McGuffey Memory Honored by Clubs
The K C Star reports the creation of McGuffey Clubs honoring Alexander H McGuffey author of the readers. Movements to organize clubs spread from Ohio to Illinois and other states where he once lived.
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Alexander H. McGuffey
McGuffey
K. C. Star
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Alexander McGuffey
Youngstown
Pennsylvania
William Holmes McGuffey
Alexander
Miami University
Woodward College
Cincinnati
America
Ginevra
Venice
Ode to Oregon Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic
A poem by Mrs. R. W. Swink honors Oregon’s veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. It praises the soldier boys of 1861 and the nation’s cost in blood, weaving images of rose city skies, snow crowned peaks, and angels over St. Helens as it laments lost friends and national pride.
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Sons of Liberty
Yamhill W C T U Holds A Successful Session At Amity
The Yamhill County W C T U convention at Amity on the 28th and 29th faced poor turnout but high spirit. State president Mrs. W Swope praised past work and urged cooperation for a better world. A silver medal contest and a fifty star service flag were unveiled. Officers were largely re-elected except Mrs. Barnes who declined. Amity hosted delegates royally with meals and rooms provided, and optimism for future work expressed.
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Yamhill County
W. Cc. T
Amity
W. Swope
Christ
Chample
McMinnville
Sherwood
Edna Foerest
Co. Press Cor
Snowballs in September Honor Ruth Hinshaw’s Alaska Bride
Mrs Milo P Elliott hosted a refined gathering for Miss Ruth Hinshaw soon to wed Mr Delbert Replogle. Guests wrote housewife advice for future reference then heard Miss Silver describe Chinese weddings. A Snowball sled with gifts delighted Hinshaw as forty ladies offered good wishes for her new Alaskan home.
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Ruth Hinshaw
Delbert Replogle
Milo P. Elliott
Miss Silver
Robert Binford
Ecquimaux
Hinshaw
W. W. Silver
Binford
Elliott
Alaska
Fire department swamped by repeated calls in several days
Fire department reports a string of incidents over several days. Sparks from a locomotive started a grass fire near the handle factory, a Sunday blaze nearly destroyed Charles Driscoll's River Street grocery, and two small fires on East First Street and near the cannery prompted quick responses. Orange Elliott noted cows survived a dairy barn fire without harm.
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Charles Driscoll
River Street
Driscoll
East First
Carl
Jonathan Arms
Dayton
V. A. Hodson
Orange Elliott
Heart of the Sunset Rex Beach film at Rex Beach Theatre
The Heart of the Sunset story features Ala ire Austin, widow and ranch owner’s wife, and Dave Law a Texas ranger. The film shows border action with Texas Rangers invading Mexico in fury at revolutionists and includes dramatic scenes linked to a Philippine water cure.
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Rex Beach
American Southwest
Uncle Sam
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Alaire Austin
Dave Law
Texas Rangers
America
Heart of the Sunset at Baker theatre promises thrills
The Baker theatre screens Heart of the Sunset on Wednesday and Thursday September 11 and 12. The reel promises brutal scenes of captivity and peril as a Mexican bandit era battles and a widow faces forced marriage in a desert fortress.
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Longoria
Mexico
Cactus
Baker Theatre
Misspent Effort Promotes Los Angeles Banter
Local ad man Merle Sidener recalls a Western trip to Los Angeles where speakers, including an Oregon colonel from Portland, celebrate the city’s boosters. The colonel jokes about routing a pipe to the sea to bring the ocean into the city as a satire on booster enthusiasm.
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Merle Sidener
Los Angeles
Oregon
Portland
Indianapolis Star
War Department pits drive calls Oregon clubs to action
H C Seymour urges Oregon club members to collect peach prune and cherry pits and nut shells for carbon in gas masks. He asks every boy and girl to enlist, deliver collected pits to the county school superintendent or agricultural agent, and keep the effort going until Oregon is “Over the Top.”
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Uncle Sam
United States
War Department
Oregon
Benson
Washington, D. C
Oregon Club
H. C. Seymour
McMinnville
Yamhill County Urged to Meet War Duty in All Efforts
A letter to club members and citizens emphasizes strong local support for the War Department and credits Yamhill County for consistent war work. It pledges continued duty in every phase of war effort.
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Yamhill County
War Department
Newberg Lad Sees London Town
A Newberg serviceman travels to London with Van Zandt of Portland on a four day pass. They stay at Eagle Hut, an American Y M C A, and tour Westminster Abbey St Pauls Tower of London and Hyde Park. Costs include a 4 shilling sightseers trip and meals at the Y M C A with beds at 4 dollars per night.
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London
van Zandt
Portland
Kelly Field
Eagle Hut
Y. M
England
Newberg
Pennington
Henry Keeney
John 8
Rankin
Withem
Westminster Abbey
Loneyfellow
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower of London
Hyde Park
War message and seed collection instruction from Oregon official
A World War era note from S. Duncan, County Superintendent, directs delivering all seeds pits and nut shells to the basement of the McMinnville Courthouse Oregon. Mr Hutchens to oversee collection and Judge Nickell assures the county court will forward them to the War Department for America.
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McMinnville
Oregon
Hutchens
Nickells
War Department
Fall Millinery Opens With New Display Date At LeChapeau
Gregory says sisters millinery will display new fall collection this Friday and Saturday at LeChapeau. Event highlights the opening preview and seasonal arrivals from the shop.
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LeChapeau
Gregory
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Light Brigade
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Lord Allin
Waille ‘Antit
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Flander
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R. W. Swink
Yamhill W.C. T. U
Fire Department
London Town
Marvin Moore
Big City
S. Duncan
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