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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
2
Spelling rules from county superintendent outline contest structure for final and preliminary tests. It covers entry limits per grade, selection of representatives by grade averages, tie handling, prize rules, list sizes by grade, pronouncer duties, word definitions, and monthly test schedules including January through April. Also notes for high school grades and assigned subjects.
Examinations for eighth grade diplomas set for January 18 and 19, 1912 across the county. The board chair or appointee will oversee each district. Teachers must submit requisitions for questions promptly and send manuscripts on History and Arithmetic to Prof. C. L. Vanwormer at Yamhill.
A devotional poem hymn celebrating the shepherd Christ calling sinners to follow him and seeking to bless the new year with faith and praise. The speaker depicts Jesus as shepherd, savior, and comforter, urging repentance, devotion, and trust in divine care.
A man in a waiting room denounces pacifiers for babies. He argues the rubber teat spoils jaw shape causes adenoids and dyspepsia while the baby chews it, then returns to quiet with his cigar restored. Newark News.
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels across Marion and_Yamhill counties. John W Briedwell and wife convey part of Alexander Sutton dclots to Walter S Bechtel for 32.05 acres in section 13 township 5 south range 1 west at 1660 dollars. W H Egan and wife sell 40 acres in section 11 township 2 south range 4 west for 2500 dollars. AM Fanning and wife to Austen and Mary Tilden 10 acres in Turner district at 1 dollar. LR French transfers 40 acres in the east half of section 11 township 4 south range 5 east for 7700 dollars. John King and wife to William A Keyt lot 12 in Kings subd Nehemiah Martin donation land claim in township 4 south range 4 west for 2500 dollars. Walter Madden and wife to WA Keyt lot 2 and west half of lot line block 3 original town of McMinnville for 3500 dollars. Wm B Sims and wife to GD Patch west half of 84 of southwest containing 40 acres in section 36 township 2 south range 3 west for 1200 dollars. Margaret Slater and husband to Joseph Bixby part of block 23 Hurley and Large addition Newberg for 1 dollar. L F Smith and wife to LR French 40 acres in east half of section 11 township 4 south range 5 west for 10 dollars. Lemuel P F Smith and wife to Harry L McKenney 5 acres and roadway in section 6 to 6 west Willamette Meridian for 1200 dollars.
A terse land note describes Samuel Johnson acquiring eighty acres north of the northeast line of the Acc 12 tract. The fragment notes ownership transfer and the parcel boundary but lacks month or full location details.
May Woodward aged 17 and LaVerne Miller aged 19 are listed as brides in upcoming marriage notices with their respective spouses Charles Petty aged 52 and Ralph C. Cook aged 20. The brief item gives ages and names without further ceremony details.
A half century old, two whale jawbones form the “Jonah gate” at the Payne farmstead on Block Island. The gate, carved by seven whalers after killing a 100 foot whale, stood as gate to a farm but earned a wary reputation among locals who refused to pass through it, until the owner finally secured it.
The London Chronicle recalls a remark by the lord mayor to Dr. Samuel Parr in 1800 noting four faults in a sermon. The preacher responds with surprise asking which four, and the reply hints at a misheard phrase about the quarters and the church.
A critic reads an orator's speech and offers harsh feedback. The orator, confident in revision, jokes he need only reprint it once. In another anecdote, a friend critiques a pending crisis article, but injects egotistical material into the work.
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