Newberg Graphic February 23 1889 local notes and policy survey
In this issue editorials celebrate legislative gains and local energy. Oregon topics include the railroad commissioner expansion and Spokane Falls funding, admission prospects for four new western states, and a push for annexation of Canada. Albany plans a street railway with a stock subscription and motor road talk. Dr Tasven’s proposed trance burial stirs skepticism about resuscitation. Newberg town incorporation advances, with calls to improve streets sidewalks and a public park as city government forms.
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Albany
Ciizens
Newberg
Legissaters
Anto
Dewil
Oregon
Indicted Oregon Governor Larrabee Libel Case Highlighted
Polk County grand jury returns a sixteen to one indictment against Governor Larrabee for libel tied to a pamphlet on pardon efforts for a convicted thief. The report also notes a Cascade Locks project with 490 workers and ongoing jetty stone shipments. Other items cover immigration by Italy and Russia, wages of teachers, frost forecasts, and assorted regional notes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County Grand Jury
Larrabee
Cascade Locks
Cascades of Columbia
Bonneville
Columbia
Hankle’s
Oregonian
Noted Rebel Soldier and Welsh Immigrant’s Uncertain Fate
Henry M. Stanleys real name is John Viowlands born in Wales near Dueleigh. He was sent to the St Asaph poorhouse at age 3, lived on his own from 15, shipped from Liverpool as a cabin boy at 14, and later adopted by a merchant named Stanley. He served in the Confederate Army and is believed dead or alive at age 41.
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Henry M. Stanley
John Viowlands
Ile
Wales
Dueleigh
St. Asaph
Liverpool
New Orleans
Stanley
Editors and farmers reflect on poverty and progress across regions
A mosaic of clipped reports mentions editors puzzled by poverty in Mexico and access to the country, fruit farming profits in California, rail passenger trends on the Southern Pacific, and reflections on education and self culture from figures like Franklin and Lincoln. It also notes Harney Valley’s proposed new county, women’s charity groups in Portland and McMinnville, temperance legislation, and local church and mission concerns.
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Mexico
Lincoln Journal
Garvanza
Cal) Gazette
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Mississippi River
Hlorace Gheely
New York
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Edward Everett
Judge Willey
Harney Valley
Burns
Tharney Valley
Willamette Valley
New
California
Portland
Lom
HH. W. Blair
United States
New Hampshire
Colombia
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mary OU
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