Weston Briefs on Phiphtheria and Brick Industry
Special correspondence from Weston Oregon reports rising disease concerns with diphtheria in a local family, social events at the opera house, and Christmas plans. Weston brick yards under Clark Nelson produced four million bricks last season with plans to expand. a new basketball association forms, with early games against local schools. Wheat pools see 45 thousand bushels traded at 62 cents, while concrete walks prove successful and land sales near Gardenia attract regional investors and an excursion for buyers. Local officials and businesses, including O. R. & N. observer Van De Water, are noted among routine visits and community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
United Brethren
James Kilgore
Weeton
McMinn
Lester
Harra
Charles Cully
Weston
Len Douglas
Athena
Lawrence Liemllien
Adams
Ralph Waltera
Milton
L. Holmes
Hell
Weston Brick Yards
Clark Nelson
Meacham
Eltiene
Weston High School
Milton Columbia College
S A. Barnes
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
J. H Prien
Kerr Gifford
S. A. Barnes
Oregon
Mlld
Weston Willlso
Gardena
Garden
Wain Walla Irrigation Company
Messia
Clack Wood
Henry Schroeder
T. J. Shaw
Hiai
Wood
Steinway and piano brands go out of business sale
Out of business sale offered by a piano dealer featuring Steinway Steinway Standard of the World and other brands like Emerson Estey Stair. Claims high value and deepest discounts, urging household gifts and Christmas items at cost. Mentions Angelus, domestic Wheeler Wilson sewing machine, and a $20 sewing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamdard
Wheeler
Wilsom
Coal supply crisis in Idaho sparks cross-state efforts
Secretary Gibson and State Treasurer Coffin, returning from Salt Lake, report Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line efforts to divert coal to Idaho. Short Line officials say Rock Springs coal is being redirected, with 36 hours of locomotive fuel left. Colorado coal shipments continue as Utah and Idaho contend with shortages. Also notes local water bond vote in Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Idaho
W. H. Gibson
Coffin
Salt Lake
Saya
Boise Statesman
Piaisted
Buckingham
The
Short Ling
Union
Gibron
Ilinois
Rock Springs
Short Line
Casters Pointe
Belue
Ciah
Tolahin
Colorado
Halse
Mribson
Hood
Dickens in Rome and Browning's Roma Notes
The article recalls Dickens’s 1845 Rome visit and disappointment, then his 1855 return with Lockhart. Browning’s Roma manuscript and Ring and the Book. It mentions the Pantheon, San Lorenzo, and the double murder scene in the church, plus the Browns’ stay on Via del Tremone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italias
Charles Dickens
Rome
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
Italy
J. G. Lockhart
Davi Roberts
Nome
Scottish National Gallery
Pantheon
San Lorenso Aquiaye
Flor
Robert Browning
Roma
San Lorenzo
Lodon
Corso
Pompilia
Brownings
Vie del Trtone
Chambers
Cows in Holland Share Homes and Family Life
In Holland cows are treated as family members with stable dwellings as living rooms. Cows sleep in the stable, a brick-paved building with a central passage and fire at one end. Families gather there in evenings, watching cows play cards and sharing daily talk, while cows produce rich milk due to careful keeping and fertile pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Food value of bananas and their nourishing role
Dietetics professors state that bananas are not merely flavorful fruit but a genuine food source. They provide nutrition for heat, muscles, and nerves, with dried banana comparable to rice and fresh fruit appealing for digestion. An earlier London note ridicules noisy entertaining as excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Quotable banter and nautical misfire in a pressed text
A fragmented 19th century collage shows a back and forth between Gladys and George over odds and a joke about credits and debits. The snippet shifts to Etiquette Would Forbid and a coastal wreck tale, then hints Pendleton Business College advertising with a catalogue request.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Piphtheria
TN Weston
Weston Yaris
Rexke
Weaton, Or
van de Water
Walla Walla
Bual
Charlies Smith
Pendleton Busines
Weston Opera House
Evenine
Barry Warren
Frank Graham
Steinway Pianos
Standard of the World
B. Chase
Emerson, Estey, Stair
Angelus Putin
Ane PO
Portland
San Francico
Jesse
Miles
Tallman & Co
Independence
W. Parker
Hesident Mgr
Mewes
Herper & Detrick
MISS
Georgia Harper
Seattle P. Lexys
Oregonian Ways
Beaty
Brook & McComan
Dickens
London Field
Gladys
George
Chicago Tribune
Slopay
Philadelphia Ledger
Afrika
Pendleton Business College
Santa
Claus
OWL
Haviland
T.&v. Pouyat
Lanterier
Owl Tea
J. A. Bennett
William Holcomb
Holse River
Mr. Bennett
Wood Creek
Bal
Smith's Prairie
Boise Capital News
Mendotrom & Greenawald
Teutech’s Department Store
Santa Claus
CLARK @ CO
Pendleton
Wortenholm Carvers
Rogers
Sclesors
Sheara
Henckel's
Hendee
Ihe
W. J. Clarke & CO
Gourt Street
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