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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
7
Effective August 15 1919 the Portland Newberg bus schedule lists departures from 4th and Alder Imperial Hotel with times to Newberg and return options. Saturday and Sunday services vary with limited runs in the evening and special trips available by reservation through Portland Main 3314 and Newberg lines.
Listings show transfers from First State Bank of Sheridan to Bruce and Arline Roman and from J W Briedwell to J E Rogers with small sums. Mercantile deeds involve Mary Boyd to E M Briedwell, H D Fuller to George Hessler, Gilchrist Brothers to William Pajala, and others across McMinnville Amity and Sheridan with acreage, lots, and modest consideration.
A long OCR style entry details multiple land transactions in Oregon. Names include M J Geary Mabel Green Charles Jacobson Harry M Kershaw Catherine Kinney Menton McDanial John Petke J B Proffit Leander Lewis Gottfried Frachsel Guy Wade Rebecca Wade Lewis Shortridge Pearl Sims J W Sims J H C Sorensen Raymond Townsend George Warmington J N Whitman L Wheeler W F Wilkin Elizabeth Yocom and others. Transactions cover lots of acres in towns including Sheridan Willamina Newberg and Yamhill with prices ranging from 1 to 6000 dollars and road rights of way.
A colonel and a circa dialogue discuss liquor prices with a line about paying nine dollars per quantity. The exchange notes the high cost and the speaker’s unusual perception of the price as reasonable for the era.
A Dutchess County dispute over a fox pelt involves two hunters two farmers and multiple lawyers and a justice of the peace. Edward Meade killed the fox claimed the skin under colonial law while a foreman and other parties sought possession. The case threads through local courts with a 1920 Oregon probate notice appended in the record.
The New York Evening Telegram reports Homer Stephens of the American Toy Exhibitors, Inc. says despite airplanes, bisque dolls, wireless sets and motorized toys, the rag doll remains the child’s favorite. He notes higher rag doll production and demand, while new affordable phonographs and juvenile engineering toys gain traction.
Questions explore which presidents never lived in Washington D C which president upon election had not voted in forty years which president was elected from a western state before the Mississippi River which president was inaugurated in Philadelphia which president after leaving office joined the Senate which president after leaving office joined Congress and when was there a split ticket with one party president and another party vice president.
In the Toronto Telegram piece a fortune teller predicts Miss Gush will marry her loved one. The dialogue asks about hair, mustache, name George, occupation, home street, engagement ring, and the fiancé’s age as 24 and 1 August, with her astonishment at the accuracy.
In the County Court of Oregon Yam hill the estate of Sarah Rhoades deceased seeks final settlement. Executors of the estate have filed the notice and request all interested parties to appear or respond as required.
Oregon Land Board invites sealed bids by Sept 7 1920 for lease and permit to remove sand rock and gravel from a Willamette River section in Yamhill County. Bids must state price per cubic yard minimum removal per year and include a 10 percent bid bond and a triplicate map.
The County Court of Oregon Yamhill County appoints Mary Johnson executrix of Cyrene Palmer deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to Do R Chapin, attorney, Newberg, Oregon within six months after first publication dated August 5 1920. First issue August 5 last issue September 2.
Administrator J. I. Hadley announces final account for the estate in Yamhill County Oregon. The hearing is set for Monday August 23 1920 at 11:00 A M in McMinnville County Court to show cause why the account should be approved and the estate discharged. Published July 22 1920 with last issue August 19 1920.
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