Real Estate Transfers in Yamhill Region Details
North Yamhill Water Co transfers 46 acres to City of Yamhill in sections 35 and 36 for $10. Albert Olin and wife transfer late 9 and 10 bik 1 Chapman's add Sheridan for $1. G J Scott and wife transfer 30 by 50 feet in lot 2 bike 4 McMinnville for $400. M B Sleeper and wife transfer SE half of section 27 T2 5 R3 W for $2,000.
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North Yamhill Water Co
City of Yamhill
Albert Olin
W. M. Gage
Chapman
Sheridan
G. J. Scott
L. H. Watking
McMinnville
M. B. Sleeper
F. M. Stewart
Sec
The Lucky Fifth Societal Snapshot
A clipped quotation from the Boston Transcript notes a sharp exchange about “the fifth” and a child’s health being used to critique theories, reflecting social attitudes and humor of the era.
Samoan Palolo Worm Festival and Creation Legend
A Polynesian tale links Palolo worms that surface for 48 hours before year end to human origins. Tangaloa sends his daughter Turi to find a home, plants a vine on rock, which dies but yields worms that become people. The legend explains how men were created.
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Samoa
Tangaloa
Turi
Books One's Best Friends
Sidney Dark extols books as lifelong companions that banish loneliness and boredom. He lists Dickens Thackeray Dumas Daudet Wells Hardy and Meredith as inner friends and argues true happiness comes from imagination.
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Dickens
Thackeray
Dumas
Daudet
Wells
Hardy
Meredith
Sidney Dark
John O'London
Algon Bay Responds Onboard Ship Encounter
A terse exchange aboard a vessel at the cape features a young colored lad named Algon Bay answering an officer. He says he was not born but washed ashore during a storm, prompting further questioning about his origins and fate.
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Cape
Algon Bay
Dundee community pages reveal charity sales and social events
The Ladies Aid plans an Easter foods and apron sale and a missionary tea at Dundee Library on February 15 with Mary Bliss of Portland as guest. Sunday school attendance rose to ninety four, and the women hosted a baby show and an anagram contest at the Dundee Woman's Club.
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Grace Johnnston
Constance Stevens
Reds
Miss Turner
C. H. Cleeke
Portland
George Dearborn
Valleview
Hannah Imus
Home Missionary Society
Marcy Center
Chicago
Boston
W. H. Bentley
California
Dundee Woman's Club
Spence Vedder
John Edwards
W. J. Gordon
Bland Herring
Esther May Devore
Hearts
Lucile
Roberta Parrett
Robert Ray Allan
Sophia Margaret Herring
Margaret Louise Holzmeyer
Marguerite Louise Reynolds
Norman William Parrett
Bernard Groth Herring
Benjamin Alfred Vedder
Roe R. Robinson
R. A. Olmsted
Clark Noble
Parent-Teacher Association
Barbour
Lillian
Frank Keyes
Claus Groth i
University of Oregon
Charlotte Thun
J. P. Powell
Lad Hill News Roundup of Visits and Local Events
Mrs. James A. Parrott returns from Newberg saying treatments improve her husband. Clair Lovey visits friends. Will Smith hosts a belated birthday party with neighbors. Delmar Kiser returns to Portland. dance scenes and a masquerade dance scheduled for February 22. The Commercial Club plans a January 29 reception for Lad Hill soldiers. R. H. Walls named road supervisor in Clackamas County as road-work enthusiasm grows. Parrott Mountain road proposal reviewed by county officials and deemed satisfactory. The Fasciating Miss Fannie Brown play is in rehearsal by club members. Carl Kramien seeks work in Linton after accompanying his aunt. Families share Sunday meals. other locals attend the dance and discuss community projects.
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James A. Parrott
Newberg
Clair Lovey
Marines
China
Will Smith
Frank Deach
Tom Parrish
Fernwood
Milton Young
Jeanne
Linton
L J. Tautfest
Geo. Smith
Ross Looney
Carl
Roy
Reuben
Clarence Kramien
Donald
Ward
Chester
Roy Kiser
Melba Tautfest
Alice Smith
Howard Smith
Melvin Tautfest
Delmar Kiser
Portland
Commercial Club
Lad Hill Soldier Boy
R. H. Walls
Clackamas County
Walls
Homer Kiser
Parrott Mountain
Corral Creek
Wilsonville
Clacka Mas County
Fannie Brown
Carl Kramien
Isaac Tautfest
Roy Hacker
West Diehalem Church Hosts Noted Child Welfare Talk
Last Sunday the West Diehalem church heard Mrs Hannon State Supt Child Welfare Society speak on the society work and needs. A local WCTU was organized by Mrs Hannon with most ladies joining.
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West Diehalem
Hannon
Child Welfare Society
William Dolph
Portland
John Carter
Virgil Vanoose
Mildred
Eva Sallee
Low Carter
Painless Parker Promotes Quick Dental Fixes Nationwide
Painless Parker sets out his claim of speedy service for distant clients with a network of twenty eight offices. He declares his associates are trained in the E. R. Parker System and that over a million teeth have been treated without pain or high charges.
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E. R. Parker
Fewer Golden Weddings Mark Slower 50th Anniversary Trend
The piece notes the decline of golden wedding celebrations as couples live longer apart. It cites later marriages and higher divorce rates as factors reducing the number who reach fifty years together, reflecting on changes in societal norms and longevity.
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Grim Reaper
Delayed Auntie Martha Tries City Life as Cook
In town with her daughter who needed an operation, Auntie Martha, on her first urban visit, hired out as a cook to pass time. On her first Saturday night shift she was sent to shop and hours passed before she returned, causing growing worry for her employer. She finally came home about 1 p.m.
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Art Martha
Mormons to Dedicate Temple at Cardston Alberta
The Mormons of Canada and visitors from the United States will gather in Cardston Alberta next May for the temple dedication begun in 1914. The structure is expected to cost 1 500 000 dollars when finished and will be unlike any other building in the region with finished interiors and decorative paintings. It is a show place of southern Alberta.
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Canada
United States
Cardston
Alberta
Paul McManus injured by fishhook entanglement in eye
Local notice reports Paul McManus suffered a painful accident last week when a fishhook became entangled in his eye. He is under care of Doctor Evers who says the eye will come out all right.
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Paul McManus
Paul
Doctor Evers
Potatoes As Local Currency In Polish Agricultural Districts
The American Red Cross reports in Grodno area that potatoes are used as the standard currency in remote Polish agricultural districts. Workers in warehouses and field units are paid weekly with potatoes due to their stable value compared with paper money.
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Poland
Incorportation talk in upstate settlement sparks town talk
In a small upstate settlement a group of property owners discussed incorporating as a town. A large meeting was held to hear opinions, with only one man opposing. He cited prior work for a corporation as his reason.
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Indianapolla News
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