Real Estate Transfers Across Newberg and McMinnville
A summary of transfers listing buyers and sellers, parcels and acres, and prices across Newberg, McMinnville, and nearby towns. Notable entries include Margaret May Martin to Walter and S J Madden for Lot 2, Dur ham sald 2500, and multiple parcels in City Park Additions with prices ranging from 125 to 8000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret May Martin
Walter & S J
Rowlands
McMinnville
BC Miles
Ellen Bray
City Park
Newberg
Genevieve McCann
Mary McMahon
Michael LaFranchoise d‘Le
Abe Lincoln McCully
Daniel Waldo Bass
Atheydle
Lloyd Northup & Wit
Minnie B Warner
Carl Nelson
Lincoln
Frances Lincoln
Hurley & Large’s
John E Oates
Oliver
Wfto
Thomas
Margaret Herd
Everest
Floyd Osborne
Gdn
William R Osborne
John Sherwood
Amith
Rachel Ogden
Edmington
Parrish
Francis
Jones
T Wallace
Charles Purden
F Royal & Wt
William
S W Sigler
Jack Stoner
Sarah E Rudder
Napoleon and the Battle Scarred Grenadier at Ratisbon
An Exchange tale recalls Napoleon awarding a grenadier who boasted his many wounds. The emperor offers a 1200 franc annuity and chevalier title, but the soldier insists on the cross of the Legion of Honor, finally satisfied only when the cross is pinned on by Napoleon.
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Browning
Ratisbon
Eee
Jaly
Egypt
Napoleon
Jaffa
Emr
Legion of Honor
Arcola
Lodi
Castiglione
Pyramids
St. Jean d’Acre
Austerlitz
Friedland
Iitaly
Austria
Prussia
Poland
Empire
A Picture of Eternity in a Sinner’s Revival
A Negro preacher’s revival in Old Virginia grows lively when he asks the congregation to visualize eternity. He tells of a sparrow dipping its bill in the Atlantic and hopping daily to reach the Pacific, then returning, to illustrate eternity as endless distance. A brother remarks that this shows eternity’s length for oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Virginia
J. J. McDonald
Lantic Ocean
Look to the Bright Side Longevity in Cheerfulness Motto
The passage urges young outlooks and enduring hope, noting that cheerful attitudes ward off age’s furrows. It emphasizes forgetting dark days and cherishing rich experiences. It claims longevity rests in staying hopeful and facing difficulties with a bright, cheerful demeanor.
Remembering a Sermon Through a Child’s Line
A short, humorous note shows young Mabel recalling a minister’s words after a church visit. Her father prompts her to repeat the message and she answers that “A collection will now be taken up.” The exchange captures a quaint moment of memory and family dialogue.
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Mabel
Birth of the Moon and Earth's tidal history
A Harper's excerpt explains how the Moon formed near the early Earth when days were about five hours long. It describes universal tides, a molten Earth, and the Moon slowly receding as Earth's rotation lengthens its day. The interplay of rotation and lunar orbit explains long term changes in distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Soril
Harper’s
The Origin of the Three Handled Loving Cup
A king trips on a two handled cup after spilling wine at a wayside inn. He commissions a three handled cup from royal potteries. On a return visit a maid presents the cup by its two handles, prompting the court to create a three handled design with the king noting he will surely get one from three handles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Potteries
Temple Riches and Law Carved in Burma Temples
The article highlights Burma’s baroque temple landscape with 450 temples bearing carved sections of Buddha’s law on stone. It notes the awe surrounding Buddha images and the vast sums spent by impoverished communities to build temples, comparing practices in India and neighboring regions where sacrifice proceeds fund lavish temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Buddha
India
Wide World Magazine
Wealthy Lisbon Woman Leaves All To Rooster
A Lisbon heiress, Silva, a devout spiritualist who believed souls transmigrate, bequeathed her entire estate to a rooster. She had a custom fowlhouse built and instructed servants to attend to the bird’s needs. Relatives opposed the will and a ensuing suit stalled action as the heirs debated the curious bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silva
Lisbon
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Nat l. Bank of Newberg
J. L. Hoskins
S. L. Parrett
J. C. Colcord
W. E. Crozer
Asst
Welch’s Grocery
O. M. Welch & Co
The
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
Blue Ribbon
Walter A. Wood and Rakes
Deering
Plymouth
N.C. Christenson
Wills
Elder
Ruby
Chandler
North Newberg Fruitland
Fred
Sackett & Wt
Knickerbocker
Sheridan
Mary Savage
Stone
CJ Schuldt
Lola M Schellenberger
Jos Watts
Senooky
Wm Rohr
Se & Nw
Shepherd
Richard Baird
Jesse Dodson
Syndicating Realty Co
Julius J
Gustina Eng
Chrisman
Nancy E Tate
Geo A Riggs & Chism
Matthew Terrell
Chas
Sarah E Sloan
Edwards
Thorne
Fred Werth
John Wacheno
Paul Fundman
Joel Flanery
Sein
E. J. Walker
Ida A Lindon
Oscar S Wells
GM Wells Sey
Sw & Water
C J Wesley
Hazel J
Miller & Ward Livingood
Wm Jones
Thomas H Thorne
Deskins
John Wennerberg
Fowlie
Carlton
William Wills
W &Se
Scott
Elderdle
Christias
Wilfs & Has Po S
Abbie M Tanders
Wesley M
Wire
Mary E Sant
W H Wood
Frank Stephens
Cecil Smith
Eunice
Emma Swicker
Swicker
Birth OF the Moon
A. E. Wilson
J. L. van Blaricom
Elliott & Fox
M. H. Pinney
Depot
Blue
Oregon
Thos. Herd & Son
Building Contractors
Washington
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