Real Estate Transfers Include Numerous Newberg Lot Deals
A series of property transfers in Newberg shows C V Baker and W F to W and Myrtle Fortune for lot 3 block 11 Central add. Blowers to Smockler for lot 3 block 18 City Park add. Clayson to Hugo Dorn for lot 7 block 4 Edwards add. Other deeds include Craig to Thomas for 10 acres in Joseph Hess district. Crowell to Dundee Loganberry Co for Dundee Orchard Homes lots 49-51. Loganberry Co for lots 47, 48, 63-64. Fundman to Banister for portions of sections 25 and 26. Hoskins to School District No 56 for 1.26 acres in Solomon Heat district. Humphrey to White for 150 acres in WJ Garrison and 10 acres in HD Martindliet. Jeffries to Fundman for portions of sections 3 and 6. Jones to Weston for 39.48 acres in Jer ome B Walling district. Morse to Hinkle for 16.25 acres in Oliver Walker. Snow to Brooks for 2 acres of tract 27 in Newberg sabd. Estate transfer noted for Sarah E Weston Estate to H.
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Baker & Wf
Myrtle Fortune
Central
Newberg
Blowers & Wf
Smockler
City Park
Albert A Clayson
Crowell Et
Dundee Loganberry Co
Dundee Orchard Homes
Paul Fundman
Matilda J Hoskins
Yamhill County
Solomon
Walter Humphrey
Iraq
Elizabeth J White
Garrison
John E Jeffries
Jones & Wfto
Emma Weston
Jerome
Walling
Complaint About Bookshop Service Cited in London Chronicle
A reader complains of ignorance among bookshop assistants who are too busy distributing literature to read it. The piece recalls an encounter at a bookseller’s asking for a hard to obtain Apocrypha copy and being asked if it is weekly or monthly.
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Tillman Reuter
Evansville
Ind
Oregon
Tulsa
Okla
Reuter
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Chicago Coliseum
Chicago
London Chronicle
Precept and Practice in Kingsley’s Rectory Story
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Rev 8 E Keble recounts how Charles Kingsley preached nationwide on social reform yet his own rectory lay uninhabitable due to drain drainage from the churchyard into the drawing room. The successor built a new rectory and forsook faith in reform.
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E. Keble
Charles Kingsey
Kingsley
Pall Mall Gazette
First Bank at Hokitika Described by Antipodean Notes
The excerpt recalls the early Hokitika bank setup in New Zealand. Two bank agents operated a tent with a plank counter and a cocked revolver for protection while weighing gold, testing its value, and placing it in a safe before handing dirty notes to a digger amid wary harbor conditions.
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Gould
Hokitika
New Zealand
Advertising drives growth at Philadelphia area plant
A major U S advertiser in the Philadelphia metro area leads to ongoing factory expansion as demand outruns capacity. The piece notes about a million dollars spent annually on advertising and cites the corporate head stressing sowing before harvesting to secure future orders.
Portrait of Dante Boone Painted by Dexter Harding
Dexter Harding, a Boston artist, came to Missouri in June 1820 to paint Dante Boone in Warren county near Marthasville. Rev. James Welch, leading Baptist preacher, sat by Boone as the portrait was created, Boone being too frail to pose alone. The finished painting now hangs in the Kentucky state capitol at Frankfort.
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Dante Boone
Dexter Harding
Boston
Missouri
Flanders Callaway
Boone
Marthasville
Warren County
James Welch
Aikman Welch
Gamble
Quiet Elections in Blanchefontaine Spark Little Voter Turnout
In Blanchefontaine eastern France polling is peaceful as only one citizen appears on the roll. French law grants each commune a separate polling station but shared stations are common for nearby communes. The lone elector maintains a polling booth for his own voting needs whenever elections occur.
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Tts
Blanchefontaine
France
Blanche Fontaine
Switching It Off Miss Elderleigh
A dialogue snippet recounts a line about looking off like the bills and a clarification that age comparisons were made with the Hill young ladies, noting twins and acquaintances as context.
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Miss Elderleigh
Katherine
Jack Spott
Hill
Twina
Boston Transcript
As He Pops the Question Exchange
A light exchange shows a couple joking about marriage with playful banter. The man asks, she retorts, and he counters with a quip about a poor excuse being better than none. The dialogue reads like a humorous street interaction.
Proverb Note Silent Fool Passes as Wise
A concise saying attributed to Frenck highlights that silence can be mistaken for wisdom. It reflects on perception and social judgment without a narrative or event.
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Burbank
Francis W Morse
H L Snow
J W Brookss
Sarah E Weston
W Jones
Jerome B Walling
E. H. Woodward
Newberg, Oregon
United States
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Cornwall
Land's End
England
Penzance
J. Harris Stone
United
United States National Bank
J. L. van Blaricom
John Gower
Portland Evening Telegram
Price
Evening Telegram
THE
Newberg Graphic
Newberg Mfg. and Construction Co
North Main St
Alder St
Portland, Ore
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County Abstract Co
Mcminnville
Volmes Business College
Washington
Portland
Satan
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