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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic notes awfully cold weather in Willamette valley with birds needing feed and ice at Troutdale frozen. Weatherwise residents expect a January thaw as the moon changes today and quip about past cold spells.
The article notes cold weather woes but says the Salem hog is in knee deep clover. It grins with contentment only when the legislature is in session amid the harsh weather.
In a tense coastal cities race Seattle reported a fairly strong earthquake on Monday signaling growing urban resilience. The note hints San Francisco could be challenged if Seattle gains more experience and momentum in the competition.
The Willamette valley rumors of tremors continue with no outside relief expected. A future calm breeze and warmer rain from the southwest may bring renewed comfort and happiness.
Electric line companies in Indiana order ticket agents to deny sale to intoxicated individuals and train crews to refuse boarding. The policy frames intoxicated travelers as burdens to railway operations.
Rumors say Roosevelt is suggesting cabinet appointments for the Taft administration, not well received by the president elect. The public may back Taft, admiring a leader who states his aims and shows backbone when needed.
The regular biennial session convened last Monday as both chambers organized. The Senate chose J Bowerman of Gilliam County as president and the House elected C N McArthur of Portland as speaker. Early bribery accusations suggest a busy session ahead.
A neighborly dispute over a trade from Newbery inflames chatter after a Graphic reprint of an Oregonian account about Miss Smith. The note corrects to Mrs Smith, clarifying no reflection on the Smith family.
Miss Mamie Smith of Newberg becomes a center of town drama after a drunken spree in Sherwood, stealing 12 quarts of whiskey, smashing saloon windows, and inciting a brawl before being escorted to the railway station and sent back home. The episode prompts reflection on whether it is proper for a “lady” to crave liquor in a dry town. Local notices and land transfers follow.
Real estate transfers listed for Yamhill County include Gertrude Bayley to Agnes Payne for 54.50 acres, Bewley to Portland Yamhill Land Co on the Bewley farm near Sheridan, and Bewley and others to AC Matthews and Jas P Morgan. Other transfers cover parcels in Sheridan and Potters Addition, with prices ranging from $10 to $2,126.70.
The article surveys prohibition's reach across southern states. It notes Kentucky with 119 counties and only four wet, Virginia with eighty dry counties, Texas moving toward a constitutional prohibition, and Arkansas with seventy-five dry counties. It highlights widespread anti liquor sentiment and the tally of dry regions.
The article notes that regulation and enforcement of liquor principally concentrates in urban areas, with cities bearing the primary burden of policy implementation and public safety concerns.
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