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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
2
Newberg Oregon edition notes a lively season of lectures and entertainments, comments on local waste paper littering sidewalks, and a San Francisco liquor industry claim cited by Senator Stanford. The writer questions prosperity when wealth producers fund whiskey sellers and suggests community protections against social parasites.
A brief line from Youth's Companion extols scientists who pile knowledge into a line with noble character to deepen and broaden civilization's foundations. The wording emphasizes the link between science and cultural advancement.
A veteran journalist recounts leaving a rural paper for rest and returning to town to reclaim his job due to nonstop news. He recalls two papers in town, scoops on a cow death, a railroad yard accident, a baker’s bread loss, and a lengthy editorial push about a neighbor’s house, then quits.
Edward Bok discusses Martha Washington Dolly Madison and other First Ladies as beloved figures, then recounts the Samoa crisis where Mataafa defies Berlin Act, the US and Britain backing Malietoa, the Philadelphia showing force, and a 105 rider ambush with American and British crews.
The piece argues that sympathy for the “pure tramp” during campaigns is misplaced as times improve. It contends that feeding a tramp without requiring work is not charity, but enables him to beg his way forward. It urges that every able man should pay for meals with money or honest labor.
The Morrill Act sponsor Justin Morrill is honored for creating 48 agricultural and mechanical colleges by distributing public lands. The essay praises these institutions as broad higher education centers blending science and literature, with a focus on practical, industry linked study for both men and women.
Jesse Lynch Williams recalls first days at Scribner's Magazine with wary awe and comic misreads as editors welcome letters from Kipling and other authors. The piece contrasts office rituals with the nerve of typewriters and the solemnity of meeting Howells.
The report from Yamhill County Abstract Company lists numerous property transfers in Meajanville and Newberg areas including Nathan Moody to William Wer, Caroline Bettman to Winifred Doilsehnieder, and David Cruikshank to James Cruikshank among others with amounts noted. The page also features notices of Bucklen's Arnica Salve promotions, a short town dispatch on a broken camera in Crook County, and health blurbs praising Dr King’s New Life Pills and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for influenza and la grippe remedies.
The notice lists multiple property transactions including parcels in La Fayette and surrounding areas with sheriff transfers and a series of transactions among Reed Moore and related parties. It also records marriage licenses for Nora Miller Yambill to Fred F Parkins Ella Hedgeth McM to C M Miller Stella Miller McM to T W Laubert.
The article notes that through rates to Chicago and west were adjusted to normal figures on April 25, removing the earlier cost disparities. It states no extra cost to travel via Southern Pacific through California compared with Northern lines via Vancouver Helena or Spokane. It also includes a medical ad for DeWitt's Little Early Risers and a notice about organizing native sons of Oregon.
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