Timber cruiser reports vast Coos county gain in 1913
Dennis McCarty, official timber cruiser for Coos county, filed his 1913 report showing 18.2 billion feet cruised since the contract began three years ago. His team found 6.5 million feet of sugar and yellow pine in the county’s southern extremity this year, a quantity previously unknown. The total remains incomplete as the contract is not finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Ore
Dennis McCarty
Coos County
Ore to be Sent by Mail in Pacific Northwest
Post office inspectors received calls from worried rural carriers reporting a man at Paradise prepared to ship 2600 pounds of timothy seed by parcels post. Carriers from Paradise to Anatone and Elk City to a distant smelter flagged ore shipments by parcels post, noting three carloads of concentrated ore ready for dispatch despite tough mountain routes.
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Spokane
Wash
Post Office
Paradise
Anatone
Elk City
Idaho
Segregation 19 Urged As Remedy At National Race Betterment Talk
Battle Creek Michigan January 12 Segregation rather than sterilization of defectives and strict marriage laws was urged as key to race betterment by Hastings M Hart Rusell Sage Foundation directed. He argued education and laws may help but segregation is most practical and has worked for the insane. Professor Roswell Hill Johnson of the University of Pittsburgh added that mate selection involves social factors and education, urging municipal dances and broad pairing education to promote long term stable marriages and avoid overemphasis on beauty or flashy traits.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Hastings M. Hart
Department of Child Helping
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Hart
United States
Roswell Hill Johnson
University of Pittsburg
Paris Styles Bokler Yet Fashion Trend Report
New York January 12 brick red hair to be worn with green coats and corkscrew skirts say Paris Indies according to Charles C Kurzman milliner just back from abroad style hunting He describes the corkscrew skirt as worn by women whirling like a music mad Dervish then draped with lace and notes Paris fashion resembles a futurist railroad yard on a rainy night with sky blue locks among the divas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bokler
New York
Charles C. Kurzman
Lusitania
Dervieh
Dayton Installs Electric Bulletin Board for News Flashes
Dayton, Ohio introduces an electric bulletin board that streams important notes in luminous letters for public viewing. The device flashes alerts at a set distance of four blocks, signaling residents to heed urgent city information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
It TAL-STATERS GET PROMOTION
It lists 1913 Western Tri-State players headed to faster leagues in 1914 with Pendleton leading, and notes several players moving through the Northwestern and Coast leagues. Mentions McIvor Medvor Miles Netzel and others in relation to development and trades.
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Don Rader
Pendleton
Lincoln
Peet
Baker-Pendleton
Portland
Walla Walla
McIvor
Seattle
Medvor
la Grande
Miles Netzel
Yakima
Kermit Roosevelt to Wed Belle Willard in Washington Society
The engagement of Roosevelts son Kermit to Belle Willard daughter of the American ambassador to Spain and former Virginia lieutenant governor is announced. The couple plans to marry likely this spring as Belle Willard, a Richmond social leader, is described a Virginia belle in Washington circles. The Willard family, long established in Virginia, is linked to the New Willard Hotel named after them.
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Roosevelt
Kermit
Belle Willard
Spain
Virginia
Miss Willard
Washington
Willard
Richmond
New Willard
Dallas men form Nesmith Rod and Gun Club
Nesmith Rod and Gun Club organized in Dallas Oregon with 60 charter members. A clubhouse will rise in the western foothills of Folk county on a leased several hundred acre game preserve. Plans include importing 56 elk from a government park to stock the preserve before the season opens. George Morton is president and T Stockwell is secretary and treasurer.
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Dallas
Ore
Nesmith Rod and Gun Club
Folk County
George Morton
T ©. Stockwell
Woman i Varied Interests Social and Club News
Society column notes activities of women’s clubs and social gatherings. Mentions meetings, fashion items, home hints, and personal notices reflecting daily life and local organizations. Names of members and events appear with brief descriptors.
Elaborate Pendleton Wedding Plans Ahead
The wedding of Miss Kathleen Furnish and Stewart J. Moore of Great Falls Mont will be at the bride’s mother Mrs W J Furnish home with Rev Mr Quinney officiating The event features a maid of honor and several bridesmaids followed by a large reception Pre nuptial fetes include bridges luncheons teas and entertainments hosted by friends in Pendleton and Portland
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Kathleen Furnish
Stewart J. Moore
Great Falls
Mont
W. J. Furnish
Mr. Quinney
Pendleton
Misa Eleanor Vincent
Dorothy Moulton
Nellie Bayly
Frances Fulled
V'ona Guthrie
A. C. Coleman
Miss Furnish
Margaret Rader
Harriet
May Kern
Clarice Biles
Nella Bayly
Portland Oregonian
John F. Alden
East Eleventh Street
Portland
Hiram Tuel
Eunier Alden
F H. Hays
Leland Baptist Church
Mc Hee
Palmer
Los
John Guagen, Jr
Kathleen MacKintosh
C. MacKintosh
Father Harra
Catholic Cathedral
Charles Samuel Jackson
Palm Beach
Florida
Neva Lane
GE Builds Largest Mining Hoist in Crown Mines
General Electric undertakes a major project in South Africa for Crown Mines to construct the biggest hoist yet. The electric motor is planned to deliver 4000 horsepower for the shaft hoisting system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
South Africa
Bananas as a Vegetable Substitute and Fashion Notes
A old cookbook style guide outlines banana preparation for use as a vegetable substitute, including mashing banana pulp with sugar lemon juice and gelatin, folding in stiffened egg whites, molding, and serving with cream. It also describes banana baking ash roasting methods and serving ideas with butter and lemon or sherry. Separate notes discuss tulle sashes with beaded ends and fur hat trends.
Get Relief for Tired Feet with IZ Foot Powder
Say farewell to burning and swollen feet with Iz foot powder. This 25 cent box promises comfortable feet, no more sores or bunions, and a yearlong comfort guarantee or your money back. Purchase at druggists or department stores.
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Joquefort
Nuefchatel
Camenbert
Darifarm
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Coe Doz
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Connectiv Model Grocery
the Bank of Personal Service
The
American National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
Oregon
Coos
Pendleton Club
Hoder
Peot
Haworth
Jamieson
King Ali
Kermitt Roosevelt
Soctecy
Mr. Gagen
John Gagen
Lee Street
Pure Fruit
Mumm
John Millimm
Roy Raley
Ken F Trombley
Paul Sperry
Fred W. Lampkin
Walter Lehman
Clark Nelson
Carl Cooley
Louis Bedeaus
John Eggers
James Wyrick
Marshall Spell
Wil Myrick
Elmer Moore
Guy Wyrick
Jack Watson
Henry W. Collins
Levi Youngren
Wesley N. Matlock
Herman Rosenberg
Roy Alexander
Ed Hays
Frank Downey
Carl Rogers
Ernest Knight
Truman Rogers
Lester Rogers
Henry Rosenberg
Jack Gibson
Frank Sullivan
Charles Nelson
George Ferguson
Misa Lillian Boylen
Tom Boylen
Johnson Street
Sigma Epsilon Omicron Sorority
Edgar Ellis
East Seventy-first Street
Marion Stott
W. BR. Ellis
Eleanor Vincent
Oregon Agricultural College Glee Club
Leon Cohen
Gearhart Park
Mr. Cohen
Tallman & Go
Mackintosh
Toffee
Halifax
England
Koeppen
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