Oregon State Fair Eugenic Baby Show Seeks Top Offspring
The Eugenic section at the Oregon State Fair sees entries from Southern and Eastern Oregon and coastal towns. Governor West will present Grand Champion trophies in the pavilion on Friday October 3, with exams viewed by the public between 8 30 and 9 p m. Lectures will follow at two oclock daily by noted figures from Oregon colleges and local clergy and rabbis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Central Development League
Willamette Valley
Oswald West
Kerr
Oregon Agricultural College
Campbell
University of Oregon
L. R. Dyott
W. B. Hinson
Benjamin Young
E. V. O’hara
Jonah B. Wise
Harry Beal Torrey
Reed College
O. M. Plummer
Oregon Exposition of Eugenics
Descriptive Epigrams Redefine a Suffragette in Contest
Prize winning reads joke about suffragettes with quips on devotion to power and poll rights. Epigrams spotlight vanity, reform zeal, and bold activism through playful, satirical lines.
Egotist Flubdub's College Son Opinion Cited
A Lippincott's note mocks an egotistical speaker Flubdub who claims broad knowledge. It mentions an argument with his college freshman son, illustrating pride and vanity in discourse.
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Lippincott’s
Adam and His Wife Echo a Family Joke
A brief, humorous exchange notes a man named Adam and his wife. The speaker attributes the man's luck to his wife and jokes about maternal influence and social example in a compact, old-time voice.
After Earth Is Heaven A Pratt Poem Reflection
Agnes L. Pratt quotes from Journal of Education in a meditation on sorrow, struggle, and eventual reward. The verses contrast night and light, winter and spring, and loss with gain, urging endurance before bloom and peace after hardship.
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Earth
Heaven
Agnes L. Pratt
Journal of Education
Local Social Notes From Week in McMinnville and Vicinity
Miss Edna Everest attended the State W C T U convention during the week. Several families and individuals were seen at the McMinnville School fair with names including Mr. and Mrs. F L Strait S W Atkinson Miss Nancy Atkinson A J Palmer Marguerite Johnson and others. Sabin and daughters Nellie and Grace left for their Kansas home after visiting the Moore residence. Maude McGuire won a trial at McMinnville last week. There is a call for the old school board to step down to allow progress. Victor Hendrickson Carlos Johnson Harry Crater Frank Remelard and Misses Hazel Miller and Florence McGuire entered Newberg High School Monday. Christine and Ruth Meyers began studies at Pacific College.
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Edna Everest
F. L. Strait
S. W. Atkinson
Nancy Atkinson
A. J. Palmer
Marguerite Johnson
McMinnville
Mr. Sabin
Nellie
Grace
Victor Hendrickson
Carlos Johnson
Harry Crater
Frank Remelard
Hazel Miller
Florence McGuire
Newberg High School
Christine
Ruth Meyers
Pacific College
Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Couples
Eliza V Dawson 22 wed Wilbur A Burdock 21 Myrtle B Arnold 18 wed W Delbert Miller 24. The text then digresses with generic quotes about knowledge and wisdom without further factual content.
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Eliza V Dawson
Wilbur A. Burdick
Myrtle B. Arnold
W. Delbert Miller
Cows Wear Specs Boosting Rural Industry
A Birmingham firm makes spectacles for cows to protect their eyes from snow glare. The venture began after a Birmingham entrepreneur noticed Siberian cattlemen adopting the leather horn strapped glasses. Demand grows as Siberian dairying expands and Canadian farms take up the system.
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Birmingham
Siberia
Now my little man asks for a round hole cut
A barber asks how to cut the boy's hair and the child replies he wants it like his papa's with a round hole at the top, a quirky request from a young boy named Jack.
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Papa
Jack
Everything Relative
Dialogue snippet shows Madge and Marjorie discussing summer coolness and clothing as a judge comments.
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Madge
Marjorie
Judge
Real Estate Transfers From Various Grantees in Oregon City
A series of property transfers listed includes Herbert W Burton and wife to G W and Olive V Byers for 1 acre in J B Rogers district. Other deeds show GG Bushman and wife to Perie and Etta E Mark for lots in Chapman's add Sheridan for $10. Fred Crawford et al to Sherman Crawford for lots in Deskin's 4th add Newberg for $1. A M Dickenson and wife to SC and Jane A Purkey for 53.44 acres in Mark Sawyer district. WM Ellis and wife to Mary Ellen Winans for portions of sections 28 29 and 33 for $10. Grace A Etzwiler et al to May L McCleery for 22 acres in NW section 26 for $10. Etzwiler et al to Frank Keyes 29 acres in NW section 26 for $10. Etzwiler et al to Cornelia M Roberts 53.21 acres in NE section 26 for $10. Etzwiler et al to Laura B Hardwick 20 acres in GG Glend Lo section 26 for $10. Emil Miller Jacobson to 1st Baptist Church of McMinnville small tract in city of McMinnville section 20 for $500. Frank T Keyes et al to Laura B Hardwick 20 acres in GG Glend.
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Herbert
Burton
GW & Olive
Byers
Rogers
Ellis
Mary Ellen Winans
Grace
Etzwiler
May L McCleery
Frank Keyes
Grace A
Cornelia M Roberts
N& Sec
Alto Laura B Hardwick
Glend Lo
Emil Miller Jacobson
1St Baptist Church of
McMinnville
City of
Frank T Keyes
Laura B Hardwick
Giend
Real estate transfers and land deals noted in Amity Sheridan Newberg area
A series of property transactions include Belle McCamey to Sherkins for 20 feet of N 20 feet, Meda Peterson to CE Barron for 1 block 3 Joseph Watt's add Amity at 340 dollars, AJ Sweeney to Frank A Sweeney Co for 672 acres and water right on McCoy Creek, S P Turner to Perie and Etta E Mark it 8 block 1 Bibee's add Sheridan for 700 dollars, Union Guarantee Association to DE and EE Emmett ne% sec 31 t5 s r8 w for 80 acres, WE Way to Pearl Bott 3 acres in J B Rogers dic 3 sr2 w except 66 cemetery Its 10 dollars, Western Bond & Mortgage Co to Sally E Beck tract 62 of Eola Walnut Groves for 10 dollars, and Mary and Lavina Williams to HR and LC Cobbit 7 8 block 11 Central add Newberg for 1350 dollars.
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Ieee
Belle McCamey
Sherman Crawford
Newberg
Meda Peterson
CE Barron
Joseph Watt
Amity
AJ Sweeney
Frank A Sweeney
McCoy Creek
Moore’s Valley Orchard
Turner
Perie & Etta
Bibee
Sheridan
Union Guarantee Association
de& EE
Western Bond & Mortgage Co
Sally E Beck
Eola Walnut Groves
Mary & Lavina Williams
HR & LC Cobbit
Central
Executor and Executrix Notice of Clemenson Estate
Notice that Charle J. re and Marie K. Evan are named executor and executrix of John C. Clemenson’s estate by Yamhill County Court Oregon. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within six months from notice date August 21, 1913. Bult, Attorney for estate.
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Joby C. Clemenson
Yamhill
Ceuta
Clemenson
Sounty
Charle J. Re
Marie K. Evan
John C. C
Bult
Administrator's Notice in Yamhill County Oregon
Notice is given that the sororities have been named administrator of the estate of Isaac B. Kamey deceased by the county court of Yamhill County Oregon and have qualified. Creditors must present claims to the administrator at Newberg Oregon within six months from the date of this notice. Dated September 1 1913. H. A. Mills, Administrator.
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Sane Beaty
Sooeneet
Yamhill County
Oregon
Newberg
Yamphill County
A. Mills
Isaac B. Kamey
Drill Sharpening Delay At Georgia Quarry
A contractor Major Jackson orders Zeb the general utility man to fetch a drill for sharpening. Zeb exits to the blacksmith shop but lingers, claiming the task is not his boss’s business, sparking a moment of local workplace delay.
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Jackson
Georgia
Zeb
Fuseli Fends Off Small Talk With Quip About Dinner
The artist Fuseli disliked chatter about weather and trivial topics. While surrounded by trifling visitors, he stayed silent then blurted We has peck t for dinner to day. The remark drew surprise from a guest who called it odd, noting it rivaled their own conversations.
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Fuseli
Mr. Fuseli
Lippincott’s
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Adam
Maude McGuire
Pearl Bott
Cemetery
Lipincott’s
United States National Bank
Victor
Sheet Metal Works
First Street
F. H. Griffith
Oregon State Fair
Woodburn
Albany
Junction City
Eugene
Fair Grounds
John M. Scott
Portland
E. H. Woodward
Newberg, Oregon
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