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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
4
The Oregonian notes visitors will be scarce this year and warns dog owners to season their pets as Igorotes from the Philippines arrive in early August. Elihu Root’s appointment as Secretary of State is praised as capable though not as experienced as John Hay.
Local notes praise Newberg and Dayton for robust county fair displays funded without county aid. Amity loses its Advance newspaper. special Graphic edition prepared with added pages and modest price. Exposition acts include Charles Kilpatrick, the one legged rider, featured daily amid scenic Willamette views.
A Telephone Register item reports water rights disputes around Yam Hill with spring owners seeking high prices to supply the city. The water commission balked at an asking rate higher than the entire farm value, prompting reliance on alternate water sources.
Reporters note visitors from other expositions speak highly of the Lewis and Clark Fair. They compare favorably to the St Louis fair, praising broad scope and general arrangement. Some say the mammoth exhibitions elsewhere required weeks to see fully, while the Lewis and Clark Fair satisfies with its coverage. Nature has aided the event.
At the Idaho building a 50 000 pound pyramid of nearly pure lead ore symbolizes Idaho’s 40 percent share of US lead production and 27 percent of world supply. In Foreign Exhibits a Fraulein Clara Ripberger needlework reproduction of Raphael's Sistine Madonna earns praise as expert art. Barry Bulkley lectures daily at four in the Government building on Yellowstone with colored lantern slides. A new pricing plan reduces evening admission to fifty cents with coupons for twenty five cents worth of Trail shows, aiming to boost attendance.
A series of parcel deeds recorded in McMinnville and area involving Hans Nelson A L Baker Laura Minthorn Elwood Knight Wm Brodie Frank Shook Cyrus Henton Norris Swan Vine Emmett Ruby Gehr G C Conlee Peter Rasmussen Quincy Crume May belle Anderson Rachel Stutz W A Messner G W Perkins Portland Trust Co O &CR R Co and others. Transactions include tracts ranging from 30 acres to 80 acres with prices from 30 to 8500 dollars and various lot, block, and subdivision entries in McMinnville Dundee LaFayette and nearby sections.
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses showing pairs such as Corolin Gibbs and Juddie Lee, Mattie Hutchens and Frank Newell, Mollie Idella Patty and Miles Delwin Warren, Mary Montgomery and Leslie D Stone, Nina L Baxter and Austin Stevens, Josephine Allenbaugh and Frank M Allen, Ethel Pearl Randell and Willie Thomas Cox, Gertrude Lamb and George Whiteis, with ages ranging from 18 to 42.
Hotel clerk Mack Hamilton of Valley City North Dakota touts two bottles curing his chronic constipation. W Howell of Houston Texas endorses the tonic as safe for children and adults, noting years of family use. The pills are promoted as a gentle remedy for constipation headache and biliousness with many testimonials and sales by F H Caldwell & Co.
Local shop advertises a broad stock including Base Ball pods Fishing Tackle Guns and munitions hand loaded shells bicycle sundries and tennis goods. Wheels start at 25 with bargain second hand wheels also offered. Gun smithing and bicycle repairing are highlighted as specialties.
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