Alfalfa Trials Spread Across Willamette Valley Plains
Alfalfa research moves beyond initial trials in the Willamette Valley with at least twenty five acre plots planned, seed and soil inoculation provided by Southern Pacific and the US Department of Agriculture, and a mailing list of over four hundred for pamphlets. The program, led by H E Lounssary and D F A, aims to prove alfalfa as a viable commercial crop like clover, with educational literature forthcoming.
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Willamette Valley
State Agricultural College
Southern Pacific Company
Corvallis
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montana
Utah
Turkistan
Argentine
S. P. Company
W. W. Cotton
Harriman
Gresham
H. E. Lounssary
Notice of Teacher's Examination in Yamhill County
County school superintendent will hold the regular teacher examinations in McMinnville from February 13 to February 16. Exams cover penmanship to general history and various subjects for first to third grade certificates. Also listed are numerous real estate transfers and property dealings filed with sheriffs or recorded in the county. The article ends with a quote on poverty and character.
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Yamhill County
McMinnville
W —Tory
Newberg Sash & Door Factory
Newberg
King & Bennett
Indian Arrow Heads Debate Says Prehistoric Races Shaped Plains
Dr. Charles Eastman of the Sioux asserts that many arrow heads found across the western plains were not made by American Indians and that ancient mounds were built by a race predating the Sioux. He challenges the notion that Indians originated the flint points and battle clubs.
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Western Plains
Charles Eastman
Eastman
Fiost
Quips on Sensations Starring a Times Man
A vivid, humorous speaker recounts bizarre sensations likening them to a covey of quails flying from the ears and angels pouring molasses down the back. The narrator exclaims the Times man is an ice house and the kiss leaves no taste, a quirky dig at a journalist.
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Scott
the Times
Cure Pneumonia With Inhaled Chloroform Cotton Ball
A Spokesman reader recalls an old Bavarian professor who reportedly treated pneumonia for 40 years without a death. The method involves a small alcohol-saturated cotton ball with chloroform that is inhaled to inflate the lungs and purportedly open air passages.
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Bavaria
Arkansas editor defends kiss with honeyed toast
A newspaper feature recalls an Arkansas editor’s humorous defense of kissing. He brashly asserts taste in kissing, comparing it to the essence of honey on pumpkin pie, invoking bygone joyful years and memories of a celebrated beauty.
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Arkansas
Times
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Artemesia Small
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Daniel Robinson
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A P Oliver
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Thomas Prince
Chehalem Orchard Homes
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Edwards
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Wm Parkas
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T L Cummings
Jerome Pratt
EH Converse
Sarah A Taylor
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F D Harris
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Geo W Smith
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T. B. Cummings
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