Curious Offshore Petroleum Fishery Near Santa Barbara
In Summerland California ten miles south of Santa Barbara a spectacle unfolds a sea fishery for petroleum. Long piers extend into the Pacific tapping oil beneath the waves with derricks on the beach to gather offshore reserves. The crude oil is thick with asphalt making it impure though the asphalt itself proves valuable for various uses.
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California
Summerland
Santa Barbara
Pacific
Terra Firma
Saturday Evening Post
Local notices and business items from city paper
Coal dealer Guy H. Whitson and Co promotes services while local residents announce dress making openings and meeting changes. The World mails premium lists for the Okanogan County Fair to Riverside with dates September 28 29 and 30. Housing and fruit market notices describe Hood River land values and Briggs Ament land ads in Oregon.
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Okanogan County
Riverside
Hood River
Oregon
Briggs- Ament Land Co
Ore
A Surprise Party Noted by a Small Reporter
A brief item handed in this morning by a young boy describes an enjoyable surprise party. The note has playful tone and credits the young writer alongside the event.
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George Ade
Birthday Surprise Ends With Mutt Incident At Rev Adams Home
Last night a party at Rev. Adams home honored his daughter L. Adams fourteenth birthday. A stray dog disrupted the gathering by sticking its face in the window. Estella Adams and Ada Bartlett chased it to the fence where it fell striking its nose. Police arrived but found no trace of footsteps. Guests included Sabina Bartlett Ada Bartlett Estella Adams Marie Mooney Katherine Levers Estella Glann Melvina Adams Jessie Glann Minnie Schrader Leon Adams Leon Brown Willard Duncan Guy Hudson Raymond Kaupp Lyall Fenton George Clary and William Hudson.
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Rev. Adams
L. Adams
Estella Adams
Ada Bartlett
Sabina Bartlett
Marie Mooney
Katherine Levers
Estella Glann
Melvina Adams
Jessie Glann
Minnie Schrader
Leon Adams
Leon Brown
Willard Duncan
Guy Hudson
Raymond Kaupp
Lyall Fenton
George Clary
William Hudson
New Seattie restaurant opens opposite post office
Mr. Ed Stauffer launches The New Seattle Restaurant opposite the post office. Patrons familiar with his Waterville oyster stews can expect oyster dishes as the season opens, with chile cow carne and chicken tamales always available. The eatery is named Seattie restaurant.
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Seattle
Ed Stauffer
Waterville
Stauffer
Seattie
Ladies' Aid Dinner in Bowers Hall Tuesday
The Ladies' Aid of the Christian Church will serve dinner and supper at Bowers Hall on Tuesday September 8. Mrs Conrad Rose and daughters left last night for a short visit in Seattle. Over a hundred cases of school shoes have been received at Parshall's with bargain prices. Sweet cream used in making all flavors of taffy at the Fern Candy Kitchen. School shoes at reduced prices all this week at Parshall's.
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Ladies’ Aid of the Christian Church
Bowers’ Hall
Conrad Rose
Seattle
Parshall’s
Fern Candy
Parshall's
Bored Floor and Bored Roof Tale Told in Kansas
A Kansas settler tale recounted to the Kansas house members involves a crafty digout with a three by six space and a wooden roof. The settler bores holes in ground and roof, then swears an affidavit that he built a bored floor and a bored roof as a clever trick.
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Reeder
Kansas
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Wendell
Congress
Mr. Reeder
Detroit Free Press
Hingham Hall With Three Names In Town History
The Boston Herald notes Hingham’s town hall doubles as the armory and agricultural hall with three official titles. Public notices vary by event, reading At the town hall for meetings, At agricultural hall for shows, and At the armory for drills.
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Hingham
Company K
Fifth Regiment
Hingham Agricultural Society
Hingham Town Hall
Agricultural Hall
Plymouth County
Boston Herald
Honduran Railway Links Ceiba with Creosoted Pine Ties
A new Honduras railroad reaches Ceiba thirty five miles using creosoted pine ties from the U.S. Americans ship timber both directions. An American company secures 8000 acres to cut mahogany and other hardwoods for shipment to the United States.
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Honduras
Ceiba
United States
Readers Name Top English Musical Tastes
The London Evening News asked readers to name the musical pieces giving them the most pleasure. The list ranks the overture to Tannhauser, the overture to William Tell, Tchaikovsky 1812, Grieg Peer Gynt Suite, Thomas Mignon Gavotte, The Mikado, Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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London Evening News
Not Worth Repeating in Chicago News
The fragment suggests a satirical or candid note about prior stories, contrasting a different tale with the current Hobo-Course reference and a skeptical remark, indicating readers should not trust the earlier version. Specific names or dates are not provided in the readable text.
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Chicago News
Aunt Hopsy Inquires On Visible Hairping And Invisible Balr
A cryptic note from Zown Topics asks about uses of visible hairping and invisible balr, suggesting a quirky, nonsensical discussion. The fragment hints at curiosity about unusual materials or terms without clear context or defined subjects.
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Hopsy
Mysterious timber cruiser found near Harrington
A man with a book bearing the name O. M. Purdy was found at the Palace Barber shop. He claims he came from Harrington and has been working along the Columbia River as a timber cruiser. He revived enough to relate these details before slipping back toward unconsciousness.
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O. M. Purdy
Harrington
Columbia River
Water Rentals Due For September
Water rentals are due for September and must be paid by the fifth of the month to avoid shutoff. P. H. Sherburne, Water Commissioner.
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P. H. Sherburne
Pressmaking Done On Short Notice At Wilt Adams Parlour
A note from Wilt and Adams Dressmaking Parlour reports pressmaking completed on short notice. The article highlights swift service and attention to detail at the establishment known for tailoring and alterations.
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Wilt & Adams
Wenatchee A. O. U. W. lodge meeting notice
All members of Wenatchee Lodge No. 83 A. O. U. W. are requested to attend the meeting Friday evening September 4 94.
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Wenatchee Lodge
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Alex Murray
Presbyterian
Northwest
Chewawa Grill
Chas. A. Fry
The
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
City News
Guy H. Whitson & Co
Orondo Avenue
Chelan Avenue North
C. A. Bower
Wm. M. Johnston
Chicago
Wenatchee Valley
Wm. H. Johnston
William Turner
T. A. Smith
Moscow
Idaho
Fern Candy Kitchen
Geo. E. McCann
Wenatchee
Pride of
Real Grain & Milling Co
Bankers’ Reserve Life Company of
Omaha
Nebraska
Manent
Columbia Valley Bank
Geo. O. Brewster
Eagle
Palace
Neil“Cozart, M. W
H.J. Kimmel
South King Street
W. M. Rice
Leavenworth Liveryman
Chelan
Rice the Liveryman
Orondo Ave
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