Oregon's Roses and Apples Shine Over Old New England Ties
A Connecticut to Oregon appreciation piece highlights Oregon roses and apples as superior to eastern varieties, noting Oregon prunes and the East’s admiration. The writer recalls Ye Olde Tavern in West Brookfield with Washington and Adams memories, praising American history and Westward progress. The article ends with pride in Oregon and gratitude for living in "God's own great out of doors."
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Massachusetts
Oregon
Old
New England
Worcester
West Brookfield
George Washington
John Adams
Jerome Bonaparte
Bride
Springfield
Olde Tavern
Columbia and
Willamette
Sons of the West
Florence A. Hayes
East Brookfield
Mass
Sermon Subjects at Presbyterian Church Next Sunday
The Presbyterian Church announces next Sunday's sermons. Morning topic is Wisdom's Cry and evening topic is Seeking Sanctification.
Wright and Ireton Granted Marriage Licenses
Mabel L. Wright aged 19 and L. F. Ireton aged 22 obtained marriage licenses in the period's official records.
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Mabel L. Wright
L. F. Ireton
Woman's League to Assume Duties in October
Anne Newell signals a leadership handover as the American Women's League prepares for October. The letter lauds the league's aims of free press and clean politics while addressing ongoing legal actions involving the Rural New Yorker and postal officials. Newell urges unity and asserts the league's growing national power.
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E. G. Lewis
Quinn Campbell
New Yorker
Dillion
Congress
Gen
Madden
Washington
McPherson
Congressional
League
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
House
American Woman’'s League
Anne Newell
Fly control tips for farms and barns
Farmers advised to reduce flies by cleaning manure, screening stables, and using a reliable and affordable fly repellent. L. M. Parker notes his Morrow County ranch saw fewer flies this season after sprinkling manure piles with blue vitriol solution and maintaining barn water barrels, suggesting broad use of simple, inexpensive measures.
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L. M. Parker
Morrow County
Veterans To Meet At Sheridan In County Reunion
The Yamhill County Veteran Association which began in Newberg in 1909 plans its second annual reunion in Sheridan on August 22. Members include veterans their spouses widows and the Womans Relief Corps. Grand Army Posts will host events in McMinnville Day ton and Newberg before returning to Sheridan for a county wide gathering.
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Yamhill County Veteran Association
Newberg
Womans’ Relief Corps
Sheridan
Grand Army
McMinnville
Dayton
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble Craze
A compact overview of John Law and the Mississippi Bubble scheme. It traces Law’s rise to power with the Duke of Orleans in 1715, his creation of a government bank and the Mississippi Company, and the rapid collapse that left thousands ruined as Law fled Europe.
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France
Louis XV
Re Ae Tarteen Thute
Orleans
de Sia Wenore
England
White
Paris
Duke of Orleans
Law
Mississippi Company
Cape of Good Hope
Lobsters and Crabs Chew With Stomachs Not Mouths
The passage explains lobsters and crabs lack teeth in their mouths. They chew by holding prey with claws and send partially masticated material to their stomachs for further chewing while they seize and chew additional prey. Their stomachs complete the chewing process as needed.
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Lebsters
Crabe
Nature
Marriage Fee Sparks Old New York Dispute
A tale from Samuel Ward of New York recounts wedding fees as his daughter Mrs. H Fraser recalls. Ward asked the parson what fee to offer and was told a hundred dollars might be high. Ward replied he should not offer less than 500 dollars to the man who joined him to such a wife.
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Samuel Ward
New York
H Fraser
Gentleman Diffidentl
Samuel W
Lemonade Sparks Suggestion for Warmer Sunday Meetings
A city Sunday school superintendent hosted summer gatherings and offered slip surveys for ideas. A pupil suggested adding sugar to the Ladies' Home Journal in hopes of making the meetings more attractive.
The Rope Walk and the Rise of Machine Ropemaking
A historical note on ropemaking shifting from hand to machine work. It traces the rope walk tradition, the move toward mechanization sparked by a long Atlantic telegraph cable project, and John Good’s proposal to build machinery to produce continuous ropes as long as needed.
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Upi-Valle
Raaten
John Good
Remarkable borer weapon and its female egg laying tool
The passage describes a tiny yet powerful bore operated by a female insect. Despite its minuscule size it can bore several inches into hard wood. The device is the female's ovipositor used to lay a single egg, with the boring process taking hours.
Now She Calls Him Father in Renewed Betrothal Plea
A suitor pleads with a widow for consent to marry her daughter as he seeks approval to be the child's father figure. He falters but the widow embraces him, voicing happiness at the prospect of a model man for her darling.
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Father
Ter
Improving a Proverb About a Blind Horse
During a painting lesson the teacher wrote a proverb on the board and asked pupils to paraphrase. One attempt rendered the familiar idea as a comical formal sentence about a sudden eye movement equaling a slight head tilt toward a horse that cannot see.
Sealed Bids and Box Voting in Japanese Auctions
The auction uses sealed bids with slips placed in a box. Bidders write bids and names, then the auctioneer opens the box to reveal the highest bid which wins the property.
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Japan
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Presbyterian Church
Woman's League
John Law
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