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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1890
Page
1
The notice lists weekly and monthly church meeting times for CHURCH 50 EM. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FRIENDS CHURCH and EVANGELICAL CHURCH. It includes service times on Sundays and weekdays, Sabbath school hours, and dates for quarterly or special meetings as provided. Rev. W. A. Willison is named as pastor for the Presbyterian church.
The M C A holds Sunday evening devotionals and urges young men to attend. A Sabbath sermon was held Saturday evening above Moore's Drug Store. T W O T V sets its business meeting for the second Saturday each month. Q A Tt Ressions meets the flat and third Thursday of each month. W C T U holds a business meeting on the third Saturday afternoon each month.
A partial directory lists Newberg city officials including council members F A Morris F H Howard treasurer Monee Votaw and street commissioner D P Straten along with other names such as Marshall A M Hosking and J D Carter. The fragment confirms several roles and titles within the urban administration.
The column reports Novelty Iron Works will resume with union molders and notes a failed Fraser River salmon catch. It paints broad regional items including smallpox in New Mexico, a barkentine ashore near Cape Flattery, and a Portland census recount ordered by officials. Also covered are stage robbery rewards, railroad labor tensions, smuggling seizures, and ship arrivals with dynamite bound for Honduras.
The Eastern items report the South Dakota move to adopt prohibitory laws has been decided in favor. The Atlanta Constitution urges the South to support statewide prohibition measures.
Reports from Hungary indicate harvests of wheat barley and rye are promising, with gains of 700000 in ten years and better yields than any prior decade. European trade and policy shifts ripple through markets as other nations face grain prices and legal battles over shipping routes and tariffs.
Wheat and assorted produce show firm demand but little activity due to small offerings. Prices listed for wheat, oats, barley, fruit and dairy reflect a tight market across Oregon and California with notes on onions, cabbage, berries, potatoes, tomatoes, and other staples.
The market quotes firm with various meats and smoked products. Prices appear for mutton veal lamb and breakfast bacon with per pound or per item figures. Prices are given in fractions and cents with some unclear wording and typos. Entities include Heel-Live Sade Hoge-Live Veal East ern Hams and Breakfast Bacon with per pound and per item pricing.
An Omaha man recounts a plan to found a big town near Pennsylvania, detailing land purchases on a mountain face, division into large lots to supply gardens, and the venture funded by hard work and cultural additions like brass bands and a silk mill, ending with a dramatic, humorous collapse.
A reporter asks Tom about today’s interest rate. Chinker replies briskly that it remains seven percent on good security.
The article recalls Sir Thomas Gladstone a Tory figure known for firm views and devout faith. It notes Fasque Balbegno estates in Scotland, his role as farmer protector and longtime agent in government and embassy service, and his political rivalries with his brother. It also recounts Jack and Willie Ransom at a Natural History Society meeting where fish scales fascinates him and he learns about chitine and fish anatomy.
An artist recalls drawing a Juliet likeness on a linen calf for Miss Neilson after visiting Booth's dressing room. He cherishes the image, signed by Neilson, and tied to memories of Wilson’s death in Paria. The violet bouquet remains pinned to the calf as a keepsake.
Zenas Dane writes in Good Housekeeping criticizing women’s higher education as impractical for home life. He cites marriages where educated wives neglected housekeeping and health, arguing public school education plus home economics suffices for wives and mothers. He urges women to prioritize domestic skills to create a peaceful, capable home.
Good Housekeeping notes Chinese birds nest soup as a peculiar gelatinous dish cherished by Western palates. Nests form from a soft fungus growth on cave walls in British North Borneo, built by swiftlets, gathered by candlelight from tall caves, with crops produced up to three times yearly.
A humorous exchange shows Bo Mad the Editor and a worried wife discussing an obituary notice. The editor asks for details while the wife explains her husband’s critical illness and wish to publish before his death. The piece reflects newspaper practice and local humor.
Thomas A. Crabtree recounts a hunter tale from Bog River where a weary traveler named Cross shares a sorrowful past. He describes a killing of two children by wolves and the death of his wife, leaving him haunted by loss and a wound that bleeds afresh.
Garrett P. Serviss argues in Popular Science Monthly that while some suggest Mars canals are artificial water channels, the vast scale makes such an engineering feat unlikely. He notes gravity would permit giants but cannot explain half the planet’s surface being spanned by canals.
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