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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
8
A store advertises fall and winter stock arriving and clears summer items. Regular lawns priced 8c and 10c per yard, cotton voiles and summer silks 20 percent off, ladies gauze vests and union suits sold at low prices, table linen and curtain material discounted, hosiery highlighted, Parsiana corsets from 1.00 to 3.00 with guarantees, bath robe materials 40c per yard.
Fall blankets arrive at this store with low prices. Magnolia Steel Cut Coffee 35c per pound, Pure White flour 1.60 per sack, Diamond C pure leaf lard 95c, Rex Sugar Cured Bacon 25c per pound. Phone in your orders for home delivery.
Various small ads announce sewing for ladies and children, cement work by Rob Jacobsen and J P Jensen, appearances by Munsell & Martin Optical Co. reps in Newberg, sale of a seven room bungalow, bargain window at Larkins Hardware with oil cans and hop gloves, fruit orders for peaches from W C Kempton, a $25 reward for Chehalem Center schoolhouse window vandalism, hop pickers wanted with lodging and pay, and S B Dodge repapering his Confectionery Store with ice cream and fountain trade.
For Sale Two choice O. I. C. male pigs. S. P. Van Dyke. Cor North and Grant streets. 48-p. For exchanges see White & Company 705 First street. If you have small farms to trade for city property I will hunt up a deal for you. W. E. White. The Guardians of the Columbia by John H. Williams 8 vo with 210 illustrations of the Columbia River Mount Hood Adams St Helens forests. In flexible leather 2.66 postpaid cloth 1.66 paper 83 cents Tacoma Wash J H Williams Publisher J K Gill Co Portland distributor for Oregon.
A meeting will be held at the city hall in McMinnville on Thursday evening August 22 to organize an association to boost Yam Hill County poultry interests and to plan a winter Poultry Exhibit. Those interested in the poultry business are urged to attend and participate.
Dry fir and hard maple wood for sale in small lots at 3.50. Orders over five cords at 3.25. Second growth fir dry and all split at 63 acord. Price reduction on large orders. Send orders by postcard to Fred Werth.
The real estate firm W. E. White & Co. dissolves its partnership by mutual consent. Mr. White will operate the business under the former name White & Co. All accounts up to August 15 will be paid by W. E. White & Co.
The city of Newberg orders all owners of homes and business buildings on listed streets to install toilets and connect to the sewer within ten days of publication. The notice, dated August 22 1912, is issued by City Recorder W W Nelson. A footer advertises Christenson Larkins new potato digger on their sample floor.
A recruitment notice seeks 100 hop pickers for a 3 to 4 week period near Dundee. Camp on-site with good water. picking starts about September 2. Interested workers should write or phone Red 162, 46 8.
Mr and Mrs Tom Pearson work at Hall Barthers log ging camp John Lynn painter does work for W W Jaquith Tom Haynes W W Jaquith and J W Moore appraise Nancy I Pearson deceased property Hall Bros haul cedar lumber to Hillsboro this week Frank Conover returns to his stand Mrs Hill of Vancouver Washington returns home via Springbrook after month with daughter Mrs Baker at Nutcroft Farm R H Brooks builds potato house at Scholls ranch Chas Hitchcock is carpenter
Missouri lawyer Strange falls ill and fears death. He asks his wife to place a headstone reading Here lies an honest lawyer. She questions the lack of his name. he replies that passersby will remark That’s Strange, making the inscription unnecessary. McCall’s Magazine.
An essay traces bells from China where their use was to dispel evil spirits and drive away storms. It notes bells later spread to Europe and Old English records show bells kept darkness at bay during worship, with church use evolving to calling people to services.
A London Standard article explains the shepherds crook is not just a walking stick. The crook end is used to trap and control sheep by placing it around a leg to capture a runaway.
A judge quotes a humorous exchange about married life. A speaker claims harmony is possible, while another notes a nearly three day marriage leading to friction. The dialogue underscores comic views on early matrimony.
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