Lumber company claim and customer note in Newberg
A fragment references M. H. Pinney of Newberg Oregon and a claim about examining lumber to understand a truthful claim made by customers. The snippet is terse and lacks full context or dates.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
3
Panama-Pacific Exposition to Feature Notable Exhibits
The Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco opens February 20, 2015 and will host a grand live stock show and harness races with premium prizes and millions in awards. Dr. Frederick J. Skiff predicts the display will showcase world progress with tens of thousands of exhibitors, while engineers and international congresses promise wide educational impact across nursing, viticulture, electricity, petroleum, and potato industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frederick J. ¥. Skiff
Field Columbian Museum
Panama-Pacific International E Ten
America
Skiff
Frederick J. W. Geiff
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
International of Nurses
San 0
President of corn yield record holder plans expo action
Colonel George W. Gorthals of Alexander City Alabama earned the presidency by growing 232.7 bushels of corn per acre. Plans propose delegates gather information in specialized lines with the American Breeders Association invited to send a committee to San Francisco to list valuable cattle breeding exhibits. Pamphlets will guide members to exhibits as battleships array for the exposition opening in San Francisco harbor, with over 160 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander City
Ala
American Breeders’ Association
San Francisco
National Topnotch Farmers Club Heads for Springfield
The National Topnotch Farmers Club, an association of corn growers with Springfield, Illinois, as headquarters, gathers at the agricultural convention. Members must have produced at least a hundred bushels of corn to the acre. W. L. Dunson serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Topnotch Farmers’ Club
Springfield
W. L. Dunson
Alboni Thwarts Plot With Clever Stage Disguise
In Trieste the opera star Mme Alboni overheard a conspiracy to hiss her off stage. She donned a disguise and attended the conspirators at a cafe listening to their plan. She feigned willingness to join a practical joke and carried a whistle. During the performance the conspirators whistled first and the audience roared with applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Alboni
Trieste
Heny C. Lahee
Munich
Vienna
Rosina
Mme
Albania
Mme, Albani
Origin of Yarmouth bloater tale sparkles in lore
Yarmouth famed for its bloaters holds a mythical origin tale praised by Nash in Lenten Stuffe. A fisherman drying herrings in a smoky home forgotten to remove them found the fish pale yet well cured as fire wasted through the roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Nash
Liverpool Mercury
Jester Teases King Before Royal Beheading
A court jester bursts into the king’s presence and asks if the last joke will amuse him. The king replies with a grin as the royal ax falls, ending the courtier’s life. The scene is described with stark, dark humor.
Chinese Justice and the Poison Cake Tale
Li Hung Chang, premier of China, investigated a poisoning plot after a lavish cake gift. He executed three men, showing measured mercy to the survivor who failed to eat. The article also describes the needle and thread tree and how its fibrous "thread" can be drawn from leaves to sew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
Li Lung Chang
Tsungli-Yamen
Yamen
Sound In the Air
A Strand Magazine writer recalls riding a balloon over London at more than half a mile high and hearing the city roar below as if on the ground. The air proved a perfect sound conductor, as the distant wind rustling leaves a half mile below rose with clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Magazine
London
Remarkable Voyages of Early Global Sailors
The text notes Juan Sebastian Elcano completing Magellan’s circumnavigation after Magellan’s 1522 death in the Philippines. It mentions Elcano’s command of the Victoria and its return to Seville. It also references James Cook beginning his circumnavigation voyage in 1768, many years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Sebastian del Cano
Fernando Ma Nan
Magellan
Philippines
del Cano
Cook
Lan
Wordplay on Widow and Window Riddle Quoted
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript notes a riddle about widow and window. The punchline warns to look out when nearing either word, reflecting a light humorous tone in a newspaper snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. H. Pinney
N. Main St
Newberg, Ore
W. Kibenle
Kienle & Sond
Firat St
The
Newberg Transfer Co
Ciirap
Newberg
Newberg Wood Yard
Lanwe Sphere
Zumwalt
E. P. Hamilton
Wheseng Machine Company
Mia
George W. Gorthals
American Press Association
Robert J. Aitken
Tires
H. 8. Crocker Co
Reo Inter-City Truck Service
Portland
McKern's Barber Shop
First St
White
Portland, Main
Front ST
N.B. Lesher
Pres
Geo. Britton
Y. R. Martin
Treas
Mginergey
Tony Haven
Oregonian
Justice
Mexico
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