Early American schools birth and growth echoed in Pendleton notice
Fragments recount the origins of Harvard Yale and New York public schooling from colonial ministers to Governors Clinton and Berkeley. The piece traces free education from Dutch era schools to early American public schools, praising public schools' lasting impact and self-sacrifice of leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Vollege
Yale
New York
George Clinton
New Yorks
United States
Gov
Berkeley
Virginian
Virginia
Great Central
Western States
Pendleton
Pacific Coast
Nation
Love and Sunlit Love in Joaquin Miller Verse
Poem excerpt invokes love as sunlit noon and ripe life. It warns that fortunes change like June days and urges to drink deep in youth's prime without doubt. The text reflects romantic exuberance and the ephemerality of fortune through vivid imagery.
Pendleton to Pilot Rock railroad planned with J P O'Brien
J P O'Brien heads Umatilla Central rail road company formed to build Pendleton to Pilot Rock. Pendleton patrons expect real construction soon. The line would unlock rich Birch creek country, Amber timber, and new settlers, connecting Pendleton with the outside world and prompting a celebration of work starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. O'Brien
Umatilla
Pendleton
Con Ae
Grant
The Rise of Free Public Schools in Early America
A fragmented reminiscence on the growth of free public schools from colonial funding to Harvard, noting early American spendings and taxes for education. The piece highlights mental development and the diffusion of knowledge as core benefits beyond inventions and material progress, referencing Cambridge Seminary’s evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Bovton
Cambridge Seminary
Harvard University
Foston
Work for Convicts in Oregon Grain and Wool Sack Industry
The East Oregonian argues convicts could be profitably employed in manufacturing grain and wool sacks for Oregon farmers. With foreign burlap prices rising and South America supplying cheaper materials, a state mill or factory could reduce costs. If feasible, Oregon should study the idea for a future legislature to consider establishing a state interill and factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
East Oregonian
Oregon
Oregonian
South America
Washington
Oregon Plains and Pacific Monthly June issue tone
The Pacific Monthly June issue centers on California and Sioxka, praising Oregon contributions and talent. It highlights Oregon-born writers, railroads, ships, cargo handling, and cultural growth, claiming Western inspiration through romance, history, and legend shaped by Oregon’s mind and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Monthly
California
Sioxka
Pacific Vest
Reading of Everyday Bargains in Small Goods
Catalog style notes list ladies sleeveless vents warm quality and Ife value with extensions for sand curtains. Infant cotton stocklogs in colors offered at small prices. White hemstitched handker chiefs and box hairpins available in assorted colors and sizes.
End of the World Predictions From a 19th Century League
A fragmented article reports a mix of prophecies and literary notes. Henry Van Dyke is cited praising happiness as a path to love work and virtue. The piece summarizes beliefs of a curious league predicting Armageddon around 1920 with 200 million demons and a final draw, ending with world destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
Eorlatiet Labor Party
Mare
Crank's Prophecy Promises Global Spring Meetings
A London dispatch notes the spring meetings are in full force worldwide with Exeter Hall in the Strand hosting various sessions from morning to night. The report emphasizes the unusual spread and significance of these gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter Hall
Strand
London
Kentucky's Favorite Song
Kentuckians celebrate Old Home Week as thousands travel to hometowns to renew youth and old friendships, recalling familiar faces and memories from earlier days.
Howeaton Post Names My Old Kentucky Home Favorite
The Howeaton Texas Post says the favorite song in the Blue Grass water contest is My Old Kentucky Home, with Foster’s competitor close behind. The newspaper notes Kentuckians singing Homegoing songs and mentions The Commoner’s view on the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howeaton
Texas Post
Kentucky
Foster
Theuney
Northwest sportsmen tourney and wool sale dates listed
The notice lists events from June 20 to September 18 including Northwest Sportsmen's tournament in Walla Walla and the Fifteenth annual convention in Omaha. Oregon woolgrowers fix sale dates for Shantiro Baker City and Elgin with multiple June and July days. Also reports 616 inmates at the Medion Lake insane asylum, with 160 women, and 78 patients in the imbecile gerium at the same site, half of whom are boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Wallin
Convention International Baptist Young People's Union
Omaha
Elka’ Grand Lodge
Den
National Irrigation Congress
Bolne City
Northwest Laundrymen's
Pendleton
Oregon
Oregon Woolgrowers’ Association
Baker City
Eilgin
Medion Lake, Wash
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Fakast Gregonany
Independenl NS Newspaper
Gregon
MAST
Vurkrgonian Publishing CO
American University
Harvard
Connectcut
Connecticut
Conneewekiy
Gall
Sear
Br Mail
Law
Serippe McRae
Inca Association
Chieico Buren
Sg Hile 4
Ory
Joaquin Miller
Pilot Rock
Norfolk
Oregon Plains
Lee Mourh
Frazier’s Book Store
Tadier Mackentton
Post. Office
New England
Crank
Pendleton Planing Mills
R, Forster
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