB. L. Stevenson
Legal drafting and probate practice in Newberg Oregon
Will practice in all courts of the state with attention to probate, writing mortgages, contracts and drafting all papers at the Bank of Newberg Building Newberg Oregon.
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G. B. Sewell
Grand Junction
Colorado
Wm. Hill
Mr. Hill
Toledo
Oregon
Newberg
Bank of Newberg Building
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