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11 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
1
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A fragmented page lists weekly services for Presbyterial, Evangelical, Baptist, and Loyal Orders communities. Details include service times on Sundays and midweek sessions, Sabbath school on Saturdays, monthly and quarterly gatherings, devotional evenings, and business meetings scheduled across various dates and venues.
Fragmentary OCR lists include Mayor Licorder Marshal treasurer street commissioner surveyor and names such as M Parker Hobson J Dhow Jd Wines Motes Velow Feat. The text references Ward and various figures, with unclear roles and street names.
Train notices advertise routes on the Southern Pacific and Willamette Valley lines with connections to Portland and Sacramento. Ticket offices at Gridwood Central emphasize through tickets to all points east, Canada, and Europe at low rates, with many local stations listed. The piece ends with a parable about two men sharing rail dining and tastes.
Mose Little, a resident of a Maine town, visits a village store to buy groceries including a dollar’s worth of flour. He remarks that flour is cheaper now, then jokes about carrying heavy bags and hoping it goes up so he won’t have to lug as much home for a dollar.
In the fifteenth century cocks were linked to witches and said to lay cursed eyes that birthed winged serpents. In 1474 at Bale a cock was accused of laying a dreadful egg, tried, and burned with the egg in the market amid great public fervor.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at quirky talk among characters in a past Washington Star item. A tease mentions a woman who can do little beyond yes or no, and a reference to Mrs Croly and a forged list of club members from Bombay with native Indian women in local dress.
Reports from the Pacific Coast describe Apache activity in Arizona and a deadly encounter near Wilcox, with Major Downey involved. Mining updates include the Ontario mine water vein flooding Park City and new ore veins near South River Edel, plus dormitory construction funded by a Pennsylvanian college gift.
A collection of offbeat notes includes Chauncey Depew’s inflated infant names, Joseph Jefferson’s ten-week season, and Kip Van Winkle as his sole play next year. Also: the Salvation Army parade due to Bishop Brooks, a Hancock Square monument for General Hancock, and medical news on General Greely’s wife.
The article notes 4,252 land patents issued in a week with 820 mineral entries awaiting patent. It cites Treasury guidance on tariff classification for black plates and imported tin products. It covers pension office investigations linked to Raum and Cooper, and Commodore Folger's naval budget and armament plans. It discusses Naval Academy admissions reforms urged by Commodore Ramsay.
An array of brief items notes Belleville Illinois facing a diphtheria outbreak with a two cent bounty on sparrow heads and other nationwide snippets. Reports mention the First National Bank of Damariscotta Maine resuming business and a Brenham Texas girl found alive after a perilous situation.
Four hundred young women were unable to gain admission to Vassar College this season as the institution reached capacity. Other items note expanding New York City public schools and a Paris living scholarship awarded to J. B. Potter. Reports cover German university enrollments, a spooner gift to Kansas State University, and trends in women’s post office work education in San Salvador.
Report on space applications for the Chicago World's Fair includes 1.7 requests and plans for international exhibits. Japan may send private art treasures, Idaho appoints James M. Wella as World’s Fair Commissioner, Morocco eyes a $60 000 display, and Berber and Welsh exhibits are discussed. Smithsonian models on Alaska waters and a wool exhibit by the Agriculture Department are noted, with roof garden displays and France seeking 150 000 square feet of space across several pavilions.
A sweeping summary notes uprisings and labor moves in France and Britain, drought in Roumania, inflation and deficits in Russia, population strains in England, and planning for arbitration boards. Reports mention Pope Paul VI recovery, electric Odessa lamps, Arctic rail construction, and Gambetta’s remains in Nice with memorials.
Reads like a long list of agricultural prices from Portland and nearby markets. Walla Walla values cited for grain and produce, with barley, oats, and dairy product quotes. Fruit and nut items show varied per pound and per box figures, reflecting a broad regional trading snapshot.
A cluttered OCR list shows prices for honey coffee beans dried fruit and nuts, sugars syrups and confections, canned goods, meats and fish, vegetables and fruits, and farm supplies. It includes per pound and per case rates from varied sources across international and domestic origins.
Naturalists explain open arms may be paralyzed with fear and not a possum. Owl vision studied in ornithological journals shows day and night seeing. Snakes may not charm prey. In backwoods and hearts, old tales persist and later fade as facts replace myths about porcupines shooting quills and the beaded eagle.
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