Portia Club Notes on May Meeting and Upcoming Events
Portia Club plans May 12 gathering to elect delegates for the June Worcester meeting. Reports from Mrs. Rokat on Columbian Club and Home Industry Week profits show growing local interest. Clean Up Day and decoration preparations, fountains awaiting installation, Mexican talk receipts of ten dollars, and Domestie Science activities noted. Art topics featured Americans in Painting and Sculpture with Mrs. Neilson, plus musical numbers by Mrs. Dunn and Miss Helen Thurston. Parliamentary practice starts at 2:00 sharp with drill to follow.
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Déti Dhe
Welsor
Dia
Eissed
Mexico
Migs Grotho
Miss Cree
Domesic Seiente
Neilson
Dunn
Helen Thurston
Young Man Seeks Ranch Work and Y Progress Note
A Payette brief notes a young man arriving over 3000 miles from home with little money. The Y M C A aids him with food, shelter, and a job lead as he strives to rebuild. The piece highlights Y activities, upcoming May 19 event, and tennis grounds work closing with social and organizational details.
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Hself
St Ty Association
Payette
One
Coughanour
RL. Shaw
Courte Payette
Sells Floto Circus Promises Back Again At Town
Town residents hear distant circus strains as Sells Floto Circus returns, with promoter Mr Hinines arranging contracts and noting prices unchanged. Local ads offer produce and merchandise for sale including hens, produce, and a two bicycle sale, while J W Barry advertises rent and nearby offerings.
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J. W. Barry
Stean
j-Nelson Wilber
Payotts Bruit C
Bowman
Washoe items note school events and local farming updates
The Washoe school and community scene includes a May 10 program with readings and music, fundraisers, and a carnival atmosphere. Frictionless reports mention fruit crops, irrigation work, a new pumping plant, and a rising soap powder output. Teachers, parents, and students plan for a May 1 festival and end-of-year activities, with classroom displays and community involvement highlighted.
Oregon Short Line Electrification Plan Emerges
Reports say Oregon Short Line seeks bids from major electric power firms to electrify its southern Idaho main line from Montpelier to Huntington. The plan aims to cut operating costs, relieve capacity strain, and may extend to feeding mines and related routes as railroads shift toward electric traction.
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Oregon Shen
Eutieg Paltroad
Pocateilo
Diduwn Tie Curniaking
Cnra
Aguthers Thahug
Syatom
Rallrod Wien
Oregon Short Line
Necaxmry
Idaho
Montpelier
Huntington
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
Elce
Montanda
Denver & Rio Grandere
Beltdine
Baltimore
Western Electric
The King as a Largely Figurative Figurehead
The New York American argues the English king has no legislative veto and must sign a death warrant only if both houses unite. The prime minister leads governance, while the king serves consultative and ceremonial roles, an ornamental rather than useful part of Britain’s constitution.
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England
New York American
714 Crimson Gulch
In Washington Star fashion the dialogue cites Hinte Pate reflecting on nations sharing a crude view of shooting prowess as a natural claim to status, folded into a peculiar quotation about gunmanship and entitlement. The fragment hints at a Western or satirical column with mock solemnity.
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Crimson Gulch
Hinte Pate
Washington Star
Unclaimed British Bank Funds Hit Millions
The London press reports that millions of pounds sit unclaimed in British banks. Old accounts, often with six figure sums, remain open for years while owners forget or fail to claim them. Some funds have funded public works and pensions for widows, while banks keep others as unclaimed profits.
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Holuby
Goschun
Bank of Bigland Tlove
Thule
London
Bank of Pacland
Toto
Tower of Hercules and Dover Lichthouses From Roman Era
Travelers along the English Channel at Dover can view the ruins of a Roman lighthou se built during Britain’s conquest era. A second lighthous e, erected within a century afterward, remains in use guiding ships to Br igintium’s port, now La Corunna harbor, preserving the ancient tower name Hercules. Built between 98 and 117 A D, inscrip tions and evidence place its date in Trajan’s reign.
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Hercules
English Channel
Dover
Britain
Bay of Biscay
Brigintium
Ta Cornna
Force of Habit and the Burglary Tale from Chicago Record-Herald
A fragmented quotation recounts Wappe ter?! rye, an avid fisherman, spinning tall tales of a burglar capture and a larger escape. The Chicago Record-Herald quotes bold, humorous boasts about monster-sized catches and a dramatic but likely exaggerated incident at night.
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Wappeter
Rye
Chicago Record-Herald
Transformation of Percy on the Beach
A child Johnny asks about limpets while walking with his father on the beach. The exchange reveals a playful, clipped humor as the dad dismisses questions about change and clingy rocks, echoing a Kipling style aside.
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Percy
Johnny
Cissy
Kipling
Papa
Papi
Father
Johny
London
There Was a Coolness in Chelsea Hat Gossip
Two fashionable Philadelphia women greet in Chelsea and praise hats then discuss money from Paris. The next day their children taunt one another about hats. A mutual friend’s gathering reveals a冷 tense mood and a chill between the families across Philadelphia society.
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Philadelphia
Chelsea
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Jones
John
Paris
Susie Brown
Jones
Mr. Brown
Mr. Jones
Philadelphia Times
Manatee Face Extinction Warning Amid 19th Century Curiosity
The New York World reports on the rapid decline of the manatee once common in the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic waters. It details its gentle nature, ease of capture, and high market value for meat and hides, noting skeletons fetch $100 and stressing the need to preserve specimens to prevent total loss of a remarkable sea creature.
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Mexico
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
New York World
Mothers Day Observed at Local Church Services
Mothers Day will be observed at the church next Sunday with Bible School preparing a space program of music and recitations. Mothers and faith ers are invited to attend the service. The pastor will preach a sermon Sunday morning. Special music for all services. After a vacation the orchestra has returned and will render splendid service both morning and evening. For Rent One hundred and forty shares of Farmers' Ditch water stock inquire at Peyette Valley Railroad office.
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W. M
Caldwell
Illey
Mos
Aehuul
Mhhael
Woahbe
Payette
Spake
Avuid Iwow
Rox Epray
Joondiderabie
Henry Stevens
Calon County
Oregon
Rosenberg
Cwldwell
Isby
Mable Shamberger
McMillan
Shamberger
Butte
Montana
French
Bible School
Inquire Et Peyette Valley Railroad Office
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Portia Club
Sells-Floto Circus
Ma. Howe
Atchison, Kansas
Selis Floto
Circus Stiow
Maines
Haines
Mr. Hinines
Thin Sec
Furniah
Payet Fruit Packing Association
Payitee Vrust Packing Company
Wood Spur
Alb
Kaynnsley
Overor
Uva
Jonathans
Jouhans
Ben
Pugett
H. Smith
Payette Fraj Packing Association
Geo. Lattig
Payette Valley
Srd
Payette Joie Storage Company
Coleridge
Munster
Euthnent
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Combarbuien
Tle
Mick Ife
Feutr
Curiona
Tertor
Kwannya
Japan
Lis Teaver
Pearson
Serge
Melegottour
Helles Bes
Journal
herve—Henry Sick
Superior
E. C. Keith & Son
Howe of Hart Schaffner & Marx
Stetson & Walk-Over Shoes
Samuel Butler
Satoris
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