Buddhism's Arrival in Japan and Shinto Reconciliation
The article recounts Buddhism reaching Japan from Korea in 562, its elite adoption and popular Shinto resistance, and how officials reconciled beliefs by promoting monotheism within a polytheistic framework. It notes Emperor Shomu backing a monumental Daibutsu statue at Nara, completed after lengthy casting and construction.
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Japan
Korea
Shomu
Daibuten
Buddha
Nara
Sword of Damocles Explains Peril of Unwitting Risk
A historical fable from Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse shows Damocles in a perilous banquet. Flattery secured a throne until Damocles saw a sword hanging by a single hair above him. The tale warns that misfortune can loom over fortunes built on flattery and luck.
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Damocles
Dionysius
Syracuse
Greece
Damociles
Teast
Matrimonial Customs From Far and Wide in Historic Tales
A National Geographic Society bulletin summarizes ancient marriage practices. In India a princess selects a knight after a tournament. Eskimo traditions on Greenland's east coast invert control after capture. In the northern New Hebrides a bride may flee, with her parents sometimes sending the husband a conciliatory pig.
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India
Greenland
New Hebrides
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Blowgun Use Among Kosati Indians in Louisiana
The blowgun remains popular for hunting birds among the Kosati Indians in Louisiana. A six foot cane tube is smoothed inside and aligned with a dart about eight inches long. Darts are fletched with thistledown or cotton and shot by a breath burst to kill small birds or squirrels.
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Louisiana
Tobacco's global role echoed from Jamestown to modern America
The passage notes America's leading role as producer, consumer, exporter, and importer of tobacco, tracing the crop back to the discovery of the New World. It recalls how tobacco wealth attracted explorers and settlers and even influenced early colonial practices at Jamestown.
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America
New World
Junestown
Autty Mobiles Swap Sparks Pettifogger Trade
A reader recounts a swapped vehicle deal gone sour with Si Skinner and Al. One party complains of misfires and engine troubles while another seeks legal action for a warrant through the Justice of the Peace, hoping to clamp down on the culprit.
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Si Skinner
Aviators in England Face Harsh Pressures and Odd Habits
An Exchange summary notes English airmen show fox-hunting instincts and fine reflexes in flying. Veterans reportedly enjoy riotous evenings, while young pilots avoid excess to prevent death. Marriage adds responsibility and courage remains, with recklessness aiding war effort.
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England
Machinery in Japan Signals Rapid Industrial Growth
Japan's machinery trade shows marked progress over five years with imports rising from 12 million to 29 million dollars between 1914 and 1918. The United States supplied 20 percent of imports in 1914 and 80 percent by 1918. Exports to eastern markets grew from 634 thousand to about 7.89 million dollars, covering electrical, spinning and weaving, lathes, and printing machinery.
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Japan
United States
Unfortunate Man Expresses Irony Amid Fever
An invalid patient, amid a shivering bedside scene, rejects sympathy claiming warmth and comfort, mocking the surrounding cold and the onlookers. The Kansas City Star quotes the odd exchange with dark humor and vivid theater of illness.
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Lee
Kansas City Star
Real Estate Transfers Across Oregon Farms and Towns
A long list of real estate transfers from numerous buyers to multiple sellers across Chehalem Mountain Orchards Newberg Dundee and other Oregon locales. Transactions include parcels ranging from 5 to 54 acres with prices from 10 to 21000 and dates tied to deeds and subdivisions. Several named buyers include Hans and Martha Quittenbaum Perry Shreves Nettie Luther and Amelia Bristow among others.
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Hans
Martha Quittenbaum
Amelia Fay Bristow
Edwards
Newberg
Christenson
John D Conway
Chas Crater
Wayman Fisher
M Hall
Wayman E Fisher
Francis King
Julia N Forest
C M LaFollett
Frank C Campbell
D Matheny Die
Clifford R Gibbon
Daniel Gibbon
John Wren
C J S Greer
Elwin S Greer
J Huber Haworth
Joseph R Whitney
James Badley
Justin L Haworth
John Herring
Louis Burkhart
Francis Fletcher
D H Huffmn
Perry Miller
City Park
E P Israel
Mk Lean
Solomon Eads
Id Jordan
Jennie L Baxter
Deskins
James Kane
Henry Yokel
Eliza L Martin
Flint
Martin
Nehemiah Martin
Zimri Mills
Jacob Neuenschwander
Robert Neuenschwander
J H Plagemann
G E Talcott
Bransson
Geo W Snow
Northwest Newberg
Emma C Smith
Husb
P A Smith
Ruesel K Storey
Herman Schmidt
Dundee
Louisa
Townsend
Mary E Christenson
Rogers
Wade E Williams
Jos
Eph R Whitney
Mary A Wilkens
Hus
Bert Johnson
Ladd & Tilton Bank
Andrew C Kullberg
Chehalem Mountain Orchards
National Bank
Otto Bartel
Julia A Jones
Alma Esther Blood
Hush
Charles Cline
Newby
August Boettcher
J B Stillwell Jr
Claud C Stillwell
Logan
Belle Geer
M Adell Gednour
Walter A Graves
Herbert A Graves
James McCain
Ellen Graves
Waller A
Minnie Graves
J M Graves
Lulu Hollingsworth
LM Gard
E” Hobson
Edwin C Keyt
Walter Krager
S'Allen
Fred Klingbell
Oregon Agricultural College Aid to Farmers Across the State
The Oregon Agricultural College has aided grain farming dairying horticulture stock raising poultry production and other agriculture branches since its start in Oregon. It reduced production costs improved product quality and helped control pests while linking school business and home to farm life and demonstrating progress in agricultural practice.
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Oregon
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Chas H Parrett
Elizabeth Parrett
S& W
L Scroggin
Clark C McCorkle
C J Willamson
Geo K Gibbon
John M Parrish
J R Willis
Jesse J Churchley
James Mlaughlin
Portland
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East First St
E. L. Evans
C. A. Evans
Gale An Paleoe
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
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Lerolene
V. D. Miller
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Standard Oil Co. Newberm
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A. Rupert Company, Inc
Republic
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