Tom Cypher's Ghost On The Northern Pacific In 1890
Readers along the Northern Pacific report a ghost tale from 1890 about engineer Tom Cypher and engine No 33. Locomotives face a sudden headlight that appears to stop and retreat as if driven backward, a phenomenon tied to the famed ghostly burnouts and unmanned trains after dark along Eagle Gorge in the Cascades.
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Northern Pacific
Geare
Tom Cypher
Eagle Gorge
Cascades
Cypher
Croker
Bel Savrioas
Iia
Eating Should Be Pleasure in Simple Diet Advice
A health column argues the body is a machine and eating should be simple. Avoid faddists and complex plans, eat plain moderate meals, and let food become heat, thought and motion for vitality.
Siberian Beekeeping and Bee Masters
Harper's describes Siberian apiculture with bee masters and bee lords owning from dozens to hundreds of swarms. Average annual income from a swarm is about a ruble and a half. Buckwheat is sown in some areas as pasture and bees are sometimes fed sugar sirup or treacle.
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Siberian
Siberia
Harper’s
The African Egg Eater and Egg Theft in Nests
The article describes the African egg eater a snake that swallows eggs three times its body diameter, with nearly toothless jaws and hooks to grip prey. It notes nests in trees and on the ground and mentions blacksnakes as adept egg thieves.
Young Man with Ideals Resets After A Moment
In a Brooklyn anecdote a young man with ideals expressesdeference to a woman. She rebukes him saying she expected him to aim higher. He blushes and vows to change, kissing her hand before she withdraws it and speaks of renewed standards.
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Aes
Brooklyn
Feats of Photography Could Catch the Specter of the Brocken
Photographers pursue elusive images from breaking soap bubbles to nebulae after long trials. Modern plates record rapid events, and the specter of the Brocken may yet be photographed, a shadow formed by a person seen on misty Mount Washington and in London fogs.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Mount Washington
Brocken
Royal Meteorological Society
London
Harper’s Weekly
Massachusetts Vital Records Index Preserved at State House
On Beacon Hill Boston under the statehouse dome lies one of the world’s largest indexes. The Massachusetts public index contains more than 9 000 000 names including births marriages and deaths from 1843. It consolidates records once kept in separate towns into a centralized archive.
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Beacon Hill
Boston
Statehouse
Massachusetts
National Magazine
Boxton
A Dumas Story on the Legion of Honor Joke
The elder Marius Dumas quips about M. X receiving the Legion of Honor because he lacked it. The anecdote, recounted by a friend, features classical wit from a Paris salon scene with a woman listening by the keyhole.
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Dumas
M. X
Legion of Honor
Yeax
Tiny electric corpuscle reshapes view of matter
The article explains the electron as the ultimate particle smaller than the atom, countable with gold leaf instruments, and feeding broader questions about what lies beyond. It cites J J Thomson and includes remarks from Dr Henry Smith Williams and related scientific notes. It also covers local social news from Portland visitors, a Chautauqua event, and a Fourth of July performance of Hiawatha.
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Leyton
Joseph Thomson
Jean Renevas
Becquerel
Henry Smith Williams
Harper’s Magazine
Cementing Antiques Rebuilds Crumbling Stone Edifices
An Exchange report describes a method to restore weathered stone by removing damaged portions and refilling with concrete to recreate original shapes. The process preserves facades with lower costs, as seen in crumbling pillars of a German city hall and damaged statues of another public building.
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Exchange
Luke the butler talks of his aged kin in a playful piece
Luke the butler describes Aunt Lindy as eighty six and Sally as over ninety, while a visitor comments on their age. Luke insists Sally is a “nonentity,” highlighting a humorous exchange about his long words and family.
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Luke
Lindy
Sally
Sale
English Rain Spoils Six Week Stay Merrie England Joke
An American visitor plans six weeks in an English country house. Five weeks of rain lead him to demand his shooting clothes and gun on the first day of the sixth week. He declares he will go out into the rain to find the man who called the country Merrie England.
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Merrie England
Mrs Ridgway Family Visiting from Idaho and Oregon
Mrs Geo Perry and children of Jerome Idaho join their mother Mrs Mary Ridgway in town. Nellie Palmer and Cecil visit. Ina Ridgway from Southern Oregon also travels. S W Childers Maude McGuire Hazel Miller Edna Everest accompany S W Atkinson to McMinnville by auto.
Local News Briefs From School District No 10 and Area
Sunday activities include Hannah Amoth in the valley and Omar Fendall there. E B Fendall re elected director and G N Hesgard clerk at the district meeting. The schoolhouse to be painted and new furniture bought. Miss Macy to teach ninth grade again next year. Families visit relatives in Willamina and Salem. Hop house work and crop hopes noted.
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Hannah Amoth
G. N. Hesgard
Portland
Wharton
Newberg
Seely
E. B. Fendall
Miss Macy
A. A. Noble
Willamina
Mr. Noble
Mr. Yates
Furnished Tents and Beach Resort at Bar View Beach
Bar View Beach offers furnished tents with housekeeping amenities and an oceanfront campground plus a first class hotel and dining room. Amenities include safe boats, a dance hall, pool hall, bowling, life saving drills, clam bakes, bonfires, and deep sea fishing trips. Bar View lots are for sale at $10 down and $10 monthly through Ralph Ackley Land Co. Portland Oregon.
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Ocean
Bar View
Ralph Ackley Land Co
Pailing
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Chicago News
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J. D. Crater
Erickson
Lottie, Foos
C. Jacobson
F. L. Strait
Chautauqua
McMinnville
Germany
Hiawatha
New York Post
B. FP. Yergen
Omar Fendall
Nelsé Nelson
Finn Smith
Mrs. Anderson
Salem
Bar View Beach
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
Newberg Lodge
W. M
R. H. C. Bennett
I. A. Hanning
Clarence Butt
Atty
B. A. Kirks
Oregon
Harts Hardware Store
Lyon
10Th and
Pacific Streets
H. S. Gile & Co
Hart
Fritz Groath
Guy Graham
Dundee
Scholls
Chehalem Mountain
W. W. Jaquith
Laurel Ore
Excelsior
Newberg Auto Garage
Plymouth
Larkin-Prince Howe. Co
Larkin & Prince
Graphic Office
Elizabeth Cook
John Wilhelmson
Mueller
Frank Zumwalt
R. L. Evans
Yamhill
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