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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
4
Ox Drivers Gather for Northwest Campfire in Portland
The ox drivers who guided early settlers in the Northwest arrive for their annual campfire in Portland this week, celebrating their role in shaping regional civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest Country
Portland
Ball players born or made as sheaves of hopeful talent rise
A London physician tells Roosevelt to hold his tongue for months while Americans imitate the athletic boom. From back lots to hamlets a knee pants brigade trains to form big leaguers across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roosevelt
Kansas City Judge Sends Prisoners to Harvest Fields
A Kansas City Missouri criminal court judge paroles inmates by sending them to Kansas to work in harvest fields. The piece notes Missouri added similar residents to Kansas during the border ruffian era before the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Salem pioneer John Minto speech at Port land veterans
John Minto of Salem aged 92 and a 1844 pioneer addressed the Indian War veterans at Portland on Wednesday. He mounted the platform and delivered a witty address in part Chinook jargon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
John Minto
Salem
Portland
Graphic closes marriage bureau in back office joke
After years of running a marriage bureau in the composing room the Graphic shuts the books and declares no more applicants. In a humorous aside it notes all the clerks now wearing trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graphic
Northern California volcano belch sparks booster ad race
The column notes show booster advertising in the wake of a Northern California volcano belch. It predicts the Los Angeles section of the Golden State will launch a counter attraction to regain the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Golden State
No, the merry-go-round is not there but it will be back
A graphic office observer told a mother leading a child past a vacant lot that the merry-go-round would return tomorrow, a remark later labeled as a barefaced lie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graphic
A. B. C. conference at Niagara and grass in Willamette valley
The piece questions when the Niagara conference will reach the X Y Z stage and critiques the nations patience. It notes grass wasted in Newberg this season due to lack of cutters, contrasting with past Yamhill county grass growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Newberg
Yamhill
Willamette Valley
Threats Against a Person Overboard by Committee
A hostile message references fear and a warning to face a committee. It mentions tar and feathers, a ride to the city edge, and buying a ticket to Portland. The note implies coercion and intimidation without detailing concrete actions or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Various Owners
A series of land transfers shows I G Allison and others selling to F C Doyle, Sophronia Campbell selling to School District No.37, and multiple deeds to individuals including N C Christenson, Ida R Cooper, Wilbur C Cook, Henry Cepp, W G Dwight, Martin Fostner, W C Green, Wm E Keeler, Frank S Mahood, R O Conner, Wm Perkins, Ollie J Purdy, Amelia A Stone. Prices range from $10 to $12,000 with properties described by sections, towns and parcels across T5SR3W, T2SRSW, and adjacent surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Allison & Wife
F. C. Doyle
Sophronia Campbell
Yamhill Co
Ida R. Cooper
Wilson
Wilbur C. Cook
P. K
Mabel E Sitton
James W. Rogers
Henry Cepp
Henry Jarnhunen
W. G. Dwight
Ira C. Barber
Martin Fostner
C. J
Dollie Leavitt
W.C. Green
Sieuwyn Oldenburg
Roger’s
H. Hess
Cherrians Parade Through Salem Streets With Splendid Band
The Cherrians from Salem visited last week dressed in natty uniforms and made an imposing appearance as they marched our well paved streets to music provided by their own band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Brownell Leaves for New York to See Ill Father
In Twenty-five Years Ago notes, George C. Brownell travels to New York to visit his ailing father. The same issue includes a letter by Mrs. Joseph Langellier about a Decoration Day memorial address delivered in Newberg by Brownell, now titled Hon. George C. Brownell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness County
Kansas
George C. Brownell
New York
Joseph Langellier
Newberg
Brownell
George C
Parrett Re-elected Dundee School Clerk for 13th Term
Dundee district reelects John Parrett as school clerk on Monday marking his thirteenth consecutive term and a county record. The Dundee correspondent notes the achievement as surpassing all others in Yamhill County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
John Parrett
N. L. Wiley
Rex
Yamhill
Nonpartisan rally urged to dry Oregon at McMinnville court house
A mass meeting is announced for 10 30 Wednesday at McMinnville court house to seek votes from enemies of the saloon in the Oregon dry campaign. Voters ready to set aside party ties are invited to join the anti saloon effort at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Court House
McMinnville
Knights Templars Name and Legacy In History
The Knights Templars emerged as a semireligious semimilitary order in the twelfth century to protect crusaders. They were based at Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem and later known as the Knights of the Temple. Suppression in the fourteenth century sparked debate over whether modern and ancient orders share continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templars
Jerusalem
Solomon’s Temple
Knights of the Temple
Philadelphia
Oregon editor bold stunt at White House grounds
Phil S Bates secretary of the Oregon State Editorial Association leads a cross country group of women trotters that plant an Oregon Caroline Testout rose bush near President Wilsons summer tent on White House grounds and the President approves. He plans to order the Liberty Bell shipped to the San Francisco exposition and jokes about handling a family dispute across the Mexican line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil S. Bates
Oregon State Editorial Association
Washington, D. C
White House
Oregon
Early illuminated church signs in New York City
The article notes more than 150 electric church signs in New York with the earliest cross over St Augustine chapel in lower Manhattan. It says workers and residents attest the flaming cross on St Augustine's helped turn people from crime and vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
St. Augustine Chapel
Lower Manhattan
Bowery Mission and Settlement House
St. Augustine’s
Dividing the Circle and Ancient Day Count
The text claims the Chaldeans divided the circle into 360 parts due to 860 days in a year and asserts the earth makes 805.256431 axial rotations per solar orbit, noting this in a New York American excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
Her Choice Laughs At A Singing Suit
A Cleveland Leader quip recalls a husband offering to sing the baby to sleep but his wife refuses, saying let her cry on. The anecdote highlights domestic humor about domestic Taming of talent and parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Free Ride Offer Sparks Local Letter to Editor
The San tiam News editor L. W. Charles is accused of printing harsh truths about Scio. A reader writes that if he does not stop his “mean contemptible remarks” he may forfeit a promised free ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Charles
Santiam
Willing to Compromise in Class
A schoolboy presents an answer to his teacher who declares it wrong in cents. The pupil asks to return to his seat and redo it, offering that the difference is in his pocket and that the result was asking for the correct amount.
Eye of the Eagle Sees Sun With Transparent Eye Veil
Naturalists claim the eagle can gaze at the sun without blinking by a thin semi transparent veil it instantly draws over its eye. The veil does not obstruct sight and is unique to the bird.
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First and
Meridian Streets
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