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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
8
At Duncan's Opera House Saturday night Tozano will expose mediums in a sensational spiritualist show. He tests on a lighted stage include floating tables, invisible music, sealed slate writings, spirit rappings, and reading sealed messages. Admission will defray expenses.
William J. Leaton convicted of stealing 3085 dollars from East Side street funds while city recorder was sentenced to one to 15 years in state prison and a fine of 6170 dollars. The fine equals two dollars for each dollar stolen.
Twenty four pairs of Hungarian pheasants recently received from Europe will be sent to Klamath County soon. They are about the size of the ordinary pheasant and are believed to be hardier and more capable of caring for themselves than the Mongolian pheasant.
The Clackamas Improvement club adopted resolutions urging the county court to apply to the state highway commission for a share of the $238 000 highway fund and to spend it on the Pacific highway through Clackamas county.
The quote reflects on fortune and sorrow as parts of nature. It suggests that avoiding sorrow equates to ignorance of life’s balance. The sentiment, attributed to Seneca, frames fortune as inseparable from hardship.
Brookings in southern Curry County rapidly expands as a recent census shows over 300 residents within town limits, making it the county’s biggest town by population.
Skunks are plentiful in the Oakland area and catching them has become a lucrative occupation. A local barber reports nets roughly $135 worth of pelts from a recess from tonsorial duties.
Sheriff Chrisman of The Dalles arrested C. E. Harvey at Big Eddy. He was wanted in Council Bluffs Iowa for absconding with $800 belonging to a railroad company.
Financial hardship and growing rebel activity threaten the provisional government. Huerta remains able to secure funds in small amounts and payrolls are paid in all departments. Cabinet plans potential confiscation of assets of those opposing Huerta as a last resort.
President Huerta issues a decree proclaiming banking holidays amid runs on banks in Mexico City. Most banks stay open. Bank of London and Mexico alone is expected to use the edict. Withdrawals from that bank exceed 17 million pesos since the panic began, with 14 million pesos taken since last Tuesday.
General Thomas Redding Tannatt, longtime Oregon and Washington resident and renowned Civil War figure, died in Spokane. His military service and national prominence were widely recognized.
Only about four hundred famed cedars remain and have been enclosed by a stone wall to shield smaller trees from goats. The trees sit on a plateau around 6,000 feet high, reached by a wind road from Bsherreh, where visitors marvel at the ancient forest and the tallest cedar rises about eighty feet.
A tale claims at the Battle of Le during the 1800s Bonaparte walked quietly whistling the ancient tune Malbrouk s'en va-t-en guerre. The tune is said to be very old and later had words added to become We Won’t Go Home Till Morning and For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.
Jackson county levies 3 mills for roads. Umpqua river reopens after bar seal. Oregon post offices Haines Su therlin Willamina elevated to presidential class. Gamma Phi Betas provide Christmas for Eugene poor children. Arizona goats ship from Corvallis to Sonora Texas. Creswell cannery to pay $44 000 to patrons. Governor West warns no special legislative session. Federal Judge Bean to certify Chinese documents. Metolius Prineville rail plan discussed. Mazamas plan Mt Hood ski trip. Union scarlet fever outbreak under control. Portland man hurling brick seeks jail stay. State funds for idle workers debated. Linn county to spend $180 000 on roads. Copperfield residents seek West relief. University Oregon shifts engineering courses to Oregon Agricultural College. Lane county road supervisors to meet in Eugene. Sinnotts bill extends land entry residence period. Portland postal savings bank leads major cities. Help wanted ads and local sales listings.
Plant sale offers extra choice stock six to eight feet high at ten cents and three to six feet at eight cents L S Otis can be reached at Black 202 for orders and questions.
The piece profiles Detective Captain Joseph A. Faurot as New York's first scientific crime hunter chief amid graft revelations and Rosenthal's murder. It explains Bertillon methods using nose types ear shapes and facial sections to eliminate suspects, aided by fingerprints as unique marks.
Dallas report notes Polk county schools install herd record keeping under supervisor W. A. Barr of the extension department at Oregon Agricultural College.
A quoted maxim from John Ruskin urges living anywhere as if life will be spent there. He counsels always to perform kindness speak truth and make friends whenever opportunity arises.
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