Majority Rule Amendment in Oregon Ballot Fight
A lengthy argument urging Oregon voters to adopt the Majority Rule amendment to the state constitution. It contends the current initiative system is abused, making 38 measures require careful voter scrutiny, and proposes channeling ordinary legislation to the Legislature while shielding the public from harmful measures.
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Oregon
Hieple
Woodrow Wilson
Tose
Mary
Oreson
Evangelical Sunday School plans a historic service day
An Evangelical Sunday School event aims to be the best attended, most entertaining, and most helpful in its history. The day blends a single service with special instrumental and vocal music led by Mr. Coffin, a violin solo by Leon Peterson, and a short address to the whole school. Evening services follow at 6:30 and 7:30 with metal music and remarks.
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Evangelical Sunday School
Oats
Mnaire
Coffin
Leon Peterson
Vote for Huge Mill Tax Increase For University Support
A fragmented OCR passage argues for a six to ten mill tax for agricultural and university support, claiming permanent backing and shared governance benefits. It cites support from Governor and education advocates, touting efficiency gains and business interest alignment. The text is garbled but centers on passage of a millage measure.
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University of Rages
Gourssa
Tasatios
Osea
LB Aber Mteelease
Biante
Poertiand
Gevernor Joeman
Retreat From Moscow and Wordsworth Anecdotes
Assembly of grim descriptions of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow with massive casualties and famine, followed by a separate anecdote about Wordsworth’s absentmindedness observed by an old servant at Rydal Mount, noting the poet’s moody habit and dislike of breaking china.
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Moscow
Napoleon
Russia
Ganon Rawnsley
Lake District
Wordsworth
Rydal Mount
Wortsworth
Goa
China
A Telepathic Clock Mystery In Liverpool Home
A small American mantel clock in a Liverpool builder's sitting room reportedly fell at 11 90 and later messages claimed it rose at 11. The builder noted he fell from a building at 11 and survived, while his wife described the clock rising at the same moment, leaving the couple puzzled by the inexplicable coincidence.
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Liverpool
Pooder
Palm Tree Explosion Shocks Algiers Botanical Garden
A palm tree in Algiers botanical garden reportedly burst with a detonating sound after heat roasted nearby flowers to a rust color. Garden director cites fermentation in the blossom as the likely cause amid a violent stroke of weather or strain, per local reports.
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Algiers
Avoiding the Duster. Quirky Beotc physician aids escape
Dr Sandêreon, an old Beotc physician famed for clever but peculiar methods, walks the street when a sweep tumbles by. The doctor asks about injuries, the man replies he is not hurt and oddly feels better, implying the doctor’s strange influence.
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Sandéreon
Hante
Inconsistent ough sounds and witty sayings
A fragmented collection of curious couplets and quotations on pronunciation and language wittily contrasting spellings with sounds. It includes remarks on minding one’s own business, marriage, and social quirks, with a stray ad hint scattered in a jumble of OCR text.
Why He Got to the Mosque First
A Turkish legend says prayers in a mosque grant luck. Near St. Sophia in Constantinople a poor man vies to reach the mosque first. A man with four wives explains why he arrives early, as his wives handle clothes shoes bath and breakfast, making him prefer the mosque to home. The tale ends with the poor man marrying three more wives to learn the secret.
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St. Sophia
Constantinople
Moague
Ashes of the Dead and English speech on stage and battle
A fragmentary column blends a humorous exchange at a London banquet about the phrase ashes of the dead with remarks on English slang and a remark on poet Gray. It shifts to a report of the Modoc War where leaders like Captain Jack resisted U S forces in Oregon, a trap, a clash, and the execution of Captain Jack in 187 M.
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James T Russell Lowell
London
Lowell
Gray
England
Mador
Tune
Oregon Country
Jack
Canby
Miehting
Fnally Sur
Pew
Ji i
Kachange
Cure For Insomnia and the Clubman’s Worry
A New York clubman tells a physician that his wife suffers insomnia and jokes about treatment. The doctor suggests he goes home earlier. A recital memory lapse reveals a minor misunderstanding as a veiled joke closes the scene with a polite interruption.
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New York
Physicion
Just the Opposite in a Briefly Speaking Excerpt
A fragment from Houston Post Briefly Speaking questions happy endings and marriages, contrasting views on fate and permanence. It references a missionary remark and a McCall's Magazine item, plus quotes from Emerson about principle and peace.
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McCall’s Magazine
Legal blanks for sale at uniform price per dozen
The office lists legal blanks including warranty deeds claim deeds realty and chattel mortgages sat of mortgages tracts for sale bills of sale leases and others to be added as demand grows at a uniform price of 60 per dozen.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Dictionary of London
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