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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic notes spring fruit trees in full bloom with prospects for a full crop. The issue lists Wm. Barnes of New York among readable items in the paper.
Professor Alexander Hull devotes much of his time to magazine writing and has a short story titled The Counter Stroke in Pearson's for May. Hull is noted for contributing fiction to popular periodicals.
A local reader notes the nomination of C. B. Moores as secretary of state aligns with party principles. The note favors sticking with a Republican nominee from the primary.
There is little to report this week as parties conduct a careful canvass of the situation. Some hope remains for a definite update in the near future.
Two newspaper publishers voiced complaints of no profits and urge different strategies. One undercut prices to a dollar while stock prices soar, while competitors expect higher prices to survive rather than self destruction through price cuts.
The piece notes rising support for Justice Hughes as a presidential candidate, citing polls from Literary Digest and Nation and showing Kansas Republican delegates favoring Hughes over Roosevelt. It references Massachusetts leaders, Roosevelt adherents, and the idea that a Chicago convention would rally behind Hughes. It ends with a Hay quote about accepting office.
Portland residents engage in orchard sales with Anna Dunlavey receiving Michael Miller’s five acre prune property Wm Bennett to manage. Ralph Olmstead buys 20 acres from Joseph Herring. Dundee Woman's Club meets at the library with a talk by Mrs T A Harper on Australia and New Zealand. Everett Morgan wins silver medal contest at Chehalem Center. Kalispell visitors arrive. addenda report illnesses and injuries including appendicitis risk and a nail injury.
Local notes report visits and illnesses including Mrs. A H Dean and A L Jenkins. Church services hosted by a girl’s teener team. Rex events cover school class gatherings, birthdays, and a Ladies Aid meeting. A hunting accident ends tragically for Del Winters, leaving a young widow and children. Rex residents share condolences.
Social notes list Sunday visits and weekend stays among local families. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Breedlove at the W. T. Byrans home, Miss Rose Newnschweender with Lillian Hertig, Esther Burnham, Hazel Boyd shopping in Portland, and several other relatives from Newberg Forest Grove McMinnville Mountain Top and Chicago.
Emory Jones left Fernwood to seek work last week. Ida Grimes is reported quite sick at present. Thelma and Freda Parrish were absent from school Monday due to illness.
Mr. Miller died Monday morning at 6 40. A fuller obituary is expected next week. Mrs Lena Baird of Newberg visited her parents last Friday. Mrs McLeod and daughter of Milton are staying with W A Parrish’s family this week. Arthur Parrish has recovered after ten days ill health. Fernwood residents attended a Christian Endeavor social at the church Thursday night and reported an excellent time.
In a New York studio tea four fashionable painters debate a recent scandal in the picture trade. A noted etcher questions whether all works are hand made, prompting a sharp reply that he indeed paints his pictures by hand and contemplates starting an art factory.
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