Infernal region letter mocks Kaiser Wilhelm in 1917 spoof
A satirical open letter attributed to Lucifer mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II, recounting a demonic influence over World War I events. The document, attributed to Louis Sybercrop of Creston and circulated widely, frames the German ruler as a tool of hell with vivid insinuations about war crimes and national ruin.
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Louis Sybercrop
Creston
Kaiser Wilhelm
Daniels
Roosevelt
Canada
Mr. Syberkop
Frederick
Denmark
Germany
Hell
Belgium
Lusitania
France
Poland
Galicia
Wilhelm
Lucifer H. Satan
Boyd buys five pigs and Ridge visits noted
A. H. Boyd sold Emel Jensen five pigs this week. Misses Lilly Hertig and Hazel Boyd were weekend visitors on the Ridge. Mr. Baker of Newberg visited the A. F. Hertig home Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and family were Sunday guests of the Sleeper family in Mountain Top. Mrs. A. Davis of Mountain Top visited her daughter Mrs. W. C. Bryant last Wednesday. The Rich family from Yakima are visiting on the Ridge. The Carters and Kinneys travelled to Oregon City on Sunday to visit the Earl Carter family. Mrs. Evans Lucile and Mrs. George Carter went to Portland to see Jim Evans off for Texas.
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A. H. Boyd
Emel Jensen
Lilly Hertig
Hazel Boyd
R. C. Rich
Yakima
Washington
Wm. Carter
F. Kinney
Oregon City
Earl Carter
W.T. Evans
Lucile
George Carter
Portland
Jim Evans
Texas
Chinese Printing History Found in Early Works
Cambridge University acquired the works of Liu Tsung Yuan printed in 1167. China is credited with early printing before Europe, using wood blocks dating to 922 A D and movable type reportedly devised by Pi Shen in the eleventh century.
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China
Cambridge — University
Liu Tsung Yuan
Europe
Pi Shing
London Chronicle
The Old Time Toilet and its Word Origins
In 1720 New World of Words defines toilet as a fine cloth spread on a table in a bedchamber for dressing, a dreasing cloth. Bailey’s dictionary gives a similar sense. Cotgrave notes related terms in toilette and drapery contexts.
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Cotgrave
Ancient Cancer Cure Involving Live Toad Treatment
A historic account describes an ancient kidney cure using a live toad strapped to the diseased area. The patient, wife of a Smyrna merchant, purportedly improved quickly, though the toad died after 24 hours performing its duty.
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Smyrna
Office Boy Task Swap Sparks Tense Exchange
A sharp exchange from the Buffalo Express shows the boss dismissing the office boy as not intelligent enough and ordering the boss to keep the helper busy by assigning some of the boss’s own work. The quarrel highlights workplace hierarchy and friction.
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Buffalo Express
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U. S. National Bank
United States I National Bank OF
Newberg
Oregon
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
C. H. Schunter
Johin Gower
Oreges
Newberg Bakery
J. H. Sherlock
Rexall
Lowney
Lynn B. Ferguson
First Street
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
el Paso
San Antonio
New Orleans
Salt Lake
Denver
John M. Scott
Southern Pacific Lines
the Kaiser
Ottumwa
Iowa
Wilhelm von Hohenzollern
Prussia
Rome
Nero
Earth
England
Globe
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Nietzsche Treitschke
Bernhardt
Mediterranean
Egypt
India
Dardanelles
Bagdad
Archduke
All Hell
Servia
Norway
Dennison
E. W. Hodson Pharmacist
White
Cole
Rhein
Prince
Standard Oil Company
Larkin-Prince Hardware Co
J. B. Mount Hardware Co
W. W. Hollingsworth Co
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