Rex Rural Improvement Club program draws crowd and plans building
Rex Oregon district hosts a successful Rural Improvement Club program at the schoolhouse. Attendees enjoy the comedy Too Much Married and a rhymed plate-meal drawing. Leaders discuss future fund drives and a proposed community gymnasium and education center to be built this summer with community support and local labor.
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W. G. Wardack
Portland
Rex
Mary Johnson
Marjorie Johnson
Frank Nelson
Ames Hess
Etta Hess
Chehalem Center
Rural Improvement Club
Needmore Mill
J. W. Moore
Elmer Wright
Paul Lewis
Lee Rennin
Wallace
A. H. Dean
Albert Ridgway
W. T. West
Seattle
Moore Bros. Duck Ranch
J. P. Sawyer
Rex Rural Improvement Club
Rural Improvement Club of
Robert Odellin
Henry Seidel
Louis Young
Ross Wiley
Dean
Peeren
Mountain
Fernwood Valley
Gibb’s
Wells, Fargo Express Co
Famine Foods in Siege Time and Quirky Advertisements
Reports describe extreme hunger with scenes of bread shortages and improvised meals during a siege, including salted meat and donkey as preferred fare. The piece also notes bizarre signage and a tale of a misinterpreted advertisement leading to an unexpected full-page feature.
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Poe
Labouchere
Castor
Castor’s
Pollax
New York Ledger
New York Herald
Greeleyesque
Testament of Mary Elizabeth and Susan Jane will deed
The fragment outlines a testamentary clause allocating a portion of an estate to Mary Elizabeth and to Susan Jane for the discretionary distribution by Arthur. The text is garbled but indicates a push to leave all to the named individuals under his will.
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Puszie
Clauze
Mary Elizabeth
Arclause
Susan Jane
Arthur
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