Giant Wireless Station Planned Near Hillsboro
Federal Telegraph company buys 331 acres near Hillsboro to build a 620 foot aerial transmission tower and six smaller towers. Project costs exceed 200000 dollars with power supplied from North Coast Power. Construction to begin within days and aimed for operation by year start.
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Pacificorthwest
Federal Telegraph Company
Hillsboro
Oregonian
Lents
F. H. Barstow
Newton
Southern Pacific Electric Estate
Fred Rood
Coe A. McKenna
Coe A. McKenna & Co
Liberia
Europe
Asia
San Francisco
California
Board of Trade
North Coast Power Company
PTA Officers Host Social for Members at Grade School
The newly elected officers of the Parent-Teacher Association invite all members and interested adults to a social afternoon on October 65 at 3 p.m. at the grade school. Jennie D. Miller presides with Mrs Fritzpatrick as vice president and Mrs Kienle as secretary, Miss McConkey as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie D. Miller
Fritzpatrick
Kienle
McConkey
A Cold Reply From the Landseeker
A landseeker asks about early fresta. the old-timer replies that they are always there when he wakes, if they exist at all.
Returned Soldier Writes of War Journey and Wyoming Homestead
A nephew of Mr and Mrs Sargeant recounts service from Minneapolis to France and Germany in World War I, describes gas exposure and relief, then details discharge in Iowa and move to Gillette Wyoming to homestead near Sussex with plans for a dam sheep ranch and possible flax crop.
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Wm. Sargeant
Tacoma
Central High School
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minneapolis Tribune
St. Paul
Dispatch Printing Co
Farmer's Dispatch
Paul
Sioux City
Iowa
Sioux City Tribune
Brest
Brent
France
Hoboken
New York
Camp Dodge
Des Molines
Manafield
Ohio
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Wyoming
Gillette
Sussex
Salt Creek
Dry Fork
Westward Life and Work in Gillette and Newberg
A letter describes life on the Wyoming experimental farm at Gillette with crops including flax five wheat varieties five corn varieties and sunflowers. It notes Gillette as a railroad town with a lake from a flood and vivid West imagery. An urgent call in Newberg asks churches to collect and ship food and staff by early October for Mrs Stewart and Mrs Woodward.
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Bell
Johnston
Wyoming Agricultural School
Laramie
State Aggies
Gillette
Sudan
Central Africa
Burlington
West
Newberg
Stewart
Woodward
The Cyclone from Georgia to Speak at Portland Luncheon
Newberg residents plan a noon luncheon at First M E church in Portland next Wednesday honoring Mrs Mary Harris Armor known as the Cyclone from Georgia She visited Newberg in 1910 during a dry state campaign and sparked street demonstrations and college yells She will speak at the luncheon and again in the evening at the White Temple about the dry movement and a Dry World tour
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Newberg
Flist M. E
Portland
Mary Harris Armor
Georgia
Oregon
Pacific College
Friends Church
England
White Temple
Help Wanted for Needy Aid to Armenians
Mrs Sadie Stewart and Mrs W H Woodworth urge public clothing and bedding donations for Armenian suffering. Clean usable items for men women and children are requested. cash gifts are also welcomed to support purchase of supplies.
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The
Red Cross
Sadie Stewart
W. H. Woodworth
Pacific College Opening Sets Week of Registration
The new year at Pacific College begins next Monday with student registration. Prospective students are urged to register on the first day. The chapel opens Tuesday at 10 o clock with Professor Perry Macy delivering the address. the public is invited.
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Perry Macy
The Farm Labor Divide in a Growing Nation
A Knickerbocker Press editorial argues the soil is the nation’s true wealth and that farmers, along with their families, toil as hard as ever while other workers gain less. It warns that in fifty years landowners who secure food may become the aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
New York
Wall Street
Albany Knickerbocker Press
Annual meeting of Pacific College auxiliary
The woman's auxiliary to Pacific College holds its annual meeting Saturday at 2 30 pm in the girls dormitory. Full attendance is urged and interested women are welcome. A sofa pillow shower will be featured at the event.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Pacific College
In the Chair the Breeze of a Desert Kiss
The speaker recalls a near kiss with a man whose presence feels like a breeze. He guides the moment softly with a question about a trivial choice, Shall the filling be silver or gold, as the romance lingers in intimate dialogue.
Recommendations for Better Fire Protection in Newberg
State Fire Marshal submits to the city council a plan urging a one ton motorized fire rig with hose bed chemical tanks and ladders plus maintenance rooms for volunteers. It calls for a Fire Chief who is fire marshal to inspect hazards hydrants and equipment, and for more hydrants near college buildings to improve rapid response and overall safety.
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Newberg
How Coolidge Won His Wife
Fred John Splitstone recounts how Calvin Coolidge married Grace Goodhue in Burlington after meeting at the Clark school for the deaf. The couple formed a happy union, Grace aided Coolidge’s career, and their sons John and Calvin once delivered papers, growing up sturdy and self reliant.
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Coolidge
Grace A. Goodhue
Clark School For the Deaf
Northampton
Miss Goodhue
Burlington
Vermont
Goodhues
Mr. Good
No, your editor says write on both sides
A witty exchange about saving paper surfaces as a cartoonish quip. The editor complains of waste while a writer tries to justify double sided writing. The caption reflects humor about newspaper production and frugality.
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Boston Transcript
Jiggs Joke on Steak Shoppers and Instalments
A humor item notes Mr Jiggs boasting of a porterhouse while Mrs Jiggs questions its origin. He reveals he bought it from an instalment butcher paying $1 down and $1 a week. The quip reflects light consumer eases and credit culture.
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Mr. Jiggs
Prune Harvesters See Heavy Loss From Persistent Rains
Continuous rains dampen fields and delay drying as prune growers face a gloomy outlook. Prunes crack and drop, pickers struggle in wet ground, and buyers hold back amid uncertain demand while dryers run full, risking large crop losses unless weather clears.
How to Live Forever Morale Rules for Vital Health
A 1920 piece argues universal rules for health and longevity. It lists ten maxims from cleanliness and daily sweating to outdoor living, work, intelligent eating, cheer, love, living in the present, belief in goodness, and morale as the core of life.
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Federal Company
Parent-Teacher Association
Camp Grant
Illinois
Camp Upton
Long Island
Glasgow
Scotland
Rumaie
Winchester
Southampton
English
le Harve
St Andree de Cubsac
Bordeaux
Burg
St. Andre
Argonne Forest
Bois de Banterilie
Meuse
Steray
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Prum
Coblentz
Treis
Treves
Rhine
Trier
der Dom
St. Thomas
Tries
Catholic Europe
Priem
Post School of Libear Arts
Donald A. Young
Great E. Hamilton
DR. Frank Crane
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