Board of Trade Lacks Meetings Says Its Leaders Rule Unseen
The piece critiques the Board of Trade noting it holds no meetings though its president and a large member list including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Speaker shape policy. It questions consultation by “my lords” and describes the governing style as opaque and unilateral.
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Board of Trade
Canterbury
House of Commons
London
Committee of the Privy Council of Education
Fisher
High Cost in Washington rent fad shocks locals
Two well dressed women at a Washington theater discuss the booming rents for houses and furnished apartments. The chatter notes wealthy newcomers paying fabulous rates and hints at planned wear and tear when leases end, illustrating the capital’s housing fever.
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Lees
Charles E. Tracewell
Washington Star
Washington
The Man with Mice and the Workhouse
A New York magistrate sentences a man arraigned for striking his wife to two months in the workhouse. The defendant explains a trap for mice caused his big toe injury and that he threw the trap at his wife after stepping on bait. The judge notes the man had been drinking the night before.
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New York
Tractor with legs for field cultivation described
A wheelless tractor built for cornfield work uses four legged supports with ski feet and joints that mimic animal movement. The legs are driven by a gasoline mechanism enabling stepping action in the fields.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Where Are the Germans, Mamma A World War Lesson
A four year old asks where the Germans are after hearing war news. His mother explains forts and city drills, then plans a visit to show the training and soldiers, turning a wartime topic into a child friendly lesson.
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Indianapolis
Some Men Are So Smart They Leave You Feeling Empty
Uncle Eben laments that certain men speak so well that listeners feel not helped but lonely and ignorant, leaving a hollow aftertaste rather than guidance. The quote captures a biting social observation on communication and influence.
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Uncle Eben
A Mile of Front Reveals Hidden World of War Labor
A trench correspondent describes the vast effort behind a mile of front in Flanders. Barbed wire runs 900 miles weighing 110 tons, sandbags total 6 250 000, enough to stretch across Europe. Filling them would keep 500 workers busy twelve months. Also needed are 12 000 six foot standards, 12 000 small pickets, 35 000 feet of corrugated iron, over 1 000 000 feet of timber and large quantities of riveting material.
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Flanders
London
Perth
Europe
North Cape
Norway
Cape Matapan
Greece
Trench Digging With Plows In War History
A cor respondent notes that trench digging machines, called trench plows, revolutionized entrenchments. Germans used hundreds early in World War I, but the Boer War already saw British experiments making plows standard equipment. Small plows carve 20 by 20 inch trenches. larger models cut three to four feet deep, replacing many soldiers’ work.
Prussian Obedience Story Ends in Tragic Breakfast Misstep
In a New York cafe the tale recounts a Prussian captain who assigns breakfast eggs to 100 soldiers. A single egg is broken, leaving 99 for 100 men. The top sergeant, bound to obey orders, devises a brutal solution and kills a soldier to ensure each man receives breakfast, illustrating harsh obedience. The narrator closes with holiday wishes as a meeting adjourns until January 1, 1919.
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New York
Jack Hazard
Saturday Evening Post
Hazard
Belgium
Training Counts
A mathematician and athlete is highlighted as an example of dual skill. The speaker quips that his ease with figures mirrors his ease with numbers and running. The remark links numerical prowess with physical fitness.
Dundee Jam Trade Expands Amid Army Supply Demands
A report from vice consul E R Pottle to the commerce department notes Dundee jam firms supply the British army and navy with vast quantities. Tins for a week’s rations could tower 40 miles if stacked. Firms handle up to 100 million oranges and other fruits. Dundee makers plan to replace earthen ware jars and tins with a strong new cardboard container after successful experiments.
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Dundee
Scotland
E. R. Pottle
Department of Commerce
Minnesota Social Society Holds Twelfth Annual Gathering
The Minnesota Social Society met in the I O O P hall on January 1 with about 150 attendees. A bountiful picnic followed an evening program featuring two original pieces including a poem read by Mrs. Oliphant honoring Minnesota and its counties amid wartime reflection.
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Minnesota Social Society
I. O. O. P. Hall
Christmas Gymnasium Programs Brighten Fernwood Holiday
Lester Jones visited from Eu gene to spend Christmas with his parents as two festive trees and a well rendered program framed the Christmas Eve exercises at the gym. G E Abernathy played Santa while the Fernwood orchestra supplied music. A New Year box social drew a large crowd. Fernwood firsts beat West Chehalem and Fernwood Newberg in basketball. gym fund boosted by 28.05 dollars. Claude Fairbank hosted New Year day gathering with Adlai Livengood Grace Riley and others for a jovial dinner.
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Lester Jones
Eugene
Bible University
Fernwood
West Chehalem
Newberg
Claude Fairbank
Adlai Livengood
Grace Riley
Grover
Lora Livengood
H. C. Ross
Ethel
Bert
Real estate transfers include numerous Oregon properties
A series of property deeds list transfers from H N Brink and others to Mathern. Barney Brixey to Walter and Eva Brixey. Pearl Brooks to Crimmins. Tilghmen Derr to Blanch Derr Lawson. Erickson to Crimmins. Eola Hills Walnut Association to Kennedy. Fisher to Parson. Graham to McKenna. Hembree to Crocker. Hills to Pittman. Kilton to Lebold. Klauck to Klauck. Ryall. Richardson to Richardson. Shaver to Brisbine. and Emily L Wallace ending the batch. Amounts range from 1 to 400 dollars and parcels include towns like Lafayette Carlton and McMinnville with various acreages.
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Pearl Brooks & Hub
Crimmins & Wt S
Pennington
Tilghmen Derr
Blanch
Derr Lawson
Johns & Nehemiah Martin
M Erickson
Crimmins & Wfs
John
Eola Hills Walnut Assn
Chas D & Nellie J Kennedy
Eola Walnut Groves
Chester W Hills Et
W P Hills
Lafayette
Walter C Pittman
David M Kilton
Max J Lebold
Mary E Klauck
John C Klauck
Cora McGinnis
Elizabeth Ryall
Carlton
Goucher's Garden Walnut Lands Conveyed in East Shore
Gladia Wendling transfers 22.60 acres in ES Sailing dict 4sr 5w to H A Howard and wife. Includes lots 8 and 9 with the west 30 feet of lot 8 excepted. Goucher's Garden Walnut Lands valued at $10.
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Gladia Wendling
Howard & Wf
Goucher’s Garden
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G. W. Brentner
BOARD
Alway
Minnesota
Ary Fisher & Hub
J K Parsons
Jas Gaunt
Bean
Graham & Wf
Coe A McKenna
247 Inc
Graham's Cove Orchard
J T Hembree
Herbert Crocker
Or & Cal R R Co & Union Trust Co
S H Osman
Earl L Richardson
Lida W Richardson & Hub
Bik
Baker & Martin
McMinnville
John S Shaver
Emily L Wallace
T A White
Oregon
Fortune Gallo
San Carlo
Grand Opera Company
Municipal Auditorium
Portland
Wm. Adama
Auditorium
Bena Berg] McAllister
Albert Sophia Nelson
Florence Lucile Dixon
Rold Hawley Jackson
Maud May Palmer
Joseph Benjamin Stontenberger
Cynthia Anna Brown
Eldon Waldo Cornelison
Nellie Mae Paulsen
Omer
Binnie Lowen Basher
Harry Clark Broadwell
Ann Laura Sharp
Oliver Henry Schrepel
Ruby Leona Jones
Henry Theodore Bradey
Newberg Lodge
A. F
A. M
R. J. Moore W. M
G. C. Keeney
Shiloh Relief Corps NO
I. C. O. F. Hall
Elizabeth Clemmens
Emma L. Snow
The
Spaulding Logging Co
McCoy Bros
O. B. Westfall
E. S. Greer
Graphic
Clarence Butt
Newberg Feed & Seed Co
Oregon Journal
Newberg Graphic
Walter Wilson
Newbery Feed & Seed Co. Ti
W. Hancock St
R. W. Staley
B. A. Kliks
Yamoreg Collection Agency
McMinnville, Oregon
Errol Heights
Nash
First St
Alberta
Canada
E. A. Hall
Uit
W.S. Stull
G. W. Dayton
First Street
Liberal Commission
John Dunlap
N. Harrison St
Jersey
Holstein
Durham
Guernsey
E. A.ellis
Frank Wood
Ore
Farrow
W.C. Dunn Farm
St. Paul
J. W. Day
Trade Bldg
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