Dip of Death and Spiral Glide Among Circus Feats
The piece recounts R. J. Brush, a Pendleton freight inspector, riding a wild horse during a Round-up tale. He describes a reckless egg basket ride home, claiming a mile a minute speed and a dramatic aero-like descent producing a brood of eggs hatching into twelve chickens.
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R. J. Brush
Brush
Pendleton
Moone
T. R
Privat
Camas Frable
Clarence Adame
Adame
Adama
Fellows
American
Europe
Asia
Shortest Route to Hell Stage Gulch Prairie Ballad
A wartime era mining or farm life lament portrays a grim journey to Hell on Stage Gulch prairie. The speaker warns of a godforsaken land where fever heat, dust, drought, and relentless labor define hellish toil. The narrator urges quitting, yet the path leads to hours of grueling work, exhausting nights, and the boss’s yell signaling arrival at Hell.
Still Lives Witt Patched Up Brain Still Lives Witt Patch
Yonkers doctors at St Josephs hospital say John Martin 28 is recovering after skull fracture with brain tissue loss from a track accident. Surgeons Mennelsohn and Lopez operated, mending torn tissue and broken bone. Though memory is impaired, doctors expect full recovery of mental function. Martin recalls being thrown from a passenger train.
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New York
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers
John Martin
Martin
Mennelsohn
Lopez
Deaf mute couple in court over insults and boarder
In New York a deaf mute couple from Flushing faced a police court case when a summons was filed by the wife. The judge learned the couple cannot speak or hear and dismissed the complaint after an interpreter explained the situation. The wife preferred removing the boarder over separating from her husband, and the magistrate advised them to work out their dispute at home.
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Magee
Dunks
FS Thomanon
Danks
Jackson Street
Irvington Heights
Charles Cowen
Seattle
Cowen
Pendleton
Hexas
Umatilla
West Court Street
Asylum Grounds
West Alta
West Alta Street
STER
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Circus
Combined Harvester
Oregon
Merle FR
Chessman
Hell
Hades
Aunrine
Yonkers
American National Bank
W. L. Thompson
F. E. Judd
J. B. McCook
W S, Badley
Noth
Ard Danks
Flushing
Chauncey Haines
Dixie Land
Giggler
Haines Pub. CO
Union
Main Street
Pacific Northwest
Portland
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