Newberg Graphic urges community help for fair and roads
In a Friday column from Newberg Oregon the editor calls residents to support the upcoming fair and to address road gravel needs. Wheat sells around seventy cents and wool about fourteen cents signaling rising prosperity as farmers thresh and grain yields improve in Oregon. Travelers would benefit from clearer guide boards at crossroads, and Yamhill County is praised for its approach.
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Newberg
Oregon
Yamhill County
New Hove Cart Arrives to Handle 600 Feet of Hose
A new hove cart arrived in town on Wednesday enabling the storage and deployment of six hundred feet of hose. A well organized hose company will keep Newberg prepared to fight any blaze within reach of a hydrant.
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Hove
Newberg
Wheat Prices Rise While Silver Sags On Oregon Visit
The report notes wheat prices bobbing upward and silver prices dipping with a dull thud. It mentions William Jennings Bryan during his Oregon travels, contrasting his earlier claim that silver always tracks wheat.
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William Jenninge Bryan
Oregon
Climber Passes From Mount Rainier Crash
The death of Prof. McClure of Eugene after a fall on Mount Rainier last week highlights growing carelessness among mountain climbers and the risky trend of ascending snow capped peaks.
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Prof. McClure
Eugene
Mount Ranier
Barb wire fencing used for telephone work gains respect
Heppner and Lexington Tone area telephone service uses barb wire fencing for lines over twenty miles and reports excellent satisfaction. Farmers in barb wire districts are urged to keep communications cheap and active as progress continues.
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Heppner Telephone Company
Lexington
Tone
Thompson Named for Governor and Kincaid for Secretary
The text notes D. P. Thompson as a candidate for governor on a free silver ticket with H. R. Kincaid as secretary of state and running mate. It recalls Thompson’s past quip as a plutocrat and monopolist when he campaigned for governor on the Republican ticket. The passage hints at the forthcoming campaign dynamics and reactions.
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D. P. Thompson
H. R. Kincaid
Ronning
D. P
Counterfeit bill chain ends with banker debt
A farmer finds a counterfeit ten dollar bill which circulates through a chain from butcher to farmer to merchant to washerwoman. The banker originally found the note but discovers it is fake. other parties pay debts with it, masking the loss. The question asks who bore the loss and what amount, if any, in the end.
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Brighton
Iowa
Wheat threshing yields strong quality grain statewide
Reports indicate wheat threshing is at peak, with very high grain quality and good yields. The state total is estimated at 18,000,000 bushels, with 15,500,000 from Eastern Oregon and 65,000,000 from Western Oregon. County estimates follow.
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Oregon
Dingley Tariff Becomes Law After Long Debate
The Dingley tariff has become law after two years and eleven months of congressional struggle. The measure, long debated, marks a significant shift in trade policy and will affect tariff schedules and protectionist aims.
Dingley tariff enacted amid broad national optimism
The removal of the failed tariff nicknamed the perfidy and dishonor marks a shift after Cleve land declined to sign. The Dingley act goes into operation amid trade revival hopes, with Republicans praising its deficit reduction protection and potential to boost industry while Democrats see an end to tariff agitation. The era promises renewed prosperity as wheat exports rise and gold holdings grow.
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Cleveland
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
United States
Treasury
Republican Party
Globe Democrat
The Ideal Newspaper Editor’s Burden in Alvin Texas Sun
A Almanac style sketch describes the ideal country editor as a universal journalist who reports all local and distant events while pleasing every reader. It notes the editor must manage finances, public notices, and gossip without errors, never angering subscribers or misnaming people, in a satirical portrait from Alvin Texas.
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Jersey
Jnast
Weyler
Dassay
Alvin
Texas
Sun
Oregon Senate Votes On 1865 Anti Slavery Amendment Ratification
During a December 1865 special session in Oregon the antislavery constitutional amendment faced ratification in the senate with sixteen present. three opposed. M Caldwell E Chrisman and Bartlett Curl voted against. Janes M Pyle introduced the resolution. multiple senators supported it, while Hon J B Underwood led the House effort amid opposition.
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Oregon
United States
Oregon Senate
M. Caldwell
Josephine County
E. Chrisman
Lane County
Bartlett Curl
Linn County
Janes M. Pyle
Baker County
Man’s Best Friend The Mother Wife And Savior
A short meditation praises the woman as man's best friend through mother wife daughter and savior roles. The passage extols her patience kindness and influence on virtue and culture and ends with a plug for One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive remedy for colds and throat ailments.
Smaller colleges shape minds and methods for progress
Edward W. Kok cites August Ladies Home Journal noting many prominent Americans come from little known colleges. He argues small institutions often pioneer teaching methods, produce top educators, and empower students regardless of campus size. Also a Wilbur’s Blood Purifier ad claims it treats skin diseases by purifying blood, price $1.00.
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Edward W. Kok
Ladies* Home Journal
Wilbur
Hops for Sale Ad Seeks Pickers in Newberg Oregon
A Newberg Oregon ad offers 870 hop pickers positions. A family may count three boxes per hand and three hands per day, with 80 cents per box. The note promises courteous treatment and payment at the highest market price, asking for addresses via postcard or letter.
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Prank Woon
Newberg
Oregon
Cough Cure Ad Promotes Remedy for Coughs
An old advertisement claims stopping coughs with a remedy labeled 1 Cough Cure priced at 40 cents per bottle. It notes availability at all druggists and general sale.
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Elder Alson W. Steers
Portland, Or
San Francisco
J. H. Crozier
Grants Pass
Last Chance Relatives and Remedies in Humorous Snippets
The page compiles jokes and ads including a photographer offering summer portraits with negatives, a medical cure ad for B Headache and Liver Cure, humorous exchanges about ages, a testimonial for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, and a gag about a fragile birthday book. Local quips and product pitches mingle with playful conspiracies about age and marriage.
Cough Cures, Remedies, and Odd Local Tales Appear
A collage of old remedy ads and curious anecdotes notes S B Cough Cure and Wilbur's Cough Cure at 50 cents, plus local reminiscences of a turkey gobbler brood and a boarding house dispute. It cites Chamberlain's remedy praised by Mrs G Gregory and a Tanpleasant panacea claim with oily taste-free use.
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