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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
4
Alice will soon be out of the way and the other girls will then have a chance. The item presents a local newspaper page segment with editor names and pricing info. The readable fragment hints at a sensational line about a character named Alice and future opportunities for others.
Colonel E Hofer and Itty Watty Tooze plan a water campaign anchored by an ocean schooner chartered at Portland. The vessel will be loaded with spell binders and a flank movement against innocents at Coos Bay as the operation unfolds.
The piece notes clowns in circuses and high jumps as athletic display while Newberg residents debate pulpit propriety. It highlights Portland selling its Chamber of Commerce building to United Railways Company for about a million dollars, signaling a major interurban railway hub for the Northwest and portents of broader electric line expansion through the valley towns.
The Eugene typhoid outbreak supports Dr. Woods Hutchinson's 3 year old warning as secretary of the State Board of Health that towns with poor water were at risk. Newspapers attacked his stance, yet time has shown the physician was right.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Negro poet, died last week from consumption leaving a wife and family in Chicago. He grew up in Dayton and wrote poems reflecting Black life, with some of his best work in Candle Lighting Time. Strange and Son enter the Roseburg newspaper field, with J W Strange recalling historic events in Salem during a 1885 Senate election standstill.
Sol Hirsch led with the most votes but failed to achieve a majority as the midnight adjournment ended the election. The writer recalls the twelve hour ballot struggle and the memory of Strange’s roll call ringing in his ears twenty one years later.
The Courier and New Graphic contrast S B Huston’s past as a Democrat with current Republican alignment. They note former Democrats Grant and George H Williams held high offices before party training, prompting discussion of party loyalty and political labeling.
The office fears printing all pro and con letters on women’s suffrage would overburden male readers and could push some to drastic acts. The note argues restraint to avoid reader distress and potential self harm.
The piece notes residents speaking on street corners about neighbors and a "dead town" and suggests simple chores like stacking wood to ease irritability and aid digestion as small remedies for strain and unhappiness.
The Kirksville community hosts about 700 osteopathy students, a third of the town, with founder Dr. A. T. Still and his four story brick school and a three story hospital. Early days saw a small frame building, then expansion as the practice drew attention during a diphtheria outbreak.
For eight years there have been only two such practitioners and no formal registry. Dr H D Bowers states the public relies on osteopathic care despite the lack of a field or official listing.
The Cloverdale Courier reports Albert Lucy Fillamook City and Alfredon known as Alex Steward in Yamhill county. He allegedly stole a gun from Mr. Broadwell near Dundee and traded it to J A West near Imon river for a six shooter and $5. He continued to Woods where he was pursued by the sheriff and arrested after travel through Cloverdale en route to Dolph.
The notice lists subscription prices: The Semi Weekly Journal $1.50 and the Graphic $1.00, offering a two for $1.75 deal.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings Life Pills as a blood and system cleanser meeting modern requirements. The Caldwell drug store offers them for 25 cents with a guaranteed quality claim.
The article urges thorough cleaning and lubrication of watches every eighteen months to prevent grit and gum build up. It claims a professional service will disassemble the movement, clean each wheel and pivot, reassemble, regulate, and return the watch in perfect shape.
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