Astoria Welcomes Oregon Development League Delegates
Astoria will host the Oregon Development League convention August 14 16 1923 as part of the centennial celebration. Delegates will discuss publicity problems and share methods to aid development workers while touring Astoria’s sites and hearing speeches from regional leaders and national figures.
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Portland, Or
Astoria
Oregon Development Rogue
Progres
Oregon
Idta
Jeff Moter
Mosier
Ore
O. C. Young
Culver
W. Sigler
Dayton
Hi. Briand
Warrenton
J. M. Wilkes
Eugene
J. G. Bawbill
Bent
Jas
J. Syre
Field Fecruary of
Oregon Development League
W. L Cridney
Mortland Commercial Chub
Organization Diy
Rallrond
C. C. Chapinfin
William Hunley
Burns
Central Oregon Development League
Hone
Hogs and Harmony
J. W. Brewer
William M. Colvig
Melford Commercial Club
James S. Brady Boise
Idaho
Western Development Asociation
Tom Richardson
John FP. Carroll
Evening Telegram
Oswald West
Portland
IF Johnson
EL Raley
Dendleton
Oreron
Poreten
A. F. Hofer
Faler Board of Trade
State Board of Immigration
Lively
Portland Calon Stockyards Company
W. J. Kerr
Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural College
R. J. Alferman
Salem
PL. Campbell
University of Oregon
Louis W. Hill
St Paul
Great Northern Railway
Opportunity
Lovett
Harriman System
Howard Elliott
St. Paul
Northern Paelic Railroad
Carl 8. Gray
Hill Lines
League
Louis W Will
National Good Roads Association
Sam Hill
Worden
Klamath Falls
C. S. Jackson
Oregon Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
A 19th century ad declares Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to destroy the disease’s foundation and restore health, offering $1000 to anyone it fails to cure and urging readers to send for testimonials from Toledo, Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Ball
Hall
Testimonial for York & York Kidney Treatment in Walla Walla
A patient from Walla Walla credits Doctors York and York with curing chronic kidney and stomach issues after years of illness and various medicines. The letter praises the doctors and invites inquiries with a free consultation paper and circular, requesting a 2 cent stamp.
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York & York
York & York Medicine Coo
W. Main St. Walla Walla Wa
Millionaire Leftwich Tours America in Car Caravan
Nashville financier Leftwich family travels 5000 mile Midwest to East in a large touring car. They travel with a maid and valet Shirley Hibbitt and camp under tents with sleeping bags strapped to the car. The journey notes sleeping outdoors unless weather worsens and mentions the first Roman bridge over the Tiber in 626 B.C.
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Meveland
Owlo
W. M. Leftwich
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Leftwich
Middle West
East
Shirley Hibbitt
Dolliver and the Dahlias in Washington Folly
The Minneapolis Journal recalls a 1900s scene where Senator Dolliver thanked cheering Swedes for dahlias as the crowd roared. A dialogue with Senator Clapp of Minnesota asks what towers are. Dolliver jokes that calling them American Beauties could have provoked a mob.
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Dolliver
Senator Dolliver
Clapp
Minnesota
Clapp Dolliver
Washington
Minneapolis Journal
Door Confusion on Train Sparks Unlikely Bond
A man left a car door open on a train. A burly passenger shouted, scolding him for manners. The weeping man sobbed, but soon explained the joke. The exchange ends with shared humor as the door incident reveals homesick nostalgia about a barn.
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Tloutsville
The Speeder Way and a Patient London Answerer
An odd tale describes a man born lazy who cannot help dozing, needing many sleeps to shave, yet after a long fourteen hours of rest he appears more idle than ever. A patient, trusting customer endures this in a candid moment while the adviser jokes about a remedy involving holding the brush steady and nodding toward London Answers.
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Ferenl
London
Making Things Hum In Rome Applause Traditions
The New York Herald notes Romans used three applause forms the bombus imbrices and the testae. The bombus was a decorous hum not explosive like its modern connotation. Imbrices used cupped hands and testae clapped hands together. The article questions whether Romans truly clapped at all.
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Rome
New York Herald
A Shabby Coat Collar Restored by Cleaning
A Boston Herald note explains how a coat collar that looks shabby can be revived. Scrub with turpentine, let sit, reapply turpentine, scrape loose dirt, sponge with alcohol, and wipe dry. Hang in an airy place for an hour or two to regain a fresh, like new appearance.
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Boston Herald
How It Wasquotation About Wealth and Targeted Book
A New York Herald quip contrasts wealth and authorship with a joking line about a book titled Sints to Beautiful Women. The exchange implies satire on wealth and beauty, noting that plain women are the book’s implied buyers while wealthy women are not.
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Sints
New York Herald
A Rite and a Wrong Quote in a Boston Transcript
A vintage quip contrasts marriage as a rite by the ancients with bachelorhood as a modern wrong, voiced by a forty year old maiden. The remark appears in a Boston Transcript collection of witticisms.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Mixed quotes on marriage and trouble from old papers
Exchange of wry lines about marriage and mischief shows a quip about twins quarrels and bruisers. A Cleveland humorist notes marriage intentions while other items hint at novelty lines from London Tit-Bits and La Verite. Oregonian ad offers home delivery for 5 cents monthly.
Pendleton to Wallowa Lake Park Camping Rates
Rates for tent camping near Wallowa Lake Park advertise 1 tent with 1 bed at 1.00 per day and 1 tent with two beds at 1.76 per day. Weekly rates range to 7.50 for 1 tent with 2 beds. Meals available at local restaurant. 5.50 meal tickets offered at 5.00. Horse rental 25c per hour. Dancing on select days. Excursion rates listed from follow points.
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Northwest
Graswellen
Adame
Athena
Baker City
Durkee
Elgin Enterprise Ett
Gihbon
Haines One
Hilgerd Hot Lake Ce
Huntington
Imbler
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Union
Wallowaa Een
Warton
Wanted Salesman for Exclusive Yakima Valley Territory
Toppenish Nursery Company in Toppenish Washington seeks a salesman for an exclusive territory selling Yakima Valley grown fruit shade and ornament stock. No experience required. Earn cash weekly. Outfit free. Big opportunities in a strong regional market.
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Yakima Valley
Qutfit
Toppenish Nursery Company
Toppenish
Wash
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Oliver
Howelk
Hostetter
Raley Ias
H. L. Henderson
John E. Gratke
Theodoreb. Wilcox
Provident Oregon Development League
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Amily Pilla
Andr. Berg
B.C
Tiber
J. Ching Wo
Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla
I. Ching Wo
Viswt
Tie
Tam
Victor
Cal
L. Chlnge
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L. Ching WO Chinese Medicine Company
Weer Hose Street
Waka Walla
Dahliias
Clarkins
Bruiser
Maliy
Oregonian
Pendleton
Wallowa Lake Park
Wallawa Lake Amusement Company
Oregon Lumber Yard
A. H. Cox
Jesse Failing
Bridge
Chichrater
Ferma
United States
Europe
East Oregonian
East Oregonian Pub. CO
Pendleton, Ore
Madam Kennedy
East Court Street
East Oregonian Office
E. O
Classified
Insurance and Land Business
Hartman Abstract CO
Umatilla
Jm Pendleton
James Johns Press
H. Marsh
Bentley & Leffingwell
CITY
Thompson Street
Carney & Bradley
Props
Phone Malia
J. L. Vaughan
Tno
Schmidt Block
Pendleton Lodge No
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A. M
Brothen
Damon Lodge NO
K. of P
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D. B. Waffle
C. C
R. W. Fletcher
K. R
Oregon Oil
Chicago
Pilot Rock
Spokane
daArr
Bjibaom
R Pendleton
H. 8. Garfield
M. D
Homeopathic
Judd Block
Lynn K. Blakeslee
Judd Building
Main
Court Streets
Malin
DR. Thomas Vaughan
D. C. M'Nabb
Koeppen
W. Lassen
McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
Bush St
Raley
James A. Fee
Attorney AT Law
Despain Building
R. J. Slater
Carter & Smythe, Attorneys At Law
American National Bank
James B. Perry
Taylor Hardware
Lowell & Winter
Law
Despain Bunlding
George W. Coutts
Peterson & Wilson Attorneys At Law
Smith- Crawford Building
Phelps & Steiner, Attorneys At Law
Smith-Crawford Building
Chas. J. Ferguson
Douglas W. Bailey
Taylor Hardware Co
Johnson & Skrable, Attorneys At Law
Despain ‘Building
Osee D
John
Baker
Auctionfer
Secol F. G
National Bank of Athena
Farmers’ Bank of Weston
Strohle
E. Court Street
China Restaurant
Ngra Eeals
Aasy
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