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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic notes Thursday morning issues from its building at 0 First Street with a 1917 Chautauqua appeal. Editors urge local and surrounding readers to support the event to avoid deficits, inviting people to come via Newberg for the Portland route.
From July 8 to 13 Newberg will feature six days of clean entertainment in intellect oratory art and music. Season tickets are urged for families as residents are invited to take a week off for rest and recreation and live happily ever after.
Newberg to Portland paved road promised if the $6,000,000 bond measure passes. Simon Benson stated the plan would deliver the full paved route, marking a major transportation upgrade for the region.
Newberg announces its first Chautauqua set for July 8 to 13 with 22 attractions. A season ticket offers good value and strong advance sales are expected, aided by widespread community participation to boost the event.
If lacking in enthusiasm for Chautauqua week, see Dr. John S Rankin for free prescription. Following his directions, the Graphic vouches for a cure and notes he can impart the spirit to others without laying on of hands.
The first issue of Oregon Exchanges monthly from the University of Oregon School of Journalism arrives. The Graphic pledges to maintain the high standard in future numbers and promises continued scrutiny by this newspaper print shop.
Editor Dow of the Enterprise at Rex enjoys strawberry shortcake and chicken, sighing that passing the poultry would have allowed more room for dessert. The scene captures lighthearted appreciation after a midweek meal.
In a Lebanon Criterion anecdote a young lad joins his father at a public drink counter. When asked what he wants, he says he will drink what his father takes. The father, hearing this, experiences a surge of responsibility and responds with emotion and clarity. He chooses water for the boy, highlighting quiet parental duty.
F R Randell of Newberg attended the first Chautauqua held near his boyhood home on Chautauqua Lake in western New York in 1874. The event was inaugurated by Lewis Miller and the Rev John Hi Vincent as the Sunday school association. The first meeting.
The piece notes increasing prohibition efforts from the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association voting 176 to 1 for war prohibition, the American Medical Association declaring alcohol neither food nor stimulant, and a food control bill passing the house 365 to 5. It points to a looming Senate fate as stockpiles linger.
The record lists multiple transfers including Henton N Brown to Dan M Kirby and Wm B Duerst for 79.97 acres at sections 31 32 town 5 6. Montgomery Farmer to Will C Miller and wife 611.60 acres. John A Grossen and wife to O C Jackson 80 acres. David Hiatt to P F and Rose Hawkins with parcels in Edwards Add Newberg. Rosina L Miller to Alton M Vernon 95.25 acres. Will C Miller to Montgomery Farmer 611.60 acres. Palus D Newell to Hiram Gould 10.70 acres. B T Pawelski to H L Weatherly 19 block 3 Cavell's Add Newberg. A M Vernon to Losaena L Miller 95.25 acres.
Clara Adeline Swift transfers to Harry Black Brookhardt Lillian Van Cleef Whitman transfers to James Lawton Pheebe Isabel Wyatt transfers to William R. Osborn.
The aunt recovers from illness while friends press for sympathy. young Edward reassures her saying she does not look worse than usual, offering comforting words amid persistent well wishers.
A deal secures another shipyard for Astoria with a new company led by F. Rogers former Salem mayor. The arrangement outlines leadership and the reopening of shipyard operations in the port city.
A humorous quip from the Kansas City Journal notes complaints about coal sizes. A customer jokes about size confusion while comparing clothing and item sizing, highlighting everyday misunderstandings in shopping and language.
In Switzerland a climber learns his grandfather died on the same day as his marriage and heir prospects vanish. He discovers Mrs Wellesley plans to use Agnes Dorchester to secure the fortune while offering joint ownership and income control. The young woman confronts his proposal with a blunt rejection.
A tale unfolds of a man who vows to win Miss Dorchester for fortune, learns his intended bride is the widow posing as his grandmother, and is finally deceived into loving his supposed aunt while the real grandmother orchestrates the ruse for inheritance.
The passage cites Mary of Modena and Queen Caroline as examples of royal vanity. It describes how both queens boasted about crowns and dress enhanced by borrowed jewels. The quotes illustrate the idea that queens used ostentatious adornment to express status.
A grand old story says when Carthage was besieged by Romans there was no flax for ropes. The heroic queen led the women who cut off their glorious tresses and made ropes from their hair to aid the siege.
The Boston Globe notes mysterious ocean currents defy explanation. Warm Pacific and Atlantic flows, equatorial and polar streams, tides and currents around Cape Horn, Gibraltar, and the Java sea puzzle mariners with no clear origin or destination.
The passage notes Baghdad as a premier meeting place for Islam with over 100,000 pilgrims passing annually. It describes the city as tree shaded yet with narrow unpaved dirty streets, ruts and garbage largely removed by dogs, the east’s only scavengers. It mentions scenes from One Thousand and One Nights being set there.
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