Newberg Graphic 1919 Edition Notes and Weather Oddities
The Newberg Graphic weekly issue dated December 11, 1919 notes publication details at First Street and White, mentions postal matters, asks about a Willamette Valley edition of Snow Bound, and comments on snow causing hens to slow production with a remark on eggs and winter scenes. It also refers to toasting by the fire and recalling past weather.
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Whittier
Willamette Valley
Fragmented note on neighbor visit during winter weather
A damaged local fragment mentions a neighbor visit as fuel costs rise and a pullets line appears. The text contrasts staying inside to speak a parting word with stepping out to observe the snow and egg production.
Prices Rise and Social Notes Stir Daily Life
A column notes rising prices for suits and nursery stock while predicting slow relief. It jokes about Cupid, negotiations, and holiday plans in Newberg. It questions lawmaking sessions and street car speeds, and ends with a shy youth tale and a school board publishing debate about eight boys.
School discipline notice and cherry planting observations
The text condemns publicizing students names and urges boys to reform for school discipline. It then discusses cherry growing in the valley, noting high nursery prices and soil suitability. It warns self sterile varieties and suggests pollinators like Black Republican and Tartarian among others to improve yields.
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Gordon G. Brown
Coats Offered at Reduced Prices in Latest Styles
Reduced 20 percent. A few coats remain in the latest styles and high grade material. These are offered at lower prices.
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Newberg
Waterhouse cherry variety as pollenizer guidance
The article compares Long Stemmed Waterhouse to Royal Ann, noting longer stems larger pits and softer flesh. It urges interplanting Waterhouse as a pollenizer since it yields ample fruit and stresses proper pollination and grafting methods for cherry trees, including top working and avoiding mixed varieties.
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Waterhouse
Royal Ann
Lambert
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