Community Notes From Newberg Socials and Visits
Mrs C L Johnson visits with daughter Mrs H Chase in Newberg and Miss Nita Savage from Portland travels to see Miss Lila Hodges. An outdoor social is planned for July 31 on school grounds with ice cream and candy for sale and invitees urged to attend.
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van Orsdelle
Los Angeles
California
Ella Hendrickson
Elizabeth Meyer
Booker
Swope
Ada Unrue
Treasury
J. C. Wills
Sue Carter
Scholls
Etta Shire
L. R. Ralston
Emma Newhouse
Edna Everest
Mary Johnson
Nancy Atkinson
Hendrickson
Newberg Visitors Among Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Henry Hopkins of Newberg visit their daughter Mrs B F Yer gen. Frank Noble of Seattle visits his brother A A Noble. Floyd and Russel Parker of Newberg stay with Dean Calkins. Berlin Davis family visit Joanna Davis. Dewey Broadwell of Independence oversees harvest. Mrs N P Nelson entertained.
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Mrs. Henry Hopkins
Newberg
Mrs
B. F. Yergen
Frank Noble
Seattle
Washington
A. A. Noble
Floyd
Russel Parker
Dean Calkins
Berlin Davis
Portland
Joanna Davis
Dewey Broadwell
Independence
Oregon Timber Valuation Sparks Figures Debate
The Coquille Sentinel discusses Booth's claim that Oregon's standing timber is worth seven billion dollars, noting the $7 billion figure reflects post manufacture value, not forest stock. It warns the figure exceeds seven times the state's total assessed property value and compares 25 million acres yielding 545,800,000,000 board feet.
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Booth
Oregon
Coquille Sentinel
Things Worth Emphasizing by Marshall Field Liner Poem
Lines highlight Field's virtues including Time Perseverance Working Simplicity Character Kindness Example Duty Economy Patience Talent Originality. The passage reflects a Chicago merchant's values and civic ethos.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
Negro Premonition of Lincoln Death Recalls Telepathic News
The article recounts an African American caregiver who predicts Lincoln's death before white observers. It describes how natives of Africa and enslaved people sensed a national tragedy, with a Union courier bringing news that morning and the division adjutant breaking down in tears upon reading Lincoln’s death.
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Africa
George Haven Putnam
South
Darky
Mr. Putnam
Greenleaf
N. C
Lincoln
Massa Lincoln
Lincoln Is
Apelles The Greatest Greek Painter Of Ancient Times
The passage honors Apelles 332 B C as the leading Greek painter and court artist to Alexander the Great. It notes Alexander allowed only Apelles to paint him and recalls a horse’s neigh praising art knowledge and the shoemaker remark Let the shoemaker stick to his last attributed to the artist in response to a corrected shoe in one painting.
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Apelles
Alexander the Great
Alexander
A Homemade Barometer
A weather man describes a cheap homemade barometer using a fifteen inch string soaked in salt water then weighed and hung. The device is marked and shown to be as accurate as a $100 instrument with the weight rising in wet weather and falling in fine.
Flowers as Food from Bassia Blossoms in India
In parts of India natives rely on bassia tree blossoms as a staple. They eat the flowers raw rather than cooked, noting a sweet yet sickly odor and taste. Dried blossoms are sun preserved and sold in bazaars as a regular diet item. The trees are highly valued, and threats to cut them often cow tribes.
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India
Stealing With Their Toes
A humorous but pointed ethnographic note claims almost all aborigines can turn their toes to both good and bad uses. The piece asserts Australian natives distract with their hands while using their toes to pick up small objects, likening their toe dexterity to an elephant trunk.
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Australia
Cocoanut Pearls Worth High Sums in Philippines Trees
Cocoanut pearls are rarely seen in this country and are found only in the Philippines. Like oyster pearls they result from stressed trees and are never larger than a pea. A pea sized cocoanut pearl can fetch from 200 to 400 dollars.
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Philippines
Boiling Water Demonstration at Reduced Pressure
A description of boiling under partial vacuum using a sealed glass flask and stopper. Heating water creates steam, then cooling condenses it to form a vacuum, causing the remaining water to boil vigorously at lower pressure. The text explains how this simulates high altitude boiling in lab conditions.
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Earth
New York World
Curiosity About Criminals’ Offspring Defies Expectation
An Exchange letter notes police records show children of criminals across classes often do not become crooks. It suggests they may inherit criminal traits but strong deterrents from seeing punishment and poverty’s wretchedness. Rogues’ galleries from Scotland Yard to New York and Chicago lack father and son photographs.
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Scotland Yard
New York
Chicago
Button Touch Technology Sparks Domestic Debate
A gossiping wife discusses electricity with her husband over a technical newspaper. She claims many needs could be met by pressing a button, while he retorts that he would never touch a button, citing his shirt as a reason.
New York Mayor Privilege With Lamps At Home
The article notes a curious custom for New York City's mayor to keep two street lamps lit in front of the mayor’s home. The privilege spans the mayor’s term and lifetime, drawing from city funds and reflecting old municipal traditions.
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New York
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Mrs. Earl Paulsen
Tillimook Country
Zelma Jones
Virgil Fendall
E. G. Fendall
Violet Cain
Corvallis
Agatha Potter
Margaret Blanchard
Hannah Amoth
Grandma Prosser
Salem
Leona Anderson
Rosie Hesgard
N. P. Nelson
Florence Cakins
Ida Leach
S. M. Calkins
Lewis
Clarence Amoth
DeVere Fendall
Children of
Lucille
Pregate
Lucile
United States National Bank
Newberg, Oregon
Cadillac
FORD
F. O. B. Newberg
Gray & Davie
Newberg Auto CO
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
Union
The
Oregon Social Hygiene Society
Oregonian and Graphic
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