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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic August 16 1917 features a portrait of Judge O N Denny, former Yam Hill County resident and introducer of the Chinese pheasant in Oregon. Readers are urged to contribute to a fund for Mrs Denny widow in financial need, acknowledging Denny’s role in Northwest sportsmen.
The editorial jab compares the Newberg Graphic to the Sheridan Sun and Tillamook Headlight amid a dispute over press gatherings. It notes the Graphic editor’s limited participation in state publisher meetings and suggests sourness toward progressive peers.
An appeal seeks books to supply thousands of young men in military camps near Portland. Miss Langton, the town librarian, asks for readable novels and adventure stories by Kipling Doyle Stockton Bindless Tarkington Oppenhi me Hopkinson and Kister, or any history biography and travel works.
The Graphic notes opposition to national prohibition sending literature from Cincinnati. It cites clippings from the Louisville Courier Journal and Marie Henry's paper, praising the Bluegrass region yet criticizing the Senate’s Sheppard resolution and calling the action a disgusting proceeding with bald sophisms.
The Journal ridicules Senator Morris Sheppard in a harsh column, calling him a son of a gun from Bitter Creek. The piece mocks his intellect and political stance, likening him to Mrs. Poyser's cock and attacking temperance rhetoric.
Gilbert L. Hedges district attorney for Clackamas County writes that executive clemency weakens prohibition law. He argues bootleggers should face jail and that fines invite further offenses, urging the governor to keep hands off pardons in Oregon.
The Union Pacific System offers two free publications from the press. One titled Columbia River Gorge provides a topo map and descriptions for short day trips starting from Portland with easy trails into nearby mountains. The other is a color indexed pocket map of Oregon Washington and Idaho with the latest map date. Request from Wm McMurray Portland Oregon.
Satirical quotation highlights gender role view from the Boston Transcript. It suggests a man can transfer all property to a wife when facing legal or financial peril, illustrating early 20th century attitudes toward marriage and property.
A historical notice notes a one year term and a price of two dollars for a publication, indicating subscription or periodical terms. The fragment highlights a Portland area newspaper’s branding and pricing details from an unspecified date.
Gen. Supt. W. G. MacLaren appeals to Oregon mothers and sisters to help feed abandoned mothers and babies at Louise Home and Albertina Kerr Nursery Home during canning season. He suggests forming town clubs to ship a barrel of canned fruit or vegetables, and provides the Portland shipping address for instructions.
The Oregonian recalls bootlegger ruses where buyers receive tea labeled as whisky. It argues such schemes mimic historic confidence games and punish the lawbreaking buyer, noting tea cheers without intoxication and urging lawful choices while avoiding high bootleg prices.
Sunday schedule covers Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. sermon titled The Ideal Church. Junior and intermediate C E at 4 p.m. Young People's C E at 7 p.m. Union grove services at 8 p.m. Pastor Fred E. Carter invites all to the Methodist Church for Sunday offerings. Union park services at 7:50 p.m. Bible school at 9:45 a.m. sermon Indifference at 11 a.m. C E and Junior Endeavor at 7 p.m. Union park services at 7:50 p.m.
Anna Fulham and August Mitchell Denton obtained marriage licenses in the city. Officials record the couple's names and location of filing, with no further details provided in the fragments.
Nathaniel Crosiar and wife transfer 40.75 acres in Geo. W. Burnett district for 5000. Harvey Crume to Clara B. Carroll 83 acres in W. B. Daniels district for 10. Alva Dickerman to S. C. Woodruff 100 by 150 feet in Joseph B. Rogers district for 10. Sarah Gray to John Gray 62 acres in Richard Holmes district for 10. Sarah Gray to John Gray undivided 4 percent in 130 acres in Harding Gaunt and Thos. Wilcox dies district for 10. Bertha Kernutt to Kalle and Aline Koivumen 23 acres in Wm. Roberts district for 10. Louise Kirks to Franz E. and Augusta A. Nelson lot 24 Chehalem Orchard Homes for 1080. Emma Kramien to Sebastian Brutscher lots 17 and 18 block D Hobsons Add Newberg for 800. Levi Lewis to Percy Tallman 1006 acres in S. Heater district for 10. Rosina Miller to Rosa McClure 20 acres in section 31 for 10. J A McClure to Rosina Miller 20 acres in section 31 for 10. Gus Nelson to J Kenyon Bourne undivided half of 166.30 acres in sections 30 for 10. B F Purdy to C H Griner 131.08 acres in Joseph Gilbreath district for 1200. Ray Wurtzweiler to Clyde Johnson 147.94 acres in James Gerrish district for 10.
Miss Adelia Ackerman visits Portland for several days. Mrs. H Quittenbaum and daughter Freda return from Alberta. N L Wiley and family and Rev McClure attend Quarterly Meeting at Sherwood. Mrs Lena Day and Lula Nolen stay at Peters home in St Johns. A H Dean with Mrs J P Sommer and Mrs P F Castricious drive to Newport to bring family home. Miss Jane Brickley and Jane Bilderback visit H Strate. Brickleys come from Portland. August Schaad drives guests and two dressed hogs to Portland in a new Dodge. Clifford Cordier, newly promoted Colonel in Company M Oregon troops, visits home before departing for Presidio. Eva Cook and daughter of Whitttier Cal visit N L Wiley family. Miss Halycon Wiley returns from Scotts Mills to join guests.
A New York Globe comic exchange recalls a husband returning late and his wife, once a schoolteacher, forcing him to write a hundred times on a slate "I must be at home by 10 o'clock." The gag highlights strict home rules in a lighthearted portrait of marriage.
N P Nelson and family visited the Wm Carter home. Mrs Lyon Ferguson stayed with Mrs A C Seely. Mrs Bina Hash and daughter Esther weekended at Claradean Farm. Ladies Aid gathered at Mrs B F Yergen’s for an all day meeting. Prof and Mrs Anderson were entertained at Mrs Tilda Hesgard’s Sunday. Bonnie Widner returned to St Johns after two weeks with Mrs Wesley Patten. D P Shaw attended to her uncle’s death at Pleasant Home then returned. Prof and Mrs E H Anderson moved to Dundee where he becomes principal. Mr Gregg and relatives visited William Brisbane. Mrs S M Calkins hosted Mr E H Anderson’s group. Rally Day plans announced for Mountain Top Lake View Prune Center and West Chehalem Sunday schools with program from 10 o clock and speakers including Rev Chas A Phipps. Live Wires class forms Christian Endeavor Society at George and Howard Morris home with a long list of attendees.
The Shiloh Relief Corps No. 28 meets on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 2 30 PM in the I C O F Hall. President is Mrs Elizabeth Clemmens and secretary Emma L Snow.
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