Newberg Graphic Post Office Notice
Local newspaper Newberg Graphic is entered at the Newberg Oregon post office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
4
Local newspaper Newberg Graphic is entered at the Newberg Oregon post office as second class matter.
The piece notes there is too much smoke in the atmosphere and urges restraint. It warns against ogling passing girls at the depot and says cheap sports reserve such salutes for their own kind, urging better behavior.
Newberg records four drownings in one week with two deaths in the Willamette and two at the beach. The piece urges youths learning to drive to return to farm work, arguing slow and steady farming beats risky urban activity.
A sharp local vignette describes a boy walking the street with a hat tilted on the head and a coffin nail clenched in his teeth, suggesting a macabre, symbolic scene rather than an explicit funeral. The piece evokes a tense mood and invites readers to read deeper into the boy’s strange conduct.
The writer cites Alderman and endorses his stance on keeping to the three R's in public schools. The remark is presented as a keynote for his administration, contrasting it with demands to add side issues like horticulture or fire insurance into the curriculum.
J C Hayter writes his last editorial after twenty years as editor at the Polk County Observer. He sold the plant to Eugene Foster and W H Totten and exits the field with high regard for his work and his replacement.
An elderly man replies to a health inquiry with tolerably well and a bystander declares he is fine. The reporter muses on such third party remarks, praising the cheerful man as a public benefactor while contrasting him with a sour-spirited critic who questions health and looks.
The Graphic weighs the city of Newberg’s need for more water supply. It discusses public sentiment on city purchase of a water source and contrasts with Ed Howe’s view on small towns and community sympathy.
The author argues reservoirs are too small and advocates buying Otis spring now. Twelve springs offer ample, high quality water to meet future needs. voters can inspect the springs and decide. The Graphic promises fuller discussion next week.
A Chicago based film company, Selig Polyscope, operates a vast plant with a live animal menagerie to film jungle drama in Florida. Key stars Kathryn Williams and Charles Clary recount near fatal stunts with a leopard and a shipwreck sequence. The firm emphasizes authentic settings, careful timing, and educational purposes while producing varied genres from ancient Rome to modern dramas and classics.
In Newberg the Nebraska picnic gathers residents and former Nebraskans at city park on Tuesday August 15 at 10 a.m. Bring well filled baskets for a sociable event featuring a dinner and a volunteer program with speeches music declamations readings and Nebraska reminiscences. An associated Nebraska Picnic Association will be organized by the committee.
Public notice from Newberg Telephone Co states a 25 cent surcharge will be added to all overdue telephone bills not paid by the tenth. Readers are urged to take notice and be governed accordingly. The ad also promotes a yearly subscription offer for the Oregon Semi-Weekly Journal and Newberg Graphic at $2.00.
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