Oregon News Notes of General Interest 1917 18
Eastern Oregon endures first blizzard of the season. Willamette University drills, Red Cross sweaters donated, and Polk County death of Charles Lyman Barnes. Grants Pass and Eugene schools adjust terms. Share of tuberculosis funding and timber, rail, and war measures feature regional updates.
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Oregon
Willamette University
Salem
W. Hodkins
Albany
The
Red Cross
Charles Lyman Barnes
Polk County
Dallas
Grants Pass
Medford
Ashland
Eugene High School
Klamath County
Washington County Patriotic Council
Oregon Greeters
Portland
Oddfellows
Ione
Thomas F. Ryan
J. W. Meredith
Lewis and Clark Farm Loan Association
Clatsop County
Arnold Sandoz
Lewis Chase
Alfonzo Sandoz
Mill Creek
Dalles
Valley
Oregon Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Coast Mountains
Eugene
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Springfield
G. W. McFarland
Cottage Grove
Charles H. Gram
State Federation of Labor
Coos County
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Coos Bay
Early Papal Peace Mediation Across Centuries
Historian notes that popes have long interceded in secular conflicts. From 409 Innocent I sought peace with Honorius and the Goths, Gregory I aided Lombards, Leo I met Attila to halt invasion, and Benedict XII’s mediation failed amid the Edward III/Philip VI dispute.
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Alaric I
Rome
S. Innocent
Honorius
Ravenna
Gregory I
Italy
Theudulinda
Attila
Leo I
Muncio
Mantua
Geneseric
Leo
Benedict the Twelfth
Holy See
Charles IV
France
Philip VI
Edward III
England
Benedict XII
Turkey
Gregory
Germany
Paul III
Spain
Clements IX
Venice
Louis XIV
Furs and Prices Stir Interest in Brooklyn Catalogue
A Brooklyn catalogue showcases halftones of fur garments targeting masculine readers. Highlights include chinchilla evening wraps at 10 000 dollars and sable wraps ranging from 2 000 to 75 000 dollars, with alternatives like moleskin and Hudson Bay sable offered at various costs.
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Brooklyn
Overalls and Petticoats in French War Factories
A French industrial center letter reports bloomers spreading among women workers in munition plants as skirts return to favor for modesty while gear near machinery limits, and after hours workers resort to powder and frill despite grease and dirt of labor.
Paper Money Nicknames Spotted Across Nations
The London Chronicle predicts a nickname for paper currency as it becomes permanent. It cites early U S greenbacks as precedent and suggests “Westminster” referencing the palace lithograph on the reverse. In the army the notes are nicknamed “Cas” for St George’s narrow chest battling a dragon.
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London Chronicle
Atlantic
St. George
Faith and science clash in an inner world debate
Howard Cranston argues faith is an anachronism while Doctor Gresham and Jerry Lomax explore a real inner realm accessible to the educated, where belief and perception diverge. The conversation recalls an old patient who found God beyond doctrinal bounds.
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Howard Cranston
Culver
Gresham
Jerry Lomax
Jerry
God
Waifs Who Make Good Show Real Life Success
New Orleans Daily States notes the Children's Aid Society of New York lists former street waifs turned achievers. It cites governors, congressmen, judges, professors, clergy, teachers, bankers, lawyers, physicians, postmasters, sailors, and 7 000 soldiers as examples of social redemption.
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New Orleans
the Supreme Court
Coincidence in a Countess Dudley Tale of Two
A corresp ondent recalls a humorous coincidence involving the countess of Dudley who helped form the first voluntary hospital corps at the outbreak of World War I. Ten years ago she met twin sons after visiting a village church where the clergy sermon oddly cited the text Two are better than one.
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Countess of Dudley
Red Cross
Lady Dudley
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Carl Gregg Doney
America
George H. Alden Gill
Hawley
Yamhill
Polk
H. 8. Gale
United States Geological Survey
San Francisco
H. M. Parks
Oregon Bureau of Mines
Westlake
Florence
William Chandler
Amanda Bonner
W. H. Clark
Brown
Withycombe
Multnomah County
Circuit Court
Portland Stewards’ Association
H. P. Scheel
William McArthur
Tenino
Washington
Marshfield
Industrial Accident Commission
Henry J. Bauer
J. Johnson
Astoria
F. N. Elsworth
Mill City
J. O. Brown
Harrisburg
Jon Pappas
Jackson County
Cascade Mountains
Lytle
W. B. Ayer
Ayer
Public Service Commission
McAdoo
Pacific Car
Chamberlain
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Shipping Board
Newberg Graphic
Oregon Farmer
ANG Mit
Maxwell
F.O. B
Detroit
Uti
Oregon Journal
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