City Briefs and Classified Fragments From Portland
A jumble of short notices lists rentals, sales, and job ads. Items include a house for rent at 222 Castle BI, furniture and millinery sales, hotel staffing needs, and shop listings. The page also contains excerpts on naval destroyers, philanthropy, and a Chicago Tribune quotation from a traveler, reflecting varied local notices and editorial snippets.
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Gktermoor Mattresses
Baker & Folsom
Graham Furniture Co
Hotel Pendleton
Raher & Falsom
Renr
Portland
Oregon
Howe
Giearrie
Asewe Lathan
Porpedo Boat Plan Prompted by Government Proposals
Fragmented OCR describes torpedo boat development tied to government strategy. It outlines a construction outline and a prevention plan, mentions an intended timeline and a naming reference to a new destroyer project, with unclear local details and misplaced terms.
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Wishitagtom
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The Witlionaire's Offense and a Fiendish Feud
A garbled dialogue from the New York Press hints at a millionaire cheating a person named Geraldine out of a fortune. The East Oregonian is cited as bearing the same sensational claim, though the fragmentary text offers little verifiable detail beyond implied threats and a mocked fever scare.
Local social notices mention travelers and visitors in town
A stream of names and arrivals fills the column as residents note Mrs W W Maloney and son Harol returning from a well in Portland, visitors from Ontario and Ukiah stay at local hotels, and many townspeople including George Hartman Jr and Walter M Pierce seen about. A reception for Eagles delegates J T Hinkle and Ali Keeppen follows a grand lodge meeting with Hinkle elected grand prelate.
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Body
Athena
Sell Beck, Jr
2. W. Maloney
Harol
Portland
Hunt
Ontario
Maedietan
Milton
William Skiles
Mee
Eagles’ Lodge
J. T. Hinkle
Ali Keeppen
Atltwannee
Hinkle
Order
Chicago Wheat Market Opens With Mixed Gains
Chicago wheat opened at 7 04 and closed 7 09 8 as the market fluctuated. Corn started at 4 82 8 and held, while oats began at 9 94 percent and closed at 2 95 8, reflecting cautious trading in early deals.
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Chicago
The chameleon and its split senses compared
A lively excerpt discusses the chameleon’s dual perception, its independent eye halves, and how each side may see differently. It mentions the animal’s fear of water, sleeping with eyes partly closed, and how its nerves convey separate impressions to perception centers.
Diet Delusions From Ancient Beliefs on Food Effects
The column traces diet delusions from old tribes claiming foods confer specific qualities. It cites the idea that flesh or viscera of animals with certain traits might transfer those traits to eaters, noting Nero's reputed habit of eating the tongues of larks to gain certain outcomes.
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Nero
Blood Red Lake Shows Seasonal Water Color Change
In Switzerland's Lake Morat the water reddens about every decade due to algae called Chlorella rubescens rather than blood. Legends link the color to Burgundian battles, but naturalists confirm the pigment arises from abundant aquatic plants near shorelines.
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Switzerland
Lake Mort
Charles the Bold
Morat
Ten Years in Bed and Kidney Cure Testimony
For ten years I was confined to my bed with kidney disease. I could not move part of the time. I tried the best doctors but found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. It has been a Godsend to me. Koeppen Drug Store. Four Greek laborers were injured and one fatally when struck by a Baltimore and OhioSouth Western train near Symmes, three miles from Loveland, Col, on Wednesday.
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de Clares
BR. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
Koeppen
Baltimore & Ohio South Western
Symmes
Loveland
Col
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Teutsch’s
Vis Gonstructors
Davp
Perfort
MK Gowlhan
Caroline
Avery
Thor
Tie Gowers
Louis Hunziker
Malin Street
Geraldine
New York Press
Millonaire
Oregonian
Koeppens
George Hartman, Jr
First National Bank
Weston
John Adame
Tier
Adame
Walter M. Pierce
Union County
Howard Evans
P.P. Cellier
Fox
M Winit
Shaly Aon
John A. Cellier
J. H. Cunningham
Grm
McCourt & Phelps
Carl C. Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ina Stillwell
Dayton
Ie Vieitlig
Mra
Tr A. Walken
Twry Foe
Conmunty School
Campbell
Tollege Thies
Walle Wallin
Lebiyi Frorket
Atdy Wood
Warren McDoane
Pendietan
Cowan
Wood
Jenole Nelss
Ridge
Tomating
Hermiston
Noise
Utah
East
Peoples Warehouse
Chameleon
South Sea Islands
Meclure
Magrar
Europe
Telegraph
India
West Alta Bt
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