Harvesting Opens as Berry Shipments Rise in Freewater
Freewater notes a busy scene with large berry shipments to market while rainfall settled dust. Cannery operations begin with workers assembling. harvesters push into barley and wheat. Balloon event planned with Walla Walla Traction excursions from Walla Walla and Milton.
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Grant County
Freewater
Walla Walla
Alma
Nelile Frazier
Oregon
Sarah Stanley
Robert Newman
Milton
Freewater- Milton
Deafness Cure Promised and Oklahoma Election Update
An old ad notes deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and promotes a catarrh cure with a $100 guarantee. It also reports the Oklahoma constitutional convention adjourned at Guthrie, setting a September 7 election date for state officers and the constitution, with Governor Franz to issue an election proclamation soon.
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Rs EY &O
Toledo
Teadl
Oklahoma
Fisherman's Luck and the Meaning of Knowledge
In the Florida Record this piece argues that fisherman's luck equals knowledge. The wily expert knows rock holes for grouper, channels for amber jacks and barracuda, baiting mullet, hooks for each fish, weather-aware tactics, and relentless effort.
One and a Million Envelope Sale at Store
A Wy stationer reports a record sale when a man appeared with a letter and bought a single envelope for a cent, claiming to buy a million by the thousand and then by a millen. The buyer paid on the spot with a roll of yellow back bank notes, and delivery was made though the purchaser has not reappeared.
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Philadelphia Record
Tramp Requests Needle Thread Patch From Housewife
In a Practical tale a hungry tramp asks a door to door for needle and thread a patch of cloth and finally a matching old suit and a square meal, with the housewife granting each request in sequence reflecting scarce resources and charity.
Overlooked the Side Issue in a New York Saloon
Andy Horn, once a well known east side saloon proprietor, hires a former political figure as barkeeper for ten dollars a month. The ex-bartender accepts the job after a lively exchange about the “easiest” work in New York.
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Andy Horn
East Side
New York
Ray
Andy
Prairie Dog Delicacy Mentioned by Plains Dwellers
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note quotes a zoo keeper praising prairie dog meat while plainsmen claim cultural taboos link eating prairie dogs with eating rattlesnakes and owls. The tale frames superstition on the plains yet notes the meat’s fine taste likened to young chicken.
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Prairie Dog
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Prevent Nightmare Tips From Munich Doctor
Read that a Munich specialist advises three to four hours between last meal and bed, avoid hearty foods, and skip indigestible dishes and alcohol at supper to curb nightmares. Also mentions daily antic septic broom bath per German doctor, while the Maid dismisses such care as unnecessary.
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Ketter
Munich
Norah
Puck
Missed the Fun in East Oregonian Fragment
Fragment from East Oregonian shows a child crying over a fall with a parent assuring recovery. The improvised dialogue hints at a mishap or accident, with distant reference to time and misheard phrases. The excerpt preserves informal speech and local tone.
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Air
Nuffin
Peculiar Street Names in City of Mexico and Tin Tooth Tale
A fragmentary piece notes Mexican street names and shop signs as colorful, with examples like Los Perros and El Castillo del Diablo. It contrasts with New Orleans names and recalls a dentist’s tale about tin tooth fillings paid by a Wall Street broker, urging that tin fillings last longer than gold.
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City of Mexico
New Orleans
St. Augustine
St. Joseph
Europe
New Orleans Times- Democrat
The Missouri River Steamboat Dream
George Fitch imagines a fantastical Missouri river steamboat in American Magazine. He proposes a shallow lithe deep chested stern wheeler, hinged midship, with suction dredge to raise sand bars, able to use a channel yet not rely on it, and capable of climbing clay banks or crossing a field when needed.
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Missouri
George Fitch
American Magazine
Mr. Fitch
The Oldest Book and Its Ancient Dates
An ancient Egyptian proverb collection attributed to Ptahhotep is dated to at least 200 B C. Abra tam’s move from Ur marks 1921 B C., placing the volume about 1,100 years before Jewish history. Chronologists set the flood at 2346 B C., with Methuselah born 3817 B C., implying the papyrus was compiled when the oldest man was 800 years old.
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Solomon
Ptabhotep
B.C
Methuselah
B. C
Witty Anecdotes From A Northern Town
A Laramie reader recalls a theater seating moment where a woman tests a couple and earns a sharp reply about a wife. Also shared are South American oil bird facts from Trinidad caves and a fable about a goose that hoards golden eggs, ending with a joke about a henpecked husband and a silent sleep speaker.
If you need it in the East Oregonian it’s on file
A concise note implying availability of requested items or notices in the East Oregonian archives, suggesting readers can locate needed material within that newspaper.
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East Oregonian
The Circus and the Arab Breed Query
Homer Davenport challenges circus posters claiming eighteen to twenty Arabian horses in America. He recalls posters saying they were royal, imperial white with eagle feather markings, bought in Albany Oregon, and notes legends of pure desert Arab stock clash with historical breeding.
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Ameren
New York
Arabian Desert
Homer Davenport
Popular Approval of Theft and Private Property
A London News critique argues private property lacks mass acceptance and highlights how folk songs and literature celebrate heroic theft. It notes Robin Hood and Turpin and Sheppard as examples where the robber is noble, not villain, and wealth is deemed improper for some.
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Robin Hood
Turpin
Sheppard
Wade
London News
Going to the Dogs Phrase Explained in Ornate Lore
London Spectator surveys controversy over the expression going to the dogs. It traces possible roots in archaic language and religious or classical references, noting a likely link to the fate of worn out animals and the notion of being condemned to slaughter or decay.
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London Spectator
Bobby Remembered and Jinks at Dinner memory tale
The Galveston News recounts Bobby’s memory prior to a dinner with Jinks who has returned from abroad. Jinks asks if the child remembers him and Bobby replies with recall of last summer when his father brought someone home and his mother was furious for a week.
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Bobby
Binks
Jinks
Mrs. Binks
Galveston
Dickens Visits Manchester Slums in Hard Times Era
In Manchester, Charles Dickens tours the hovels of cotton spinners and is filled with pity and horror. A factory owner tells him workers only sleep in such houses, not live there, as they live near the mill.
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Dickens
Manchester
Not Discouraged by a Philadelphia Press Quote
A busy merchant complains that the other person is wasting time and questions the Insurance agent about their persistence. The agent faces the remark that a man will pay most anything to get rid of an Insurance man, illustrating pushback in a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
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Laramie
Wom
Philadelphia Press
Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt sermon series announced
A Chicago reader notes a minister announces a special series of sermons starting next Sabbath evening on Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. A wag in the congregation jokes about the game dating back that far.
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Egypt
Chicago News
Delusion Echoed In Witty Exchange At Baltimore American
In a clipped exchange cited by the Baltimore American the old cynic laments that women are delusions for men while the young enthusiast retorts that men hug their delusions. The terse dialogue captures a gendered flaring remark typical of the era.
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Eynic
Baltimore
Remembered It First Autoist In Bavaria
The passage recalls a road trip stop in Bavaria and a fire repair moment while noting a curious fact about sea salt yield. This brief excerpt, drawn from Scribner's Magazine, frames a wandering memory echoed by East Oregonian’s all-news tagline.
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Bavaria
Scribner’s Magazine
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Goda
Old Kentucky
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Pendlete
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Trinidad
Bricklayers' Union
Henpeck
Philo
Delphia Presa
Picured
Pendleton, Oregon
the Fair Dep’t. Store
Yellowstone Park
A. D. Charlton
A. G. Pla
Porthind
Northern Pacific Railway
Walter Adams
S. J. Caldersdead
Walla Walla, Wash
Alaska
Stroble
East Court Street
BLACK
Frank B. Clopton & CO
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Pendleton
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Pendleton Roller Mills
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