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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
3
A busy Newberg column lists train times, local ads, and social notices. It mentions Sheridan Portland service, merchants like Mrs Johnson and C F Moore & Co, and community topics from bicycling to lectures, school staff changes, church events, and plans for gatherings and improvements.
The board of trade will meet this Friday evening to discuss matters of special importance. J C Hopson president invites citizens to attend.
The annual Freshman class recital was held over two evenings due to large attendance. Performers included Nellie McGregor, Fred Crosler, Roy Heater, Mabel Edwards, Libbie Hadley, Harlan Smith, Jalla Minchen, Rose Metcalf, Sayre Rinehart, Ray Carter, Nervia B. Wright, Clyde Hobson, Edith McCrea, and Edith Mincen with instrumental solos, orations, duets, and a Garland quartet.
The notice claims la gripp can be prevented from resulting in pneumonia if reasonable care is used and Chamberlains Cough Remedy taken. It asserts thousands used the remedy with no pneumonia cases and promises faster cure than other treatments. Sold by C F Moore & Co, druggists.
The W K Allen Evaporating Company of Newberg expands after purchasing Wallace cannery and evaporating plant on Twelfth Street, Salem for 10000 dollars. C V Allen to run the new Salem operation with plans to can peas tomatoes and possibly berries, aiming to double evaporating capacity pending frost damage results and market demand. The venture will begin renovations in May with readiness by early next month for the season.
Auction notice seeking good timothy pasture for stock inquire of Sebastian A Bratecher. Listing date reference 4 23 and location details sparse but indicates a land offer.
The last session for the years 1898 and 1909 will be held in Newberg on Saturday April 29 inviting all teachers and school patrons. Dr. G B Wright notes the prune orchard near town was thoroughly cleaned with only a few trees slightly injured, and fruit is expected to be abundant aside from peaches. Dr D B Cargile reports Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula after other doctors failed, praising it as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema ulcers and indigestion.
A Brussels plan to circle the globe backward is floated amid global chatter. Atlantic coast lifeboats reportedly saved over 1,300 people last winter as other curious notes surface about bees, fences, luck with pennies, convict labor in Massachusetts, and tall tales from Kingston to London.
A quirky note describes hoboes cooking stolen chickens in clay ovens and a mysterious young woman praised for homemaking skills. The piece also quotes George W. Waitt of South Gardiner praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grip and respiratory complaints, with local sale by C P Moore & Co.
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