Umatilla Notes Contact Rail Line Work and Crime
Local notes from Umatilla report Mountain Gem steamer arrival and agency activity, police detective Fitzgerald cracking a box car theft ring with stolen goods worth over 300 dollars, and efforts to ease rail crew concerns. Visitors include Miss Martha Watson and Rev Lovell. several residents attend funerals. a new club building progresses and a road survey plans to ease stock movement and dust during shipping season. wheat prospects show minimal damage after recent freezes and rains.
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Umatilla
Umatilla Development League
Portland
Dr. Hyde
S. A. Saylor
City Recorder
H. F. Campion
J. W. Burch
Pacific Express Company
Severn
Kyle McDaniel
Neil Duncan
A. H. Gaylord
Union
A. J. Moore
J. Fitegerald
Fitzgerald
Pendleton
Tre
Walter Fraser
Morrow County Update Reports Cox Recovery After Brain Inflammation
D Cox, who has suffered severe brain inflammation and been ill for weeks, is reported to be recovering. The Heppner Times and Gaxcue compile local happenings from Morrow County, noting Cox's health improvement after a long illness.
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Heppner Times
Gaxcue
D. Cox
Clearwater Valley Tobacco Grows For Cigars
R Rothenberg of Orofino, president of Clearwater Tobacco Co, reports 390 acres planted this year with experienced eastern growers to assure high grade tobacco. He predicts Clearwater tobacco will suit cigar manufacture, produce strong wrappers, and likely meet local demand before expanding beyond the area.
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R. Rothenberg
Orofino
Clearwater Tobacco Company
Aolty
Spokane
Lewiston Teller
Rothenberg
Clearwater Valley
Carolinas
Connecticut
Florida
United States
House sale ordered for estate of Michael O Aara
The county court orders sale of a house in the Teht of way of the Oregon railroad near Weatherby belonging to the estate of Michael O Aara deceased. Elton Sisley, administrator, states the property lies on the railroad right of way and must be sold for the estate. The Grand Ronde plants at Cove Oro Dell and Morgan Lake fed power to Union City, turned on the 29th.
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Michael O'Aara
Weatherby
Elton Sisley
Baker Cy Herald
Union
Grand Ronde
Cove
Oro Dell
Morgan Lake
Odd Pastimes of Famous Mathematicians Fascinate London Stand
A London Stand report notes a pair of peculiar habits by historic minds. Abbe de St Martin wore nine stockings and built a rock bed with a furnace to regulate warmth for rest. Fourier enclosed himself in a box with a fixed temperature, allowing head and hands freedom, a curious extreme for health preservation.
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de St. Martin
Fourier
London
Vitality of a Frog Heart: A Philadelphia surgeon notes
A Philadelphia surgeon states no living creature has a heart as vital as the water frog. He explains the aquatic frog can survive months after hind legs are removed, hops lost but fore legs aid crawling, and a dissected frog’s heart shows valvular motion for a day after isolation from the body.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Telegraph
Hammers Through the Ages and Their Uses in Trade
The article traces hammer origins from ancient Egypt around twenty centuries before our era, noting the stone tool held in the hand as an early form and the later invention of claw hammers in the middle ages. It highlights a spectrum from jeweler’s tiny tools to fifty ton shipyard hammers, each trade shaping its use.
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Egypt
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Legend of Sambur Lake Folklore in Jeypore India
An old tale from Jeypore, India, recounts a rajah being told that if he rode forward without looking back he would gain a land turned to a field of aliver. He rode thirty miles but found instead a lake of salt, defying the promise of wealth.
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Sambur Lake
Jeypore
India
Sambur Salt Lake
Bs Fesu
Father of Science Hippocrates and Anatomy Legacy
The text credits Hippocrates as father of science and notes his death in 877 B C. It states modern science began in Italy in the 13th century. It mentions Titian preparing and coloring early anatomical plates and that major artists studied anatomy, including Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci.
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Hippocrates
Italy
Titian
Michael Angelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
James Lick's Test and the Tourists’ Way
Describes James Lick the San Francisco magnate famed for his observatory. He reportedly demanded would be workers plant trees upside down to test obedience, dismissing dissenters. The piece also cites Alpine travel danger and a guide's cynical remark about locals’ travel routes for tourists.
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James Lick
San Francisco
Lick
Pearson's Weekly
Criticism and Motives in Mirrored Brotherhoods
A reflective note on judging others actions. It argues that unseen inner struggles tempt individuals, making fair criticism difficult. The piece questions how one can truly condemn behavior without understanding motive, urging empathy in assessing a brother’s conduct.
Pity and Oddities in a Dilapidated Era
A fragment quotes Ally Sloper characters lamenting fate and travel regrets. It notes a quip about seeing Naples and dying. It mentions a habit of harrowing fields using a brush pile dragged by oxen, reflecting older agricultural practices.
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Morrow County
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