20 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1891
Page
1
The notice lists weekly worship times for multiple churches including Presbyterian and Friends, with Sabbath school on Sundays, and monthly or quarterly meetings scheduled. It notes pastors and service hours though some times appear garbled in OCR.
Devotional services every Sunday evening. Young men earnestly requested to attend. Sessions held Saturday evening over Moore's Drug Store. Business meeting the second Saturday in every month. Sessions held first and third Thursday evening. Business meeting the third Saturday afternoon each month.
Fragmentary OCR lists Newberg city officials including Mayor Treasurer City Clerk Street Commissioner and other names such as Marshall and Geetarayaon. The readable bits show titles and partial names without complete roles or dates.
The Pacific Coast column reports on a wide array of items from across the region. It notes St Louis capitalists bidding for the Ol Abe mine in White Oaks, flood losses around Clifton Arizona, asbestos paper mill plans at Mount Vernon, and a gerrymandered territorial apportionment in Arizona. It also mentions Santa Fe and San Francisco marine news, Yaquina Bay jetty work, labor disputes near Wellington, and various local developments in Oregon and Washington.
The piece notes widespread adoption of the Australian ballot method in seventeen states and reports related political reforms, court actions, and legislative moves. It mentions tobacco and cigarette sale restrictions in many states, plus debates over voting methods and civil service changes amid national reforms.
A heated session in the Italian Chamber ends with Imbriani and Crispi trading barbs over Austria and a threat of violence. In Britain, Balfour secures a 255000 pound credit for Ireland relief, with steamer aid and wage disbursements underway. The article also notes various European political moves, labor actions, and international concerns.
Market notes demand remains good yet business is light due to numerous offerings and high asking prices. Prices from Valley and Walla Walla vary, with standard flour at 4.25 and 4.00 per barrel, vegetables and fruits listed by variety and region, plus assorted livestock and dairy quotes from Oregon and California markets.
The listing shows varied quotations for coal, coffee, fruit, and canned goods across multiple regions and brands. Prices per pound, per box, and per dozen appear with units and occasional notes on quality and packaging, reflecting a broad, data-heavy market snapshot.
Listings show beef live dressed seven cents per pound mutton live dressed four cents per pound veal sheep meat priced per pound smoked meats and lard advertised. Hams from Eastern vendors at ten and eleven cents per pound Oregon bacon and breakfast ham priced per half pound. Lard priced at ten cents per pound.
A Good Housekeeping view by Elien Elisa Looker praises home talk where children learn language puzzles, history roles, and humor at the dinner table. Structured games teach spelling, geography, and polite behavior, while avoiding worries and street fuss, shaping a gentle family atmosphere.
A Newport Post item recounts a funny stage mishap where an actor, in a farce, faced a flour shortage. A boy is sent out for flour, returns with a bag that bursts, showering the actor’s face with flour. The incident amuses as a dramatic self rain failure.
A reflective verse credits Felicia Hemana with the awakening of the lyre through sunlight's warmth rather than night storm or lightning. The line evokes a gentle muse sparked by daybreak.
The narrator, Tom Harrington, a former machine shop apprentice turned inventor, returns to Summerville after years of work and success to find Jennie Rawson, now a wealthy and refined woman. She reveals her heart remains with him and they marry after a symbolic test of loyalty, merging love with shared fortune. The piece ends noting their wedding and honeymoon in Florida.
A New Yorker explains how beggars exploit eye contact to identify and pursue potential victims. The beggar notices a look of interest and follows, often dancing beside the target with an outstretched palm, while those who avoid eye contact rarely get approached.
W. B. Bland of Georgia, a science-minded spokesman, dissected a gator shot on Ty Ty creek to test a winter sleep rumor about swallowing lightwood knots. He found no knots, and the intestines were tiny and nearly bone hard with a hollow only broom straw wide.
Carter Harrison cites Bangkok’s rainy season pools breeding malaria and cholera with hundreds dying yearly. He notes foreigners dismiss vigilance and argues disease could be controlled with proper treatment if people in Europe and America avoided unwarranted alarm.
William Eleroy Huff in Chicago News notes Russia's czar holds godlike status as law and holy touch. Peasants bow, bare heads and kiss pavement in cold as the czar passes, a patriarchal, paternal bond unmatched by others. He is described as the emperor’s “little father” to all subjects.
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