Real Estate Transfers Affected Numerous Parcels in Yamhill County
A sweep of property transfers records numerous deeds and interests across Yamhill County. Listings include subdivisions, acres in sections, and various buyers and sellers such as Nellie A Bergstrand, Stella Barker, Charlies Chapin, Mary M Payne, Myrtle W Atkinson, and Thomas Faulconer heirs, with amounts ranging from 1 to 5500 dollars and patents from the United States for several tracts.
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Hi Bickell
Wi Et al Tor
Chehalem Orchard Homes
Fred Blanchard
Geo Alice Bush
Smith
Ryland C Brown
Lizzie Glandon
Stillwell
Margaret J Carpenter
Orville
Westfall
David Layfield
T Wallace
Grace Bteciler
al J
Aura
Hardwick
JO Graves
Myrtle W Atkinson
Solomon Heater
Andrew Johnson
J P Johnson
Daniel Ross
Flora H Kilgore
W H Bickell
Chehalem Orchard
Geo W Lemon
John C Lemon
Oliver J Walter Dicint
Informal truce in trench war turns on ammunition shortage
In a stalled engagement on the belts, soldiers cite exhaustion and lack of ammo as the reason for today’s halt. A commander suggests borrowing ammunition to resume fighting tomorrow, awaiting fresh supplies and Denys’ arrival to continue the conflict.
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Tomorsee
Minuet by Paderewski Becomes Now Celebrated Piece
Fragmentary OCR notes show Paderewski and a companion discussing a newly composed work. Abe remarks on the piece as Paderewski explains he composed it himself this very moment. The exchange ends with praise for the piece later known as the Minuet.
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Paderewski
Rewski
Scientific Borrowing from a Rural Neighbor
A little girl from a rural community asks Mrs. Smith to lend a dozen eggs to place under a hen for hatching. The neighbor questions the request as the girl explains they will borrow the hen from Brown, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding in a Christian Endeavor tale.
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Lee
Brown
Christian Endeavor
Mosquito Theme Across Climates Noted by Explorer
The fragment evokes a universal and persistent mosquito presence from remote tropics to icebound Alaska. It hints at an explorer disturbing a river topography and triggering a cloud of microscopic insects, with further scattered, unclear text about wildlife and saga.
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Landa
Tropics
Alaska
Cade Minar
Ambiguous quarrel over opinion ends in silence
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls two men sparring over a trivial difference of view and turning to a third, who remains noncommittal as he muses about a board. The fragment hints at a stalled discussion and unresolved tension among the trio.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shrapnel Use Described As Alarming Military Tactic
A Philadelphia Ledger report explains shrapnel types and effects in attack scenarios. It notes contact explosive shells hurt infantry, timed shards inflict greater injury, and edge projectiles deter advances, portraying shrapnel as a feared weapon across battlefields.
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Clacalex
Philadelphia Ledger
Michelangelo Works Highlight Dome and Chapels at St Peter
The text notes Renaissance additions to structures dating to about 1447 during Nicholas V. era. It mentions Michelangelo's first painted masterpiece The Last Judgment and frescoes The Conversion of St. Paul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter in the Pauline Chapel.
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Nicholas V
Michelangelo
Paul
Peter
Fragmentary names and dates from historical notices
OCR fragment lists scattered names and dates including William ie Cocks May 10 1584 Henry Ta st Fetes May 14 1600 Friday Sader Sweden March 1792 Lincoln United States April 14 Friday Kinley United States September 6 1901 Rkchangel
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William Ie Cocks
Blgeg S
Fran
Henry
Sweden
Lincoln
Unita
Rkchangel
The Picnic Stretch
Fragmentary text notes a character named Meredith and a pursuit of a mood or mood-related moment. The passage hints at a conversation and a hoped occurrence, with unclear setting or outcome.
Present desires guide young ladies in dating exchange
Three girls discuss preferences in men. The first favors a man with a past, the second adds future interest, and the third seeks a man with a present. The dialogue hints at evolving attitudes toward relationships and timing.
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Alwa
Bitter Winter of 1814 Grips Europe and Channel
In 1814 an extraordinary cold spell gripped Europe and froze the English Channel. Records from 1708-09 mark the prior extreme, while the harsh October period saw birds dropping from the sky as temperatures plunged.
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English Channel
Fenerae
WETTING THE COAL
An article explains oxidation as the reaction where water added to coal in flames splits water bonds, freeing oxygen to accelerate combustion. It notes that contained fluid is insufficient to extinguish fire, and hydrogen becomes highly heated fuel.
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Boston Herald
Never Washed Herself Says Child Never Washes
Fragmentary London Telegraph excerpt shows a child admitting no mid day washing while a mother scolds moral decline of lower classes and urges reform. The brief dialogue highlights habits and social expectations in a distressed tone.
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Eben
Gina
London
Experiments With Gand A Vi ing Fact About Sands
An experimental note on how dry sand and water interact. It states that a pint of dry sand plus half a pint of water does not produce one and a half pints. the mixture loses volume. It explains air between grains collapses when wetted, causing compaction and shrinking volume.
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Bac
Evolution of Advertisement Language in Early English Prints
A fragment discusses the term advertisement emerging around 1560 and the shift in meaning from public notices to paid space. It notes heavy fees and promoters not charging by word count, with early forms titled advices in capital letters.
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A. Oat
Train derailment after switch error by youth
A boy assigned to switch tracks let a long dump-car train begin on the wrong line. The train split in two and several cars derailed amid a chaotic scene as the youth claimed he had never half-ve anyway. The report reflects a youth’s miscue during yard operations.
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