River trade blamed on merchants and port bosses
Upper Columbia river transportation is urged to receive more attention from merchants Portland wholesalers and local organizations. The piece argues merchants bear some fault for shifting to rail and calls for more river education and sustained operations to keep boats running. It also notes Governor West’s anti vice actions and discusses political remarks by Wilson and Roosevelt era debates.
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Upper River
Columbia Basin
Portland
Open River Transportation Company
Iunlor
Upper Columbia
Tree of Life Legend Across Cultures Across Ages
The San Francisco Examiner review traces the Tree of Life myth from Genesis to Babylonian and Persian sources. It notes Nimrod seeking the Fountain of Life in the Nimrod Epic, Babylonia tablets with a tree and serpent, and tales from The Tales of a Parrot where fruit reveals aging or youth. The piece highlights cross cultural origins and questions simplistic biblical readings.
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Eden
Babylonia
Babylon
Jerusalem
Nimrod
Ishtar
Pir-Napishtim
Noah
San Francisco Examiner
Sleepy South Yarns A Drummer’s Tale Of Nola Chucky
A humorous tale claims a drummer found a grocer secretly drinking in a back room of a Nola Chucky store on a hot August afternoon. The grocer hushed the drummer, saying two customers were in the shop and to keep quiet.
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Sleepy South
A Iid
Generosity and a Pink Striped Lozenge Tale
Henry Miller remarks on generosity while a little girl visits a drawing room. She offers a hard white lozenge to Hilary McMinsters, who savors it as she notes its pink stripe once. The exchange reveals humor and social dynamics of the scene.
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Henry Miller
Hilary McMinsters
Young's Magazine
Toadstool Tale Echoes in Country Moonlight
A city girl on vacation in the country exults at a full moon and the woods, mixing up words with her beau. She muses on toadstools and crickets as the night air becomes a playful, melodic tableau in a quaint rural scene.
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Billy
William
Libel on the South by Ollie James at Baltimore dinner
Chairman Ollie James defended the South at a Democratic convention dinner in Baltimore. He dismissed the idea that the region is sleepy and urged the audience to judge the South by its contributions and vigor.
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Ollie James
Baltimore
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