Central Oregon Welcomes Home Seekers and Rail Growth
Central Oregon towns rush to house homeseekers as irrigation lands and new towns bloom. Rail access boosts immigration, with trainloads of supplies and equipment heading in. Oregon Develop ment League sets Astoria convention dates. Salem hosts a late March horse show. Redmond celebrates July 4 with regional rail connections. Mining leaders plan Northwest Mining Congress in May. Special rail fares to Portland Rose Festival documented. Salem reports 231.9 percent population gain in ten years, a state capital record.
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Central
Oregon
Oregon Development League
Astoria
Astor
Astoria Commercial Club
Centennial Management
Salem
Redmond
Oregon Trunk
Deschutes
Portland
Northwest Mining Congress
Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
United States
Quaint Servian Customs Indicate Marital Hopes in Towns
Serb towns display dolls in windows to signal a maiden’s wish to wed. A small sheaf of grain hangs outside as a superstition. if stolen, a wedding may follow, or the grain is hung low if the resident desires a suitor to attempt the theft.
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Servia
Justice McEwen
Cleveland
Two Widely Different Views Of A Shopping Incident
Readers hear opposing versions from Mrs Hobbs and Mrs Cobbett after an outing to Ransom Klein's. Each sees suspicion on Ellen Ann over a small purchase at the skylight, reflecting class assumptions and neighborhood gossip in a bustling city scene.
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Ransom & Klein’s
Sophie
Mattie
Ellen Ann
Mary Jane
Discovery of Florida Chronicle Through Early Exploration
The article traces Ponce de Leon's 1512 Florida sighting near St Augustine after sailing from Puerto Rico and planting the cross. It notes the 1763 treaty exchanging East and West Florida to Britain for Havana, later cessions to Spain, and finally the 1819 treaty transferring East and West Florida to the United States with Spain receiving five million dollars.
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Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
Porto Rico
St. Augustine
Great Britain
Havana
Cuba
Spain
United States
An Artful Dodger in a Dishonest World
In a satire from a Chicago Tribune themed fragment the scene follows a sly young man nicknamed Gayboy as he jokes about dodging examinations and using charm to smooth his way through a lunch counter. A witty cashier notes his egg on the chin moment as he moves on.
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Gayboy
Chicago Tribune
The Earths Crust and Internal Heat Balance
The crust is believed to be no thicker than sixty two miles. Heat from the earths interior radiates into space while some heat is offset by solar heating.
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DR. Geo. Larkin
First Nat'l Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians & Surgeons
J. H. Wilkens
Osteopathic
McMinnville, Ore
Newberg
Rankin & Doolittle
Physicians and Surgeons
U. S. National Bank
G. E. Stuart
Prompil
Offee In
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
B. W. Spang
Chiropractic
1St and
Edwards Sts
White
Clarence Butt
Bank of Newberg
Oregon Journal
News of the World
Newberg Graphic
Sundey
Sundey Journal
Brussels
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Paraffine Paint Co
San Francisco
Chas. K. Spaulding Y Newberg, Oregon
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
Belgium
Major DeWall
Sherwood
Rex
Gus Guddat
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