Dundee News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Meetings
A. J. Barrell and family relocate to Dundee with electric company employment and will occupy the Scott Livengood house. Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Steel, formerly of Red Hills. Four Dundee residents die: Mrs. J. W White, Mrs. William Bohan, R. C. Crosby, and Byrd Robertson. Various local events include fruit growers meeting February 1, Orchard Home Telephone Company session January 29, and first Parent-Teachers meeting of the year. Community updates cover illness, cemetery improvements, W C T U plans, and local society activities plus a note on subscribing to the Oregon semi-weekly Journal and Graphic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Barrell
Red Hills
Dundee
Barrell
The
Electric Company
Scott Livengood House
Carlton
Alexander Steel
J. W White
William Bohan
R. C. Crosby
Byrd Robertson
A. A. Parrett
Parrett Mountain
J. L. Richards
Boyd
Oregon
Frank T. Keyes
Dundee Fruit Growers’ Association
Orchard Home Telephone Company
William Wilson
William Meyer
Roe Robison
Portland visitors report local gatherings
Mrs. Anna Harrison visited Chehalem Center in Portland at the start of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Paulsen visited relatives in Portland during the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Paulsen
R. L. Ralston
Anna Harrison
Portland
Earl Paulsen
Culinary Hints For Better Bread And Gravy
Recipe tips suggest rubbing bread with butter before baking for a softer flaky crust. Save sweet pickle vinegar to heat for mincemeat. For brown gravy use coffee to stir the thickening for richer color. Keep broom straws in a bottle to test baking doneness.
Marriages Listed for Lena Brown and Others
Marriage licenses shown include Lena Brown aged 19 to Frank R. Shepard aged 22 Ida O Kenyon aged 26 to Watson Struthers aged 27 Lillie Mardon aged 36 to Ed Harp aged 32 Elva M Wood aged 16 to Clyde C Buffum aged 21 and Lottie M Allen aged 23 to Elmer E Robbins aged not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Brown
Frank R. Shepard
Ida O. Kenyon
Watson Struthers
Lillie Mardon
Ed Harp
Elva M. Wood
Clyde C. Buffum
Lottie M. Allen
Elmer E. Robbins
Real Estate Transfers Including Newberg and Newberg Subdivision
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels and deeds in Newberg area. Wm Andrews and Henry Craw transfer 1.25 acres. Adelia S Baird to Lloyd Northrup 36x90 ft. H J Groff to Bertha Scholts parcels in Edwards add. J A Hughes to Stone family blocks 13–18. H F Johnston to Slater parcels. S A Mackie to Elsie Wilson 15.202 acres. Z Martin to Eugene Bible University 1 1/2 acres. Miles to Renard and to Thomas city lots 100 each. Morris to Christopherson 11 acres. Stephen McBarnes to Illig 100x100 ft. G T Newell to Erickson. Lloyd Northrup to Baird Little Homes shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Andrews
Wfto
Henry
Agnes M Craw
Meskins
Adelia S Baird
Lloyd ‘Elodie Northrup
Newberg
H J Groff
Wfto A
Bertha Scholts
Edwards
J A Hughes
H F Johnston
L C Slater
S A Mackie
Elsie L Wilson
Insee
Martin & Wf
Eugene Bible University
C Miles
E A Thomas
City Park
Lloyd Northrup
Little Homes
Perils of the Circus A Glimpse Behind the Velvet
Sarah Comstock in Collier's Weekly recalls circus women who mask dread with light hearts and gypsy spirit. They discuss accidents like net breaks and injuries from bites, revealing the hidden risks of trapeze work and the skill of falling safely into the net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Comstock
Collier’s Weeky
Origin of the Heel Fashion in Persia and Venice
The piece explains heel origins in Persia as flat wooden sandals to lift feet from hot sand. It notes Venice adoption years later tied to jealous husbands seeking to confine ladies home. Heels called clogs varied in height and were often inlaid with gold or silver to please wearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Venice
Harper’s
Week in Review: Censoring The Merchant of Venice and Labor News
The week reports The Merchant of Venice barred from New York public schools amid pressure from prominent Jewish patrons. Diamond Match pays $2000 in fines for Wisconsin child labor violations, with 224 infractions cited. A police ruling in Elgin states a girl aged with a hobble skirt is too old to be spanked. A San Francisco recall drive for Police Judge Wel ler totals 12 000 names, 5000 over the required threshold. The Minneapolis to St Paul Sault Ste Marie railroad plans 25 million dollars for 725 miles of new track crossing Montana toward Idaho and Canada. Post office inspectors uncover large scale postage stamp fraud totaling at least 2 million dollars, per Postmaster General Hitchcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant of Venice
New York
Diamond Match Company
Wisconsin
Thompson
Elgin
Post Office
Hitchcock
Montana women seek passage of suffrage amendment for 1915 ballot
The woman suffrage amendment is the first of eight filed in the Montana assembly and may appear on November 1915 ballots. The National American Woman's Suffrage Association will not participate in the Wilson inauguration, and Rosalie Jones and her marchers will not take part. The group remains nonpartisan and declines involvement in the inaugural parade.
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Montana Assembly
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Wilson
Rosalie Jones
Notable Names in Politics and Arts From The Era
H R Williams elected vice president director and executive committee member of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad after serving as Puget Sound division president. Senator Kenyon pledges to aid the Wilson administration for the greatest good, not partisan. La Follette claims to contest Warren’s election amid alleged coal mining fraud in Uintah county. Gustav Carl Luders, famed comic opera composer, dies in New York at 49. Eugene V Debs arrested in Terre Haute for obstructing justice in a government case. U S Steel pools for price fixing known to Judge Gray before orders to abolish them, per William E Corey testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Williams
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Puget Sound
Kenyon
Iowa
Wilson
la Follette
Carey
Warren
Uintah County
Gustav Carl Luders
America
Te “Prince of
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Terre Haute
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gray
William E. Corey
English Suffrage Crisis as Cabinet Drops Franchise Bill
London reports indicate a renewed suffrage campaign as the cabinet rejects the franchise bill. Police deploy in force near Parliament. Emmeline Pankhurst and allies denounce leaders, declare end of truces, and vow deeds over words amid arrests and property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Parliament
Emmaline Pankhurst
Slyvia Pankhurst
St. Stephen's Hall
House of Commons
Balkan Conference Declared Off
Balkan plenipotentiaries with full powers appointed a committee to draft a note to the Turkish plenipotentiaries explaining why the peace conference must now be considered broken off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson Observes Landing of Aliens at Ellis Island
President-elect Wilson watches as hundreds of aliens, many in foreign garb, stand before immigration officials on Ellis Island seeking admission, assessing the welcome and process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
New York
Ellie Island
Woodrow Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Store OF Quality
Howard
Christian Endeavor
Mary Johnson
S. W
Nancy Atkinson
D. C
Chehalem Center
College
George Hodges
Mr. Butler
Journal and Graphic
United States National
Bank of
S. L. Parrett
J. L. Hoskins
J. C. Colcord
W. E. Crozer
Sickles
Daniel E. Sickles
New York State
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