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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1893
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic weekly issue announces its Friday morning publication from Newberg Oregon. Editors and publishers are listed as E H Woopwarp and Om Every with entry as second class matter at the post office in Newberg.
A speaker urges sending roses to a sick man to mock his weakness and absent appetite. The poem recalls his younger, healthier days and his mother’s roses, suggesting manipulation through flowers as he lies pale and despondent. The narrator frames this as a form of cruel amusement aimed at his fragility.
A columnist notes M D ban’s claim that cholera is easier to manage than the grip and the public’s urge for him to prove it. The piece criticizes excessive demonstrations for Princess Eulalie as wearisome despite respect for foreign visitors.
Triina MacQuvany sells the Athena Presa to J. W. Smith a former Athena schools principal who with ex employee Boyd plans a pilot act in journalism. Reports note large peach yields in Maryland and rising land prices. J L Steviens ex minister to Hawaii plans an address defending his actions. Oregon issues mix with World’s Fair quarrels and local historical society talk.
Oregon lawmakers slow to fund a world fair exhibit invest heavily in the display while Washington and Idaho nearly run out of money due to lavish buildings. The text urges Oregon fruit growers to discuss disposal plans to secure the best price, noting buyers seek quality yet pay little and urging growers to unite to gain better terms.
A historical U S census report from Jerusalem shows dramatic land price increases across multiple plots. The data detail parcels from two acres at 250 per acre in 1815 to larger sums in 1802 and 1892, with prices ranging from 5 000 to 24 000 for various acreages and distances up to a mile from the city center.
The first Sunday opening drew a large crowd amid debate over laboring class access and Sabbath sanctity. The piece argues Sunday work erodes rest, cites numerous state houses closing on the Lord’s day, and notes federal buildings were locked with flags lowered, with a court decision pending on continued Sunday openings.
A large gathering in Salem discussed the February 22 1899 law requiring county courts to order surveys for wagon road improvements within three miles of lands held by residents. If the panel finds public utility and benefits exceed costs, a view is opened, damages are apportioned, and funds raised from benefiting lands.
The law enables resident landowners within three miles of a proposed road to file assessments for improvements. The assessments become a first lien on affected properties once court confirmed and are paid in ten equal yearly installments with eight percent interest. Certificates may be used to pay labor costs, funds kept in a separate improvement account, and payment permitted at any time by the landowner.
Mr Carroll D Wright notes in this era of over twenty two million employed in gainful work that many cannot find jobs and that labor tensions arise from capital versus labor. The remedy urged is skilled specialization with first class workers in demand making higher earnings than general labor.
The article lists record feats and landmarks including the world’s largest theatre in Paris with a 4,287,000 cubic foot mass and 100,000,000 franc cost, the Brooklyn Bridge, Popocatépetl, a 6,000 foot telegraph wire span in India, the Great Eastern, Gibraltar Fortress, the Chinese Wall, and notes on the deepest coal mine.
Blaine's Manual notes the Lambert coal mine in Belgium reaching a depth of 3499 feet. The brief entry lists the depth as a key metric without additional context or dates.
A fragmented local item notes a looming mobilization north of Salem via McMinnville on an unspecified date. It also reports an attempted safe robbery at Wilson and Henderson's City Stables, with a sleepful occupant Joe Lrower arming and aiding a quick exit by the burglar. Reported incidents include a rattlesnake kill near the cemetery, a health decline prompting return to California by Hoover Kingery, and J P Wager’s jail imprisonment for forgery with editorial commentary.
Mrs. Gibson of Olney Waeh visits brothers G. Fr. and J. EB. Heston. The May Crescent ready for distribution. Rev Glasscock preaches at the Christian church next Sunday. May 1 to 20 Parrett Mountain School report lists low attendance. faculty Genravoe Lawn, teacher. Daniel C. Trastings born in Indiana now remembered.
A Friends Church birthright member converted early in life. Married Keziah Brown in 1835 at West Grove Indiana. They settled near Walnut Ridge Rush County and built a home in heavy timber country. They had eight children, four daughters living in Newberg. Hastings couple lived over 57 years in faithful church service. He moved to Oregon in 1889 to Newberg and endured La Grippe two years prior to death. He died peacefully May 22, 1893 at 6:50 pm after a long illness, with memorial by Thomas C. Brown.
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