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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic dated Friday June 23 1890 reports Indiana grand jury indicting 1000 county officials for misused funds and adjourning for the heater season. Mark Twain says he is drafting a manuscript not to be published for a century. Many writers could aid the present generation by disposing of manuscripts similarly.
Professor W C Hawley tendered his resignation as president of Willamette University. Trustees will not accept without a suitable successor, and Hawley will remain as a teacher whether or not a new president is found. He asks to be relieved of the presidency to pursue special work.
Portland’s Northwest Herald plans to enunciate the National Democratic party principles for 1909. The paper begins to snap at the heels of the Oregonian, following a trend of several Portland papers meeting untimely ends in recent years.
The piece counsels parents unsure how to handle lively children to stay calm and wait. It recalls Rosa Bonlett as a headstrong child whose quieting method involved giving her scissors and paper to cut pictures of animals.
The New York World notes a surge of articles asking why educated women avoid marriage and why college women fail to attract suitors. It argues for more exhaustive discussions to prevent the need for sensational pieces.
Sam L Simpson, once a promising Oregon poet and Willamette University graduate, died in Port Orford last week. He wrote many poems including "Beautiful Willamette" which The Graphic previously published and repeats this week. His later years were marred by dissipation and mental decline.
An Indiana writer proposes a new way to kill iron woods praising easier tasks for boys than the old method from twenty years ago. The piece reflects rural Hoosier life with farmers and youngsters working the fields under watchful fathers amid weed battles near a familiar old hole.
The column argues newspapers rely on local business ads and reader backing to survive and grow. It warns a town dies without active newspaper support from merchants and residents, stressing advertisers aid the whole community.
Fragmentary draft discusses visiting delegates at The Hague and remarks on Roosevelt and global peace efforts. It mentions a future Speaker and congressional committees with uncertain outcomes amid garbled wording and missing context.
The article notes five well developed tornadoes centered on Sioux City during the last storm period. It also references broadly the era’s political, economic, and health topics, including canal costs, parliamentary shifts, and a testimonial about medical remedies, reflecting a mosaic of contemporary concerns.
An intimate friend recounts how Sam L Simpson wrote Beautiful Willamette during a drunken struggle with his nature. The poem grew from his turmoil by the Willamette River, reflecting remorse, genius, and the river’s shifting beauty, with vivid lines about Willamette’s course and fate.
A health note claims la grippe can lead to pneumonia but with reasonable care and Chamberlains Cough Remedy the danger is avoided. The text asserts many users avoided pneumonia and that the remedy cures grippe quickly and safely, sold by C F Moore Co.
B S Pagne reports warm dry weather boosting crops in western Oregon with mean temps near 60 and little rain after Monday. Harvests brighten grass clover fruit prospects vary by county while hop growth and early potatoes race upward. overall crop condition described as first class if dry spell ends beneficial. A Barcelona resident touts Electric Bitters for nerve and blood health though product note appears in ad form.
The Eugene Guard notes that twenty years ago a Mascot grape slip was planted at Fred Warner's log house on Fall Creek. The vine now towers with a 20 inch circumference at one foot high and branches into three forks three feet above ground, remarkable for its growth and fruit quality in the state.
A huge grapevine grows through a timber-framed house. Prongs extend up to 75 feet from the stump with a third at right angles. The vine covers trellises and timber, rotting fruit on the ground while neighbors haul away bushels. Bunches average about 3 pounds with an estimated five tons produced last year.
Wide awake C E Smith markets Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with free trial bottles and guaranteed cures. Reporter highlights five pioneer sisters Bailey Smith Watts Handley Large, their Oregon roots from 1844 and stays in Yamhill Tillamook and Forest Grove. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers endorsed for cleansing effects.
A montage of brief items including a Sedalia father saving his child from croup with One Minute Cough Cure, promotions for DeWitts Little Early Risers, and mentions of Admiral Dewey delaying homecoming. Also an appeal by M O Lowxspate for a missing Jersey bull near LaFayette, along with endorsements for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and other C F Moore Co products.
Advertisement for Murat Halstead biography of Admiral Dewey. Claims over 500 pages with nearly 100 halftone illustrations. Priced at $1.00. Dominion Company offers commissions and free outfit. Chicago address in 3rd floor Caxton Building.
Ad seeks solicitors for Murat Halstead’s The Story of the Philippines commissioned by the Government. Claims authorship across war camps, ships, hospitals, and frontline scenes with government photographs. Provides outfit free and credit terms with Brimming original pictures.
A notice advertises 200 acres for sale six miles northwest of Newberg at ten dollars per acre with a ten percent interest. Inquiries are to be made at the graphic office.
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