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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
5
Local items report travel and visits among Salem Newberg Willamina Corvallis and Portland residents. Notables include H A Hinshaw W E Paxson and Dr Pemberton. new homes moves and job changes. social gatherings at St Peters church and college Auxiliary. theatre success Charleys Aunt boosted library fund.
Grace Hopkins Nellie Hop kins of Newberg visit sister Mrs Ben Yergen. Aid Society of West Chehalem Church schedules a Pink Tea and bazaar for Friday May 19 in the church basement. Sunday services at 11 with Rev Boughton of McMinnville and Sunday School at 10. Residents and visitors from Newberg and Portland attend church events and visit relatives.
Bean's Grocery advertises flour brands for ladies who bake bread. The store stocks White Mountain White River Pride of Walla Walla Gold Medal and McMinnville Flour for purchase.
The Star Theatre presents Miss Alberta Hadley performing singing impersonations followed by The Golden West with electrical effects alongside Damon and Pythias and other films.
Sat matinee and evening feature Miss Alberta Hadley in The Storm at Sea with an electric storm and shipwreck. About 8000 feet of the best motion pictures. Admission five and ten cents, no matinee reduction.
A New York Tribune piece reviews insect defense and maternal behavior. It explains bees sealing intruders in wax, silkworms sacrificing bodies to nest young, rabbits shredding fur for nests, and gall insects immolating themselves to guard eggs, highlighting remarkable interspecies intelligence.
The hippopotamus ranks as the largest river mammal beside elephants. It can reach fourteen feet in length, endangering boats and even puncturing steel hulls. Though herbivorous, it is quick to anger and dangerous to humans, with flesh once esteemed and skin used for turtle soup.
Tenants complain about a bare wall exposed by a loose piece of wallpaper near their apartment door. The superintendent delays repairs explaining he is matching a patch from an old roll, hoping the hall light will help the color blend.
A Brisbane to London telegram misread as Governor general twins first son caused a stir in London papers. The note incorrectly linked Sir Arthur Kennedy to marriage and twins, though he was a bachelor. Officials blamed a faulty edit and unclear source for the mix up.
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