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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
2
The Bijou presents nightly four reel films with full feature runs. Illustrated song by W H S Foster with piano by Mrs Mabel Foster a Trinity College London graduate and drums by W H Foster accompanies the show.
Miss Bertha Q Reed spent the weekend in Portland while Rev Downs of LaFayette visited in turn. Multiple local property transactions and farm updates are listed along with social visits, a burn fire at Sommers residence, and a note on the upcoming WCTU meeting at Mrs Rhoda Pols home Friday afternoon.
W. R. Everest from Chehalem Center visited Portland on Tuesday. Mrs. William Roberts of Woodburn, cousin of Mrs. S. W., and Mrs. Agnes Haecker with her young son from Chicago were guests at Shady Nook last week. Mrs. Boon, sister of Mrs. Hodges, left Wisconsin Tuesday. Dr. Dixon and family conducted a church meeting Sunday evening and a service is planned for next Sunday evening.
List of transfers including Jack Baker and Essie Baker to Ada S McGogy for lot 2 block 4 Beaumont Park addition, price 150. John Baker and Essie Baker to same for lots 3 and 4 block 4 Beaumont Park addition, price 300. Fannie Hemstock Baker and others to A L Reeves for block 5 and part block 6 Chandler's list addition, price 1. A J Bewley and wife to CT and Bertha May Myers for small Sheridan tract, price 500. Timothy Brownhill and others to Michael O Neill for lot 3 Brookside Fruit Farms, price 2000. Mollie Brockman to Liddy L Dowd for lots 3 and 4 block 7 Wheatland, price 350.
Gladys Beatrice Brown age 18 wed Ole Franklin Toney age 22. Helen Josephine Bradley age 22 marries Roswell H C Bennett age 26.
March 1 marks a joyful Engadine festival as schoolboys parade at dawn with cowbells and yodeling. Eldest demonstators lead in dairyman costume, milk pail on shoulder, while others drum with bells. The event praises the milder season’s return.
A London recital anecdote recalls pianist Rubinstein denying a free ticket by offering a single seat at the piano. An old lady asks for a share of his seat, and he reveals the only seat available is at the instrument itself, prompting her thanks.
The London Express notes that early golf courts were roofed to shield players from elements. They consisted of eighty foot long wooden sheds with tiled roofs and a hard earth lime mixture fairway. Pins stood at quarter distances with bell metal coatings to sound hits, while observers used small tables and stools nearby.
A teacher demands a pupil to discard gum but the girl resists citing her mother’s threat. The note then pivots to a remark from Success Magazine on the origin of the phrase He's a brick and the Spartan valor and brevity in speech. Lycurgus is cited for action over words and a war context.
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