Seismograph doubles as timetable at Spokane university
In Spokane Washington the university seismograph has failed to log earthquakes since last October but records coal wagons and heavy vehicles on nearby streets. Father Adams, the instrument’s supervisor, overhauls the device and notes it functions as a precise time table for trains and streetcar movements yet cannot detect earth quakes. He suspects an unseen fault limits its quake sensing despite fine tuning.
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Spokane
Wash
Gon«vaca University
Father Adams
Pather Adams
King's New Discovery praised for coughs and lung trouble
A patient from Cavendish VI credits Dr. King's New Discovery with relief after pneumonia and threat of consumption. The ad touts it as best medicine for coughs and lung trouble, says it helps children's coughs, and offers a money back guarantee. Available from H. E. Bucklen & Co. at 50c or $1.00.
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Henry D. Sanders
Cavendish
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Special Classes for Backward Pupils in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa California February 16 The board of education voted to form a special class for backward boys and girls who cannot keep up with their grade. A teacher will give them focused attention, and the California public awaits the experiment’s outcome with interest.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Brownscombe
Spokane Woman Opens Bank Account With 500 Buffalo Nickels
A Spokane woman opened a bank account at Old National Bank using 500 buffalo nickels as the initial deposit. Bank cashier W. D. Vincent notes the coins have been scarce in Spokane, reflecting local coin interest since their appearance less than a year ago.
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Spokane
Wash
Old National Bank
W. D. Vincent
Secret to Darken Gray Hair With Sage and Sulphur
A vintage advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as an easy home solution to darken gray hair, stop dandruff, and reduce itching. It claims the tonic works naturally and evenly, with a sponge or brush, showing dramatic near overnight darkening after one or two applications.
Athena Meeting Sparks Fight Over Home Rule Law
In Athena Oregon on February 10 1914 Hon Walter M Pierce spoke at the Christian church to a good audience. Resolutions adopted without dissent urge repeal of the Home Rule law at the next general election citing crime and taxation impacts and calling for citizen organization and voter alignment against supportive candidates. The measure is praised by reform groups and urged across communities to rally for better government and social conditions.
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Athena
Ore
East Oregonian
Walter M. Pierce
la Grande
Christian Church
Gbl Woodward
Umatilla
Oregon
Local Playhouses At Orpheum Press Review
Press agent notes present and coming attractions at Orpheum with Kalem feature Her Husbands Friend. Tom Moore stars as a noble man who helps his friend's wife, revealing a heartwarming truth that transforms lives. Also showing Her Face Was Her Fortune in Wood B. Wedd’s sentimental series and The Charmed Arrow by Selig, plus a prehistoric tale of reincarnation locating a lost love.
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Orpheum
Charles Dane
Tom Moore
Alice Hollister
Dane
Alice
Lund
Doane
Mr. Wood B. W
William Wadsworth
Elsie MaclLeod
Mr. Wood B. Wedd
California
Selig
Fine citrus crop promises banner California year
Chicago reports E. O. McCormick of the Southern Pacific says California orange groves yield a 49000 car season. Ideal weather, perfect maturation, and refrigerated rail transport ensure ripe fruit delivery. Rain on the Pacific slope benefits orchards and agriculture, signaling very favorable conditions for growers and workers alike.
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California
Chicago
McCormick
Southern Pacific Railway
Chicago Club
Southern California
Pacific
The Ad ventures of Kathryn at the theater
Picture number two shows The Ad ventures of Kathryn in two parts titled The Two Ordeals. Kathryn refuses Umballah and Bruce helps her survive two animal ordeals then rescues her. Also features The Uprising of Ann, Andy Plays Hero, and other films plus a Mexico battle item and Mabel's Strange Predicament in a Keystone comedy.
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Kathryn
Dunbar
Council of Three
Umballah
Bruce
Allaha
Hons
Bie
Kathiywyn
Ann
Vitagraph
Anna Schaefer
Andy
Edison
Andy Clark
Selwood Widow Weds in Vancouver Ceremony
William Sehneider, 78, a German-born Vancouver resident, married Julia Kern, 65, of Sellwood, Oregon, in a Superior court ceremony with three of the bridegroom’s married daughters attending. Sehneider had recently visited Germany, finding old friends and relatives dead and treated as an intruder.
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Selwood
Vancouver
Wash
William Sehneider
Germany
Clarke County
Julia Kern
Miller Street
Sellwood
Ore
KR. H. Rack
Superior Court
Fatherland
St Jacobs Oil Backache Relief Ad
Sore back sufferers urged to apply St Jacobs Oil for instant relief from pain stiffness and lameness. The ad promises gentle penetration and lasting comfort with a trial bottle available at local druggists.
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St. Jacobs
Palin
St. Jacoba
Arizona six part feature at Alta Theater
Alta Theater presents Arizona a six part feature with Cyril Scott in the lead. At a western military post Captain Hodgman brings shame to Lena daughter of Sergeant Kellar. Lena consorts with ranch owner Henry Canby while Hodgman woos Estrella.Colonel’s wife, Tony a Mexican, is the hero and Denton the officer who confronts Hodgman. A shooting leads to Hodgman’s wounding and Denton’s acquittal. Tony flees while Lena is arrested to shield him.
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Alta Theater
Alte
Arizona
Cyril Scott
Hodgman
Lena
Kellar
Henry Canby
Tony
Estrella
Canby's Ranch
Benita
Denton
Canby's
Aetir
The Quaker Girl to Be Shown at Oregon Theater
The famous musical hit The Quaker Girl, acclaimed on three continents and after a season in New York, will be presented at the Oregon theater this week. It draws praise for its music and stagecraft as audiences anticipate performances across lounges and city venues.
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New York
Oregon Theater
Musical comedy heads to America from London and Paris
John P. Slocum presents a large company led by Victor Morley as Tony Chute in a three act musical about a Quaker lass who flees to Paris, becomes a modiste model, and captains a tale of intrigue, romance, and social ascent with Lionel Monckton’s famed score and the hit numbers including Come to the Ball.
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John P. Slocum
Victor Morley
Tony Chute
London
Paris
America
Australia
South America
Lionel
Fifty New Students at U Oregon University of Oregon
Enuguene Ore Feb 10 Approximately fifty new students enrolled at the University of Oregon as the term opens. The registrar reported steady freshman interest and a growing campus enrollment this winter.
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University OF Oregon
Enugene, Ore
Registration and dropouts in second semester
Fifty new students enrolled for the second semester which began yesterday while twenty students have failed to meet the nine hour requirement and have flunked out.
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