12 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1891
Page
1
Southern Pacific announces train movements with the Trine line timetable showing departures and arrivals for Portland. The notice lists leave times at 0 A.M. 1:00 P.M. and 00 P.M. for Tor Mw station as part of the route.
Church notices list multiple congregations with service times. Includes Presbyterian and Evangelical churches with Sunday worship at various locales, Sabbath school, monthly quarterly meetings, and regular business and devotional gatherings on Saturdays and evenings across different towns.
Portland and East Portland vote to consolidate, boosting city population from forty five thousand to eighty thousand. The measure carried June first amid reports of urban expansion and regional projects.
The Roman Campagna faces a locust plague ordered by the Sendie of Rome as swarms devastate fields. Reports describe large bands in Serdinia with laborers destroying insects while lumber dealers plead for import restrictions on foreign timber from Galicia amid rising regional prices and competition.
A compilation of scattered items: Barnum’s body to be cremated, Arthur home for sale, a Pittsburg street car rate dispute, Terre Haute two police forces, Hamilton Rubber Co receiver, corn crop damage in Illinois, Edinburg Teaplain Congress meeting in Des Moines 1803, Fort Meyer cavalry unit, statue vandalism at Harvard, pension office probe promised, schooner Thomas Hume feared lost, Italian labor shifts in New Jersey, New York health preservation company formed, Illinois grain weighing bills, Salvation Army sentence doubled, Indianapolis school census decline, Beaton tuck trust, five large manufacturers in a union, American University organized, fund drive for St Pauls Island, Attorney General on circuit judges, death of Joseph E. Boyd, St George report on French vessels, Birmingham Presbyterian assembly on Sunday fair bans, coke region strikes increase home losses, Post Office siting discussions, Charles Pratt will estate trust, crop outlook for multiple states, Board of Health closes medical institute amid suspected burials.
The article tidily threads a mosaic of notable names and events. It notes General Neal Dow aging in Isa, Czarowitz skipping San Francisco for Vladivostok, and Judge Sehotieh nearing retirement with eight applicants for his seat. It references Mark Twain contemplating European seclusion, Moltke family intrigues, and Prince Bismarck’s funeral invitations, plus educational moves at Leland Stanford and New York Society leadership changes.
The final trial of the new steamer Newark occurred off Norfolk showing good speed and stability in heavy seas. Machinery performed well and officials noted the vessel to be notably steady during the test voyage.
A chaotic wire-service style summary reports a San Francisco defaulter case against August Bahnke for Goldberg Bowen, a Yorkshire act in Wales murder trial of Richard Duncan, and the acquittal of Jones Kerr in the Cogan killing. Arthur Sales faces dead letter office theft charges while Jacob Miller and financier Shankland are linked to embezzlement. Tombstone mob violence follows Shanklin's acquittal, with officials sought and a $210,000 Guthrie bank failure referenced.
A sweeping World recap notes strikes in London. Queen Victoria gifts an elephant to the Sultan of Morocco. Influenza and cholera concerns spread in parliaments and cities. expulsion of Jews continues in St. Petersburg. Reports cover famine in Russia, rains predicted for the Russian Empire, Malta fever in the British fleet, and Canadian tariff appeals.
Strawberries weaken while cherries scarce and other fruits and vegetables range from fair to weak demand. Eggs and wheat soften with dull English cargo and steady Mark Lane. Liverpool firm but slow lowland. Prices listed for produce, meats, dairy, and fats across Oregon California ports and markets. notable items include onions, tomatoes, apples, pears, berries, and canned goods with varied quotes and per unit costs.
Fragmented OCR notes describe prices and conditions for sheep and wool, listing items such as 90 We medium wool, 36 pound Oregon shipments, and quotes for steel and wire. Mentions include Willamette region, 18 Qe care, and 2.85 steel price alongside 1.76 coat quote.
An Indianapolis Journal remark muses on a dog’s antics as if hinting at transmigration of souls. The speaker jokes the dog may carry the spirit of a forgotten poet, inspired to howl at the moon for hours.
In a Sunday school the question asked what the Israelites did after crossing the Red Sea and the answer given was they dried themselves. The prompt also asks where Bishop Lotiner was harmed to death and the answer stated is in the fire. Cassell's Journal.
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