Stover Reports Winter Irrigation Experiments in Oregon
Arthur B. Stover irrigation engineer reports advances from his winter irrigation experiments in Umatilla County Oregon and other regions. The department releases a 30 page circular on irrigation practice in Oregon detailing methods flood irrigation furrows and cheek systems with data on stream flow and precipitation for farmers. The study notes private irrigation use has reduced water in streams and suggests options for water conservation and government projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Umatilla County
Oregon
Arthur B. Stover
Umatilla
A. P. Stover
Peru
Stover
Lie
Brower
Crook Calety
Kilsmith
Kent
Sunda
Watley
Severnl
Dovehuters River
Wdalee
Maxwell
Uinta Countliet
Klamath
Department Up
California Prune Wafers product note
A pleasant agreeable laxative prescribed by physicians and recommended by druggists as an invaluable substitute for mineral pills and castor oil. Each box contains 100 wafers priced at 25 cents.
Invention of the first tramway engine by Trevithick
A historically cited note recounts Richard Trevithick as the originator of the high pressure tram engine used to apply steam to locomotion. It mentions the Cornish and Pen-y-Darren works creation, and a wager by Merthyr Tydvil with Richard Crawshay about transporting iron by steam along a tram road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chard Trevithlck
Michard Trevithick
Tevi Jones
William Riichards
Trevithick
Itla
Cornwall
Pen-y-Darren
Rlichard Trevithick
Samuel Homfray
Merthyr
Basin
Touching for King’s Evil in the 17th Century Practice
Excerpt discusses royal touch for the king’s evil in 1001 to 1082 and later references to Charles II. It notes certificates by parish officers, the ceremonial coin with a hole, and instructions for ministers to verify past touches. Also mentions sea salt origins and ocean current factors including salinity, temperature, and winds as drivers of global heat distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaez
Hambledon
Bucka
Mary Wallington
Parkh
St. BE
Chester Waters
Charles
London
Continents
Theatre encounter between a duke and a viscount sparks witty exchange
Two young nobles, a duke and a viscount, meet at a theater and playfully tease each other. The duke, pretending to be an usher, offers his bond and asks for a programme. The viscount, quick and witty, replies that he already has one from the other fellow.
How He Told It in Two Papers
Dialogue fragments from Indianapolis Star and New York Press show a teacher praising a pupil Toby for exam results reasoning with family about sense and inheritance. The exchange underscores parental pride and generational views on education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Toby
Beases
Indianapolis
Mamma
New York Press
Doctor to perform operation tomorrow at a price
A doctor plans a fan operation tomorrow with Hewitt mentioning a 200 rate. The dialogue includes Jewett questioning the purpose and a woman’s home companion reference. The text also notes Carlyle’s remark about obeying a doctor while insisting on medical advice and a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Hewittt
Jewett
Hewitt
Carlyle
Antiquity of Beer Traces Brewing Across Civilizations
A Kansas City Independent report outlines beer's long history from ancient Egypt to Greece Rome and Gaul. It notes Romans spreading brewing to Britons and Britain’s later shift to hopped beer around 1924, with Puritans in New England promoting home brewing and colonial laws encouraging beer manufacture despite taxation shifts and cheap rum imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Xenophon
New England
Massachusetts
Jamaica
Kansas City
Cuttle Bone and Sepia Facts From a Curiosity Text
The article explains cuttle bone origin and structure as a chalky oval internal skeleton, its uses by smiths and bird fanciers, and clarifies sepia origins. It notes the bone’s light weight, porous composition, and the ink sac in cuttlefish used to create sepia, clarifying common misbeliefs.
Snow and Hall of Queer Colors Through History
The passage notes ancient and medieval reports of colored snows including red, yellow, and orange hues. It cites a Palermo hailstorm described as globules of colored matter, mentions Tuscany stones of bright yellow, a 1808 German event, red snow known to explorers as crimson cliffs, and various regions with multi colored frozen layers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Palermo
Fromen
Afarel
Tuscany
Carnioja
Germany
Weyland
Erim Botheno Witleth
Henry
Bird Preferences In Food and a Clever Jackdaw
Experiments show binis avoid right colored caterpillars while a raised jackdaw judges caterpillars by color and texture, devouring plain prey but shunning the bright ones. A Rambler from London Dispatch critiques book learning as the curse of education, claiming mechanics often surpass clerks and even employers in real knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fa Fk
Rambler
London Dispatch
Vield Description and a Quip on Cunning Knavery
An East Oregonian snippet quotes Mrs Hornihand and Cousin Vi describing a husband with blunt speech and a worn face, followed by a cautious remark about cunning leading to knavery and the slippery line between truth and deception in a mock dialogue.
Hotel Arrivals Across Multiple Cities Reported
A list of guests staying at hotels in Portland North Yakima Spokane Walla Walla and other cities includes Hotel St George figures Wataen Malarkey Cramer Howick Barnett Dreutt Watkins Ries Cromer Morton McNaught Stulits Salt Brown Harney Bates Baker Lonergan Devon Ginene Brown and others. The report catalogs names and origins from the travel lodging scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlee Devonto
Milwaukee
A. E. Ginene
Moscow
2. W. Brown
Portland
Diverse Names Listed Across Cities and Hotels in Portland Area
A densely packed OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and families with their locations in Portland, San Francisco, Walla Walla, Spokane, and nearby towns. Names include Walter R. Hall, Mrs George Struthers, F Wieden, H Hecker, A C Ban, and many others, with various city affiliations such as Portland, Walla Walla, and New York. The passage appears to catalog attendees or correspondents for a regional social or business notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Yarles
Comstock
Sixplanes
Cy Hi
Hecker
San Francisco
A. C. Banehomft
Portland
William MM. Rosnett
St. Lovie
Ben Landauer
Laneville
F. Cowing
St. Pauly
Mo Asher
Fin Francieo
Han Cole
WP. Brandes
W. A. Shea
Denver
W.T. Shiney
W. Comenon
Spokane
Patlock
H. Burke
Adq
McArthur
Morthard
W. A. Shasher
James Leasin
Baker
Men Paet Sixty in Danger Prostate Kidney Warning
More than half of men over sixty suffer kidney and bladder disorders such as enlarged prostate. Foley's Kidney Cure is urged at first signs, claiming to correct irregularities and help many elderly men. Testimonial from Modney Burnett of Rockport Missouri notes relief after two bottles. Koeppen Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Modney Burnett
Rockport
Koeppen
Pendleton Wool Purchase Sets Market Tone at 17 Cents
Frank Lee agen for the Pendleton scouring works reports a purchase of the Lester Coffin wool clip from the Nez Perce, weighing about 12,000 pounds. The lot was of extra good quality and sold at 17 cents per pound, signaling top prices in the current market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Frank Lee
Agen
Lester Coffin
Lewiston Teller
What a New Jersey Editor Says Folers Honey and Tar Praised
The Phillipsburg Daily Post editor M T Lyne writes that he has used many medicines for coughs and colds but Folers Honey and Tar stands out as exceptionally effective for his family. He recommends Koeppen Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
M.T. Lyne
Phillipsburg
N. v
Daily Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stovers
Henaune
Mr. Stover
Syye
Milwauke Avenue State Bank
Chicago
California
United States
David B. Taff
THE
Land Man
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Kansas
King
East Oregonian
Tindaway Springs
Umaillia
T4ndleton
Heppner
Walle Wallan
Hidaway
Stige
Golden Rule Hotel
Hidaway Springs
J. D. Kirk
Frisco
Rock Island
Great Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Rio Grande
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Rock Island-Frisco Lines
Third St
Ore
Ite
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Bitterroot Range
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Mississippi
Thewaters
Pacific
Cleland
St. P Ant
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Great Pacific Northwest
Nee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!