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Berkeleys Visit Sparks Old Friends And Train Trip
Traveler recounts a journey on the Southern Pacific from Portland to Berkeley, detailing the stormy mountain crossing, the welcome at J. J. Jessup’s home, a Newbergers reunion, and updates on friends and local life including Miss May Lamb and Prof. Jessup. Also mentions a San Francisco view, Monterey rain, and an Oregon Historical Society prize notice for school fairs.
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Southern Pacific Overland
Union Station
Portland
Grants Pass
al Cornell
Frank Elliott
A. W. Rees
J. W. Hobbs
Medford
Ashland
Siskiyou Mountains
Weed
Gewood
Kansas
Berkeley
J.J. Jessup
Newbergers
Jessup
George Tolson
Ann Lamb
May
Abner Blair
John
Cora Dunham
Tolson
Theological Seminary
Los Angeles
Pacific College
May Lamb
Naylor Bank
Manila
Honolulu
China
Japan
Mc- Kinley
Jes
N. Brittey
Heney
California
Monterey
Jo Crocker
San Francisco
The
Oregon Historical Society
George H. Himes
Himes
Oregon
L. R. Alderman
McMinnville