Editor and Publisher Woodward Office Listing
E. H. Woodward serves as editor and publisher with a subscription rate of 1.50 dollars per year in advance.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
4
E. H. Woodward serves as editor and publisher with a subscription rate of 1.50 dollars per year in advance.
Advertises a cut rate ending December 19 for Evening Telegram and Graphic combined at $4.50 for four days. Also notes arrears payoff incentive of a pair of shears and one year advance subscription, to be withdrawn at month end.
The text warns that delays are dangerous and hints at people wanting to swear facts ten days before holidays. It notes milk can quench a fire from an exploding lamp or spread oil, and jokes the milk man will provide a type that does both.
The census bureau has announced the national population and observers wonder if figures for smaller cities will be released ahead of Halley’s comet appearance. The remark links the expected local data release to the fixed comet date as a point of curiosity.
Col. J. C. Cooper of McMinnville guesses the census count will differ by no more than 100 between Mc Minnville and Newberg. The reporter did not press him on which city would gain any extra 100.
The editor of the Graphic, laid up for repairs, says his work power would align with a small long haired Scotch Shetland pony grazing in the Gordon home yard at the corner of Meridian and Hancock streets.
The Home Rule group touts a model license law banning liquor sales to minors arguing it has always prohibited such sales in Oregon. The piece questions historical periods without prohibition and notes current pressure from alcohol interests to soften or resist reform.
The Graphic notes Eva Emery Dye of Oregon City is collecting material for a new book on early Oregon Country history. She recently returned from Hawaii to study native Hawaiians and integrate Hawaiian history, with popular titles like McLoughlin and Old Oregon The Conquest and McDonald of Oregon suggested for holiday gifts.
Rose lovers in Newberg are urged to act now to plant top rose varieties and prepare ground work for a record breaking show next season. Plant quality stock and provide good care to ensure participation and success at the rose event.
Readers are urged to plant trees roses and shrubs now to ensure settled soil and early root growth by February. Heavy mulching of rose bushes can improve chances at rose shows as roses respond to the quality of care they receive.
A traveling salesman for a Portland tobacco house distributed cigarettes and tobacco to young boys in Newberg as a planned effort to boost future sales, reflecting a broader pattern of commercial incentives circumventing laws and encouraging underage access.
The office announces reduced rates for the Evening Telegram at 3.50 from now until January 1, 1912. A combined Telegram and Graphic offer is 4.50 for the same period. This urges readers to secure a daily paper and home paper at a nominal price before the offer ends.
In Rossetti Papers, Shelley is said to have rushed a pistol-wielding Giuseppe who was abusing Annunziata at the Gisborne villa. Giuseppe fled into laurels, Shelley gave chase, but the servant slipped away unseen. Shelley later doubted his memory of the event.
Mr Ewing, famed as great on statistics, debates with his wife over daily figures from socks to meat. She quizzes him on practical measures while he clings to almanac data, admitting he can only lookup numbers he does not memorize. The exchange pits memory against everyday questions in a humorous clash.
An anecdotal account recalls actors joking among themselves during stage performances. In The Lady of the Lake Roderick Dhu faced rent jokes from Fitz-James while The Spy failed early, prompting a concealed author to claim copyright and manuscript ownership amid the onstage crowd.
The kilt’s origin is traced to English origins, not Scotland, with an army tailor with General Wade’s 1719 forces and Thomas Rawlinson cited as inventors. It notes the early form left the knees bare before tartan adoption near the century’s end, contrasted with the saffron arbh of old Gaelic dress.
A Success Magazine anecdote describes O Henry guiding a bright girl through a factory district for story material. He speaks with a group of slang and contractions that mortify her and reveal social pretensions in language use.
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