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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
2
The issue notes Marconi’s advancing wireless telegraphy system and mentions Parker the guard who aided in Czolgocz’s capture, with a skeptical aside about country papers and an anecdote from Junction City Times criticizing Eastern medicine advertising.
Senator Platt of New York vents ire at William Allen White after White’s McClure's portrait. White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, rose to fame with What’s the Matter with Kansas and now sketches politicians, prompting Platt’s displeasure.
In Sunday features Port land leaders urge practical reforms to aid navigation for residents and visitors. They propose clear street labeling and house numbering. They also call for more police presence on the streets and urge better access to help for the poor seeking assistance.
C L Smith of Minnesota, a dairying expert, argues the Pacific Slope offers the best development opportunity for the dairy industry in the country. He notes slow growth in the Northwest due to market limitations but highlights rising markets, instruction, and population driving continued expansion, with farmers abandoning old farmhouse creamery methods in favor of modern dairying. Oregonian.
In Newberg the shift toward fruit cultivation and garden development gains momentum with large scale strawberry production. Officials led by horticultural commissioner W. K. Newell noted the area’s strong suitability for expanding fruit enterprises and local cooperation to boost resources and enterprise.
Hon EF Holer of Salem advocates the strawberry industry here and plans a meeting to promote berry culture. KR Judeon industrial agent of the O R C Co. pledged to attend and support the effort, aiming to rival Hood River. Citizens and horticulturists urged to cooperate and back the initiative.
In the new year Newberg should broaden its outlook and rally cooperative effort. Citizens are urged to take responsibility, support local interests, patronize home enterprises, and engage in every play that advances Newberg's progress.
The Globe Democrat notes a new era of marvels at the turn of the twentieth century. It recalls Piszzi's asteroid discovery in 1891 and credit to Marconi, Morse, and others for transforming communication and science, predicting continuing advances in telegraphy, cables, and space discovery.
The piece notes several investigators in wireless telegraphy with the Italian pioneer Marconi leading progress. It argues that practical ether use for wireless communication could render current wired systems obsolete, likening Marconi’s impact to dethroning epicycles and heralding a marvels era for global communication.
John Elfreth Watlington Jr notes the extraordinary secrecy of money paper production. Massachusetts firms supply the pulp and silk thread safeguards while the Treasury and Bureau of Engraving enforce triple counting and strict accountability to prevent losses, even risking fines for missing sheets.
Week ending January 1 1902 lists transfers in McMinnville and Sheridan including Jas M Malone to John A Jacobsen and others Masonic to TH Gilbert estate and various parcel exchanges. Also notes marriage licenses Daisy Hughes Ollie M Evans Henry A Lady and others with a closing paragraph on Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and trial bottles offered.
For sale full blood Jersey bull eight months old at private sale household goods and several cords of old timber wood. Real estate listing shows ten acres near Newberg depot with eight acres tilled and five years at six percent. one acre downtown in town property priced at 8000. Executor notice requests creditors to present claims within months.
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