07 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
1
Police alerted Coroner Finley after a coffin was found swept at the steel bridge in Portland. The lid was removed and the box emptied, with no body in sight. The report links a prior consignment of damaged coffins to the mystery amid floodwaters and city bustle.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Terrell hosted a reunion on Third Street for former Penn College students in honor of Miss Etta McCoy. Guests included B. C. Miles, J. H. Douglas, Harvey Crumly, Edwin McGrew, P. K. Jones, and J. T. Smith with Elmer Pemberton unable to attend.
A flood threatens the Wynooski warehouse and docks on River Street as water rises toward the 1891 high mark. The piece then shifts to a hopeful frontrunner tone noting growing public morality, improved civil conduct, and scientific backing for a better society as quoted from Youth's Companion.
The regular council meeting led by Mayor Edwards lists present members Forsyth Harrold Wilson Woodward with Caldwell and Stratton absent. Bills approved include marshal J J Woods 40 recorder W W Nelson 30 night watch A S Parker 20 attorney 20 lights 80 with special claims Hall rent 250 printing 16 35 4 50 water superintendent 16 25 and walks 15 00. A proposition to buy a fire proof safe from a Portland firm for 300 was discussed.
The passage notes London as the largest city with a population equal to Paris Berlin St Petersburg and Rome combined. It imagines streets in a row circling the globe and reaching from London to San Francisco. It also cites Mammoth Cave of Kentucky as the world’s largest cave at ten miles long.
Real estate transfers listed from McMinnville and Newberg include Adaline Hoffman to Frank Mc Ginnis for 7056 sq ft. Jesse Edwards to Wm J Saunders. Mathew Terrell to Abigail l Cooper. AK Cooper to Nettie C Grable. Elisia Wright to Mary. AW Lambert to Lucy E Halterman. J P Irvine to W L Hem breek in McMinnville. D W Laughlin to John A Jacobson. U S to Jesse D Dixon for 160 acres. Hager to Galen C Miller. C S Barber to Ira O Barber and wife. August Windhorn to C Johnson. Van Leavitt to C C Ferguson. BF Hawley to Mary C Remillard. D P Strait to BF Hawley. Mary C Remillard to Hiram Mustard. Hawley to Mustard. August Windhorn to Latourett & Hopfield. Thos Dobson to Geo W Jones. Alva P Macy to J P Simpson. Ira B Osborn to Silva M Osborn. ZJj Imus to J E Imus. GC Christenson to J C Jensen. Elwood Knight to B Parker.
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