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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1890
Page
3
Weather hints at pleasant ice cream week as W C T U plans a 2 PM meeting. Farmers bustle with wheat harvests daily while new property moves and local trades adjust. A Baptist pastor preaches Sunday, the new bank and depot upgrades loom, and regional travels bring visitors from Sabetha, Tacoma, and Portland.
A patchwork of 19th century reminiscences covers travelers, cattle drives, and early Portland life. Notes recount Sioux City visitors, Hockett's search for two orphans, and Christenson’s buggy shop. Dr. Young breaks seven young horses for Mr. Shutseher while a storm terrifies travelers near Minneapolis.
The report notes ongoing efforts to improve the road, aiming for first class quality and a sturdier, railroadesque appearance as work accelerates. Officials describe the project as transforming the road into a more permanent, durable corridor.
In town near the railroad a trader invites buyers to inspect three hundred thousand first class bricks. The text also notes horses passing through and farmers considering manure from a local livery stable to improve land west of town. It argues soil productivity can double crop yields with fertilizer
Members of Kilpatrick Post G A R are asked to gather Saturday evening July 26 at the harness shop to attend to special business. By order of the post commander.
Plans and specifications for the Bank of Newbery bank building are open for inspection. The 48 by 52 feet two story structure will be invick with galvanized iron cornice and bids may be received until noon on August 4. Excavation bids are due by noon on July 28. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
Last week WPorthend group of eleven joined W A Hadley to ascend Mount Hood. They reached the summit and crater, rolled stones in the canyon, and enjoyed grand scenery. The ascent included a 700 ft climb at Elsa pore crater rock and high camp weather was warm by day and cold at night.
Keho Turk at Wrightstown sits beside the Pox river as a philanthropic owner plans a summer retreat for twenty to thirty working girls from large cities. The World’s W C T U exhibit at Paris Universal Exposition draws praise for international temperance work and global support, with funding from multiple unions and nations.
Early scribes and priests wrote little, signing by ink handprint and the phrase Witness my hand. The seal later replaced the hand mark, typically beside it, forming the signature. This note explains the origin of the modern expression.
A cask postoffice sits off Terre del Fuego in the Straits of Magellan chained to rocks. Vessels send a boat to fetch mail and leave ship mail for the opposite pass. The post office is under world navies and widely respected. A New York grocer notes local papers grow via debtor advertising. Foolhardy climbers near Tillamook bar capsize a small boat but are rescued. their craft drifts free as the tide turns.
A Lexington Avenue resident clings to hope two years after a fatal blizzard wrecked his son’s boat. Police say two men whispered news from outside the home at odd hours, stirring the aging father who remains convinced his son may return.
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