Early Oregon Statehood News Reaches Salem by Telegraph
February 14 1859 Oregon was admitted to the Union by act of Congress. News traveled by telegraph to Salem after delays of 29 days, then by Overland mail to San Francisco and steamship to Oregon City, with a mounted messenger delivering the news in Salem that evening. Four communication methods relayed the continent.
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Ask Me Another General Quiz Bonanza
The item lists eight trivia prompts on topics from military costs to nobility ranks and historical clocks. Questions cover gun costs, constitutional delegates ages, Gandhi’s marital status, British titles, Howard Hughes flight times, aircraft roles, urban vs rural college attendance, and the Senate clock history.
Answers to historical quiz items across early 1900s notes
The piece lists facts on a 16 inch gun cost per round about 3000 dollars. It cites Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania then 81 and Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey aged 26. notes a man married at 33 in 1906 took a perpetual vow of celibacy and mentions titles, ages, and families. It explains attack and pursuit planes, rural and urban college attendance, and a government clock gifted in 1803 with 17 stars.
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Democracy and youth views on misbehavior in families
The text contrasts two parental views of misbehavior seen by children with grandparents present. It argues against pessimism while urging civic engagement and voting, noting skepticism toward dictators and the value of silence in politics. It also muses on airplanes, romance, and the role of machinery in modern life.
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