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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic notes hard times, references the Wilson tariff and Chicago relief efforts, and cites a butter test at the World’s Fair comparing Jersey Guernsey and Short Horn cows. It lists breeds and owners in Lowell Massachusetts and Millbrook New York, with a table of butter value and profit per pound.
The Tie Capital Journal quotes a strong charge against public figures profiting from public or private work not earned honestly. The piece argues such graft is a pervasive evil requiring attention and predicts demand for salary reductions aligned with taxpayer earnings.
The Sheridan Sun questions the impact of announcing a reformist evangelist in Oregon City. It argues such notices fuel morbid curiosity and imitation of vice, urging admiration for those who have always lived upright, rather than converted former drinkers as heroes.
A local editorial warns that young men choosing bad company risk disciplinary trouble and moral decline. It urges radical lifestyle changes, parental oversight, and awareness of where youths spend idle time, arguing Newberg is capable but requires careful guidance to stay above average.
The piece argues that cities and towns easily embrace public improvements and debt, while failing to plan repayment. It cites Albany facing a potential hundred thousand dollar indebtedness and calls on citizens to demand strict economy in future municipal affairs.
A editorial warns Albany faces lighter burden than Newberg would with a 100000 bond, urging careful review of municipal borrowing. It cautions against long term schemes, calls for capable leaders, and stresses prudent, businesslike planning before elections.
A traditional farmer anecdote warns against overburdening a boy with chores and inequality at meals. It cautions workers not to expect the boy to keep pace with hired help or bear multiple tasks while implying class bias in rural labor practices.
The Oregon appropriation of 60000 for a World's Fair exhibit is praised as a strong investment expected to draw thousands of settlers and generate millions in value. The piece notes medals won in horticulture agriculture mines and other fields and hints at a remaining balance to fund a Midwinter Fair display.
KE Skier lists twenty mistakes to avoid in fruit growing at the Oregon State Horticultural Society meeting in Corvallis on October 25. He covers planting rows, tree spacing, orchard variety, cultivation, drainage, and drying practices while urging sticking to fruit work and improving drying and packing standards.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a newspaper publisher and a peculiar property piece. The content remains unclear but suggests a daily paper and questions about access or publication.
A retired field notes how news gatherers demand coverage for their escapades then berate editors when other parties are not published. He recalls crowds visiting the printing office to beg editors, while later condemning the paper for omitting similar acts in subsequent editions.
The Globe Democrat explains a farm title buys the land and existing buildings, all fences unless removed or replaced, and adjuncts necessary to the farm except machinery. Standing or fallen trees stay with the land, while cut trees become personal property unless stated in the sale.
Farmers in the section dump burning in favor of baling straw for shipment to Oregon City paper mills. About 200 tons await steamer transport at $1.25 per ton freight. The column also reports on local affairs including a political assignment, critiques of a sermon about dancing, cattle losses in a flood, and an unusually large turnip yielded by Henry Hewitt of Unionvale.
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