Land opening draws eager homesteaders to Hermiston
Hermiston Oregon residents flock to the area as 60 possible homesteads near the government ditch await opening. Prices run to 60 per acre with 4 per acre yearly installments for one year, plus a 1.30 per acre maintenance charge. Water Users' association fees total 13, including contract recording and four years of taxes. Applications must be filed with local offices before the process moves to La Grande. The land boasts rich sandy loam soil ideal for irrigation.
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Hermimon, Ore
Water Users’ Association
Herml
Umatila
Court Holds Clergy Must Admit Marriage to Dead Wife's Sister
London court of appeals ruled a Church of England clergyman cannot refuse the sacrament to a man who has married his dead wife's sister. Canon Thompson of Faton, Norwich, appealed after Banister, a parishioner, wed his deceased wife’s sister in Canada and faced denial upon return. The retrospective act legalized such marriages.
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London
Court of Appeals
Church of England
Canon Thompson
Faton
Norwich
Banister
Canada
England
Mrex. Banister
Canon Appeals After Divisional Court Ruling
In Arches court the Canon was instructed to refrain from certain acts. He challenged the decision at divisional court where the majority ruled against him. An appeal by the Canon has been made but remains unavailing.
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Court of Arches
Ballard's Snow Liniment for Neuralgia Relief
Advertisement claims neuralgia and pain relief with Ballard's Snow Liniment. Highlights its use for rheumatism burns cuts and lame back. Sold by A R Koeppen & Bro.
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Ballard
Germans plan universal domestic servant training for girls
Berlin report says a conference of the women's declarations proposed a conscription style plan to compel all girls to undergo training as domestic servants. The idea was presented at the recent conference.
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Berlin
Jag
Germany
Domestic Service Reform Proposal At Conference
At a German Evangelical Women’s League conference, delegates discussed friction between mistresses and servants, blaming servant incapacity. They urged a compulsory household service with strict registration and police oversight, plus a legal employment agreement and a court of arbitration for disputes between housewives and domestic staff.
Shoe soles nailed on at sixty five cents a pair
A terse ad-style notice urges against nailing shoe soles and promotes sewing soles at 65c a pair. It targets well dressed men and women, arguing nails ruin footwear and advising proper construction.
Radium Clock Demonstrated At London Exhibition
At the Physical Society of London annual exhibition, a new device using atmospheric electricity stored from a radium topped mast powers a bell and other mechanisms. The system gathers electricity, stores it in a tiny apparatus, and discharges to actuate the bell when a set quantity is reached, enabling a nature clock to ring at regular intervals.
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London
Physical Society of London
College of Science
South Kennington
Ouf Study Of Foreign Tongues Questioned
Ithica N Y President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University urged radical changes at the Model Language Association of America convention arguing that most people, aside from college teachers, will never use German, French or other modern languages and that curricula should be reconsidered.
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Ithiva
N. Y
Jacob Gould Schurman
Corell University
Model Language Association of America
Fantan at Macao
Macao, a Portuguese Chinese port, is famed for its fantan houses lit by oil lamps. The layout features two floors, with a lower room where bets are placed on numbers one through four. A banker uses a brass hat to reveal remaining cash as bets are settled, making these venues a major revenue source for Macao.
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Macao
Yantan River
China
Monte Carlo
Macno.—Exchange
Japanese Pagodas Proved Earthquake Safe by Pendulum Design
Enormous wooden pagodas in Japan, some 700 to 800 years old, withstand earthquakes due to a pendulum-like internal framework. A heavy timber beam suspends from the apex, with additional timbers forming a counterbalance that keeps the base stable as tremors rock the structure.
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Japan
Ubla
Woolen 10 Meet Next in Portland
The 46th annual National Woolgrowers Association meeting closed in Portland Oregon with all current officers re elected President W Fred Gooding of Shoshone Idaho Eastern VP A J Knollin Chicago Western VP J M Delfelder Walton Wyoming The Boise Idaho delegation withdrew making Portland the unanimous choice for the 1911 meeting A new by law was approved to elect the secretary by the executive committee and President Gooding with Secretary Walker agreed to harmonious work The convention lauded wool marketing efforts praised independent warehouses and urged protective tariff policy and revisions to grazing and forestry regulations in the interest of the wool industry
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Ihtden
Jan
Portland
National
Woolgrowers'’ Association
W. Fred Gooding
Shoshone
Idaho
A. J. Knollin
Chicago
J. M. Delfelder
Walton
Wyo
Gooding
George 5. Walker
Walker
Association
Ore
Bolse
Boise
Forestry Service
National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company
Docur
A. M. Delvin
John R.R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Industry
Albert F. Potter
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
T. A. Condriff
Cheyenne
Mr. Pinchot
Convention
FP. G. Johnson
Blnackfoot
Paris Restores Statue Of Scheurer Kestner Monument
The statue of the noted Dreyfusite M. Scheurer Kestner has been repaired and the monument freed from the defacements inflicted by anti-Semite enemies.
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Paris
Ite
M. Scheurer-Kestner
Dreyfusite
Four or six room furnished house for rent
A furnished house offering four or six rooms is available for rent. Interested parties should inquire with Mark Moorhouse for details and viewing arrangements.
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Mark Moorhouse
Man Learns Alphabet Again After Head Injury
William Echard, 36, of Mount Hope, Kansas, lies in a Wichita hospital with a fractured skull and memory loss. He relearns letters as a kindergarten pupil under care in the ward, taught by “aura” as he progresses from “eat” to “rat,” while awaiting discharge in several weeks after a wrench strike fractured his skull.
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Wichita, Kan
Francia
Thin City
William Echard
Mount Hope
Kan
Echard
New York City appoints independent health commissioner
Mayor Gaynor names Ernest L. Lederle, a non physician chemist, as health commissioner replacing Dr. Darlington. Lederle resigns as consulting sanitary engineer with state and local boards earning 16 000, salary now 8 000. Stover named park commissioner succeeding Henry Smith amid settlement and park improvements debate.
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New York
Gaynor
Thomas Darlington
Ernest L. Lederle
Lederle
Columbia University
Low
Charles B. Stover
Henry Smith
Herman Ridder
Stan Zeitung
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Koeppen
Br.s
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Mous
Dreyfes
Parla
Faol
Pier Bie
Leopold
Cass Matlock
the Grand Theatre
Pendleton
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