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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1889
Page
3
Readable items note Lafayette figures at Granite office, a center street sidewalk plan, and Oregon Land Company activity. Prof Morrison trips to Yaquina Bay, bars harbor outing planned, and building work surges amid a damaging Chicago storm.
Mr. Larson plans to add to a cottage near the Academy and move his family in once finished. He previously held a job at a new saw mill on the Columbia. Alva Cook and the Guarnic editor hunted in the mountains Tuesday night and camped at Mr Patton’s ranch. John Wright’s license issues and a hotel dispute are noted. A life saving station is established at South Beach and more stations planned along Shoalwater, Gray’s Harbor, Coos Bay, and the Coquille river. The Royal British sealer Black Diamond was detained by the U S Revenue Cutter Richard Rush in Behring Sea amid uncertain European action. Newberg Canning Co sold to a Portland man for a fruit dryer, expanding regional fruit processing. A Sabbath school was started in Jones’ Hall with officers listed, and thanks expressed to supporters of a box social. List of post office letters remaining.
Property transfers listed include J B David to Thomas Firth Lot 5 Block 7 Central Addition Cheshalem Valley Immigration to George House 10 acres Rural home Jesse and Mary Edwards to March Leney and P F Bradford Lot 1 Block 4 Newberg C B Haworth to G W Rogers part of Lot 2 Block 3 Newbery and to North part of Block 30 Edwards Addition J T Smith to Joseph Wilson Lots 16 17 18 Block 22 Edwards Addition Jesse Edwards to C K Smeltzer Block 49 Edwards Addition C K Smeltzer to Jesse Edwards Lots 9 10 11 12 Block 38 Edwards Addition Edwards to J Wilson Lots 13 14 15 Block 22 Edwards Addition Ross Allenbaugh to J Birkenshaw 80 acres in Township 2 Range 4 Yamhill County I Edwards and wife to G W Rogere Lots of Bus 23 10 Edwards Addition.
Clara Hoffman declines a $1200 yearly salary as president of the state union citing free W C T U work for colored women in Missouri. Harpers Union St Louis reports $1300 raised for the home for colored orphans. W T U workers visit jails and hospitals and issue 50 000 pages of literature. Prohibition debates include Johnstown calamity reports and India’s Out Still system raising Bengal revenue. Portland Maine prohibition praised by some and condemned by others. Broadaxe notes dubious funds aiding preachers who loan to saloon keepers. Chautauqua phosphorylation to furnish W T U room by June 1 and South Framingham Loyal temperance league plans bank vault pledge tracking for 10 years.
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