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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
4
Local remarks from Newberg Oregon praise the Beavers for solid play on their home grounds. Fans express optimism as the team climbs toward the top of the ladder with strong performance and growing confidence.
Newberg reports a highly successful rose show last year with strong interest in rose culture. Organizers say it is timely to mature plans for a similar festival this season.
The piece muses on the recurring pattern of bold inventors offering a guaranteed breakthrough, noting how scripture about being called but not chosen mirrors the skepticism experts apply to new technologies. It reflects cautious optimism and wary scrutiny among readers.
Citizens expect an early blooming season and urge prompt planning for a rose festival in Newberg after last season’s disappointment. The article notes confidence in holding an event this season and advises starting preparations soon.
Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles paid 50000 at a New York auction for the famous Gutenberg Bible the first book printed from movable type. The price provoked remark but its use was not in reading it.
A brief note discusses upcoming paving on First street Newberg and endorses broad townwide street improvements as a wise general policy.
A Portland man starts an alligator farm on Union Avenue signaling local awakening. The piece notes Southern California cities flirt with tourist cash via ostrich and alligator farms, citing overcrowded enclosures and a comparison to the Pigs is Pigs tale.
The city council designates Friday as cleanup day in Newberg with residents already sorting yard refuse for the dump. Citizens note many tin cans and other misc items will be collected, helping mark where household cash seems to vanish in year end accounting.
The passage notes growing public critique of newspapers and magazines across the universe, highlighting broad concern over how topics are handled with flagrant tendencies. The tone suggests lively discourse about media standards and integrity.
The Oregon City Courier laments post isure indecency and sensational headlines in large city papers. It argues inflamed reporting corrupts youth and erodes public morality, urging censorship and restraint to protect young readers.
The judge in Chicago on a Saturday sentenced a white slaver who betrayed a fifteen year old girl to ten years in prison. He warned that the law should be enforced to make exploitation of minors by unprincipled men dangerous, and criticized Government emphasis on other penalties.
Beginning May 14 the Christian Church of Newberg will host revival meetings led by evangelist S. M. Martin of Seattle. Dr Martin, aided by Prof C H Hodgatt as director of music and soloist, will headline a program inviting a chorus of 100 and more, with seating for 2000 and a call for good character attendees.
The message invites everyone to join at the church for singing led by Geo. C. Ritchey, the pastor, welcoming all attendees.
An anecdote portrays Otto von Bismarck guiding a Hanover envoy through a Frankfort slum to test how his letters could pass. In a soap shop he buys soap envelopes ink and a pen with a glove hindering writing. Bismarck has a boy write the address then completes the letter, claiming he cannot smell his dispatch.
Forty passengers stranded for about fourteen hours on a fan Pa cific line train during a Canadian blizzard sent a telegram to Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, requesting food. He replied that officials could do nothing but advise prayer.
The Circuit Court of Oregon Yamhill County serves notice to Martha M Bond and unknown defendants to answer the complaint within six weeks from first publication in April 1911. The action seeks partition of Lots six to ten in Block eleven of Newberg Oregon and requests court division of proceeds and costs among parties with claims to the described property.
A historic long distance ride at Newmarket with Squire Baldstone on a $5,000 wager covered 200 miles in eight hours and thirty nine minutes after multiple horse changes. About thirty horses were used, with ground conditions noted as poor and mounting done from the ground.
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