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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1894
Page
2
The edition features a mix of humorous verse and local political notes. It mentions the Tillamook county ticket, road improvements, and fashion trends. Oregon Republicans claim a strong slate with Hox. Bisper Heewasy likely reelected. It also covers donations of a map, census insights, and various candidates for state offices.
The text notes an emergency Congress session due to urgent relief needs, with regular sessions delayed for a year. It mentions deaths among members, health travels of the author of the Wilson bill, and Cleveland taking breaks. It comments on Uncle Sam enduring a prolonged crisis and remaining steadfast.
For Governor Wm Galloway of Yam Hill county Secretary of State Charles Nickell of Jackson county State Treasurer Tho L Davidson of Marion county Supreme Judge A M Bennett of Wasco county Attorney General W I Holmes of Salem Superintendent of Public Instruction D V S Reid of Eugene State Printer Captain John O'Brien of Portland
A young Elk City couple wed after a series of mishaps. The groom failed to include the affidavit with the license, delayed by ten days awaiting the mother's consent, and then faced Squire Morrison who refused twice. They faced boat breakages, a snag, and a missing license before finally tying the knot. State Rights Democrat.
Western Oregon faces cooler than normal temperatures with seven degrees below average and frost damaging fruit blooms in Clackamas and Benton counties. Eastern Oregon sees excessive rain in valleys, later bloom in Colombia and Walla Walla, and widespread fruit and grain growth. Oregon’s fossil beds attract outside interest. local effort urged to protect and showcase John Day fossils.
The report notes barley and wheat prospects with volunteer wheat looking well and promising. Grain dependence is high for many, fruit introduction affects county yields, wild mustard tarweed appear in fields, grass on the range is the best due to moisture, alfalfa is starting well, and stock is thriving as sheep shearing begins.
Practical notes advise using slaked lime for lice control and promoting egg production with clover and fresh bone meal. Avoid overfeeding, especially in warm weather, and keep hens lean. Color guidance favors buff plumage and dark chestnut tails while warning against excess grease. Preserve eggs by cool storage and turning thrice weekly, with fertile eggs lasting longer.
The article guides growing a first crop indoors with tomatoes eye plants cabbage and lettuce. It recommends 100 tomato and 200 cabbage plants for family use and details seed choices and simple box containers to start seedlings.
A practical page outlines seed sowing in kitchen boxes with warm window air. It advises separate sowing for tomato cabbage and weed seeds, thinning to two per inch, light top dressing, and daily air. Details include timing from March seventh to April seventeenth, transplanting after four leaves, and bearing dates for tomatoes.
A collage of aphorisms and maxims from Ramsay Bacon Jerrold Parker and others. Witty lines on truth virtue gratitude courtesy and the human condition mix with reflections on life death and success. Notable names weave through a mosaic of early modern thought.
Directors met to plan opening the McMinnville creamery on May 1st. A Portland Dane will lease and run it on a cooperative basis with 20 cows supplying product. Patrons will share in price fluctuations as the venture begins.
An appeal invites readers to submit a 500 word solution on the best monetary system for the nation. The publisher plans to publish Tas Moxogarn and sell the work for three dollars, including a mailing offer from The Moxogarn Publishing Co in St. Paul Minnesota with a reference to the National German American Bank.
The Southern Pacific issues a circular offering 30 day return special tickets to the Midwinter Fair from any Pacific System point with continuous outbound and return travel. Excursion fares from San Francisco to California points apply within the limit, with overs 150 miles at 1 one fifth and 150 miles or less at 1 one third, minimum one dollar. Portland to San Francisco round trip 25.00 plus 2.50 for five admissions. other Oregon stations set similarly. Tickets on sale when the Fair opens.
Writ of execution issued in Vermont court leads to public auction of real property in McMinnville Oregon. Sheriff Warren sets sale for May 16 to satisfy judgment of Paul Court et al for 20 dollars with interest and costs. Property includes portions of lot 7 and 8 in the Wenoo ski subdivision near Willamette River, appraised for cash to highest bidder.
Executors of the estate of William Hobson announce private sale of multiple tracts of Donn Goddon Land Claim property in Yamhill County Oregon. Real estate includes four specified parcels tied to the Walker donation land claim near Sewberg with detailed bounds and measurements. Sale terms require cash at close. purchaser secures note by mortgage. appearance at Samuel Hobson’s Sewberg business location on or after May 18.
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