Alba News Notes Freewater Milton District Highlights
Alba notes describe weather turning cloudy with rain after a warm week, hay harvest starting, and cattle market activity at 33-4 for steers and 23-4 for cows. School district 79 raised the Stars and Stripes during sessions under a new law, while families arrive and move to Alba for summer work and stock ranch management. Other items include a large prune sale to Boise, a Forsythe family reunion, heavy berry shipments, Peach Day planning for August 28, and health trips to California and Kansas for several residents.
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Alba
Lonergan
W. Howard
F. Viebroch
Henry Lasinks
Stars and Stripes
J. S&s. Mcleod
Pendleton
Dixie Ranch
Lord Davie
Snake River
Forsythe
Iona
Freewater
Alba Rogers
Milton Fruit Growers’ Union
Boise
Idaho
Wm. Forsythe
Peter Rudio
J. A. Cobb
California
Wm. Nichols
Portland
Hood River
OneWeek Miracle Cure Mentioned for Child's Sores
A letter from Frank Abbott of Fulton Omega recounts a one week disappearance of a child’s sores after trying Cuti cura remedies. He credits varying doctors for eczema misdiagnoses and asserts Cuticura would have prevented eye ulcers and offered lasting skin relief.
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Nish
Pellow
Leol
Frithing
Frank Abbott
BR. F. D
Fulton, Omega Co
For mile cheap runabout buggy
For sale a single runabout buggy offered at a low price. Thoroughly overhauled and in good condition. Phone F. L. 63 or address J. M. Cornelison Pendleton.
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F. L
J. M. Cornelison
Weston Normal School hires housekeeper and local notes
Mrs Looney of Fosell Oregon engaged as housekeeper for Weston Normal School. Edward L Withers traveled to Nez Perce Idaho as Dunkard church delegate to a diatelot convention. In coming days golden grain fields should yield excellent harvest as crops ripen fine in recent days.
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Looney
Weston
Fosell
Ore
Weston Normal School
Edward L. Withers
Nez Perce
Idaho
Dunkard
Supt Covey Exonerated At Warm Springs Reservation
The Madras Pioneer prints a full report exonerating Warm Springs reservation officials after charges were filed and publicized. The Bureau of Indian Affairs letter accompanying the report is published verbatim except for a few trivial, untrue charges omitted to save space.
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Covey
Warm Springs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Madras
Entertainment at Star theater summer shows start Thursday
Star theater proprietor N. E. Pardee announces weekly summer programs featuring illustrated songs and moving pictures nightly Thursday through Sunday. Continuous performances at usual prices. Pineules for kidneys and bladder offer 30 days treatment for $1 with money back guarantee through A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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Star
N. E. Pardee
Star Theater
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Dinner Mix Up Delights Ladysmith Table With Horse Meat Prank
In Ladysmith during the elege General Sir Tao Hamilton enlists humor over scarce beef. A dinner ends with a servant revealing the joints were mixed and guests had eaten horse. Ward and Ian Hamilton admit swapping dishes, turning the meal into a playful misdirection with sharp irony.
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Ladysmith
Sir Tao Hamilton
Colonel Ward
Ian Hamilton
Ward
Hamilton
The Oyster and the Cookie Power Face Off
An exploration of animal strength compares the oyster to the cockle and cockle. It notes the oyster requires 1,510.5 times the shell to open and that shell-lens impet pulls 1964 times its own weight in air and about double in water. It cites the Mediterranean cockle Venus vurrocoga pulling 2,071 times its weight and imagines human lifting capacities in millions of pounds if proportionally scaled.
Irregularity in sayings about London language
A London Standard note discusses the oddity of saying a person is “at London” in cablegram style. It contrasts the normal use of living in London with the awkward phrasing “at London” and notes how English becomes irregular, while other places are phrased with “in” or without prepositions.
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London
New York
Paria
Iceland in Summer A Warm Oasis on Lava Wall
A Travel Magazine writer recalls Reykjavik summers, perched on a lava wall to view a scene of warmth. Farm animals roam under sun while children play. potatoes and cabbage blossom. Yet Icelandic summer brings rain and discomfort despite warmth.
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Iceland
Travel Magazine
Heykjavik
Ialand
Stage door rules push outward for smooth exits
Stage doors are designed to open outward to avoid fumbling or collisions as actors exit. Real life doors open inward toward the room, but theater practice places doors outward so performers can push through quickly without fumbling. This design minimizes clumsy moments on stage.
Betty's Gift Vicar Confronts Deaf Choir Member Betty
A Lancashire vicar was asked by the choir to approach Betty, a deaf parishioner, about singing during the anthem. After a shouted prompt she finally hears singing and says the praise belongs to the gift itself, not to her.
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Betty
Lancashire
Pall Mall Garette
Chinese Troops Drill Recruits for Long March
Drill of Chinese army recruits requires each man to carry sand in his knapsack. On day one two ounces, increasing by two ounces daily until sixteen pounds. They can run ten hours at a dog trot and reach the end fit for fighting.
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Eixteen
Better Than His Pick Irishman and a Jewelers Window
A humorous tale features an Irishman and his friend near a jeweler shop with many precious stones. When offered a pick, the man quips that he wants his shovel, implying a working definition of a patriot. The quip reflects nostalgic tone typical of East Oregonian humor pages.
Gallant Deed at Waterloo From London Standard
A London Standard anecdote recalls a stranger who rode to the Duke of Wellington during the battle of Waterloo and delivered a crucial note. The duke praised the act as one of the most gallant deeds he had witnessed, done without expectation of reward or recognition.
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Duke of Wellington
London Standard
No Man's Land: Spitzbergen Described as Frozen Wilderness
An eyewitness recalls Spitzbergen 600 miles north of Norway's North Cape within 700 miles of the pole. A frost desolated land with long grass, colossal glaciers, and ice cliffs surging into the sea. The area is described as no country’s possession and likely to remain No Man’s Land, despite a possible Norwegian protectorate effort.
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Spietbergen
North Cape
Norway
North Pole
Splitzbergen
No Man's Land
National Magazine
Edward II Drum Corps in Crusade Era Accounts
Edward II era drum bands frequent in crusade accounts. Calais triumphal entry featured tambours and nakers, kettledrums named from Arabs. Chaucer and poets mention these instruments in tournaments. The king kept bandsmen and minstrel players with payments recorded to trumpeters and nakers.
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Edward II
Edward Til
Calais
Chaucer
Edward Slop
Roger
Janine
Nakerer
Chambers
Peter the Great Pushes Beard Tax on Russians
The article recounts a belief that beardless men lacked souls and that Peter the Great forced Russians to shave by fining the wealthy 100 rubles and peasants a kopeck for each beard to appear civilized. Priests warned that without shaving St. Nicholas could not distinguish them from bearded Turks, achieving compliance.
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Russia
Peter the Great
Peter
St. Nicholas
Heaven
Cinnamon Topers and Bark Chewing Habit Details
Cinnamon and cassia contain tannin and excessive consumption resembles heavy tea drinking. Workers in the woods strip bark, dry it, and taste samples to grade lots. Initial lip and throat irritation fades, giving a genuine fondness for the bark.
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Cassia
American Regard For Women From Lippincott’s Note
A quotation notes American attitudes toward women as respectful and practical rather than saccharine. It contrasts deference with shallow display, arguing chivalry and patriotism should avoid performative excess and knee-jerk theatrics.
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Lippincott'a
One's Point of View on a Happy Ending Play
A Baltimore American clipping quotes a debate over a play's ending. The speaker praises a happy ending while another notes the husband terrorizes his wife and kills his mother-in-law, highlighting conflicting reactions.
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Baltmore American
Frenchman Convicted in Mother-In-Law Killing
Extenuating, a Frenchman, was found guilty of killing his mother-in-law. Asked at sentencing if he had anything to plead for himself, he replied he had lived with her twenty one years and never did it before.
Not What They Expected Bride Hoere Telegram
A telegram from papa arrives causing surprise. The groom eagerly asks for the message and the bride reads Do not come home All will be forgiven indicating a dramatic family reconciliation plan.
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Papa
Bride
All the News All the Time in the Boat Oregonian
A brief item reflects the Oregonian’s persistent coverage style, noting ongoing reporting on maritime affairs and local boating news. It emphasizes steady updates from Oregon and regional watercraft stories.
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Oregonian
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