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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
5
Local residents visit relatives in Dundee Portland Newport and Lents attend church events, travel to McMinnville and Newport, and host and attend family gatherings. Town figures including Rev. Ritchie and Misses Wright, Hinshaw and Wright travel for baptisms, education, and community milestones.
The fire raged for over an hour with four streams of water in Newberg testing the Volunteer Fire Department. Detours and blocked sewer routes hindered access from River street as squads navigated suburban districts. The fire drew the largest crowd ever seen, raising housing concerns for the overflow.
A. A. Parrett and wife spend a week or two at the coast. Mrs. Charles Burgess and two sons of Fossil Oregon visit Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cyr. Mrs. M. F. Spencer and daughters return to Portland from Otter brook. Grandpa Keyes, kidnapped by granddaughters, returned home. Uncle George Robison and Miss Winnifred Tilton visit the Robison home. Mrs. Mary A. Hatch and Miss Helen Hatch visit Otterbrook. Miss Carmen Wall visits her aunt Mrs. Frank Keyes. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Chipman and Mrs. James Jones with her daughter Allie vacationed with the Misses Christopher and Young. Chipman, a rural mail carrier, tours by car during vacation.
A special election is set for Saturday August 12 at City Hall from 1 to 6 PM to decide whether to buy Otis Springs. The council ordered an engineer to measure capacity to clarify the purchase scope amid varied objections from residents and city leaders.
The article notes Charlemagne died in the forty seventh year of his reign and the fourteenth of his title Emperor of the Romans. He was buried at Aix-la-Chapelle, seated on a gold throne, in imperial dress with crown and sword. His buckler bore an evangel, and a triumphal arch marked the resting place describing him as the Great and Orthodox emperor who enlarged and governed the realm for forty seven years.
A wife reveals her birthday at the breakfast table and her husband vows to buy a gift costing at least a dollar. He jokes about avoiding a cheap rent affair as they discuss presents. The dialogue captures a light domestic moment from Pittsburg.
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