Oregon Trail Project Aims to Mark Historic Route
Long description of a 1920s effort led by Charles E Davis of Sacramento and Ezra Meeker to mark the overland Oregon Trail from Independence Missouri to Oregon with a prairie wagon train. It recalls Meeker’s travels, 1923 dedication, associated memorial groups, and the Trail’s two eastern termini and paths through Kansas City Topeka Grand Island North Platte and along the Snake River into Oregon, ending with Oregon’s settlement.
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California
Charles
Davis Af
Sacramento
Dependence
Afo
Baker
States
United States
Teminder
Meacham
Ore
Harding
Oregon ‘Trail
Emigrant Springs
Oregon ‘Pro’ Memorial ‘Association
New York
Congress
Memorial Association
Ezra Meeker
Independence
Council
Butts
Iota
Kanesville
Iowa
Gusby
Kansas City
Westport
Gardner
Kan
Oregon
Topeka
Nebraska
Belren
Platte River
Grand Island
Platte
City of
North Platte
Cornell Bluffs
Anesville
North Place
Kart Laramie
Wyoming
Casper
Independence Track
Continental Divide
South Pass
Pacific
Kemmerer
Sublette
Border
Idaho
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Old Fort Hall
Port New
Snake Rivers
Snake
American Falls
Twin
Fails
Filer
Behl
Glenn’s Ferry
Mountain Bone
Boise
Nampa
Caldwell and
Parma
Old Fort Boise
Vala
Ontario
Hartington
Burot River
Powder Valley
Saker
Grande Ronde
Blue Mountains
Pendleton
Umatilla
Columbia
Dalles
Barlow Road
Oregon City
Portland
Williamette Valley
Clatsop Plains
Washington
Sale Bill of 1849 Oregon Territory Move Upsets Farmers
A historical sale notice details a farmer’s departure to Oregon in 1849 with vast personal property auctioned. It lists livestock, tools, household items, a rifle, alcoholic beverages, and several enslaved people for sale as a single lot. The document situates the sale near Versailles Kentucky on the McCouns Gerry Pike with cash or negotiable notes and a 4 percent interest surety by Bob McConnel.
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Bob
Versailles
Kentucky
McCourns Gerry ‘Pike
Moss
Seven Affairs for Each Mate Exposed by New York Study
New York City based bureau of social hygiene reports from 200 men and 100 women show couples often seek affection outside marriage. Findings indicate women slightly more fickle, with 29 of 100 husbands and 41 of 100 wives admitting affairs. peak activity varies by gender with men peaking around ages 21–22 and women later, especially in forties, as relationships extend beyond the altar.
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New York
Bureau of Social Hygiene
New York City
Secrel
Ofconine
Seidow
John 1
Rockefeiler
Charles 0. Herdt
Secree
Tredisbrér
de Batherine B. Davis
Raymond B. Tasingk
Abraham Flesner
French Students Drop German for English in Paris Schools
German is losing ground in Paris lycees as English rises in popularity. Before the war German dominated modern language offerings, but now about three in ten pupils select it in lycees and colleges while English attracts nearly four in ten. Military leaders prefer German, citing France's formidable neighbor, but overall interest declines.
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Paris
France
Watermelon Farm Uses Paper Sacks In Hawaii
In Hawaii Japanese farmers grow melons year round and protect them from a pest by tying fruit in paper sacks. The melons bear marked dates and picking directions amid a field lit by lanterns, reflecting a local agricultural scene.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Iibury
Tesemabta& Field
Camp Life Too Tame for N Y Parson's Son
Richard Milica Potter son of Universalist pastor Francis Power returns to Potter house after a four day absence. He recounts hitchhiking from Adirondack camp to Winter residence with tales of farm work hay pitching and surviving on ten dollars plus his hoard. He says camp life was too tame and the women talked too much.
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Parson
New York
Richard Milica Potter
Chartes
Haie
Porter
Bleck
Fishermen's Pastor Dedication at Sea Island Home
A dedication service for a fishermen's pastor is held ten miles at sea near Sea Island, Gosport. Prominent clergymen attend as a stone house in memory of John Tuck, longtime minister to fishermen, stands beside a granite obelisk amid tidal rocks and shifting sands.
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Star
Sland
Maine
Gosport
John Tuck
iLagala
Sparrows and Songbirds Increase in Midwest
The United States Bureau of Biological Survey notes English sparrows declined in recent years but are stabilizing, with the West and Middle West still showing increases. American songbirds are not in danger of extinction, though some may be in a precarious position as officials report.
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Washington
Swichout
United States
Bureas
Biological Survey
West
Middle West
Bureau
Weaker Sex? Mountain Seques After Five Days
Mrs Elmer Benna tin of Towande Pennsylvania, seventy seven, was rescued after five days and four nights in the mountains. She endured barefoot travel for most of the trek, subsisting on berries and reporting only fatigue as her main complaint.
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Towande
Elmer Bennatin
Unknown Washington letter found in London attic near British Museum
A long forgotten missive dated Georgetown October 4 1781 purportedly by George Washington is discovered in a London boarding house attic near the British Museum. The fragile document bears Washingtons signature and discusses army ideas, discipline, and justice with a pledge to act within constitutional means.
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British Museum
London
George Washington
Ewan
Georgetown
Real Distr mma forces Hamma to miss steamer remedy
In a troubled incident Joseph Hamma of Castle Island Light faced heavy seas aboard the steamer Li remedy. Authorities describe the events as a signal of distress and potential danger at sea.
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Joseph Hamma
Castle Island Light
Li Remedy
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