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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
4
July 12 1906 Newberg Graphic notes a heated post office location debate in McMinnville, urges good forage supplies for stock, and comments on hot weather and a fourteen year old boy with tousled hair among streets and dry grass. It ends with a light quip about a barber.
In Yamhill county conditions resemble elsewhere with one common trait. There is always room at the top.
Harvests on the valley farms report an unusually large hay crop with fields of vetch nearly filling ground spaces. Weather has settled into a pleasant summer pattern, pleasing farmers and boosting hopes for yields.
Residents criticize owners of vacant Meridian Street property north of the Bank of Newberg for letting dog fennel grow and seed, creating an unsightly and unpleasant odor for neighbors and passersby.
In a Forest Grove Times reflection, a Portland cartoon portrays a grim scene of a thirsty citizen facing a bottle and a revolver, but the piece argues the real voters are sensible citizens who favor prohibition to spare women, children, and families from drink related ills.
Massachusetts has fought the gypsy moth and brown tail moth for years as their caterpillars attack fruit and trees. Spreading to neighboring states, the menace is now national. Congress and state legislatures have been informed as foresters and entomologists study extermination methods. The Colorado beetle story is cited to warn of potential spread.
The article traces the potato beetle's spread from sand-bars to the Atlantic by 1875 and notes Europe’s early stamp-out. It questions why some states lacked funds or know-how to combat pests, while urging foreknowledge and Massachusetts led efforts. It also mentions local events in Spring Brook with an ice cream social and notes on Clarence Butt’s trip and a Seattle murder trial acquittal involving George Mitchell and two California visitors.
Frank Nelson and family spent Sunday at F H Vinton s. Mrs Walker received news of the death of her brother Joseph Perkins at North Yamhill on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Hopkins spent weekend with daughter Mrs B F Yergen and family. Miss Hannah Nelson, visiting since the Fourth, returned to Portland Monday. Mr and Mrs Bernard Christenson and Mr and Mrs John Bergstrand spent Sunday at C H Christenson s. Mr and Mrs E G Fendall visited McMinnville last Friday.
Local residents visit parks and attend Fourth of July events in Newberg and Portland. F L Harford spends two weeks at Chatauqua in Gladstone Park. Families travel to Portland and Scholl's Ferry for outings. A church social and a buggy accident injure Mrs Howie and Eva Priestly. The community paper seeks reader notices and upholds manhood principles.
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