Local News and People in Newberg Salem Visitants
A long column lists residents and visitors in Newberg with trips to Salem Portland and Brownsville. It notes civic events, church and school ties, sales and real estate activity, a Knights of Pythias meeting, factory moves, and upcoming city council plans for Carnegie library sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Martin
Salem
Florence Heston
Portland
W. H. Nelson
W. E. Crozer
Alice Bechtel
Spokane
Newberg
John F. Lyons
Mise Orel Chapman
Goldendale
Washington
O. Baldwin
Springbrook
East 46 Street
Jo Cook
Will Wight
Wynooski Road
Joseph Hepp
Jacob Mauser
Will Craven
Wm, Andrews
Presbyterian Church
Brownsville
M. J. Jones
Ostrander Lumber Company
Ostrander
Odd Fellows Hall
the Knights of Pythias
George C. Ritchey
Jennie Groff
Third Street
Ritchey
Carnegie Library
Jesse Edwards
Graphic
Second Street
J. D. Gordon
Sheridan Street
Buss and horse rig sale notice from Carlton Oregon
A twelve passenger buss in good order is offered with Mitchel mountain gear. Complete two horse and four horse rig offered for 100 dollars. Address J A Cun NINGRAM Carlton Oregon. The Graphic and Semi-Weekly Journal combination available for 2 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel Mountain Gear
J. A. Cun
Ningram
Carlton
Oregon
Graphic
Grange Organized at Unity Schoolhouse April Meeting
A farmer’s Grange was organized at the Unity school house on the Dundee-Dayton road. Members will use the Leland hop-house as a temporary Grange Hall and meet on Saturday April 22 at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity School
Dundee-Dayton Road
Leland
Grange
Popular Speaker Praises Pennington as Pacific College President
The Richmond Indiana Item notes Rev. Levi T. Pennington of Richmond has been elected president of Pacific College. The feature highlights Pennington as a popular speaker and identifies him as the new head of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Ind
Pennington
Pacific College
Levi T. Pennington
Alexander Volta and the First Electric Generator
Alexander Volta the Italian scientist born in Como in 1745 built the first electric generator the voltaic pile with copper and zinc plates separated by a conductor. His work followed Galvani's frog leg experiments and led to the chemical battery powering many 19th century devices. Volta held professorships in Como and Pavia and was honored by Napoleon and the Austrian emperor before dying in 1827.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Volta
Como
Italy
Pavia
Royal Society
Mipoleon
Paris
Austria
Padua
Volta
Value of Capital and a Bankers’ Scheme
A parable from the New York Herald notes two bankrupts proposing to raise funds by a cipher after a dollar to create ten. The plan fails for lack of capital, illustrating that the first dollar is the core problem in finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
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E. E. Finley
Mrs. Gingrich
D. H. Randall
Wichita
Kansas
Chas. L. Thornton
W. W. Nelson
Joseph Hoberg
McMinnville
Lester Townsend
Eva Fletcher
LaFayette
J. C. Nelson
Jessie Britt
St. James Church
Stanier
A. S. McDonald
Thenard
Rev
F. C. Stannard
Aubrey Kramien
Bloomington
Illinois
Evelyn
Thomas Blaylock
D. V. Ranzau
Marion County
Dundee
Parker Farm
Chehalem Mountain
Columbia Valley Realty Co
W. A. Westfall
Newberg High School
John Larkin
Chris Smith
Claude Lewis
Bert Miller
Joe Hollingsworth
Gussie Crawford
Harry Gordon
F. A. Elliott
Charles K. Spaulding
D. L. Evans
M. H
Roy David
Imperial Valley
L. H. Shirley
Meridian Street
T. C. Rice
Jennings Lodge
Clackamas County
Willamette Valley
L. R. Alderman
F. E. Osborne
Willamette
Yamhill County
County Court of
Marion
Marion County Court
Forties
Miller Mercantile Co
Organization OF Grange
Fisher’s
Abington
Whitewater
Hagerstown
Fountain City
Pril
Centerville
Conference of Women’s Foreign Missionary Movement of the Friends of America
Wilmington
Milan
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