Public health shows steady death rate in 1913 data
Census Bureau reports an overall death rate of 13.8 per 1000 in 1913 across 18 registration states and 45 cities. Maryland records the highest state rate at 16.3, while Minnesota shows the lowest at 10.7. among cities Portland leads with 11.0 and Memphis hits 22.9.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Maryland
Minnesota
Cali
Connecticut
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Portland
Ore
Memphis
Los Angeles
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Denver
Atlanta
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
New Orleans
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Western Oregon Adventists to attend North Pacific Union session
The Western Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will send a large delegation led by Elder H. W. Cottrell to the North Pacific Union session in College Place Washington from February 25 to March 8. The group includes many pastors and Bible teachers from Portland and other cities in the region.
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Western Oregon Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists
North Pacific Union Conference
College Place
Washington
H. W. Cottrell
Portland
T. H. Starbuck
H. G. Thurston
M. H. St. John
J. Nethery
J. L. Kay
B. L. Howe
Henry Block
O. E. Sandnes
N. C. Ernston
I. G. Knight
T. P. Soule
C. J. Cummings
Titus Kartichanov
G. E. Johnson
J. A. Reiber
John Peterson
Northwest
Dallas
Seem Lebanon
Tima
Dundee church to host February 22 services led by Rev J H Moore
District Superintendent Rev J H Moore will conduct services at the Dundee church on Sunday morning February 22. The local W C T U held its regular monthly meeting Friday. A Frances Willard and Neil Dow e memorial service is planned for Sunday evening March 1. Alva Ryan is on the sick list. Grandpa Ryan turned eighty two on February 8. Mr and Mrs G W Worden welcomed a son. Neighborhood club plans an entertainment at Groth Hall on February 21. Friends of Mr and Mrs Otto Lehman announce their Eastward departure next week. Parent Teachers Meeting set for schoolhouse next Wednesday February 25.
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J. H. Moore
Dundee
Frances Willard
Neil Dowe
Alva Ryan
Grandpa Ryan
G. W. Worden
Otto Lehman
East
Wife and Husband Clash Over Politics In Vicious Vote Jibe
A Newberg housewife recalls political spats with her husband. He argues and explains to sway her, but she must bite her tongue as his talking politics “gets my goat.” The verse ends with a shocking line about killing his vote.
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Newberg
Mourner’s Black Garb Sparks Witty Question
A Georgia widow, after her life insured payout, buys an elaborate mourning suit. She shows it to a friend who asks what she will do with all the black undergarments. The widow sighs, I mourn fully, she replies.
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Georgia
Dust in the Library Sparks Courtroom Quip
In a brief exchange, Mistress Mary notes dust in the library while a maid defends her ten days’ residence as the judge presides. The dialogue highlights a light moment amid a formal setting.
Calf Liver Breakfast Sparks Domestic Plot
A light exchange between a bride and groom reveals a quirky plan to keep a calf for daily liver breakfasts. The husband approves the idea, and the wife eagerly agrees, imagining steady meals.
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Ian
Real estate transfers filed for several Oregon properties
A series of land and lot transfers are recorded in Oregon towns including Newberg Amity and Solo mon Heater dictp3 s r2ww m with buyers H Benton Carey Latimer Armstrong Graves Zumwalt Hayes Moulton Smith Littlefield and others. Amounts range from 10 to 2000 with parcels near Hurley Large's addition City Park Central and Rogers holdings.
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Benton & Wi
I Carey
Newberg
Brown & Wi
AO Latimer
Amity
J H Comer
Marshall of
G P Armstrong
Hurley & Large
Charles Howard Graves
Edith D Graves
Solomon
Missionary Association of
Life with the Eskimos at Uck-Gluck’s Arctic Igloo
A narrator recounts a harsh view of Uck-Gluck’s interior in a remote Arctic dwelling. The igloo shows walls spattered with blood, scattered meat and a walrus carcass, while Uck-Gluck prepares for a feast and promises great hunting in return for hospitality.
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Uck- Glock
Uck-Glock
Kooner
Uck-Gluck
Tel
Cck-Gluck
Bernard
Dutta
Iloo
Kablunaks
Uck- Gluck
Ishya
Beki
Liszt Outsmarts Trap With Piano Session
Mme Waddington recalls a計candid gathering where Liszt feigned indifference to a piano then sat and played a nocturne and a Hungarian march with a refined touch. He remarked that the old singers had no music left, in a vivid Scribner’s reminiscence of the encounter with Hatzfeldt and others.
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Park Liast
Hatsfeldt
Empire
Compiegne
Liszt
Hatzfeldt
Mme. Waddington
Scribner's
Would a Martian Weight Be Half Our Earth Weight
The New York American explains weight on Mars by comparing Earth and Mars diameters and densities. It concludes Earth gravity is stronger. a 150 pound person would weigh about 57 pounds on Mars due to mass and radius differences.
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Mars
Earth
Unclear origin of wood fiber extraction method in India
A historical note describes a singular process in western India to extract fiber from the upas tree. A lunch is cut to match the desired size, soaked slightly, and beaten with clubs to separate fiber from the wood. The bark sack is inverted, pulled down, and the wood sawed away, leaving a small stump to form the sack bottom.
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India
The Military Look on Cavalry at Canter
A fragmented note recalls Sir John French leading cavalry at Canterbury and mentions Sota recruitment during early mobilization efforts.
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John French
Canterite
Pecedeer von Eey Eight Ton Mystery
The fragmentary text mentions an unnamed female figure and a speaker debating a behavior pattern. It is read as a cryptic line possibly from a diary or vignette with uncertain references and no clear event. The note hints at social interaction and a strange phrase regarding a deer or person named Pecedeer.
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Waser
Beallton
UW. Hollingsworth & Son
Store of Quality
BIG Conference OF Adventists
Groth Hall
Chile
Harry
Littlefield
Lewis Rogers
THE
Eskimos
Liszts
United States National Bank
Hamilton
Tinea
Railroad & Ste Ie
G. A. Morris, Jeweler
Cadillac
FORD
F. O. B. Newberg
Gray & Davis
Newberg Auto CO
J. L. van Blaricom
John Gower
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
Edmund Harvey
S. River Street
Zumwalt
E. P. Hamilton
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