Seeing Alaska by Steamer Jefferson
A travel sketch recounts a Seattle to Skagway voyage aboard the Jefferson, noting Alaska’s 1741 discovery, Russian sale in 1867, Sitka’s decline, salmon cannery woes, forest service pulp hopes, and historic Skagway events. It recalls Captain Livingstone, Chief Engineer Bradon, and sailors, and includes Ella Higginson on the voyage’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Skagway
Alaska
Behrin i
Russia
United States
Seward
Charles Sumner
Mttle
Capitol
Washington
Sitka
Major Montague
Lebanon
Davidson
Newberg
Pacific College
U. S
S. A. Mills
Tyee
Murderer's Cove
Harlan Smith
Kake Mission
Tongass National Forest
Col. Greeley
Cape Chacon
Haines
Stikine River
Port Snettisham
Forest Service
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Douglas
Juneau
E. W. Morris
H. R. Littlefield
Portland
Smith
Ketchikan
Jefferson
Cap. A. F. Lucas
San Pedro
Calif
8. L. Preddey
John D
Preddey
Cap
John Livingstone
Bradon
Purser Davidson
Charilesworth
Ella Higginson
Upset Paper Hint in Louisville Reporter Exchange
A snappy dialogue from the Louisville Courier Journal features clerks discussing types of paper with humorous mishearing about upset and cape size. The exchange shows a newsroom banter tone and wordplay about printing terms.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Brain and the Stomach
Meandering Mike asks about a dinner while Plodding Pete recalls a woodpile sight snuffing his appetite. The Washington Star quotes the exchange as a humorous line about appetite and clever excuses.
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Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Those Ways and Umbrella Woes Highlight Daily Oddities
In a light exchange the speakers joke about lost umbrellas, noting the recurring misplacement and the implied cost of repeated replacements. The banter reflects everyday errands and minor domestic quirks.
Free mail delivery planned for Newberg residents
The city prepares for free mail delivery starting October 1 after 85 percent of homes have mail boxes by September 15. Three carriers and a substitute will cover two daily residential deliveries and three in the business district, with 15 boxes placed around town for deposits.
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Newberg
First Street
Main
Vocational expert Mrs. Ellis to visit Newberg Legion
Mrs. Ellis, a leading vocational guidance expert and ex service member, arrives in Newberg under American Legion Post 57. She has toured Oregon and Idaho posts, interviewed about 2000 men, and will speak at the Legion Hall Thursday and at a Commercial Club banquet Friday evening followed by a church service Sunday morning.
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Jean Morris Bilis
Portland
Newberg
American Legion
Yamhill County
Amity
Sheridan
McMinnville
Yambhill
Ellis
Oregon
Idaho
Navy
Spruce
Attractions of Southern Oregon Hunting Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hulst and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walker return from a weeklong southern Oregon trip. They camped near Red Mountain in Cow Creek Canyon with guide F. W. Newman. They hunted big game and found bears deer and rich mineral sites including a platinum and gold placer mine and an aluminium find within a canyon.
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Louis Hulst
C. A. Walker
Oregon
Newberg
Roseburg
Walker
Josephine County
Red Mountain
Cow Creek Canyon
Cascade Range
F. W. Newman
Newman
Alaska
South America
Mexico
Obituary of Gilbert W Byers Born in Ohio in 1838
Gilbert Washington Byers born December 10 1838 in Sharon Noble County Ohio died September 2 1920 at his home in Newberg Oregon aged 81 years 8 months 21 days. He married Olive Virginia Gheen in Hartleyville Ohio on December 25 1859. He enlisted in 1861 in the 18th Ohio Infantry Co F serving three years and three months.
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Gilbert Washington Byers
Sharon
Noble County
Ohio
Newberg
Oregon
Olive Virginia Gheen
Hartleyville
18Th
Ohio Inf. Co. F
Miller Mercantile Co Annual Labor Day Picnic
The Miller Mercantile Co employees from seven stores and their families gathered at Lafayette Locks for the annual Labor Day picnic. About 185 attended by 10:30 am with a large spread of fried chicken and 15 gallons of ice cream, swimming on the Yamhill river, outdoor games, speeches, and a duet from Dayton store workers. Emmet Filer and Lena Dowd wed the day before and were away on honeymoon. 100 percent attendance reported aside from them.
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Miller Mercantile Co
Lafayette Locks
Yamhill
Keith
McMinnville
G. Miller
Dayton
Emmet Filer
Lena Dowd
G. O. Miller
F. C. Miller
C. C. Murton
Portland
Church Services Set for Chehalem Mountain Next Sunday
Rev O M Graham and M B Harvey of Portland will conduct services at the Pleasant View school house on Chehalem Mountain next Sunday September 12 at 3 p m One or both ministers hold church there every other Sunday Sunday school at 2 p m Dr Herbert Jones of St Johns will preach at the Christian church next Sunday
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O. M. Graham
M. B. Harvey
Portland
Pleasant View
Chehalem Mountain
Herbert Jones
St Johns
The
Christian Church
Just Suited Her. A Happy Ending at Curtain
The Boston Globe quotes a lively exchange about a play with a satisfying conclusion as a woman delivers the final word and curtain falls.
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Mary
Andy
The
Boston Globe
Longtime Oregon resident Byers dies after late illness
John W. Byers aged elder of Dundee Newberg and Shiloh Post No 77 passes after a long life of faith and service. Survived by widow two daughters Gilbert W Byers Jr and six grandchildren. Funeral services held at the M E church with Shiloh Post members at burial in the G A R cemetery.
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Kansas
Oregon
Dundee
Newberg
Methodist- Episcopal Church
Jesus
Shiloh
Alice M. Reymers
Minnie B. Byers
Gilbert W. Byers, Jr
Sheridan
C. G. Reymers
Roseburg
R. 8. Adams, Valies, Montana; Mrs. E. J. Webb, Camas
Washington
Vernon C
Kenneth A
Marvin G. Byers
Gibson
M E. Church
Shiloh Post
No. 77
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Bix
Dix
Boston Transcript
Southern
Yamhill Locks
la Fayette
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