Property transfers and local notices in Newberg area
A long list of land and lot transfers across Newberg and nearby areas records sales to individuals and firms with values ranging from 1 to 6000 dollars. Nearby social notes cite fishing trips, visits from Portland and Dolly gatherings, and upcoming local baseball games with Dundee and Champoeg.
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Jac F Allison
Thomas P Hodgson
Walnut Hill
M Armstrong & Wfto
LA Ostien
Julia W
Richard Baird
Wiliam Shepherd
Newberg
Geo Braithwaite & Wfto Heremiah
Parker
M K Davidson
Rowlands
Butler DeLashmutt
Victor & Earl DeLashmutt
Alex Miller
Richard Miller
Rosa E Deskins
Alto SA
John R Douglas
Alto S
Graham Merrill Co
Geo W Sharp Et al
Graham's Cove Orchard
Gustafson & Wf
Fred A Williamson
RJ Hutchcroft & Wf
Alfred Reimers
R J Hutchcroft & Wf
Henry & Mattie Buck
Andrew Kershaw
Hay tools galore at Harts store
Mowing machines hay rakes and hay carriers are among the wide range of hay tools advertised at Harts.
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Harts
Locomotive Robbery by Lee's Army in 1864
A Civil War era tale recounts a 1864 raid where a hundred Confederate volunteers under a Georgian foreman pulled a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive off its track with rope and ropes. They dragged it fifty two miles to Virginia, prompting the railroad president to call it the finest feat of engineering.
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Lee
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Confederacy
Virginia
Neering
Harper's Weekly
Whistlers Dignity in Handling Payments
Mortimer Mempes notes Whistler insisted on proper ceremony when receiving payments from dealers. He rebuked a tardy check and praised a rich old English salver presented with a formal speech. Whistler valued ritual and punctuality in financial exchanges.
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Whistler
Mortimer Mempes
Eminent Sunday School Work er Recounts Congregation Incident
An eminent Sunday school worker describes an unusual moment after delivering a Methodist address. He says the audience rose to their feet in response to an announced gesture, then confusion followed until the pastor asked if the gesture was a vote of thanks.
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Smails
Milwaukee Free Press
Tobacco as Bride Price in Early Virginia Colonies
The article notes tobacco as a dominant crop in early Virginia and Maryland, even used as legal tender for debts in Jamestown by 1732. It describes Sir Edwin Sandys arranging the shipment of ninety English maids who were married off to colonists, paid with 120 pounds of tobacco each.
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Virginia
Maryland
Jamestown
Marriage Question Stirs Elders in Small Town
A nameless car tells his elder friend to marry. Spoonamore urges marriage while Wiggins resists, saying he is not ready. The men discuss love affairs and settling down as in a preacher’s presence with mixed assurances.
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Spoonamore
Wiggins
Piffie
Chiengo
Too Far Entirely. A Farce on Miles and Mirth
A Philadelphia Times item jokes about a baby who eats a mileage book found by chance. The infant gnaws about 500 miles before being discovered. The father quips that this is really going a little too far and comments on business travel.
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Philadelphia Times
Executor's Notice of Final Settlement in Oregon
The executor of the last will and testament of Moses Hollingsworth filed a final account in Yamhill County Oregon. The County Court set Monday July 17 1911 at 11:00 A.M. to hear the account and determine its settlement and discharge of the executor and bondsmen. All interested persons must appear in McMinnville to show cause why the account should not be approved. June 15 1911 A Cumpsrey Executor.
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Moses Hollingsworth Y
Yamhill
Oregon
McMinnville
A. BR. Cumpsrey
Moses Hollingsworth
Executors Notice for Penelope J. Skinner in Oregon
The undersigned William Kirxcarp is appointed executor of Penelope J. Skinner deceased by Yamhill County Court Oregon and notifies all creditors to present their claims with vouchers to the executor at his residence in Yamhill County within X months from June 4 1911.
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Notie
Penelope J. Skinner
Yamhill County
Oregon
Eee Yamhill County
William Kirxcarp
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United States National Bank of
Bank OF
J. L. Hoskins
S. L. Parrett
J. C. Colcord
W. E. Crozer
Asst
Margaret Menard
Andrew Smith
Henry Mills & Wi
Susan M Olmsted
Edwards
CT Myers & Wi
el& Mark Perie Knickerbocker
Myers
Hillcrest
Sheridan
Albert L & Ethel Olmstead N
A P Oliver
T Moore
Central
Chas E Fayton
Wftos F
Sarah E Sluim
Phillip Thompson
Cint
Fenderson Pierce
August & Johnson Simlund
James Johnson
Fabian Quenel
M Peterson
Adam Rossner
Wif
Franklin M & Clara
Culp
Rossners
William Shepherd
Dennis
Dodson
U Snapp
E M Heacock
Catherina B Starr
Daniel & Hull Johnson
Isaac E Staples
Michael W Zak
S P Turner
Ellerd E & Bessie E Bailey
Bewley Land
J H Upton
Daniel Johnson
LaFayette
Wm F Guyton
U .S
Clifford W Worden & While
Roy Eddens
Earl Alford
Messrs. Jones and
Morgan
Portland
Grasper
Francis Joy
Dallas
L. J. Eddens
Shannahan
the Keyes
Satur
A. Taylor
Okete, Missouri
Eddens
John Robison
North Yamhill
Reoe Robison
Miss Mamie Pier
Ralph Imus
Joseph Ryan
Tillamook
Robert Chalmers
William Huckleberry
Bennett
Chestnut Grove
Huckleberry Place
Grandpa Keyes
Clara
Jessie Hardwick
Salem
Edward Dougan
Frank Keyes
Jessie Jameson
Albany
Fred
Medric Greer
Tacoma
Otterbrook
Whitacre
Bertha Reed
Dundee
Champoeg Cubs
Edith Hill Booker
Roseburg
Graeper & Jones
W. A. Sanderson
Reinhart Groth
Thos. Herd & Son
Garsgee Butt
Torney
Evn Pi
Merriam Webster
Kryptok
A. E. Wilson
J. L. van Blaricom
E. L. Evans
Elliott & Fox
M. H. Pinney
Depot
Blue
Plymouth
C. Christenson
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