Oregon Agricultural College Fourth Annual Engineering Show
Nearly 1000 guests attended Oregon Agricultural College fourth annual engineering show to support the student engineer monthly magazine. Highlights included a big wireless station, reports from ships and Alaska storms, and demonstrations of welding, motors, and a 25 000 volt transformer with Tesla coil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Ore
Pacific
Alaska
Honolulu
Joe Hallosck
Portland
Wayne E. Manula
Astoria
Warren C. Lester
Warrenton
C. Watson
W. Grasse
Lance Read
L. H. Kistler
E. B. Loken
Harrisburg
L. R. Ss. Cohen
L. BE. Johnson
Carlson
CC. N
Localities Connected by H H Shake and McKenzie Route
Fragmentary OCR notes show names H H Shake of Payette Idaho and RR R McKenzie of Lostine linked by a route or travel mention. No further context or actions are readable to define dates, purposes, or outcomes.
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H. H. Shake
Payette
Ida
RR. R. McKenzie
Lostine
Tobacco law display proposed by state schools head
Salem dispatch reports Superintendent Will B Hale of the state training school plans a bill requiring all tobacco vendors to display a large sign warning of the law as in sections 2148 and 2149. Hale notes half of the reform school boys are tobacco users, some since age six.
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Salem
Ore
Will
Hale
State Training School
State Reform School
Oregon's Decline in Metals Is Checked
Washington reports for 1912 that Oregon's metal output stabilized after a downturn. Gold value remains $657,000, silver rises to 86,951 ounces, copper received at smelters increases to 109,000 pounds, up from 93,196, and a new lead production reaches 28,000 pounds.
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Washington
Oregon
Chas. G. Yale
United States Geological Survey
New England Play “Along the Kennebec” at Oregon Theater
A New England Play titled Along the Kennebec will be seen Monday night January 27 at the Oregon Theater. The script blends humor with sentiment and promises a sumptuous production with elaborate scenic detail and a fine advertising feature band.
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New England
Kennebec
Oregon Theater
Prisoner Freed After Clothes Supply Fails
In Spokane Johann Johnson, a jailed giant accused of roughing policemen and wrecking a saloon, was released but could not wear his jail clothes. He required a larger outfit and stayed an extra day while officials found properly sized garments, ultimately wearing the only pair of shoes in town labeled No. 13.
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Spokane
Johann Johnson
Peculiar Sizing Hurdles in Quirky Portrait
In a humorous episode, a man complains nothing smaller than No 13 shoes fits him while his pants must be 45 by 36 and a No 20 shirt is needed for his frame. He jokes to Johnson about a mulelike struggle as he lifts a tortoise at arm's length.
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Johnson
Underwriters Rates Lower in La Grande
Equitable ratings for La Grande prepared by the underwriters rating bureau after installation of the auto car and alarm system are announced. Reductions range from 5 to 16 percent with most around 15 percent, reflecting substantial yearly savings. Territory deemed high risk trimmed to 25 feet from building and basic rates reduced accordingly.
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la Grande
Ore
Equitable
Silver Production in Washington Increases
Washington Jan 24 Silver production in Washington rose 68 percent in 1912 from 1911, per a preliminary federal geological survey report by C N Gery. Gold output fell 20 percent to 679000 dollars from 842000. Silver total reached 98000 ounces and copper 1250000 pounds, gains driven mainly by Stevens county development. Lead and zinc shipments remained small.
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Washington
State of
C. N. Gery
Federal Geological Survey
Stevens County
American Students Organize in Belgium
The American Students' Club of Brussels founded by Mrs Larz Anderson has become a notable Belgian institution. It adopted resolutions of regret at the departure of Mr and Mrs Anderson the minister appointed ambassador to Japan. American women donated pictures for the clubhouse along with an antique fireplace and a silver tea service.
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Brussels
American Students’ Club
Larz Anderson
Belgium
Definition What is a stepbrother asked by two children
A playful exchange where six year old Little Mabel asks about a stepbrother and the brother humorously explains by describing himself as sitting on the front step showing a child's view of blended family terms.
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Little Mabel
Panama Canal Opening Seen as Great Year in Navigation History
Washington January 24 Special This year 1912 is expected to be the greatest in western hemisphere navigation with the Panama canal opening to world commerce and a civil government for the canal zone to be established. The Army corps of engineers figures prominently in these peacetime gains and in the long history of national waterway improvement.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
United States
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Panama Canal
Engineering Corps
Army of the
Canal Zone
William H. Bixby
Corps of Engineers
Congress
Baron de Mayer Opens Studio As New York Society Photographer
German Baron de Mayer, based in Berlin London and occasionally New York, launches a personal vision photography exhibition on the Ritz Carlton's eighth floor. A social whirlwind visits his show with many accepting invitations for sittings, as he claims to capture subjects true to their natural state and class. Notable sitters include Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney Mrs. J P Morgan Miss Anne Morgan Mrs. W K Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ogden Milly, who decline newspaper printing to avoid vulgarizing art.
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New York
Phillip Lydig
Lydig
Harry Payne Whitney
J. P. Morgan
Anne Morgan
W. K. Vanderbilt
Ogden Milly
E. R. Thomas
Benjamins. Guinness
Baron
Chief Links Clothing Fine for Drunk Laborers in Illinois
Bloomington Illinois story recounts chief Stephen Link of Taylorville offering fifteen Wabash section hands a choice after a drunk lockup. Instead of a $10 fine, they must buy clothes with the money. Each prisoner was escorted to a store to purchase attire, then released with advice. The chief said the men need clothing more than city funds, and vowed to continue aiding men who cannot manage themselves.
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Bloomington
Ill
Stephen Link
Taylorville
Link
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An old advertisement claims Papes Diapepsin digests all foods within five minutes and relieves sour belching stomach gas heartburn and indigestion. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case at any drug store and promises lasting relief from upset stomachs.
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United States
England
Canada
Pape
Alberta Has Roads Program Expands for 1913
Edmonton January 24 Alberta's public works department announces a $1,400,000 road and bridge program for 1913. The plan expands trunk highways and feeders to connect market towns with main routes, aiding settlers and new agricultural districts, amid rapid railroad growth.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Department of Public Works
BR. Mitchell
Mitchell
Parliament
Athabasca
Macleod
Calgary
Lake Ste. Anne
Piles Cured in Sixteen Days Claim by Drugstore Ad
An old druggist advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back refund if it fails. The 60 cent price is noted.
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Amenican
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Meritol
Sherman Co., Ore
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G. T. Roork
M. Z. Donnell
the Dalles, Oregon
Porterhouse and
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Empire Meat Go
A. Eklund
Main St. Pendleton
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