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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
3
Local notes list Townsend's seed and hardware items including onion sets fruit trees and cook stoves. Various residents visit Portland for funerals church events and real estate updates. school activity and a phrenologist feature alongside rail gauge notes and nearby land sales.
A hunting party led by Newt and Marion Rowland and Ann Shadden killed a large cougar near Mr Sutton’s farm after Marion and Ann wounded it. The report notes more cougars in the area and a new family near North Yamhill. The father hunted after arrival and shot a blue jay. Nearby residents criticize indolent locals hindering town progress.
Local editor cites talk of opening the Yamhill River to McMinnville and expresses confidence in the citizens to pursue the project. The report then covers a law partnership formed by James McCain and J E Magers and details of local crime and county commissioner actions.
J A Brenaxan of Amity Oregon writes that pioneer Stanley Amphilette offers the most reasonable origin for the word Yamhill. He recounts hills near Amity North Yamhill and Dayton once thick with large will gourd roots called Yambilla, later softened to Yamhill through local usage and river naming.
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