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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
4
The item notes Forest Grove plans celebrations on Saturday the third and Monday the fifth with a rest day Sunday. It comments on Theodore Roosevelt and the Pacific Monthly praising the Pacific Coast publication. The piece appears in a 1900 New York Sun context and mentions a yearly subscription price.
The aging joke about thirteen months of rain in Oregon is challenged as this season contradicts the stereotype, indicating rain has not dominated the year as once presumed. The remark underscores unusual weather patterns and public skepticism about long-standing clichés.
A Washington dispatch reports no applicants for the Oregon Census Supervisor position. The note questions whether the Galloway family of Yamhill may have overlooked the vacancy.
After five months in San Francisco courts, the famous Calhoun bribery case ends with a hung jury. The writer argues the case could be tried faster and fairer in a distant location free of local prejudices.
A complaint reports boats tied along the river front are being molested and loose articles carried away. The note warns owners to beware and secure their property.
The author of David Harum died before the book left the press, and though it was his only work, it has sold over a million copies since its 1898 release. The plain realistic tale connects with readers who see their own towns in David Harum.
Wm. P. Pickett argues in The Negro Abraham Lincoln's Solution that America is no place for Black people and suggests they should be sent away for their own good and the country's sake. The piece notes the paradox of a nation built by enslaved people facing a lasting race problem.
W H Parker sells the Forest Grove Times to Gerald Volk of Wichita Kansas who also gains a controlling interest in the News. The two papers will be consolidated under the Washington County News name, replacing the longtime Times title after twenty two years.
A street remark cites Seattle drawing money and dullness as ownership of local papers changed in the past year. The speaker notes the growler has not spent or acted in six months while hoping for relief from a physicist.
Nineteen teachers have been contracted with by the school board for next year with one vacancy to fill. The list includes W. W. Wiley as Principal and W. A. Petteys as Assistant, plus science, mathematics, language, history, and grade teachers. Ten returnees from last year. nine new hires from states including Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, and local districts. To handle increased enrollment, the creamery building at First and Meridian is leased and remodeled for three classrooms.
A reflective piece ponders killing one’s loved one, dying within a month, and how fear and duty shape actions. It asks whether the community’s morals align with God’s views, why crime and intoxication often occur at night, and whether the public conscience condemns or accepts hidden deeds.
A discussion prompts reflection on the sinfulness of debt without means to repay and the moral duty to creditors. It asks whether honesty in failure excuses continued obligation, and how the law of love applies to bankrupt retailers and wage workers. It invites written answers from club members.
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