Fernwood News Roundup Of Community Life And Death
Local residents recover from illness as Mrs. S M Calkins strengthens. Families visit, guests host gatherings, and Pacific College fills a pulpit vacancy. Mrs Susan Martin’s death in Creswell is noted with history of the Rogers farm. Snow storms suspend services. Fernwood school resumes after snow week. boys basketball defeats Pacific College second team. Community notes include visitors, illnesses, births, and local social ties across Chehalem Valley.
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H. Anderson
M. W. Patton
D. P. Shaw
M. D. Hawkins
Pacific College
H. G. Crocker
West Chehalem Union Church
Maggie Littlefield
Lelia Eldridge
Ralph Davidson
S. M. Calkins
E. G. Fendall
Susan Martin
Creswell
Martin
Rogers
Chehalem Valley
Fernwood
Fernwood Boys
Local Notice Details Ill While Community Sees Visitors
Mrs. Guild remains critically ill at this writing. Daniel Wohlgemuth was visiting friends at Sherwood Sunday. Miss Roxie Hobson has been visiting with Mr and Mrs
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Daniel Wohlgemuth
Sherwood
Roxie Hobson
Local notes on residents and school opening
A. Erickson of Mill City stayed home during last week’s storm. Miss Ethel Evans is Maggie Evans of Newberg. Mrs. Lou Carter sprained her left wrist last week. Miss Hazel Randall of Newberg visited the Evans family. After a vacation, school reopened on Friday evening, demonstrating its use.
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Della Parrish
Ross
A. Erickson
Mill City
Lou Carter
Hazel Randall
Newberg
Evans
Local Visits Highlight Rex and Portland Figures
Sapt Duncan visited Rex Wednesday while Miss Terese Imhoff visited friends in Portland over the weekend. Mrs. Vera Nelson attended a recital by Russian pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Portland Friday evening. Clarence Patnoe of Bull Run remains noted in the activity list.
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Terese Imhoff
Portland
Vera Nelson
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Clarence Patnoe
Bull Run
Real estate transfers including Newberg parcels and new owners
A sequence of property transfers in Newberg and surrounding areas lists Emma J Flanders and Amos B Lycan with 1% interest in tract 24 Northwest Newberg. Oran G Cole to John F Cole with 17% in 136 acres in section 26. Deskins additions transfers. numerous deeds to individuals and couples with small fractions or parcels, amounts ranging from 10 to 4061.25 dollars, and several 40,000 dollar large parcels. Transactions involve J D Gordon, SD Richardson, Chas H Gyiner, Emma B Henderson, Agnes M Hills, Bessie Estellah Jackson, M Michelbook, Ira G McCormick, W L Patterson, Ralph Starr, Riley W Swink, and Brice Wilson among others.
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Nat’l Bank
Newberg T
Emma J Flanders
Amos
Lycan
North West
New Verg
Oran G Cole
John F Cole
CA Morris
Newberg
J D Gordon
SD Richardson
Chas H Gyiner
Jac H
Mary Holland
W S Hellyer
Andrew J Gray
Nehemiah Martin
Emma B Henderson
Hub
Addison
Jellison
E C Williams
Agnes M Hills
EE Farrington
Darforth
Bessie Estellah Jackson
Mae Wright
M Michelbook
Wito Alvah Prosser
Wm Dawson
Thos
Ira G McCormick
Bird Olga
W L Patterson Et
Madison E Wells
John N Thomas
Wito J D Gordon
Byron’s Unhappiness and Lady Byron’s Scars
A historical sketch of Lord Byron highlighting a troubled childhood marked by his mother’s cruelty and a humiliating episode when called a lame brat. It notes his failed marriage, the departure of his wife after one year, and contemporary remarks on Lady Byron’s cold demeanor and social propriety.
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Gerie
Tim
Walter Scott
Byron
Paragon
William Howitt
Palm Trees and Sounds of Wind Across Rooms
Passage recalls the vivid sound of wind in palm trees heard from a hotel room in Nassau, paired with vaporous reflections on Kipling and favorite foods, including fish dishes and a Victorian dinner party with veal courses and calf parts.
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Mr. Kipting
Naseau
Bahamas
Harpers Magasine
England
Eradinee
Dess Bameau
Lori Polkemmet
Lord Polkenmet
London Chronicle
Explorer compares Mammoth Cave to Grand Canyon underground
George Wharton James, traveler and author, likens Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to a portion of the Grand Canyon of Colorado underground. He notes many cave phenomena mirror those found in the Grand Canyon region and suggests deeper study could reveal more similarities.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Grand Canyon
Colorado
George Wharton James
Great Cave
Symphony Echoes Hidden Stories in Melbourne
A Melbourne Age fragment recalls a quiet afternoon at a symphony concert. A patron in the Mamie room listened amid 2,000 names and encountered a single familiar voice, turning a routine recital into a moment of unexpected connection.
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Mamie
Melbourne Age
Unclear clipping hints at housekeeping troubles
Fragmentary Louisville Courier-Journal note mentions saving and lasting routines but provides only scattered phrases about keeping a house and related concerns.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Running the Blockade at Syracuse in Ancient War
An excerpt recounts Marcus Claudius Marcellus siege of Syracuse, Rome’s blockade of the city, and Carthage’s reaction with ships guarding the harbor. It notes early sea blockade effectiveness and ends with a tale about a donkey skin used for drums in a local tale.
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Syracuse
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Sicily
Carthage
Rome
Africa
Legend of the Donkey In Harper’s Journey
William Warfield recounts a legend from Baby lon in Harper's describing natives who beat a donkey, a scene where travelers paused to change mules and were met by Arabs offering tea from a rudimentary samovar as a servant served cups.
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Hhis
Babylon
Harper's
William Warfield
Value of an Inch of Rain Across States
The report by E J Cragos for the Journal of Geography estimates each extra inch of rainfall over four inches in May and June raises the wheat crop value by 15 million dollars in the Dakotas California Washington Kansas and Nebraska. An extra inch over three inches in July raises the corn crop value by 160 million dollars in Indiana Illinois Kansas Iowa Ohio and Nebraska.
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Dakotas
California
Washington
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
E. J. Cragos
The
Journal of Geography
Hollow Shafts Improve Efficiency by Reducing Weight
Experiments show a solid column under bending strains is no stronger than a hollow one. Thus iron shafts are made hollow and steel ship screws are bored with a central hole to cut weight.
Penny Weddings and Scottish Penny Feasts
The article notes penny weddings in Scotland before 1645 where each guest paid a penny toward feast costs. Any surplus funded the couple’s new home, while thrift and industry were praised as keys to fortune according to Sam Smiles.
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Scotland
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John Sommer
Chehalem
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C. G. Lewis
Mickming
Ethel Evans
Maggie Evans
Sapt. Duncan
Ralph Starr
Thom
Bird
Graham
Riley
Swink
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Wynooski
Herman Thun
Brice Wilson
Helen D Wrenn
Thinkers’ Club
London Standard
Mammooth Cave
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Effendi
Alleb
Allah
Samuel
Ths Bank
United States National Bank
E. L. Evans
1St St
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
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