Oregon News Briefs Include Paving Plans and Liquor Ban
Road and street improvements are noted across Oregon with a focus on Coos county where no liquor will be sold in drug stores. The Dalles park fairgrounds sold to Wasco county for 11000 dollars to serve as a poor farm but kept usable for Wasco county fair each fall. Oregon Irrigation congress elected officers in Portland. Other items cover land deeds for Benson and Hyde sections at 2.50 an acre, forest reserve classifications, census abolition proposal, and Columbia county petition to remove State Highway Engineer Bowlby for alleged extravagance and incompetence. Secretary Olcott proposes fiscal year changes from January 1 to July 1.
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Coos County
Coos
Dalles City
Wasco County
Oregon Irrigation
Congress
Portland
Asa ‘Thomson
Echo
Fred N. ‘Laidlaw
J. W. Brewer
John Rigby
Yale
A. M. Crawford
Salem
Maloney
Supreme Court
Charles W. Marsh
T. P. Gilliland
West
State Editorial Association
Benson and Hyde School
State Land Board
Interior Department
Hawley
Washington
Forest Service
Mis
Stuslaw
Lincoln County
Olcott
State Highway Commission
Columbia County
Bowlby
Fury of Culbin Sands Disaster Across Moray
An 18th century account describes Culbin Sands devouring the Culbin estate in Moray as a storm of sand buried fields, houses, and a manor. Owner Alexander Kinnaird faced ruin, petitioning Parliament in July 1695 for tax relief after two thirds of his lands vanished beneath shifting dunes.
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Chambers
Culbin
Alexander Kinnaird
County of Moray
What He Calls Her and Damascus as Oldest City Claims
A classroom joke about a child’s riddle ends with a quip about a mother called Betsy. The piece then describes Damascus as the world’s oldest city, noting its verdant oasis in the Syrian desert and long martial and sacred associations spanning thirty centuries. It cites Josephus and Genesis to trace Damascus’s founding by Uz, son of Aram, grandson of Shem.
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Willie
Betsy
Chicago Herald
Damascus
Abraham
Syrian Desert
Josephus
Aram
Shem
Abra
Patchouli Used to Scent Kashmiri Shawls
Europeans first used patchouli to scent Kashmir shawls to repel men. The scent later spread as the French discovered the herb and began importing it for the same purpose.
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Patonoul
Europe
Kashmir
The Servian Colors and Royal Standard Description
The flag of Servia in merchant service is reversed white blue red. Servian flag shows red blue white in three horizontal stripes. The royal standard mirrors this with the royal arms centered on the blue stripe.
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Servia
Brave guide and peril on the mountain climb
A narrator recalls a dangerous ascent with a fearless leader warning of sudden death from avalanches and ice. After crossing a perilous ledge they split up for the summit attempt, one climber returning unable to go alone, and the party heading to camp by ten that night.
Destructive Cane Rats Ravage Jamaica Plantations
The article notes cane rats destroy at least one twentieth of Ugur Canes in Jamaica worth nearly all dollars. They feed on sugar cane Indian corn fruits and roots. Vast swarms infest the island with 30 000 destroyed on a single plantation in a year. Traps poisons terriers ferrets used. animals are larger than rats.
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Jamaica
Pat Praises Brave Feeler At Modder River
An officer noted Pat shielding himself during the Modder River battle and quipped about Pat's morale after the clash. Pat replied that every hair on his head felt like a string of music with the tune Home Sweet Home playing.
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Modder River
Pat
Whirlwinds and Weather Descriptions in Liverpool Mercury
The Liverpool Mercury discusses whirlwinds as great storms formed by opposing air currents meeting to create circular motion. They typically follow extended calms and heat, signaling a breakup of settled air patterns.
Troops in the trenches among pygmy figures
Irvin B. Cobb recalls a vision from the war zone as he describes tiny, inch high soldiers in a trench scene. He contrasts their still motionless forms with memories of a printshop and the human cost seen in battle.
Sand Manor Market and Its Troubled Etymology
The fragment references Sand Manor market origins tied to Belinus Magnus and a Briton father of land with dates 1699 and 1849 to 1876. It notes a market rival and notes the term sand word in slang for abusive language used by fishwives negotiating prices.
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Belinus Magnus
A.ket
Local Singer Protests Praise After Unwanted Applause
The singer resented the guests’ heavy praise and apologized awkwardly. A visitor, whom they rarely hear from, declined to accept the apology and left the house in a huff, leaving tensions lingering.
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Via
The Bridal Veil and Wedding Customs
The bridal veil is an ancient Anglo-Saxon custom worn over bride and groom, and white attire is widespread across many countries. Favors and bridesmaids are not of modern origin, and the tradition of a long bouquet is noted.
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Japan
The Sick Air Expression Prompting Rhetoric Debate
The Chicago Tribune notes a classroom moment where Miss De Muir defends a colorful line in her essay about an ill wind. The rhetoric teacher questions the phrase and asks how air can be sick, provoking discussion on metaphorical language.
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de Muir
Chicago Tribune
Business Talk Frustrates Clara and Mr Dorrance Exchange
Clara complains Mr Dorrance shows only business in visits to papa while Mamma asks if he means business. The dialogue reveals mounting tension over the word business and the purpose of their meetings.
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Mamma
Mr. Dorrance
Clara
Papa
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First Street
Newberg, Oregon
John Gower
Rexall
Lowney
Lynn B. Ferguson
First St
Mail
Daily Journal
Graphic
Sunday Journal
T Great West
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Prince Rupert
Pacific Ocean
Great Nechaco Valley
British Columbia
Willamette Valley
E. P. Hazen & Son
Bellingham
M. H. Pinney
N. Main St
Newberg, Ore
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