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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
Newberg Graphic published every Thursday morning. Office location is Graphic Building 600 First Street, Newberg Oregon. Post office subscription rate is $2.00 per year in advance.
Deputy Morris and George Kelly arrested James E Bressil after a 3200 mile pursuit spanning Washington Tillamook Columbia Counties ending in Portland. Bressil, wanted in California for a 40 to 400 check fraud fifteen years prior, was jailed in McMinnville with $4000 bond.
Mary Gertrude Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs M S Allen married Ralph A Butt of Newberg at the Forest Grove Methodist church with Rev Gould officiating. Attendants included maid of honor Alleyn Johnson best man Frank Miller and a flower girl. After a reception in the parlor the couple honeymooned at Newport and will reside in Newberg.
Chehalem Center hosts the W C T U Yamhill County convention with many attendees. Mrs Elizabeth McCart of McMinnville presided and welcomed speaker Mrs Mary Mallett of Portland who spoke on Child Welfare and urged action to safeguard every child. Officers elected include President Mrs Patey of McMinnville Recorder Mrs Lilian Welter of Newberg Treasurer Miss Lura Barnum of McMinnville.
Mr and Mrs A W Reese of California visited Newberg over the weekend, recalling his 1887 arrival that helped put Newberg on the map. He left 20 years ago to work in the Southern Pacific Land Department, now based near the Mexican border where a passport is required for cross border travel.
Rev Fred Carter hosts Prof Perisho at Wood Oregon cottage while on vacation. The note humorously details clamming trips and comfort, stating sun on the bathing suit, preference for a big rocker pillow, and plans to depart around August 30 with more updates to follow.
J W Hill made a business trip to Portland on Wednesday. Miss Nellie Craw will teach in the Nahchatta school this winter. Various residents and visitors travel to Portland Ocean Park and Coast locations for business and leisure. The article notes weddings, hunts, travel, and social visits including Prof Alexander Hull and Miss Ruth Romig marriage, and stories of bouquets and stolen flowers.
A compilation of property deeds shows transfers in McMinnville and Newberg regions. Transfers include Carie L. Bales to A A Clayson for one acre, multiple tracts in Johns Add and Hurleys Add, and various parcels in McMinnville and Newberg with nominal sums. Changes involve numerous buyers and sellers including W T Davis Nyder Frances A Dye M R Dunn and others.
Hester Parrish of Newberg wed Sylvester Newton Slater of Newberg. Margaret Lanora Garland of Rex to Earl Nathaniel Knight of Eugene. Susie Marie Barton of Sheridan to William Ada Fletcher of Sheridan. Foreign Advertising Representative The American Press Association.
A Bisbee reminiscence from the Review of Bisbee recalls 16 years ago when Main Street bustled with saloons and miners. The writer notes the arrival of modern autos wrist watches and silk hose while lamenting the vanished crowded poker rooms and fare games. A street railway through Main Street and the dry, arid future were unimaginable then.
A stationmaster warns a villager that the Chicago express will pass at sixty miles an hour as the man nonchalantly smokes. he retorts with a blunt jab about the train. The brief exchange captures small town humor as a playful clash between railway propriety and rustic wit.
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