Daily Oregonian Classified On Sale In Several Ways
The Daily Oregonian details subscription options including one year by mail and by carrier, six months and three months by mail, one month by mail, and multiple shorter carrier periods. It lists distribution points such as Imperial Hotel News Stand in Portland and bureaus in Washington D C and Portland. It notes Official City and County Paper status and United Press Association membership.
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Last
Oregonian
Udelman News Co
Washington
Portland
Oregon
Imperial Hotel
Washington, D. C
Bureeu
Fourteenth Street
N. W
Dally
Mall Ly
Mall
Cofere
Bem
Gem
Mercy and Guidance Amid Grief Restored Souls
A devotional line speaks of turning aside to aid others and finding mercy as a path to peace. It promises God as guide during sorrow and recalls that those harmed are in God’s remembrance and care.
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God
Financial optimism rises as currency reform eyed
The bond market shows signs of improvement amid Secretary Mc Adoo’s $500 million emergency currency plan. Analysts say the currency move calms fears, raises confidence, and may shift funds to time loans. May foreign trade also strengthens with exports at 194 million and a 62 million trade surplus, contrasting with 1912 figures.
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Pendleton
McAdoo
Aldrich- Vreeland
At & Monent
Henry Clews
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Wilson
Wall Street
United States
Anti-suffragette parade provokes rough handling and satire
A New York World piece jokes about anti-suffragettes in England facing mobs during a march for President Poincare’s visit, noting skirts torn and derision. It also critiques reports of rabbit drives, retracts a Portland Oregonian slander, and argues wealth accumulation harms society without law, in a satirical tone.
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England
Poincaire
Frasnce
New York World
Plane trees blamed for summer coughs and sneezes
An Australian paper warns that planting plane trees in urban streets can trigger coughing and sneezing during hot weather. The piece cites authorities naming emissions from planes as a cause, recalls warnings from 1878 about German Alsace authorities, and notes nurserymen’s health complaints tied to the tree. It also recalls ancient Greek praise of the plane despite its harmful nature.
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Henry
Alsice
London
Zerxes
After the storm nature rejoices in fresh green earth
A verse fragment portrays skies and trees battered by winds, then a calm renewal as sun returns. Birds sing from fields and woods, with Augusta Wall cited as the author in a poetic scene of upheaval and rebirth.
Growth of Great Estates in American History
The Titanic heir John Jacob Astor left an estate of 87 million, 218 thousand, 796 and 5 cents, the largest under state tax law. Yet earlier fortunes by Astor and contemporaries show growth gaps. Historical wealth contrasts reveal how population, era, and ratemaking influence perceived fortunes, with markets, heirs, and taxes reshaping ultimate value.
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John Jacob Astor
United States
Stephen Girard
America
New York
Astor
Iving Gould
Jay Gould
Iving Vanderbilt
William H Vanderbilt
Tribute to Gregory Humes The World reporter
The New York Evening Sun lauds Gregory Humes killed in the Stamford wreck. The piece praises his devotion to reporting first with the truth, his loyalty, and the unwritten code of journalism. It portrays him as the finest example of the profession’s spirit and impersonality.
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New York Evening Sun
Gregory Humes
World
Stamford
Hume
Bachelor pleads for home while clashing with modern life
A satirical verse skewers a spendthrift bachelor who preaches old-fashioned gender roles yet adores men’s acclaim. He laments modern women while the maidens toil downtown, keeping the wolf away as he questions whose home truly belongs to.
Small Dreams by Frances Chesterton
A reflective poem in which the speaker recalls grand childhood dreams of castles and rivers fading to modest, intimate visions in old age. The narrator contrasts youthful vast ambitions with enduring, simple comforts and cherishes memories of Lebanon cedar trees and sunlit paths.
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Lebanon
Frances Chesterton
What Can a Cat Have No Other Animal Has
A classroom riddle provokes jokes about fur and whiskers before a girl, Eva, answers kittens. The teacher seeks a distinct cat trait and Eva’s reply settles the moment, claiming kittens as what a cat has unique to it.
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Eva
Salome Dance Ends With Royal Rise And Wary Whisper
A Boston Transcript note recalls John the Baptist and Herodias watching Salome dance for Herod. Herodias privately muses she believed Salome would rise, while theAncients are critiqued for tastelessness. The moment underscores royal drama and public intrigue in ancient lore.
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John the Baptist
Herodias
Salome
Boston Transcript
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Hast
Greggman
Gast Oregonian Publishing CO
United Press Association
Seiephone
Lord
Henry van Dyke
Hostetter
Portland Oregonian
London Globe
Augusta Wall
Pelf
Big Cel
R&g
Alexander Dep't
Pendleton’s
S & H Trading Stamps
Weston Ladies Band
Athena
Pendleton Cowboy Band
Umatilla
Penleton
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