Red Cross stamps to be sold in Dundee this December
Stamps will be available at Mrs. Bland Herring after December 1 and at Community Hall on December 3. Dundee reports a busy period with local clubs meeting, a packing of comforts, and preparations for a December 3 sale. The Boys' Athletic Club beat Parrett Mountain at Dundee hall last Wednesday. Francis Keyes suffers appendicitis but doctors hope to avoid surgery. The Dundee Woman's Club held an all day Otter Brook meeting focusing on a comforter project, a December 3 sale, and new members, with talks on Stories of Oregon. Thanksgiving plans include guests at Agr. College, and a Kellogg surprise shower for Miss Jewell Kellogg ahead of her upcoming marriage to Scott Livengood. A Thanksgiving night hall event and Christmas sale are also announced.
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Red Cross
Dundee
Bland Herring
Boys’ Athletic Club
Parrett Mountain Boys
Dundee Hall
Francis Keyes
Dundee Woman's Club
Otterbrook
Dimner
Sallie Beck
Mamie Pier
Greer
A. B. Bowers
Portland
W. J. Gordon
Oregon
Deshuabep Hall
Agricultural College
Rag Carpet and Rug Weaving by Joseph Stephens
Rag carpet and rug weaving offered by Joseph Stephens located on Dayton road opposite David Martin place.
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Joseph Stephens
Dayton Road
David Martin Place
Freight car shower baths test for leaks
Railroads use shower baths to detect leaks in freight cars by flooding the car with water. Inspectors mark leaks with chalk, then send the car to the shop for waterproofing and retest with a second bath before resuming service.
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Cam I
New York American
Modern Greeks and their transnational presence
The piece notes that many modern Greeks descend from ancient Greek blood, with Greek ancestry in Greece comparable to Anglo-Saxon lineage in America. It mentions Greeks abroad—Albanian, Slav, or Vlach by origin—and widespread communities across the Ottoman Empire including Crete, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt, with strong devotion to Hellas and influence in finance and public life.
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Greece
America
Ottoman Empire
Crete
Asia Minor
Syria
Egypt
Hellas
Near Kingdom
Leches
Athens
Cleopatra's deadly poison experiments described by Plutarch
The passage recounts Cleopatra testing poisons on criminals and animals to study pain, noting quick poisons cause pain while milder ones slow death. It claims a specific snake bite induced numbness and irresistible sleep, leading to gradual unconsciousness and death with faint sweating and fading senses.
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Plutarch
The Diamond's Language: Umpire Rules Fans at Polo Grounds
At the Polo Grounds early season an umpire, famed for strict conduct on the diamond, chased Boston players who heckled New York catcher Chief Meyers. He ordered, Cut out them personalities, then as he moved away a fan yelled, Cut out them grammars. Saturday Evening Post.
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Polo Grounds
A Goat's Voice in a Telephone Exchange
A drawier talks into the telephone while a sarcastic voice on the wire questions his status as a confounded nanny goat in a Kansas City Star excerpt.
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Kansas City Star
Public transport remark sparks conductor rebuke
An omnibus on Regent Street last evening carried an elderly woman who irritated fellow passengers with remarks. The conductor admonished her to behave properly in a public vehicle.
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Regent Street
London Spectator
Evolution of the Orange and its 1200 year cultivation
The evolution of the orange is traced from a pear shaped fruit about the size of a wild cherry. Naturalists believe twelve centuries of cultivation shaped its current form. A brief line from Woman's Way contrasts a missed appointment and a sharp exchange in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
Taken Fire Dreary Is Want Of
No coherent article content available. The readable line presents a phrase from George Eliot about state of mind, lacking identifiable persons, places, or events to summarize into a news item.
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George Eliot
Eyes of the Deer Hunter Tells a Reluctant Kill
A Capadian hunter recounts pursuing a buck over three days and a face to face at a rock shelter. He recalls the deer's pleading eyes and admits the moment would have felt like murder, yet he still fired. The tale explores blurred lines between sport and pity.
The Widow Custis and Washingtons Great Match
The piece portrays Virginia widow Mrs. Custis as a prominent heiress whom George Washington married, elevating him among early elites. It notes her wealth from lands slaves and dowries and explains the White House finances and its early limited funding under presidents.
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George
George Washington
Virginia
Mrs. Custis
Washington
White House
John Adams
New York World
Early U S Treasury Roots and Key Officials
The Treasury Department traces to the 1775 appointment of Michael Hillegas as first U S treasurer, with George Clymer as an early organizer. Hillegas served most of his term until 1789 when Samuel Meredith succeeded him. Both were from Pennsylvania as the treasury was reorganized by act of September 2 1789.
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Treasury Department
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Michael Hillegas
United States
Hillegas
George Clymer
Clymer
Congress
Eels Listed as Vermin Endangering Young New Zealand Birds
At a New Zealand acclimatization society meeting the game farm curator stated eels are vermin. He said seventeen pheasants died after eels seized their heads during drinking. Many ducklings were killed by eels. observers noted numerous carcasses.
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New Zealand
Acorea
Dialogue Between Father Son On Percy Raymond Visit
A short excerpt from Ladies' Home Journal features a boy recounting a fight with Percy Raymond and his father acknowledging the visit. The son hopes the father fared as well as he did, capturing a domestic moment.
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Percy Raymond
Mr. Raymond
Ladies’ Home Journal
He Had Painted Too
A humorous exchange about painting exposes the effort behind artwork. The dialogue features an artist and a country lad, with a counterpoint about a barn painting and the father’s influence. The Washington Star and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are cited in the fragment.
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Louls Post Dispatch
Still Worse bear that you said I was
A fragmentary line reads Still Worse bear that you said I was, suggesting a quoted accusation or insult. The readable text lacks clear context, dates, or identifiable people to establish a full news item.
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Bear
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Boston ‘Transcript
Custis
Washington Star
United States National Bank
Newberg
Phone
F. H. Griffeth
LoneFir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
Indiana
McCoy Bros
Newberg, Oregon
John Gower
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