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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1894
Page
2
A paltry February post office entry, pension disbursements from Indianapolis top 2 million, hints of governors and candidates, and a note on premiums at the World Columbian Exhibition. Mentions Philadelohia Ledger payments and Colfax widow hardship amid bank failures.
The piece discusses modern farming needs and prudent business practices amid low prices. It highlights Chas Teiner of New York as an inventor who claims his machine proves a practical idea. It notes a growing interest in poultry on small farms and the higher success rates with careful, small-scale flocks.
A historic reminiscence honors Andrew Shuck and recalls the 1847 Pacific coast migration. About 5,000 arrived that year with two thirds to Oregon and one third to California aiding the suppression of Mexican rule. The text lists seed, stock, and fruit tree imports including cattle horses sheep and the first store near Oregon City. It credits Dimick potatoes and a traveling nursery bringing apples pears and flowers, praising Loelling for philanthropy and the enterprise along the Oregon trail.
A longhand reminiscence traces Oregon beginnings with Col. Joe Mack and Gov. Lane, noting early settlers and a single west coast newspaper, then shifts to Prof. W A Stadley’s Germany trip in 1847 1848. He tours Dresden Nuremberg Stuttgart Ulm Lake Constance and the Rhine with vivid notes on art music scenery and Christmas customs in Berlin and Weimar.
Fragmentary excerpt delivers moral reflections on temptation and truth. It contrasts wise and foolish behavior and warns against frequenting saloons. The text touches on money, preaching, and the devil in a terse, aphoristic style.
A fragmentary moral meditation discusses dedication and belief, arguing that public virtue and quiet patience shape character. It notes misread apologies after prison episodes and the difficulty some have in resting while urging proper conduct and cautious piety.
A devotional passage urges making children love Christ to foster widespread faith. It condemns false worship and self righteousness, praises gospel promises, and stresses active Christian commitment, family influence, and neighborly love as essential to spiritual prosperity.
Cook and Walling build a 65 by 17 foot flat boat at the water works to haul gravel to the city from Henderson ford. It will carry forty tons and also transport wood to Turthand, built of native timber and deemed strong. Grangers host a full day social with games, talk, and dinner. Reading room reports about 420 visitors since January 1, averaging ten daily, mainly 12 to 15 year olds. Fifty-five teachers take certificates this week, possibly a county record. Oregon City Enterprise comments on starvation wages in wool mills and urges diversified farming like dairying, beet, fruit, sheep, and swine. The Newberg area notes county offices could be filled with honest men at lower salaries. Dayton C C F gains land from A P Macy. state-wide calls for legislative salary cuts and efficiency.
A garbled report notes a money loan pressure on a debtor who offered a $51 note at 10 percent to secure a $300 loan. It accuses a local office candidate of profiting from such schemes while criticizing a larger trove of corporate theft and political consequences. The piece cites the Capital Journal mocking sentences about senate and penitentiary outcomes.
The Vicks Floral Guide 1804 shows eight color plates of chrysanthemums poppies and vegetables with a gold suit front cover. It promotes new novelties and old varieties and invites readers to consult Vick before gardening. Send ten cents to James Vick's Sons Rochester N Y for Vick'n Divide with first order credit.
The Poultry Keeper proclaims itself the leading authority on poultry with a 16 page monthly issue priced at fifty cents per annum. A simultaneous Farm and Fireside paper offers 16 pages twice monthly also at fifty cents yearly. New subscribers can receive fifty photographic views of the World’s Fair for one year. Sample copies and back numbers are advertised with specific topics and dates.
A promotion offers The Monograph for One Dollar asking readers to submit 800 word solutions on the best U S monetary system. Leaders from parties contributed plans and the publishers invite public input, with a $2 prize and a $3 offer for the completed book to be mailed from St Paul Minnesota. The work aims to influence future U S monetary policy.
The Southern Pacific announces 30 day time on Special Tickets for San Francisco to Midwinter Fair trips with continuous travel. Excursion tickets from San Francisco to California points usable within 20 days, at one and one fifth fare beyond 150 miles and one and one third fare within 150 miles. Portland to San Francisco round trip $25 plus $2.59 for five admissions. Rates from Oregon stations set similarly. tickets not on sale until fair opens.
A historical ad text promotes the Daily Capital Journal as an affordable statewide newspaper. It touts full Associated Press news coverage, independent editorial stance, and delivers a price claim of about half a cent per day for a month. It stresses prepaid subscription and appeals to local and regional readers.
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