Real Estate Transfers From Newberg Area Properties
Real estate transfers list multiple grants in Newberg and area including Daniel Adolph and Martin Adolph transferring 73.79 acres. CH Christiansen and wife to Enos A and Rose T Ells 6 bik 17 Central add. G G Christiansen and wife to L W Puller 20 acres in Reuben Harris died int. Includes several other deeds, parcel details, and prices from 1 to 17000 dollars. Names include Hart, Holdridge, Kelly, Lovelace, McCurtain, Parker, Simonson, Hackett, and United States entries for Albert Savage and Nicholas Carlin. City of Newberg transfers to Hester Parrish.
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Daniel Adolph
Wito Martin Adolph
John I Hash
H Christiansen
Enos
Rose T Ells
Newberg
G Christiansen
L W
Puller
Reuben Harris
Banos
Bilis
Christenson
Minnie J Everest
Hub
Thos W Hester
Church
GI Gibson
FH Bradley
M Matheny
DA Hart
Ernest Demary
Francis Holdridge
Geo L Kelly
John R McDonald
Edwards
Elizabeth M Lovelace
Windle Invés Co
Allen H McCurtain
Haddie Parker
Wm Jones
City of
Hester Parrish
City Park
Simonson
John Hackett
Solomon Beary
United States
Albert Savage
Nicholas Carlin
Francis B Wire
Allen H MecCartain
Jones
Common Sense and Value in Everyday Things
A columnist contrasts value across professions and goods from gold and art to labor and press. It notes currency, craft, and perception drive worth, ending with a plug: take $1.50 for a year’s subscription to your local paper.
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United States
Chicago
Milk Bottle Abnormal Cream Sparks Carer’s Prompt Replacement
A South Chicago family finds unusual cream on overnight milk. The driver notes the striking appearance and the servant asks for disposal. The man agrees, offering a fresh bottle in exchange, showing a practical response to the odd sight.
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Chicago
Are Caterpillars Good to Eat Dinner Table Joke
A humorous exchange at the dinner table features a child asking if caterpillars are edible. The father gently questions the timing and the child reveals a caterpillar had been on the lettuce but is now gone.
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Tommy
Kilt History Traced From Prehistoric Skins Across Civilizations
A historical note traces the kilt from prehistoric skin cloaks to ancient use by Assyrian soldiers and Spartan men. It explains the garment’s evolution, noting Greek names for similar garments and references Leonidas at Thermopylae with a nod to Greek theater.
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Scotland
Assyria
Sparta
Jeanie Haines
Old
Greece
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Washington Star
Fragmentary historical note on Brown and East Indies trade
A partially legible reminiscence mentions a John genes Sect of Providence Rhode Island and a family that gave the university name at the place. It notes Brown as a merchant and ship owner advising captains to load powder for return voyages and furnishing supplies when army rations fell short to under four rounds per man.
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John Genes
Providence
R. I
Brown
East Indies
Earth's Motion Slows as Tides Grip Planet
The article reports that astronomers largely accept Newton's view that motion of bodies slows over time. It notes Earth travels through space around 1000 miles per minute yet slows due to tidal friction, losing about one hour every 16,000 years and gradually coming to rest.
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Newton
Sir Isaac
Trav
New York American
Snow White Echoes in German Verse
Fragmentary notes describe Solomon the Snow White and Johann Peter Hebel as a German poet of early fame. Mentions a bishopric, uncertain luck, and a cue from snow outside guiding a word. The passage ends mid thought with "Snow."
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Solomon the Snow
Johann Peter Hebel
Fragmentary OCR Snippet Reflects Archaic Speech
A garbled passage presents a quirky exchange about traditional attire and status. The text features a man noting his cheap black suit and a cryptic phrase about being handed down, rendered with misspellings and incomplete context.
Nature's Colors Warning Coloration Cited by Sir Ra Lankester
A passage notes warning coloration in nature with the red and black salamander and the yellow and black wasp, as described by Sir Ray Lankester. The text emphasizes how creatures display bold patterns to deter predators.
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Sir Ra Lankester
Mother of Battle Rivers Reaches Low Country Again
The Vistula River in Russian Poland reemerges toward the North Sea at Danzig, splitting into two arms with the western Vistula retaining its name. Thick ice binds the river, which forms a major commercial channel connected by the Netze canal to the Oder, with a 74 000 square mile drainage basin and tributaries including the San, Bug, Pilica, Baura, and Weirpz.
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North Sea
Danzig
Vistula
Russian
Poland
Oder
Kansas City Star
Life Like a Man Promotes Courage in Adversity
A exhortation urges readers to face life boldly despite cruel fate. It stresses turning toward the world without wincing, making the most of circumstances, and finding beauty in hardship to improve an unfortunate environment.
Nasr-ud-Din Tale Of The Lost Donkey
A Turkish folk tale recounts Nasr-ed-Din seeking his lost donkey. The story notes the donkey’s own confusion and playful miswording as both animals are described as lost.
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Turkey
Nasr-ed-Din
The Largest Book Atlas of Engraved Dutch Maps
A giant atlas bound in leather and silver clasps stands nearly seven feet tall, detailing engraved Dutch maps until 1660. Charles Laf Ming presents this remarkable volume before departing Holland.
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Ming Charles TL. Bet
Hollach
Verbal Mishaps at a Social Gathering Revealed
A chaotic exchange unfolds as a speaker denounces a painter and blames others for miscommunications. Tuberville offends by commenting on a woman's looks, only to discover she is his sister in a sharp, awkward twist of fate.
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William Cobbett
Gia Rone
Giles
J Gibbon
Duval
Wes
Pheong Go Thad
Foo
Tuberville
Origin of the Cherry Tree in Eastern Cultivation
The cherry, a cultivated fruit, traces its origin to an eastern Greek town on the Black Sea coast named Cerasos. The colony's inhabitants cultivated cherries, with the name evolving from cerasos to ceras, cerase, and English usage, and Pliny noting cherry culture spreading to Britain over the next 120 years.
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Black Sea
Cerasos
Cerast
Pliny
Britain
London
Tatler
The Original Miss Nancy and the Anna Oldfield tale
The text recounts the origin of the term Miss Nancy linked to actress Anna Oldfield who died in 1730. It notes her vanity and how the nickname served as publicity. Her deathbed remark about burial remains hints at a famed anecdote.
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Nancy
Anna Oldfield
Pronunciation Debate Sets Record In Turkish Army Command Talk
A fragmented report notes a discussion about proper Turkish pronunciations. It cites General Wallace and a remark on how to say cooltan and ha reen with stress on the final syllable. The text also mentions Seltan and Harem in a fading context.
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Seltan
Wallace
Seledi AbAnt
Hamid
Manners and Customs from the Kansas Olympiad Trip
A brief extract notes rough manners and unfamiliar customs observed during a two day visit in Kansas. The passage captures impressions of local behavior and cultural norms described in a casual travel tone.
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Kansas
Illogical lamp trouble in Boston script snippet
A brief fragment shows a dialogue where a wife notes an odd lighting quirk in a room, remarking that when two items are carried the lamp goes out, but with one not. The line reads as a Boston script fragment with unclear context and punctuation.
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Cloee
John
Boston
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Stadny Ordgostats
Edward Cornell
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