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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic published every Thursday from the Graphic Building at 600 First Street. The office and residence were listed at White 33, Newberg Oregon, with a post position noted in the record.
In August 1915 the Portland scene is praised for a river and ocean shipping push by the Progressive Business Men's Club. The paper urges focus on river progress and crops while noting ongoing Seventh Day debate has exhausted local interest.
At a Portland gathering of the State Editorial Association a special legislative session to ratify the woman’s suffrage law is discussed. The Graphic questions the plan, arguing lawmakers should not serve unpaid, and noting Oregon women already vote. It questions whether Oregon’s ratification is essential for next year’s presidential election.
The Spokesman-Review notes the house passed a prohibition bill banning manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor defined as beverages over 0.5 percent alcohol. It allows limited possession and medical use until stocks run out while forbidding new supplies. The senate and president's actions remain pivotal to final passage.
A brief note encourages subscribing to the Graphic to stay informed and connected with local surroundings, underscoring ongoing access to news and community updates.
About a hundred Oregon State Editorial Association members gathered in Portland with 225 visiting editors. They toured Oregon City for the unveiling of a monument to the Oregon Spectator, enjoyed banquets in Laurelburnt Park, feasted along the Columbia River Highway at Eagle Creek, and saw Crater Lake before departing. visitors praised Oregon scenery and hospitality and many expressed a wish to return.
Mrs. Ira K. Vantress marked her sixty six birthday with a Sunday gathering Aug 10 at her daughter Mrs John Wright’s southeast of Newberg. Four generations and twenty three relatives attended under cherry trees, including families from Tillamook and Portland.
Everett Gahringer pleaded guilty to leaving a campfire unextinguished at Silver Creek in Chelan National Forest before Justice T. W. Cowan in Entiat Washington on July 38. He paid a ten dollar fine plus costs after forest officers James McKensie and Everett Dick extinguished the blaze while investigators gathered evidence. A group of anglers arrived as the officers checked the site.
Mr. Gabringer admitted causing the fire and poured two buckets of water on it thinking it was out. He was given a light fine due to youthfulness, but Justice Cowan warned that heavier fines would be imposed in more flagrant offenses.
A joint Wisconsin and Nebraska union meeting in the park enjoyed a hearty dinner with ample food. Officers were unanimously reelected: President F. L. Ames, Vice President W. H. Dean, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. L. A. Moore. Next gathering set for August 1920.
Miss Alice Reed visits Portland cousin Mrs. Clark Noble while Mrs. Rose Harding visits sister Mrs. Spence Vedder in Portland. Epworth League picnic at Allan Grove. Michael Mueller visits Mrs. W. S. Allan at Rockaway Beach. Frances Rosebrook of Palo Alto visits Rev. George H. Greer. Hanson and Portland guests with the Wrens Reynolds. Frederick Holzmeyer tours the Columbia Highway to The Dalles. J. S. Slisby and family visit Roe Robison in Oregon City. Portland couples host Misses Christopher and Young. Helen M. Hatch of Seattle and Edna West of Los Angeles stay at Otterbrook. Dundee Woman's Club officers entertain. July 31 meeting noted. Olmsteds from Des Moines visit son R. A. Olmsted. plan to settle. Dundee threshing crews active. A A Parrett leads Dundee pitchers. Dundee Woman's Club meets with large attendance. plans for fall discussed. James Lester Warner and Joseph E. Ryan return from Army occupation duty. Ryan wounded in action.
Lester, who saw action in four principal engagements, was uninjured until now and has received 20 permanent injuries. Spentgemin Craven from Dundee has returned from overseas. All Dundee residents who served overseas are now home and praise the United States as the best country and Oregon as the best state in the Union.
The article reports the marriage of Vivian Dodge to Archie Abdill on Tuesday the 12th. Abdill, a prosperous young farmer, lives at Dayton Mississippi. The couple will be at home to friends at Laurel Hill farm near Dayton.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning service at 11 a.m. Evening union worship at 8 p.m. Park gathering in the evening. Pred B Carter serves as pastor.
The Church of the Brethren at Washington and Hancock invites all to Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and the Young People’s Meeting at 7 p m Pastors J A Reed and D C Glick extend the cordial invitation.
The Sunday morning service features a farewell sermon titled The Distinctive Plea and Messages of the Disciples of Christ. The event emphasizes the church’s distinctive teachings and spiritual guidance for attendees.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 with H Craw as superintendent. Morning worship follows at 11 titled Wasted or Saved from Luke 16 16. Evening service at 8 at the park with PS C BNat 7 Selling One s Heritage Gen 26 27 34.
Seventh Day Adventist calendar lists Sabbath school at 10 30 a m and preaching at 11 48. Wednesday features prayer meeting at 8 p m.
Free Methodist services begin at 11 in the morning with a sermon series on The Sanctification of Believers in Christ. A union park service follows in the evening. Sunday school starts at 10. All are invited. W N Coffee, Pastor.
The notice lists Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 with Christian Endeavor at 7 and another preaching at 8. It adds an ad business meeting on the last Thursday of each month and notes Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m led by Pastor C B Res.
A youth recalls a Sunday ramble in beech woods with brothers. He spots a blue yellow backed warbler shining in the leaves and experiences a revelatory moment about unseen birds in familiar woods.
A humorous Corvallis Gazette anecdote quotes Chief Robinson detecting contraband liquor via a scent line and trail. He stops a suspect revealing only a pup in a grip, prompting laughter and a soda afterward. Henry gains a salary rise.
The quotation argues that art should be accessible to everyone, not a privilege of a few. It contrasts public and private art, comparing art to a torch in a marketplace versus a hearth fire and urges seekers of truth in art to blend exactitude with sincere emotion to convey the experience to observers.
The passage quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson arguing that rigid consistency limits thought and that true greatness invites misunderstanding. It urges speaking one's mind boldly today and tomorrow, regardless of past stances, noting eventual misperception from others.
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