Night Wind of the North Coast Timber War
A lumber camp saga tracks Daily and Landry amid disputes over the East Belt. Poppy, a New York writer, uncovers Hampden’s crooked deeds as rival factions clash, a forest fire threat looms, and betrayals threaten land and lives along the coast.
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Biete
Daily
Ag Gliranger
Walter Landry
Nimgelf
John ‘Daily
Foreman
Dillingsworth Lumbar Co
Poppy Ordway
Iw York
Hampden
Yellow Pines Co
Sandry
Silutz
Foppy
Ma Daily
Andry
Poppy
Landry
East
Fight Fire and Intrigue On the Oregon Coast
Fire breaks out across the Yellow Pines and Mast Belt as Hampden battles Landry with a conspiracy, while Dally names forest rangers and orders a massive counterattack. Poppy Ordway aims to outmaneuver rivals, and Sandry faces peril amid blazing hills and a growing clock of danger.
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Migs Ordway
Stretz
Sandry
Hampden
Dally
Colling
Sacramento
Dillingworth
Toledo
Shiletz
Yellow Pines
Ming Ordway
Landry
Salem
Misa
Ordway
New York
Farnsworth
Siletz
Coosnah
Miss Ordway
Portland
Salam
Tate
Coast Range
Poppy Ordway
Oregon
Aparkle
Tollway
John Daffy
Miles Ordway
Atrangers
Foola
Portland Tr
Fire In the Forest Chapter XXVI Ninth of August
The story describes a hot August day with the thermometer reaching 108 at Bandry's office. Mao sits on the east porch in a mule rocker while Bilett braids her mate on the step and Poppy Ord watches from a cushion. A donkey brays and a small engine runs along a track to the slough's mouth as men work outdoors.
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Bandry
Mao
Bilett
Poppy Ordway
Fire and smoke threaten a frontier cut in August heat
A ranger battles a spreading blaze at a railroad cutting as Indians arrive from a nearby reservation. The wind shifts, fanning the flames toward the north and endangering the work crew. The ranger orders telegraph to Vancouver soldiers as the disaster nears record proportions.
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Siletz
Landry
Vancouver
Their Duties to Society in Atlantic Monthly Excerpt
An Atlantic Monthly passage questions the idea of society as a moral force. It argues women perform social duties not for pleasure but obligation to husbands children or society, wearing morality as a cloak that obscures genuine motives and converts social events into duties rather than joys.
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Atlantic Monthly
Illinois soils need phosphorus not potash, says university
The University of Illinois agricultural department reports Illinois soils, except swamp lands, have sufficient potassium salts. Potash acts as a stimulant, not a nutrient, while phosphorus is the main deficiency. The note boosts American phosphate rock prospects and counters German potash fears.
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Agricultural Department of the
University of Ilinois
Illinois
Ulinois
United States
America
Chicago Journal
First Telegraphing Marks New World Records In San Francisco
Richard C. Bartley set a record for speed and accuracy by transmitting 40 railroad messages error free in 28 minutes 13 seconds and defeating automatic transmitters. George W. Smith Jr won the recaling contest by taking and transcribing 40 railroad messages without error in 31 minutes 12 seconds.
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San Francisco
Richard C. Bartley
George W. Smith, Jr
University drafts rules to curb callers by 2080
The University of Minnesota has proposed specifications to send male callers home by 2080. Dean of Women Margeret Sweeney urged: hang a framed copy of the rules in a conspicuous place and draw attention with a timely remark. If that fails, speak up: Time is up, boys.
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University of Minnesota
Wooen
Margeret Sweeney
Ella
Jad Salts Promised Kidney Flush For Back Pain
An old advertisement urges readers to take Tad Salts to flush kidneys when back pain occurs. It describes Jad Salts as a harmless effervescent drink made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, claimed to clear kidney clogs, neutralize urine, ease bladder disorders, and aid overall kidney activity. A local druggist is quoted noting many customers use it to counter kidney trouble.
Fair Sex in the Majority at Laymen Missionary Movement
Visiting ministers recount stories from the Laymen's Missionary Movement convention in San Diego. Rev Hugh L Burleson postpones marriage until after a church service, inviting those who wish to wed to come forward after the benediction with eleven women and one man responding. Dr Alonzo R Petty recalls a divorce case where a judge questions how long the couple knew each other before marriage and the woman quips she only truly knew him after asking for a dollar.
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Hays
Alonzo R. Petty
United States Owns Largest Fur Seal Herd in World
Seala Like United States. There are only two important herds of fur seals one in the Commander Islands under Russia and the Priblot Islands under the United States. The Priblot Islands are government property making the U S the owner of the most valuable fur seal herd and a source of much tribulation.
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United States
Commander Islands
Russia
Friblot Islands
Pribllot Islands
Tself
Nina to Draw From Hiker-Young Pellets tale
A quirky misprint mentions a character named Nina drawing from sources while describing a quirky tradesman who “doctoring cats.” It notes patients with nine lives and adds a punchline about money and laughter in a humorous, nonsensical tone.
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Nina
Hiker
Piker
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