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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
2
Friday edition notes Queen Victoria’s looming will worth about 175000000 with a cold wave forecast. A brief item mentions a young lawyer P B Pie admitted to the Delaware bar and urged perseverance to rise.
Two fifteen year old girls were arrested in Ohio on liquor selling charges without a license. Authorities believe they are part of a moonshine gang. The report also notes wheat prices reaching a dollar in the East and discusses price fluctuations of wheat and silver in the market.
Gov Boies argues the future issue is not a 16 to 1 ratio but the national paper currency question. He suggests the stance will delight old time greenbackers who favor currency expansion and reform.
The Globe Democrats notes seven Kansas counties with under a thousand total votes will merge into three to save expenses. It adds a Populist drift may bring future appeal, Oregon cabinet prospects include ex-Senator Dolph, ex-attorney general Williams, and Hon. Binger Hermann, all cited as capable.
A historic note declares Frank James, ex James gang member, seeks the St Louis police commissioner post amid a culture that lionizes the James brothers. The piece contrasts controversial figures with civic duties while sampling a string of varied clerical and agricultural topics across Oregon and California.
The Salem editorial argues that a six cent duty on prunes would cripple labor in Oregon and fail to protect crops, while free trade would flood markets at one to two cents per pound. It believes McKinley era protections are excessive and calls for higher prune consumption to restore prosperity, noting California currently supplies most of the nation. The piece predicts higher per capita consumption as times improve and future prune use rises.
Judge M L Pipes denounces populists as a disease and a state of mind in a Sol Hirsch banquet speech at Hotel Portland. He predicts remaining McKinley forces will ally with future anti populist currents and ends with a grim token about despair and a peaceful afterlife.
The Kansas Legislature pushes a proposal to accept Mexican silver dollars for all debts, a plan mocked by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette as an er burdened cure for its free silver belief. The piece warns of constitutional issues and notes the potential political theater of the idea.
The piece recalls an orchard's history from seedling transplant to flourishing trees under grateful care. It mentions the original nurseryman moving the saplings, the aging master, a later owner who rebuilt the fence, plowed the ground, and produced big red apples and juicy pears. It notes gray butterflies fluttering among the trees about fifteen years ago.
An old orchard pleads for help as neglect has left it infested with codling moths rot mildew and moss. The owner will not prune or remove invasive trees and plans to trim next spring while the trees yearn for care and fruit to serve their mistress. The trees compare themselves to orchards in the valley and seek assistance before they die.
The postal department advertised tri weekly mail from McMinnville to Chase with no bids at this end and one bid at Chase, signaling a probable second bidding round. A Salem trip by two McMinnville men to seek Keeley treatment is noted, along with recollections of Judge Cowls, Harvey Scott, and an Armenian relief-focused W C T U convention in session with prominent attendees and addresses.
One thousand children from city Sunday schools filled the stage to form an inspiring scene as preparations for the convention reach grand scale. Scenanya M.D. Fry reports from Union Square in St. Louis on November 17 noting readers await next week’s convention issue for a fuller account. The note ends with a commercial insert for flour and feed from J. G. Willer.
An 8 B Headache and Liver Cure claim states Tam 65 years old with kidney disease and constipation for 25 years. J H Knight Rutledge Or sells 6 bottles at 50 cents each. Also mentions Book of Mormon manuscript owned by George Schweich Richmond Ray Co MO valued at 100100. Bronchitis and consumption described with Wilbur's Cough Cure at 50 cents. For sale by all druggists.
The Oregon Statesman prints a weekly twelve page edition from Salem offering tax read taxpayers a strong Republican paper. It urges economy and taxation cuts and covers January legislative session and U.S. senator election. Special price for three months at 2 cents per subscriber.
An advertisement extols Wilbur's Blood Purifier for skin diseases with a one dollar price. A second block touts a “panacea” called Weents for animal illness. A humorous note questions editor etiquette regarding knocking before entering a newsroom.
Elder Alson W. Steers from Portland declares there is no throat and lung medicine he can recommend with confidence except Tecan the 8 Borough Cure. It sells for 50 cents per bottle and is available at all druggists. He also quips about Mrs Charlotte Smith's campaign against girls on bicycles and a sweeping ocean-mopping remark by Mrs Parrington.
A large oblong tea tray with handles and a central coat of arms is described. John R. Gentry has run ten miles out of twenty this year in 2.04 or better. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a quick cure for sores ulcers and piles. A. T. Hits remarks that the mother of Moses did more for the world than the pyramid builder.
The piece promotes the telephone office with emphasis on quick service and low rates. It touts best routes and favorable terms for callers seeking affordable, timely connections.
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