Grain Yields Mixed as Weather Turns Dry Across Regions
The western district reports cooler weather with grinding drought risks as pastures shrink and stock lose flesh. Fall wheat and barley yield well, spring wheat and oats shriveled by heat, and apples look smaller with a below average crop. Harvests continue across multiple counties. rain is needed for pastures, late potatoes, and grazing grounds.
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Columbia River Valley
Dalles
Waken County
A. Urequhart
Pendi¢ton
Umatilla
HJ. Taylor
Weatot
Maud M. Baker
Baker City
Haker County
W. C. McGuines
Kity
Oat
Wheat Corps
Haines
Baker County
J. K
Bummerville
Union County
W. EB
Deschutes
Crook County
John Atkinson
American Anthropology Meeting Opens in San Francisco
San Francisco hosts the American Anthropological Association annual gathering with a large turnout. Noted participants include President F W Prinam and scholars from Harvard Yale National Museum Philadelphia Brooklyn Englewood New York Ethnological Survey of Canada and others.
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San Francisco
Amerian Anthropological Association
Missouri River
F. W. Prinam
Associaion
BR. A. Dison
Harvard University
A. Herdilecka
Naional Museum
Washington
George Grant MacCurdy
Yale University
Lipton Cup yacht races open in San Diego
The Lipton Cup contest opened in San Diego under ideal conditions with the San Diego Yacht Club hosting. Sailors will race over three days from Coronado against California’s leading yachts, including several of the fleet’s finest.
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San Diego
Cal
Lipton
Rooms for Pendleton and Umanilla County People at Portland Fair
Rooms available for Pendleton and Umanilla County visitors at the Portland Fair. Write to Mrs. William B. Bolton, 674% Wirth Street, Portland, Oregon. Convenient to grounds with breakfast included. Rates $1.60, $1.26 and $1.60.
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Pendleton
Umanilla County
Portland
Mra
William B. Bolton
Wirth Street
Ore
Lehman Springs Stage Schedule Update
The Lehman Springs stage begins Saturday June 30 and runs through October 1 carrying passengers from Lindmy's table on Cottonwood Street.
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Lehman Springs
Lindmy’s
Mable
Cottonwood Street
Wanted Ladies Clothes Ironers at Robdin Laundry
Local domestic laundry seeking skilled ladies to operate ironing equipment. Prior experience preferred but not required. Apply to Robdin Son's Domestic Laundry for wages, hours, and job duties.
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Robdinson
Dust in Our Eyes and Dust From the Sky
Fred W. Saxby notes in Strand Magazine that people constantly collect curious things without seeking them. Meteoric dust falls worldwide from ships to deserts and mountains, iron-rich particles easily gathered by magnets, and diatom dust from microscopic plant skeletons blown inland. Seafarers report varied dust types, with eye irritation during heavy falls.
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Fred W. Saxby
Strand
Secretary Seward and the shaping of U S foreign policy
William Garrett Brown argues that Secretary Seward influenced Johnson era policy more than some acknowledge. He credits Seward with presenting America to Europe as a nation of strength, reaffirming ties with Latin republics, and pushing expansion toward the Pacific as a field for trade and influence.
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Seward
United States
Johnson
America
Europe
Pacific
William Garrett Brown
Atlantic
The Pole Star light years and birthday timing
The text explains light speed from the Pole Star to Earth, noting a light ray travels about a million miles in five and a half seconds. It imagines a ray starting at birth, arriving near the reader's thirty sixth to thirty seventh birthday, and says Pole Star seen today reflects its state about fifty years ago.
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Pole Star
Earth
John Robinson
An Australian Treat In A Wilderness Tale
An explorer recalls a trek where a Scotch member buys a tin of fruit to clear the bronchial tubes and notes the high price of preserved fruit in rough conditions. The Brass Band thread hints at wedding memories and a tense moment as a ring leaves a mark on anger. The Cleveland Leader.
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Gourde
Metowt
Scotchman
George
Cleveland
Joy as a Germ Killer Era Praiseworthy Practice
A promotional note extols joy as a powerful positive practice. It claims joy defeats discouragements, touts it as superior to tonics or medicines, and positions it as among the greatest eras of germ kill behavior.
Where Ignorance to Bliss Ends at Boston Store
An advert style notice notes a physician view on diabetes warning that not knowing can be best for some conditions. The piece promotes a complete stock for fall attire at the Boston Store, framing it as a timely offer in a period voice.
The Dead of the Sea
A French observer asks how bodies decay after death in the sea. In deep water putrefaction is unlikely and remains may sink, yet most sea victims are eaten or devoured before any natural burial. The piece notes natural deaths are rare among sea life with few specimens ever reaching the ocean floor.
First Recorded Yacht Race Across the Atlantic
Evelyn notes on October 1 1661 that King Charles II joined a wagered passage by yacht from Greenwich to Gravesend and back. The Dutch East India Company curtain piece to the king involved a frigate-like pleasure boat and a Duke of York vessel. The wind was contrary but stakes were paid in both directions and many nobles joined, with the king sometimes steering. The term yacht is of Dutch origin from Jagten meaning to hunt or spend.
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Atlantic
Evan
Charles TL
Evelyn
Iim
Dutch East India Company
Duke of York
Greenwich
Gravesend
England
Jagten
Hunt
Speml
Laenion Mhroniele
Resting the Heart Instructs Rest and Sleep to Benefit Heart
A dialogue cites a gymnastics instructor arguing that the heart must not rest and that sleep saves heartwork. The pupil counters that the heart works from birth to death, but the instructor insists nine hours of sleep reduces activity by about ten strokes per minute per hour, saving thousands of heartbeats and blood pumps, a claim cited by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Ran the Hole Out of Tarn
A lecturer recounted a Russian tale from Manchuria about a man who dug holes to fill holes. He started by digging a well hole in his yard and dumping dirt into the well. As the well filled a second hole appeared, then another to fill that, and so on until he literally ran the hole out of town.
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Tarn
Manchurian
Ion
Health and Money Contrast in Blessings
This reflection notes health and money as temporal blessings. Money is envied yet little enjoyed, while health is enjoyed most yet envied least. The poorest man would not trade health for money, but the richest man would trade all for health.
Suggestive Dialog Echoes in a Philadelphia Presa
A fragment from the Philadelphia Presa recalls a character named George in a repeated jest about a hundred dollars. A girl asks if he will speak to Catherine that evening, hinting at a blunt, dreamlike exchange. The tone carries old newspaper style and intimate social tints.
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George
Cather
Philadelphia
Real Estate Deal Leads to Perilous Hillside Drainage
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a hillside property with excellent drainage yet nearly perpendicular slope. A banter about an inventor named Dremer and a plan to marry Miss Hoxley appears in a crosspaper exchange with Catholic Standard and Times.
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Cleveland
Hicks
Dremer
Bio Inventions
Wicks- Weil
Wicks
Miss Hoxley
Catholic Standard and Times
The Lesser Evil Dialogue Amid Slater and Robr
A popular girl dismisses a slater as the Lesser Evil in a tense exchange. She admits contacting Mr Robr to stop his incessant talking, framing a choice as the only solution.
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Mr. Robr
Slater
Manner Bors Grubber-What a Well Bred Man Mixer
A fragment praises a well bred man and urges doing good to others while noting the arrival of fall shoes at Roosevalt n Boston Store. The jagged OCR piece hints at a bakery comment and a family reference.
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Domley
Roosevalt
Boston
A Strenuous Remedy In a Diplomat's Sober Up
An excerpt from the Autobiography of Andrew DD White recounts a former US senator sent to Russia and a valet who describes sobriety struggles at the legation. The tale features notes excusing engagements due to sudden indisposition and a dramatic wake up with coffee and a glare in the mirror.
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United States
Russia
Mipieter
Legation
Andrew DD
White
Feeding the Bantlings by a Humming Bird Mother
A Country Calendar excerpt describes a hummingbird mother protecting and feeding her nestlings. She fears a human intruder then regurgitates food for the hungry young, performs careful nest-side care, and resumes warmth and cuddling as the bantlings settle. The account blends alarm and wonder at natural parental behavior.
Imagination Drives Dentist Tooth Extraction Tale
A New York woman, anxious about a molar, faints at the sight of a glass and fears her jaw is broken after a dental exam. Her husband and the dentist calm her, then the tooth is finally extracted with no harm.
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Ciary
Tentivis
New York
Sue
Prohibition on Seidiitz Powders in Siam
A historic note recalls Phra Mongkut in Siam about fifty years ago buying seidiitz powders, misreading the lid, and swallowing two decoctions. The episode led to a lasting ban on further sale of the remedy in Siam, prohibitions still in force.
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Siam
Phra Mongkut
Proof of Criminality? Original Raphael Alleged in Talk
In a Boston Transcript quotation, Mrs. Upstartin asserts a pletire is a genuine Raphael original. She claims the husband repeatedly ordered the work from a trusted artist and visited the studio daily during its creation to verify authenticity.
Coming Around Mrs Caffrey Widow Reconciled to Loss
A witty dialogue hints at Mrs Caffrey, a pretty young widow, not reconciled to her husband's loss yet but rumors say she has chosen a new partner. The exchange contrasts public sentiment with private rumors about her future.
War Continued String of Snippets in Ledger Item
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger notes a muddled exchange about making up and a remark on complexion. It also mentions a call for Ross Nichols' transfer to do hauling and provides a phone contact at Main 6.
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War
Goodley
Hess
Milas Cutting
Bera
Philadelphia Ledger
Ross Nichols
Hankow Railroad Concession Sale Debated in Jersey City
Board of American China Development Company in Jersey City weighs accepting China’s offer of nine million dollars to abandon concessions for a Hankow Canton railroad project. Morgan and foreign stockholders oppose sale while Roosevelt reportedly backs stand. leaders fear loss of American interests in China.
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Jersey City
N. J
American-Chinese Development Company
Hankow
China
Canton
Chinee
Chink Development Company
Tts
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rural Carriers Meet Des Moines Iowa Aug 29
Rural letter carriers from Iowa gather for the annual State Convention in Des Moines. The program includes speeches by Bart Childs of Nevada Town on The Needs of the Carriers and A J Woods of Farley Town on Four Years Experience as a Rural Carrier. National president Frank B. Cunningham of South Omaha attends.
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Tows
Des Moines
Iowa
Towa Statutural Letter Carriers’ Association
Bart Childs
Nevada
A. J. Woods
Farley Town
Frank B. Cunningham
South Omaha
Organization
Tennessee Epworth League Convention Opens in White Bluffs
The annual Epworth League convention of the Tennessee M. E. conference opened at the Methodist church in White Bluffs this morning with a large attendance and an excellent program planned to be especially interesting.
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White Bluffs
Tenn
Tennessee M. BE
Methodist Church
Montana Spanish-American War Veterans Meet Opens Reunion
Bozeman Montana Aug 29 Spanish American war veterans of the state open their annual reunion here today with large delegations from Butte and other cities. The visitors will be the guests of the local veterans and will be royally entertained in what promises to be an interesting meeting.
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Montana
Bozeman
Mont
Butte
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Paaenger
Snake River
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C. Smith
Washington & Columbia River Railroad
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St. Louis
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Sound
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B. Calderbead
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Paul
Minneapolis Dulute Fargo Grand Fork
Crookston
Winnipeg
Helena and Butte
All Points
Japan
Ris Tacoma
Northern Pacific Ateamehiy Co
American Line
Adame
Ores
A. D. Charlton
Third
Worrison Sts
the. Enya
Beenie
Ogden
Denver
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