Ramsey bridge completed and town notes local events
Fred Oliver visited from Portland. The Ramsey bridge is finished and teamsters are pleased. Local residents report church services, school yard fencing, and several real estate sales in Dayton. Visitors from McMinnville and Salem, plus gardening and cherry crop notes, fill the week’s town column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Wrage
Salem
Tiver
Momdlay
Rogue
McMinnville
Friends Chorch
Mr. Coyle
J. B. Mount
Jesse Hobson
Presbyterians
Presbyterian Church
Willison
Frank Wood
Ramsey Bridge
Riley Smith
Evangelical Church
Smyth & Heston
Levette
Miss Sylian
Will
Henry St Helen
Roger
Teachers Institute in Yahu County at McMinnville School
The April Teachers Institute for Yahu County met at McMinnville Public School on the 17th and will continue through the 27th with good attendance anticipated. The week includes sessions led by local educators and community speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aprial Teachers Institute
Yahu l County
McMinnville
Tseche
County Teachers Benefit From Extended Sessions
Officials say meetings are required by law and provide value to teachers. The two week session will allow instructors to present material more thoroughly with many recognized institute workers ready to teach, including Professors Hull and Buchanan and Supt. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Fia
WN. Hull
Corvallis
Frank Roger
Or. City
Anderson
Dayton
J. A. Buchanan
N. Yambill
Geo. H. Daws
N. Youmbill
L. J. Baker
Fourth of July preparations discussed by local committee
The Glorious Fourth committee met at J M Wrights to decide grounds near the Grove North East of the public school. They plan four stands sold to highest bidders and have secured the Newberg Brass Band with fireworks possible if funds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. M. Wright
Lin Parker
Dr. Carman
Woop
Meacock
Newberg Brass Band
Crop Weather Bulletin signals slow rain relief and mixed crop prospects
The week ending June 14 reports cool and partly cloudy conditions with light sprinkles. Rainfall was light and mainly dust settling, and crops overall show mixed tones with hay hurt by dryness. Wheat prospects improve with rain but late spring grain and corn show slow growth. Willamette Valley fruit fair while southern Oregon fruit outlook improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceepa
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Superstitions and Cures in Early Folklore
The excerpt describes beliefs linking diseases to cures such as earrings for sore eyes and fried mice for small pox alongside with spider cobweb remedies. It notes that bacon rubbed on the skin was said to cure, and mentions watermelon origins as Africa native with Livingston sightings of vast vines and both sweet and bitter varieties used to judge ripeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Livingston
Lorge
Wonders of the Sea Deep Ocean Pressures Revealed
A historical piece explains ocean reach covering three fifths of Earth with extreme depths. It notes water pressure at a mile down near a ton per square inch and waves undetectable at 5000 feet while temperatures vary little from pole to equator. Coastal Norway currents show water rushing in canyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cany Hays
Norway
Walter
Reece
Ocean depths and salt layers in storms described
A historical dispatch notes seawater and evaporation leaving salt at the bottom of a container. It theorizes a three mile ocean depth would yield a 209 foot salt layer at the Atlantic’s bottom. It describes storm waves up to forty feet high and speeds over fifty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Eailiest
Itishuryg Dispatels
Miser Durand Dies Rich Yet Stingy in Rodes France
A miser named Durand dies in Rodes France at 36 with an estate around $90,000 equivalent to 3,000,000 francs. He lived alone in a locked house and spent days counting money while mending clothes and cooking. He left most of his fortune to a widow named Neverand. relatives received nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Rodes
France
Lim
Odes
Medical Lake Growth Attributed To Lake Waters
A short journey from Spokane Falla to Medical Lake in Middtlehaugh led to rapid settlement around the lake. The waters allegedly cure rheumatic and skin diseases, with salts of godium potassium lithium calcium magnesium iron and borax in solution. Factories evaporate water and pack the extracted salts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane Falla
Medical Lake
Middtlehaugh
Childless Paris Reveals Hidden Baby Trade in Capital
A Paris society study shows many infants are sent to nurse in the country or by private baby farmers. Despite creches and inspections, infant mortality remains high with 49 percent dying before age two. Working women face coercive hunger for care as registered providers demand fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Honnes
Atake
Rrsistance Publique
Hiehourgeins
Olessen
Frightful Atrocities Reported by Alaska Natives
A narrator who lived in Alaska recounts a brutal event during a native religious ceremony. He describes a medicine man biting a woman and child, cannibalism, and other frightening practices, noting rituals around chiefs and house construction with graphic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Island Witchcraft Trial Tells of Grim Executions and Torture
A fragmented excerpt describes brutal punishment on a barren island for alleged witchcraft. It mentions women tied and mutilated, a nurse explaining a pale girl found beside her mother’s dead body, and a harsh communal ritual upheld by a feared leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alurka
Anil
Chewing Gum Ruins Nerves and Eyes, Says Doctor
A famed physician warns that chewing gum harms jaw muscles linked to the optic nerves. He cites palpitations near the temples and potential eye strain leading to weak vision and need for glasses. One patient reportedly lost overall health due to the habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Mail and
Oapresa
Paper Life Described In Endless Sheets Of Newsprint
A satirical piece imagines a future dominated by paper in every aspect of life from clothing to transport to funerals. The voice highlights pervasive paper use through daily routines and social rituals, ending with a mock obituary for a figure called The Fuk Fiend.
Hauling Fragments Highlight Vague Local Arts Notes
A fragmented OCR item mentions paper hanging, ceiling painting, decorating and related crafts. Named individuals or groups are unclear but hints at poet Gilley and Drigature Sonate Pogue in a garbled context. No definite events or dates are discernible from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilley
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