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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1911
Page
5
Community notes show visits by Ernest Bales Nelson J Sykes and others from Portland McMinnville and Dayton. Local events include a college basketball loss to McMinnville a basket social and new 1911 model EB M F 30 cars bought by Sam McVey W L Thomas.
Yewberg W O Robertson visits from Lebanon. J Carl Nelsons on a relatives visit in the city. Hattie George returns home from Walla Walla. Rob True starts as office boy for a Portland jeweler. New cash register installed at Ferguson drug store. Second college team defeats second high school team 18 to 13. Rock Robinson and Son sell stock to J H Bottemiller of Portland. plan to move to Portland for groceries. Perkinses expect visitors Dudley Wilson and wife, Great Northern conductor. Opie Read program at Friends church to aid college auditorium seating. reserved seats at Parlor Pharmacy. J H Wilson sells grocery interest to Hitchen family. rest planned. Moser and Bechtle families move to Kansas. Moore and Mills send oranges from Whittier California to Newberg relatives. praised for thoughtfulness. Lyceum fourth number by Opie Read at Friends church Friday. seats on sale.
Salem letters explain a mistaken affidavit about subscriptions to the Newberg Enterprise. The notice clarifies that Will E. Purdy and others believed editor Rosensteel was a Push Club member working for a Butteville bridge. It notes editor changes, refunds, and no intent to injure Rosensteel.
Next Sunday evening the 30th marks the founding anniversary with an all youth led program featuring exercises recitations songs and more The Sunday morning sermon asks Are Foreign Missions Justifiable The following Monday a religious education and missionary conference led by Rev Ernest F Hall and Rev J W Milligan includes a men s supper and a 7 30 PM public gathering on Home and Foreign Missions
The saying notes that in Abyssinia the wife is master and can turn out her husband if she is offended, since the house and belongings belong to her.
Oregon state superintendent L R Alderman calls on all teachers to enter both spelling and ciphering contests. Schools should field entrants and aim for 75 percent accuracy in time trials while pupils try to solve problems under 50 seconds with parents timing.
The lodge adopts condolences for the death of M. J. Comer a neighbor husband and father. The lodge room will be draped in mourning for 90 days a copy of resolutions published in local papers mailed to the widow and entered in minutes. Signed S P Timberlake Henry Clemmens.
The W C T U will meet on February 8 1911 at the home of Mrs David Johnson with the Willard Memorial Meeting as the topic. Due to city attractions attendance was light last Wednesday but attendees found the session engaging focusing on Peace and Mercy. The group invites all interested in the cause to join, stressing the mother’s pivotal role in society and the shaping of character.
A collection of wry maxims on weather, work, and wit from February Farm Journal. Observations link time, industry, and domestic life with humorous, self contained quips about men, wives, and everyday odds and ends.
A feature on Eskimo snow houses detailing their dome form and construction. Snow bricks stack inward in spiraling circles, with beveled lower surfaces to ensure stability. A final door and tunnel block cold drafts, while a thin ice pane serves as a window and seal oil lamps provide warmth.
A Philadelphia amateur actor boasts to poet Morris at the Franklin about joining the Browning society's production The Blot on the Escutcheon. Morris advises him to take the blot, suggesting the role best suited for his style.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt depicts a domineering husband declaring mastery over his home while his wife calmly instructs the cook that they will have company all week. The scene ends with the husband departing, making snide remarks about others asserting personal autonomy.
A pupil’s remark about time stretches a moment into an entire recess as he chooses stillness over play. The teacher notes his idle recess, and the boy explains he wants time to last longer, a quirky lesson in perception.
A note attributes a Twain quip to his Virginia City Enterprise duties stating that a sunset, a mother's kiss, and fifteen dollars a week shaped a journalist. The line links art and journalism to modest pay and personal inspiration.
A humorous exchange centers on a colonel asked about the weather and his wife. The colonel replies the weather is horrible while joking about his wife’s name. The light back-and-forth captures a dry, old-fashioned social vignette with formal tone.
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