Oregon Information Bureau reports settlers found and outreach efforts
The Oregon Information bureau in Portland reports 95 settlers located in Oregon in the three months ending March 1, plus 12 letters requesting homes, 1,575 letters mailed, and 1,768 literature items distributed. Umatilla County shows limited exhibits. Pendleton Woolen Mills provided two Indian robes attracting visitors. The bureau notes 4,916 registrations and thousands of literature pieces distributed, with ongoing outreach and trips to promote Oregon.
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Oregon
Umatilla County
East Oregonian
Pendleton Woolen Mills
de A. Lefour
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Echo
Farmers’ Club
LeRoy
East
Board of Trade and Promotion Committees
California
San Francisco
Roosevelt Defends Brother in Law Over Battleship Conning
The president defends Captain Cowles, brother-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, amid a court of inquiry into the battleship Missouri’s mismanagement of navigation. Reports say the inquiry’s telegraphic transmission caused administrative confusion as officials await findings. Roosevelt is reportedly strenuous in handling the matter.
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Moody
White House
Missouri-llinois
Cowles
Roosevelt
Washington
Mixaouri
Thst
Court of Inquiry
A Harbinger’s Glove Riddle in Friedland Births
A Frisian village birth announcement tests local custom as a single bearer visits homes wearing one white glove and one black glove to signal both birth and death, a resourceful compromise in the village tradition.
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Fathmus
Mwain
Orth Walia
Friedland
Minimal Gossip Note About Mins Te Style Hair
A short, fragmentary exchange asks what color to call Mins Te Style’s hair while noting the speaker has not seen her for nearly a week. The remark hints at gossip and casual curiosity about the persona.
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