Yakima Indians to Welcome Spring at Wapato
North Yakima Wash three hundred Yakima Indians gathered at Wapato for the annual spring ceremony. Invited the salmon to swim the stream and berry bushes to bear crops while old customs guided the feast and toasts in pure water. Guests of honor included A J Splawn former Indian Agent Jay Lynch S E Farria and L V Mc Whorter who praised progress and irrigation projects yet urged development not imposed by white settlers. They proposed financing the Wayato irrigation project by timber and tribal land sales.
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Yakima
Wash
Wapate
A. J. Splawn
Jay Lynch
Wapato
Adams Happenings From Adams Oregon Local Notes
Special correspondence from Adams Oregon dated April 28 reports Fred Blake of Pendleton loading a carload of wheat at Adams and planning another to Havana. Pendleton visitors, aviation meet attendance trips to Walla Walla, and several residents visiting friends in Salem Pilot Rock and Portland are noted along with health updates and school outing details.
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Adams
Ore
Fred Blake
Interior Warehouse Company
Pendleton
W. J. Carey
Havana
OG. M. Lewie
McCollins Tady
la Grippe
W. H. Ferguson
John King
Salem
Ora
Wade Holdman
Cold Springs
MekKenny
Itoy Devain
Clara Nelson
Clodine
E. G. Marquis
Mr. Nelson
Milton
J. T. Lieuallen
Stella
Winifred Gless
J. Winn
Walla Walls
Lieuallen
Garden City
J. Adams
Walla Walla
City of
Ike Christopher
McBean
Adams Public School
Boxes Ordered Removed From Dallas Restaurants
Dallas officials enacted an ordinance to remove private booths in restaurants to curb liquor carried to booths bypassing saloon restrictions. The move targets enforcement of the strict model saloon law once praised by Dallas for its early adoption.
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Dallas
The Magnetic Poles Move Over Centuries
The northern magnetic pole slowly moves westward along the seventieth parallel and over three or four centuries may encircle the geographic north pole and return near its present location. The southern pole follows a similar path around the south geographic pole. In U S cities like Omaha and Sioux City compasses would point toward the north star near the north geographic pole, while the magnetic pole remains about 1500 miles north of it.
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North Pole
United States
Omaha
Sioux City
Topeka
Galveston
Commander Peary
Earliest Use of Mineral Ink Described
The article notes that ancient India Ink made from lampblack and gine appeared on papyrus, while vellum manuscripts show iron gall inks introduced by the ninth century. Iron ink, though less permanent than carbon ink, penetrates fibers and resists air and light, unlike carbon ink which can be spongeable from vellum.
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India
Age and Youth in Howells’s View on Aging
The quotation notes W. D. Howells on age and youth. He observes mothers react with delight when told their daughters resemble their younger selves but daughters feel startled. The reflection contrasts generations and mirrors aging perspectives.
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W. D. Howells
Turn to the Light in Portugal Elections Postponed
In Lisbon, April 29, the general elections under the republican regime were postponed again, now set for May 14. The note urges fixing upon any light spots amid clouds and turning thoughts away from the sky.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Shaving not fatal tale lampoons barber fear
In a humorous Emporia Gazette column a reader asks for shaving advice and the editor mocks the fear of the barber shop. He notes modern painless shaves and decades of advances, implying the complainant lacks courage or modern sense.
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Alfalfa
Emporia Gazette
Microscopic Messages Carried by Pigeons
Harper's Weekly reports a pigeon's remarkable use in siege Paris carrying up to 40,000 words in one trip via microscopic photography. Messages were printed, photographed, and reduced onto collodion pellicles. a two inch square film held 50,000 words.
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Paris
Harper's Weekly
Whistler and the White Lock Legend
The article recalls James McNeill Whistler famed for a conspicuous white lock and his humorous remark about Dorothy Menpes, daughter of artist Mortimer Menpes, when a feather rested on her head matching his style. He predicted the child would grow into something great.
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Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
Dorothy Menpes
Mortimer Menpes
Gypsy Queens and Regal Funerals Across Nations
The piece notes Matilda Stanley and Esther Fan Blythe as gypsy queens honored with funeral rites and coronations in Dayton and England. It contrasts lavish ceremonies with harsh laws, citing an 1502 act in London that criminalized merely being seen among gypsies for a month, while harsher penalties existed for being a gypsy.
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America
Matilda Stanley
Dayton
England
Esther Fan Blythe
Lst
Society of Gypsies
A Premium on Marriage in Global Tax Practice
The article notes Belgium grants married men two votes per election while single men have one. In Madagascar, civic duties rely on fatherhood or payment. Unmarried or childless men at twenty five pay $3.75 annually. women who are single or childless at twenty four are taxed $1.80 yearly.
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Belgium
Madagascar
Friendly Match Pronouncement In Golf Said With Wit
A London Telegraph quip on golf, noting a so called friendly match can never be purely friendly. It highlights the sport’s competitive edge and the rivalries that always color the game.
Friendship as a guiding principle in daily life
A brief reflective note from the East Oregonian, printed for readers via carrier at 6 cents per month, observes that much is accomplished in the name of friendship. The sentiment frames everyday conduct and social ties as a public virtue.
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East Oregonian
Pendleton's Exclusive Plumbers Ad Declares Affordable Service
An advertisement by Pendleton's Exclusive Plumbers at Court and Garden Streets, phone Black 2666, promotes affordable plumbing with a promise of steady future business from first-time customers and a guaranteed garden hose for a healthy lawn.
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