Weston News: Brick Yard Ships 700000 Bricks for Walla Walla Bowing Alley
In Weston on Aug 20 updates report 700000 bricks shipped from the Weston brick yard for Mrs Stahl's Walla Walla bowling alley. Improvements continue at the Normal cottage ahead of next term. Miss Stella O Harra resigns from Weston public school faculty after illness and eye troubles.
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O'Garra
van Slyke Hart
van Winkle
Weston
Mra Stahl
Walla Walla
Norma
Eliis Pinkerton
Baker City
John van Slyke
Weaton Public School
Freewater Milton News Highlights and Local Happenings
Freewater Milton items note hunting trip on Blalock mountain by Miltonites and visits from Los Angeles, a Freewater W C T U convention planned for October, progress on the new brick block in Milton, late peaches ripening with promising crop, Meaders Park band concert attendance, and a tentative Peach Day celebration amid local prep and regional travel.
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Long Beach
Milton
Blalock Mountain
Los Angeles
T. Tv
Freewater
Joe Wet
W. C. Howard
Columbia College
Oregon
Washington
Meaders Park
Walla Walla
Bohoo
Ri. & Croker
C. D. Putnam
Nelle Yates
Pendleton
Freewater Women's Christian Temperance Union
Rose Ardella Davidson
Bradley, Mitchell & Hadley Company
William Clark
Prevton-Parton Milling Buys Bulk of Local Wheat
Athens Oregon August 29 The Prevton Parton Milling company has purchased over 200000 of about 250000 bushels sold at the station this season paying the highest market price from 70 to TG cents per bushel with blue stem fetching the top price. Campers returning from the coast praise the climate as ideal.
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Athens
Prevton-Parton Milling Company
The Lime of Life and Presidential Voyage
The piece argues life can extend beyond current limits with advanced knowledge and promotes Electric Bitters as a general tonic after age 50. It notes President Roosevelt boarded the Mayflower for Provincetown to mark the Pilgrim landing anniversary, with accompanying passengers including Mrs. Conveil and others, as Jack J. Wochow secures a San Francisco shipping role.
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Nature
Tallman & Co
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mana
Torpedobouta Worden
Hopkins
Mre
Ooneveil
Ethel
Quentin
Hyomel Ingested Cure Allegedly Clears Catarrh
Tallman & Co promote Hyomel as the only stomach dose that targets catarrh, claiming cures in chronic cases and offering a full money back guarantee with every outfit sold for $1.00.
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Tallman & Co
Coute
Deafness Cured? Hallie Catarrh Cure Promised
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the ear and Eustachian tube, claiming nine of ten cases from catarrh and offering one hundred dollars for any deafness cured by catarrh treatment. It promotes Hallie Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills from Toledo, Ohio.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Roldo
Umatilla Notes Highlight Local Improvements and Visits
Umatilla notes report a completed pump house and new water mains for immediate use, an extra room being added to the school for the forthcoming term, and improvements at the Duncan Home by B O Coliman. Local dairying expands with larger cow herds, residents travel to Cambridge and Walla Walla, and a Greek man pays a fine for an attempted assault on a switch engine engineer. The steamer Relief made a regular trip, and residents urge a local commercial group to push for a bridge, bank, and ferry on the Columbia.
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Tmatilla
Soho House
Duncan Home
B. O. Coliman
D. C. Brownell
Frank
James O'Conner
Cambridge
Idaho
Mixx
Clara Mappin
Walla Walls
Anna O'Connell
Walker
John McNarlen
Kennewick
Gray
Columbia
Frank Huffman
C. W. Depuy
Walla Walla
Will Landrum
la Grande
EB. T. Allen
Irrigan
James McCulloch
Pendleton
Recorder's Court
Engineer Davis
Relief
C C. Sandoz
Open River Transportation Company
Umatilla
Franklin’s Kite Experiment Outline by Franklin
A transcription of Franklin’s 1752 letter details building a light cedar cross kite with a silk handkerchief sail and a sharp wire key to conduct electricity from thunderclouds. The method involves protective shelter and careful avoidance of wet twine to observe the electric fire streaming from the key as the storm approaches.
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Franklin
Old Time Theaters Lighting in Garrick Era
The article notes eighteenth century Garrick era theaters used four overhead chandeliers to light actors while the rest of the stage remained dark, contrasting with modern fully lit stages. Chandeliers were lowered after performances as audience departed, casting light on faces and leaving background dim.
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Garrick
Drury Lane
Covent Garden
Blackwood
The Origin of the United States Motto E Pluribus Unum
A brief note on how John Adams and Sir Jon Prestwick influenced the motto E Pluribus Unum adopted by Congress in 1782. It describes the eagle emblem with a motto ribbon and changes in the talon arrows from thirteen to six in 1841, with unclear legal confirmation.
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John Adams
England
Jon Prestwick
Adams
Congress
Gentleman's Magazine
Roasting Coffee Techniques in Norway and France
A historical note describes adding butter during roasting to enhance flavor and aroma. In Norway a bit of butter is placed in a covered shovel used for roasting. In France a walnut-sized piece of butter is added with three pounds of beans and a spoonful of powdered sugar to develop a caramel taste and pleasing fragrance.
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Norway
France
Nixon
Bloody Meadow Battle Echoes at Tewkesbury
In Gloucestershire at the Avon and Severn confluence lies Tewkesbury where a famed war of the roses battle occurred on the Bloody Meadow just outside the town. Local tradition recalls annual anniversary reenactments by white and red rose factions reenacting the clash.
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Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
Avon
Severn
London
London Academy
Doesnt Know It All. Charlemagne Asked, History Gaps
Paris Journal notes a playful exchange about history showing a child’s limited schooling. The student claims to study the history of France and mentions Adam and Eve as the extent of their knowledge, highlighting gaps in learning.
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France
Charlemagne
Adam and Eve
Paris Journal
Fragmentary OCR News Snippet Hits Speech and Opinion Tone
An unclear OCR sample references Detroit Free Press and The Oregonian with phrases about cheering, clouds, and a punchy line about eating. It mentions London Ladies Meld and prop asides, but the meaning is fragmentary and lacks a clear event or person.
Cotton Warehouses Boost Texas Farm Investment
The Farmers' Union in Texas has invested over $1.5 million in cotton warehouses as the upcoming season nears. More than 300 facilities exist now, with plans to reach 1,560 statewide. The effort aims to raise prices to at least 12 cents per pound and cut middlemen out of profits. In Oklahoma, seven counties plan a cooperative cotton gin each, run by union members with stock sold to farmers for machinery funding. The piece notes broader socialist congress activity in Germany.
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Lone Star State
Union
Oklahoma
Texas
Farmers’ Union
Kansas City Star
South
Co-Operative Institution
Cutiours Remedies and the Sixteen Year Heirloom Story
A fragmented 1905 note recounts a youth’s humor as Cutiours Remedies were passed down over ty years. The text mentions H. Smith and a December 1, 1005 date, with references to remedies and a lad who endured through time.
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H. Smith
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Athena Great Wheat Market
Jack J. Wochow
Portland
Shipping Commissioner
San Francisco
Franklin's Kite
Dumpa
Detroit Free Press
Oregonian
Parters
Texas Warehouse Trust
Stutteart
Germany
Th Countelen
Ruefenacht
KR. F. D
Ermal
Tae
the Fair Dep’t. Store
Pendleton, Oregon
Rock Riette
Frisco
la Salle Street
Rock Inland
Frisco Lines
Chicago
la Salle
Rock Island-Frisco Lines
Ore
Northwestern
GAS @ ELECTRIC CO
Matlock Building
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
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