Dundee News Parade of Moves and Visits
Thomas Owens and family move to Condon Nellie F McNeillia visits Dundee as do Anna and Ernest Thun. Asa and Harley Ryan rent Grandpa Edwards place Spencer Vedder rents house opposite post office Miss Helen M Hatch guest at Otterbrook. Residents donate fruit pits to Groth hardware store for Red Cross. Simms Robison of McMinnville visits son Roe and tours Columbia Highway. Sympathy to Lehmanns on Benjamin’s death in Portland. Parrett brothers move to Dundee to help Charles Parrett’s family. Hamm leases Hagey property. Homm family from Seattle visiting. Community mourns Estie C Powell. his mother’s funeral attended by few. A Rainier Division feature and Belgium relief bottles noted. Milk bottles collected for Belgian babies yield $4.11 for Red Cross. Dean family returns to Rex. Mrs Do H Miller Ruth Kane visit Newberg. Local service flag for WWI volunteers dedicated. stars listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simms Robison
McMinnville
Roe
Columbia Highway
Lehmann
Benjamin
Portland
John Parrett
Charles Parrett
Dundee
Charles Hamm
Hagey
L. Hammer
Mr. Homm
Seattle
Estie C. Powell
St. Johns
J. P. Powell
Henry
Rex Local Social and War News
Rex area notes list visitors from Portland and Newberg, service and draft updates, and local work like paving toward Portland. A Rex resident reports a promotion for Marvin Garland in France and a Congre gational pastor move to Condon. The town mourns Mrs Farrand of Tacoma, Spanish influenza claims a life. Oscar Winters was drafted into the Spruce Division last spring.
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Oscar Winters
Spruce Divi
Schoolmarm Teaches Quiet Lesson On Train
Two girls on a Hoosterdam bound train try to attract two uniformed youths but fail. A plain Indiana school teacher boards the car, sits opposite, and quietly finishes a knitted soldier sweater. Passengers admire her quiet patriotism as the girls misjudge the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosterdam
Indiana
Risk Lives to Catch Fish at La Push in War Effort
At La Push Washington the Quillayute Indians young and old fish behind rocks near the Pacific mouth. Boys nine to twelve wade into breaking waves with dip nets catching a ton of fish daily while elders cure the catch. Three men serve in the military as the settlement of 260 aids war efforts with gardens and other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Push
Pacific Ocean
Quillayute River
Washington
First Trans Atlantic Liner Savannah Steamship Milestone
A New York World piece recalls the 1819 Savannah steamship as the first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic. William Scarborough envisioned steam navigation and the Savannah sailed from New York to Liverpool, completing the voyage in under four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Savannah
William Scarborough
Liverpool
St. Petersburg
New York World
Daughter Saves Father in Narrow Cliff Fall
Fifteen year old Kath ry aided her father Harry B Gregg a San Francisco broker by throwing a lasso around him and cinching it to a tree when he and his horse fell to the cliff edge. Gregg clung to the bridle and slid back to the path with a bruised leg after the scare.
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Kathry
Harry B. Gregg
San Francisco
Gregg
Assessment roll of Yamhill County Oregon 1918
The summary of the 1918 assessment roll shows classification by land and improvements with total values and per unit figures. Public utilities are excluded from this county assessment and assessed by the State Tax Commission. Martin Miller serves as County Assessor.
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Yamhill County
State of
Oregon
County Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Co operation in Palestine shows small scale success
Nor man Hapgood notes a wartime experiment in Palestine where 450 workers formed Mashbir co operative society. With 4500 francs capital they bought four times cheaper than the public and earned a profit in the first year, then loss in the second due to Turk plunder, and a comeback in the third year as they repaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Norman Hapgood
Beslie
Egypt
Airmen Mark Night Raid Route With Map and Wind Data
Airmen plot a night raid path using maps, wind balloons, and ground instruments. They record wind speed and direction at altitudes, calculate compass drift corrected course, and mark ten minute progress points to verify position. A pale blue line on the map confirms river landmarks and correct crossing.
Destruction of Reims Cathedral Revealed in Archbishop Interview
Archbishop of Reims Carolinal Lucan told Howard Wheeler of Beverybody's that the French army used cathedral towers for observation and that guns may have been concealed, shedding light on the German destruction described as frozen music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinal Lucan
Reims
Bevérybody
Howard Wheeler
Wheeler
Lives Saved by Steel Helmet
The London Times recounts British soldiers praising steel helmets for saving lives in action in France. It notes worn helmets with dents or bullets nicking rims, and how wearers often remain unaware of being struck until removing the helmet.
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France
Ypres
London Times
Rat Bites Policeman in Prohibition Era Census
Witness Policeman Phillips of the war emergency squad, while probing a suspected blind pig den, reached into a wainscoted opening and drew back with a bite. He exclaimed he found a rat, not booze, inside the hole as officers arrived.
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Phillips
War Emergency Squad
Golf joke compares pull and slice to politics
Heard on the Golf Course a golfer jokes that a pull is better than a slice. An experienced player replies that in politics they often play for a pull to induce a slice.
Conscientious Objectors in War Time Commentary
An Oregonian opinion piece mocks conscientious objectors calling their religious display a cowardly disguise. It argues they deserve fighting in No Man’s Land to draw enemy fire so real American soldiers can locate enemy guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregonian
War work drive to intensify after pacifist proposals
A Portland caution by James F. Pershing echoes in Washington telegrams urging ongoing war work. Messages from departmental heads sent to John Kolleck stress the "Carry on" theme as German peace plans threaten campaign plans. The United War Work drive, starting November 11, will be pushed harder.
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Portland
James F. Pershing
General Pershing
Washington, D. C
John Kolleck
Oregon State Council of Defense
United War Work
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. National Bank
United States
McCoy Bros. Auto Co
Jones Bros. Juice Plant
North Main Street
Newberg, Ore
Standard Oil Company
Caitborma
V. D. Miller
Standard Oil Co
Newberg
Thomas Owens
Condon Mials
Nellie F. McNeillia
Miss Anna
Ernest Thun
Asa
Harley Ryan
Grandpa Edwards
Spencer Vedder
Helen M. Hatch
Crater Lake
Otterbrook
Groth Hardware
Red Cross Committee
Committee For Relief In
Siom
Ehort
Dean
Rex
Do. H. Miller
Missa Ruth Kane
Uncle Sam
Richard Rein
Ray Winters
Paul Sommer
John Sommer
Marvin Garland
Anthony Garland
Ross Wiley
Willard Wiley
Francis Jenking
Paul Lewis
Clifford Cordier
Montie Brickell
George Frost
F. D. Prost
James Kane
Pelcher
Claude Wright
Hillsboro
Jack Sawyer
Reed Chambers
Chambers
The
Portland Milling Company
George McClure
McClure
Congregational Church
Condon
Scotland
Huber
C. C. Farrand
Tacoma
Martin Miller
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