Newberg Oregon A Growing Fruit Boom Town on the Willamette
West Shore Magazine outlines Newberg in Yamhill County as a thriving fruit hub thirteen miles from Portland. It highlights C. F. Hoskins and local farms, a future fruit cannery, robust schools and the Friends Academy with a five year course, churches, and a prospering business district. The Chehalem valley climate and geography are praised for reliable crops, with ten acres of prunes earning substantial annual income and no irrigation needed.
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Portland
Portland and
Willamette Valley
Willamette River
Oregon
Newberg
Yamhill County
San Jose
Santa Clara Valley
California
C. F Hoskins
Willamette
Newberg House
Friends’ Pacific Academy
Camall
Friends’ Church
Washington
Ter
Chehalem Valley
Misasseippi
Chehalem Mountains
Portland & Willamette Valley
Pacific
Japan
Chebalem Valley
Mississippi Valley
West Shore Magazine
Portland and Willamette Valley
Rogers’ Landing
Pacific Coast Notes Highlights From West Theaters
Paccoast notes summarize regional items from Truckee to San Diego. Topics include smallpox in Merced, land speculation in Bakersfield, a Nevada county sheriff ballot recount, a Seattle to Canada rail line, and various local notices from utilities to post offices.
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San Diego
Kansas City
Sacramento
Nevada County
Brighten dyed goods with chloroform treatment
A 19th century note claims plush items and aniline dyed articles fade from light but regain brightness after sponging with chloroform. It also mentions a home cough remedy, a glue for mounting seaweeds, a flax seed tincture, and fashion tips about a black moire skirt and coordinated accessories at low cost.
Belated citizen involved in street altercation on High Street
A belated man asks the time on High Street near Beaubien. He is struck by a passerby and knocked into the gutter. The injured man crawls away, mutters about luck avoiding seven or twelve, and gathers snow for his bleeding nose. Source: Detroit Free Press.
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High Street
Beaubien
Detroit
Passenger halts steamboat crew with polite request
A buxom daughter of Erin arrives on a steamboat near the dock where rowboats are hired. Just before casting off she asks the mate for a smaller boat, saying she does not need the large vessel. The surprised official walks away unable to respond.
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Erin
New York Evening Sun
Newberg Friends' Pacific Academy announces progress and leadership
The Friends' Pacific Academy in Newberg Oregon outlines its board led by President E H Woodward and Principal Edwin Morrison. It details enrollment growth from 19 to 110 across years 1885 to 1887, construction progress including boarding hall cottages gymnasium dorms, and future expansion plans.
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Edwin Morrison
E. H. Woodward
A Pretty Romance Ends in Honest Renunciation
A young lawyer in a small city ends an engagement after a heiress loses wealth through a relative’s death. The former fiancée seeks damages for breach of promise, but the suit is compromised. Odd anecdotes follow about a horse bedding mistake and a Choctaw County death.
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Micawbar
Europe
MacAllister
Dom
of Brackstone
Lean
N. F. Press
East Union
Choctaw County
Ala
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Merced
Bakersfield
Sonoma County
Walker River
Seattle
Canada Line
Sepeatee
Otto Schultz
Carson
Nev
Harvey H. Clark
Lodi
San Joaquin County
Taylorville
Paper Mill Creek
Ulmer
San Bernardino County
Emerald Bay
el Doredo County
Jack Logardo
Utah
Territorial Committee of
Arthur D. January
Port Huron
Mich
Joselyn
Victoria
B. C
Los Angeles
el Piso
Southern Pacific
John Wesley Hill
Ogden
Nevada City
Sutter City
Oscar Boehn
San Francisco
H. Best
W. Eddington
William Jone
Sepulveda
John J. Brewster
Sonoma
Rasmus Larsen
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Willows, Or
Salmon River
Idaho
Washington Territory
Elle Eller
Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
Santa Fe Short Line
William Bentley
el Modena
George P. Harding
Senate
Yolo
Napa
F. 8. Sprague
Veterans’ Home
Yountaville
Harding
Yountville
Grover Cleveland
Philadelphia
Sydney
Australia
Jersey City
Dies Debar
Warner, N. H
Thoroldgo St. Charles
Canada
Beck
James C. Morford
Association of Old Defenders
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Chicago
Boston
F. W. Scott
Pratt County
Kansas
George Beechman
Barton
Pacific Coast
Lawler
Tinois
Solerane
The
Forestry Congress
Charles G. Dahlgren
Brooklyn
Three Rivers
Burlington
Dr. Jeffrey
First Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Mies Harris
Rawlings
Wy. T
Stock-Growers’ Commission
Denver
Jack, the Ripper
Montreal
John Linoghorn
Russell A. Alger
Michian
Maine
Alger
Maine Pomological Society
Paris
Honolulu
Florida
Montana
New York City
Charles Carroll
Carollton
Aberdeen
C. T
Meone
Scientific American
Pacific Academy
William Penn
Board OF Trustees
E H. Woopwarn
Jesse Epwarps
Jeeee Hanson
Grovar W. Mircuet
B.C. Mines
Epwin Morrison
Mary E. Mines, A. B
Anna E. Ben
Wes
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