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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
8
In the San Juan mountains during early March E A Mills reports a violent snow slide. He climbs to the range top on skis, narrowly escapes a torrent of snow, and slides down a moraine to safety after a damaged ski and close encounter with rocks and trees.
Chicago character Mike Cunningham works as a stage hand in a vaudeville theater. In a comedy sketch he wears a policeman’s uniform and chases a comedian across the stage. He asks the actor to let him catch and beat him up during a performance.
The wax palm grows up to nearly 200 feet high across plains and mountains. Its wood is tough and durable used in carpentry. Wax forms between trunk and fronds, yellow to grayish white and pure like beeswax, used for candles. Gatherers may collect twenty to thirty pounds per tree.
In high Swiss meadows the soldanellas wave as ice snow melts from heat emitted by the plant’s expanding stem. The blossom remains unaffected by the surrounding thaw, which is driven by the plant’s own warmth.
A Kentucky grammar pupil answered a question on important 19th century foundations. The pupil identified two pivotal institutions: the mint and the cotton gin, noting their establishment during the early period of U S governance.
Mr Harry Whitney recounts an Arctic expedition in a whaleboat near Etah. A sudden gale crippled the mast and split the boat, forcing a perilous landfall and a six mile march to Etah. The storm worsened, freezing wind chilled him as the roof blew off and the stove failed, leaving him to shelter in his sleeping bag.
The New York Press notes that irrigation can create swampy land when water seeps between rock and soil on level terrain. Drainage becomes necessary to prevent crop drowning, as overwatering causes failure despite irrigation efforts.
The mamelukes were a body of soldiers who ruled for several hundred years. They originated as Caucasian captives and their name means slave. Introduced to Egypt as the sultan’s bodyguard in the mid 1200s they overthrew Turan Shah and held power for almost three centuries. They remained influential even after resigning. In 1811 Mohammed Ali massacred nearly all, with survivors later destroyed in Nubia by 1820.
A London Saturday Journal fragment shows a teacher explaining subtraction to infants. The scenario has Willie taking a cherry and Ena misdirecting the class with a mistaken reasoning about hiding a stem and stone. The moment captures a child’s awkward logic and a lesson in basic arithmetic.
An eighty year old and a ninety year old inmate argued at a Washington area institution and escalated into a fight. The younger man boasted of defeating the other, claiming he could have fought a hundred year old. The report notes a humorous boast cited from the Saturday Evening Post.
Classified notes list various ads from Dundee Oregon including sewing services by Mrs Bankson at 515 S Meridian St and sale of Chalks Jewel and Quarter Century tomato plants by Henry Clemmens at Glen Gardens Wynooski Street. Also entries for City Transfer hauling piano moving, a July Fourth event in Carlton, a Fox terrier puppy for sale with Guinea fowls and Indian Runner ducks, and a property ad offering twelve lots with a five room house near 812 Pacific Street priced at 1600 dollars with fruit trees and garden.
A historical list of items for sale and requests in Newberg Oregon. Cherry varieties Royale Ann strawberries prunes raspberries and fruit farms near Newberg are offered. Real estate homes and machinery including a modern six room bungalow and several prize horses are advertised. A letter of appreciation to the Oregon Fire Relief Association dated June 1912 is included.
About 60 hens and three roosters for sale. Hens laying about four dozen eggs daily. Also a few fine bred doves. Enquire of Mrs. A. Dickerman, 511 Howard St. phone Black 133.
Dry fir and hard maple wood priced at 3.50 per cord. Small lots available. Orders over five cords at 3.25. Second growth fir dry split at 3 per cord. Price reductions for large orders. Send orders by postcard. Fred Werth.
The report notes a church bazaar where expenses exceeded receipts yet ten participants became engaged. The minister supports the marriage efforts, calling it a good cause despite the financial loss.
Miss Hettie Stauffer travels in Arabia when an insurrection occurs. Her party is detained in the capital and later captured and robbed by Arabs. She will speak Thursday June 20 at 8 oclock, admission free.
160 acres upland and river bottom offered in 10 acre tracts or as a whole. River bottom 40 acres clear. Located within a quarter mile of Newberg city limits with road access from county road. Inquiries to H L Hagey Dundee. The Loyal Temperance Legion picnic is set for City Park June 26 meeting at Baptist church at 9 30 with lunch baskets.
City of Newberg Oregon to improve First Street from Main to Center with drainage and resurfacing at an estimated cost of 20820.00. The work excludes several 9 ft 7 in strips to be used by the Oregon Railroad Company and Oregon Electric Railway under franchise. Public hearing on July 1, 1912 at 8 p.m. in Council room.
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