Court names and officials listed with Oregon figures
Fragmentary OCR shows names of Oregon court and judiciary members including Chief Jamies, Associate Justices Eakin Bean McBride and Moore, with additional references to Theos H. McBride and Lawrence T. Hams. Also mentions Twelfth Judicial District and Legislature members like W. T. Vinton and P. P. Olde.
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Jamies
Freak A. Moore
Haa Pie
Eakin
Henry J. Bean
Theos H. McBride
Lawrence T. Hams
Furnishing A Room For Harmony And Restfulness
The article discusses selecting livable furniture to suit a room with a single impression. It stresses harmony with walls floors and ceiling through gold tones and choice between mahogany oak and other woods. It mentions styles like Chippendale, Sheraton, or colonial and notes the room affects the nerves of sensitive visitors.
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Chippendale
Sheraton
Lionel Robertson
T. C. O'Donnell
The Value of Books in Personal Life
The passage argues that printed books cannot be replaced by speech and reading in public. It asserts that private reading remains a supreme luxury, recalling personal moments and discussions, and that books possess personality and friendship for dedicated readers.
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Cain
The Coffee Habit That Hurled A Talent Toward Decline
The subject, famed for prolific writing, drank vast amounts of coffee to cope with isolation. Biographers note the habit grew into a fabulous intake that wrecked his health, left his face shriveled and yellow, lips black, and precipitated a nervous breakdown and rapid decline of his genius.
Jaggery Sugar From Palmya Palm In South India
A Tmail poem notes jaggery as a principal sugar of South India made by boiling fresh juice. The palm yields four to five quarts per tree daily for four to five months, with sap drawing skipped every three years to save the tree. Female trees produce about twice as much sap as males.
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South India
India
Corner grocer syrup tale from a Scot mother
A Scottish mother sends her boy with quarters worth of corn sirup to the corner grocer. She gives him two jugs to carry it and explains that if one jug fails to hold the syrup the other might prevent a dip.
A Short Christmas in Tornea Text
A traveler recalls Tornea Finland where Christmas day lasts three hours. He describes waking at sunrise to open gifts and read mail, only to have night fall before finishing breakfast. The anecdote highlights a brief festive day.
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Tornea
Snare For the Unwary Miss Tittletattie’s ear trumpet bluff
In the Richmond Times Dispatch a note explains Miss Tittletattie uses an ear trumpet not for deafness but as a bluff to prompt others to speak freely in her presence, revealing a curious social device.
Coaling Warships At Sea A New Replenishment Method
The report describes a system where a collier transports coal to a battleship while both ships sail at twelve knots through heavy seas. Sixty tons of coal can be delivered hourly, with coal bags hoisted from the mast to a transfer platform and released to feed the battleship’s transporter.
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Weesel
Guardian
Curious Penalties From New York’s Early Days
The piece recounts 17th and 18th century corporal punishments and public shaming in New Amsterdam and England. Examples include a soldier sentenced to stake execution with a ball fired overhead, another forced to ride a wooden horse with weights, and a drunken offender to wear a tub with armholes, reflecting harsh colonial justice.
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New York
Amsterdam
Thomas Soldier
Jonas Jonuassen
West India Company
England
Newcastle-on Tyne
David Leyes
Baiheddit
Balrfottit
Backing Him Out. Tree’s witty rehearsal retort on stage
Sir Herbert Tree, famous for his wit, recalls a young actor who kept stepping back during rehearsals. Tree urged him to step back again and again until the youth protested he would be completely off the stage. Tree calmly replied that would be right.
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Sir Herbert Tree
Tree
London Globe
Golf in Scotland a Curio of Ancient Law
The article notes that Scotland once required all young men to master archery but preferred golf so strongly that playing it became a capital offense in theory. The curious statute has never been repealed, though there is no record of its enforcement.
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Scotland
Futile Aspiration in a Boyhood Baseball Dream
A fragment reflecting a boy’s belief that becoming a great baseball player defined life. The quote contrasts youthful aspiration with a later realization that the dream may not be attainable, signaling a shift from hope to realism in the narrator’s memory.
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Washington
Bad Eye Escapes and the Subtle Sights of Eyes
A fragmented note ponders perception and alibi as observers miss the gaze. It hints at a social moment where attention shifts from the diamond to a hidden or overlooked detail in a quiet evening setting.
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Tervin & Cobb
Wise Distribution
A Richmond Times Dispatch remark questions Se Jinks as a careful business man noting he never asks the bank to discount his paper more than twice in a single week.
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Richmond ‘Times Dispatch
Charity Drive Emphasizes More Giving Means Greater Possession
A terse charity statement urges greater generosity, claiming that the more we reset or share, the more we possess in moral or communal terms. It frames giving as a means to enhance personal and collective wealth.
Aged Man Describes Daily Burdens as a Personal Menagerie
An old man explains his daily tasks as taming two falcons for sight, two hares to curb sin, two hawks to guide hands, a serpent to restrain speech, a lion in his heart to fight evil, and a sick man to care for, noting the weariness of such constant duties.
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Alda
Capturing a Giraffe
A Chicago Herald note explains why giraffes are rare in public shows The animal resists traps and pits and must be chased into a bamboo enclosure Weariness leads to capture The peril of shipping the giraffe includes broken legs tangled necks and potential injury to crew and vessel
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Chicago Herald
Crowd as People Jam Special Cafe Doors
Fragmentary tenor describes a crowd outside a special cafe, with two speakers lamenting the mob and debating endurance. A woman boasts buying three cakes of soap at a discount, prompting fear and a plan to push through or return home. The Washington Herald tone mirrors anxious public sentiment.
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Washington Herali
Temperature of the Earth Reveals Varied Deep Heat
Reports from deep mining experiments show temperature does not rise at a constant rate from the surface. Measurements to 8,000 feet reveal varying gradients, while other mines show little change between 1,400 and 2,300 feet. Findings challenge standard assumptions about subterranean heating.
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Kalgoorlie
Australia
Terpete
No Royalties Called Baby in Royal Lineage
From birth, royal children are addressed by titles and names rather than terms like baby. The text notes that royalty maintain formal address across generations, preserving hierarchy and tradition in early childhood.
Lone Corner Cynical Verse Cited in Dialogue
A fragment shows a speaker claiming disapproval from a father urging employment in his factory. The dialogue hints at a cynical view and a hoped for happy ending, noting bells and a single, hopeful refrain.
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Cyn Cory
Lone Coren
Definition of a Drop in Pharmacopoeia Terms
A British pharmacopoeia entry defines a drop as issuing from a tube whose external diameter is exactly three millimeters. Ten drops of water at sixteen degrees Celsius equal one milliliter.
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Aoe
Britih Pharmacopoeia
Nicely Flavored Lettuce Dish Mentioned in Light Dialogue
Fragmentary text references lettuce and washing, with stray dialogue about flavor and a teapot tool. No clear event, person, place, or organization is identifiable.
Identifying criminals and the system of a lifelong mark
The article explains a police biometric system used since 1880 in Paris and adopted by major departments. It details left side measurements such as head length, left foot and fingers, body stature, arm span, ear length, and iris color. It notes height can vary by sleep and time, with the left side viewed as more stable.
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Paris
Imprisonment for Debt Reform Through History
The piece outlines how imprisonment for debt existed in England and Ireland through the 19th century, with United States reforms beginning in 1833 and fully enforced by 1889. It cites 1825 panic writs, numbers jailed for debt in 1829 across states, and Philadelphia costs and recoveries illustrating impracticality of imprisonment as a debt remedy.
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Congress
United States
England
London
West
Ireland
Scotland
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
The Battle of Chalons Fought A D Four Fifty One
The battle between Attila and a Roman Goth Frank alliance near Chalons in 451 is cited as the bloodiest clash with Attila leading 500000 Huns. Aetius struck a decisive counteroffensive saving Europe as hundreds of thousands of barbarians reportedly perished.
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Chalons
France
Aetius
Europe
Too Tired On Eastern Avenue Trapped by Fence
Frank on Eastern Avenue refuses to help his companion George who is caught by a picket fence, feet inches from the ground. George pleads for release while Frank says he is too tired to act. The exchange echoes a minor domestic scene reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Frank
Eastern Avenue
George E
Georget
Indianapolis News
Proof Against Wasp Stings By Scottish Naturalist
A Scottish naturalist reports on wasp behavior and notes a black bird tearing apart a hanging nest to access larvae. The bird calms the wasps, demonstrating a risky tactic to prey on the larvae despite stings.
Notable Quip on Progress From Baltimore American
A Baltimore American quote contrasts progress with symbolism noting that adopting handkerchiefs remains at an initial stage. The remark questions whether apparent progress can advance beyond the earliest phase.
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Baltimore American
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Court, Oregon
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Twelfth Judicial District
Senate
C.i
W. T. Vinton
McMinnville
Ctia
P.P. Olde
LaFayette
Crewt
W. R. Gilben
Iene Seripeeney
Chas
E. Wolverton
Rls
Bean Preah Aree
Annes
Partass
John Montag Clhetk
Sai A. M. Cannon
C. L. Reames
U. S
George E. Chambielain Gee Ee Mass Eee Teres Portland
Harry Lane
Portland
Tech
John D. Mickle
W. L. Finley
Clanton
Calvie S. White
George A. White
HH. H. Corey
Salem Medical Examiner
L. H. Hamilton
Calvin S. White
J. B. Dodson
W. S. Allen
Dundes
C. B. Wilson
Sheff
W. G. Hendenon
Martin Miller
Alice L. Adams
H.S. Maloney
Dukas
H.W. Vee Owen
J. H. Cook
Newberg
REO Truck
Buiter
Balf
Succees
Litte
Heney Vr
Golf
Setiafection
Guaras
A.l.tower CO
Boston
The
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Collier’s
The + National
Colliers
Collier's
Colrier’s
Beh & Nly
Bis
Ambill
P Oma
Peso
Sa Gay
Soa
McMinnin County
Homan
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