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A wide array of visits and hometown events fill the parroting column. Portland and Southern Oregon guests call on families while university students return for Easter and spring break.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
5
Mary Jane Skinkle obituary recalls long life of faith
Mary Jane Skinkle born February 6 1841 in Columbia County New York. She married George M Graves on October 22 1861 and lived in Minnesota Lake Minnesota for 28 years before moving to Newberg in 1889. Survived by ten children six sons four daughters her husband two brothers one sister two daughters in law fifteen grandchildren and four daughters in law. She passed away after years of illness four months of serious decline and expressed faith that Jesus saves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Skinkle
Columbia County
New York
Illinois
Minnesota
George M. Graves
Minnesota Lake
Newberg
God
Jesus
Comedy to Be Staged at Duncan's Hall
Entertainment at Duncan's Hall on the 28th and 29th promises a highly amusing comedy, expected to draw a large local audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan’s Hall
Two Lovers Befriended by Costumed Chaperon in Comedic Plot
In Newberg a farce unfolds as two college couples try to rendezvous with an aunt as chaperon missing. A gentleman friend in disguise steps in, sparking romance between two young women and entangling the would be suitors. Cast includes Wykeham Chesney Wortman and many local names. Tickets go on sale Tuesday at Ferguson and Hudson drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Stannard
Withville College
Newberg
Baptist Church
W. M. Woodruff
M. C. Wire
M. E. Churches
Eugene
Kuykendall
Sho
Charlie Wykeham
Will King
Jack Chesney
Frank Wortman
McMinnville
Kittie
Jessie Gardner
Amy
Margaret Hodge
Charlie
Henry Morris
Lord Fancourt Baberly
Doty
Francis Chesney
Lynn Ferguson
Stephen Spettigue
Archie Martin
Ella Delahay
Nadine Bryan
Brassett
L. G. Kneeshaw
Ferguson’s
Hudson’s Drug Stores
Remarkable Dry Month Reported By Oregon College Observer
Weather observer W L Powers of Oregon Agricultural College notes that last month had unusually low rainfall and many warm clear days. March precipitation totaled 0.75 inches, far below the normal 4.62 inches, with 3.87 inches below normal and the driest in fifteen to twenty years. The rainfall year ending September 1 shows a 4.68 inch deficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Ore
W. L. Powers
Oregon Agricultural College Agronomy Department
Easter Services and Debates Highlight Local News
Esther Green visits home while Mrs. Collins from Colorado visits Honey’s. Hendrickson family attends a brother’s funeral in Portland. Easter Sunday School services receive praise and the Literary Society debates land value taxation in favor and women suffrage next. WCTU met at Mrs. Tangen’s home with several ladies in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Olds
LaFayette
C. C. Ferguson
Earl Jones
Eugene
E. O. Hall
Alberta
J. D. Gordon
H. R. Morris
Portland
Freeman L. Harford
Dallas
Miss Maud Butler
Meier and Frank
Spaulding
Charles K., Walter
Elizabeth Spaulding
Roy H. Mills
Salem
Esther Green
M. Collins
Colorado
Honey
L. R. Ralston
Newberg
A. V. Hendrickson
Victor
Rosalie
K. L. Tangen
The Most Profitable Sunday Sermon at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church announces next Sunday morning sermon on The Most Profitable Sunday. The evening sermon will discuss The Difference Between a Good Man and a Bad Man.
Watch as compass: time telling aid saves explorers
The text explains how a watch can serve as a compass. By pointing the hour hand toward the sun, south lies midway between the hour hand and 12. It uses the anecdote of Stanley meeting a Belgian sailor to illustrate navigation without getting lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Star Theatre Friday and Saturday and Saturday Matinee
Star Theatre presents shows Friday and Saturday with a Saturday matinee. Film or feature listings appear in the program. check local notices for start times and admission details.
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A. R. Cumpston
G. A. Eicberhart
Oregon
St. Peters Catholic Church
Wm. Perkins
Judson Welker
U. S
Trullinger
D. P.trullinger
Yamhill
Aldoolah C. Gregory
J. C. Gregory
Walla Walla
Walker
N. R. Oliver
W. R. Ritter
South Bend
Washington
Ontario
John Etzwiler
Neskowin
Mattie Townsend
Whittier
California
Elizabeth White
Harriet Isabel Burke
C. E. Burke
Springbrook
Springbrook Church
A. A. Winter
Helena Ferguson
St Helens
Thomas Warner
Rosedale
Clinton Bates
Jesse Hammer
Laura
L. M. Smith
Oregon City
Fred Bent
Gunning
J. F. Taylor
Will G. Allen
Dundee
John F. Lyons
R. B. Linnville
Foreign Missionary Committee of
The
Presbytery
J. J. Sutton
A. H. Benton
Mr. Sutton
Kansas
John L. Vestal
F. E. Vestal
Henry Ehret
Fred Crawford
Hot Lake
H. H. Belt
C. B. Wilson
George Larkin
Los Angeles
Beavers
Vernon Motechenbacher
University of Oregon
Violet Slater
Homer Maris
R. Geisler
Willamette
Mr. Maris
John
G. T. Hardwick
C. J. Leavitt
Main Street
Mr. Hardwick
West Woodburn
Library Entertainment
Utz & Dunn
Ernft Clothes
Knickerbocker
Miller Mercantile Co
Carrie Johnson
Minchin
Francis Willard
Elsie Tangen
Edith Walton
Fairbanks
North Dakota
Wilcocks
S. Yarns
Presbyterian Church
Star Theatre
Home OF the
Seal Scenic
Hunt and Haskins
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