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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
4
A citizen praises recent clean up work but criticizes the mayor and council for overlooking issues around City Hall that could have been spotted without a smelling committee. The weekly paper notes strong efforts on cleanup days and expands on local civic observations.
A Halifax dispatch reports a carload of lobsters will be sent to the Pacific Coast to be placed in the Pacific. The note adds a quip about dry land and the existing spineless in the population.
Newberg post office led in the latest fiscal year with $6,392 in receipts versus Forest Grove’s $6,150, an excess of $292 for Newberg. The article notes the lack of Dr Large in town and suggests a population comparison with neighbors.
The Yamhill Record questions the county road work cost noting six dollars per yard for crushed rock seems high. A county commissioner says the highest price paid anywhere in the county is 1.45 per yard, suggesting the Record may be misinformed.
The piece derides anonymous letter writers as lacking sense or venting spleen against neighbors. It recalls past letters from such Philistines and notes the writer never loses sleep over their effusions, urging that life is too short for nameless notices.
Eugene Register notes the Feder ation of Women's clubs plans a Salem visit to press that only Federation women be named as Alaska-Yukon expo delegates and serve as Oregon’s reception committee at the fair. The governor would face strong opinions from other prominent state women if he concedes to the request. The writer urges appointment on fitness alone, not snobbery.
Five miles north of Newberg an eighty acre tract nearly cleared with good buildings and running water. Would consider part payment near Newberg. Contact J A Fort Matil phone.
Miss Lillian Johnson visits the school and students, aided by the faculty, prepare a May 25 entertainment featuring scenes from Merchant of Venice and The Girls' perplexing Situation. Rev. Edgar L. Requa’s evangelistic week ends with prayer meetings, personal work, and strengthened resolve. A Juniors dinner honors the Senior class with candlelight toasts. Public lectures on Historical Charts by Mrs. R. B. Webber begin May 9 and May 11, praising Mrs. Wu's discovery and offering free reading of a soon-available history volume.
At Monday night’s meeting the council proposed cement crosswalks on First Street across Meridian Edwards College School Dayton Howard Blaine Washington and Garfield and on Main at First Hancock Sheridan with a street oiling study for First and Main to the depot. Wm Clemmens was hired as street commissioner assistant for two months with possible extension and the marshal salary raised to 50 dollars a month.
Lydia S Holm aged over 21 to G Fairchiles aged over 21. Tda Comer aged 19 to Omer Karney aged 28.
A Sunday school lesson on Acts chapters 14 verses 1 to 23 exploring Iconium and Lystra inclusive of questions about unbelief whether intellectual or moral, the courage of apostles, and how differing responses to miracles reveal views of deity. includes discussion prompts for members and thoughts on pre and postnatal influences and providence.
A Sunday lesson summary asks if believers should rebuke superstition over true faith. It contrasts human passions with divine truth and ponders God’s regard for saints versus sinners. It cites Paul’s reaction, applause versus truth, and moral courage after persecution.
Rayner Wickersham Kelsey Ph D teaching fellow in history at Pacific College earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree after a California hall examination. He presented a thesis on The United States Consulate in California noting Larkin and supporters planned to unite California with the United States despite Mexican ceded territory. The exam was led by Morse Stephens Moses Bacon McCormac Scholz and Dunning. Kelsey graduated from Earlham College in 1900.
A brief price line notes Graphic and Oregonian at two dollars and twenty five cents.
Quaker City Poultry Yard Co. led by F. Butler operates in Newberg Oregon offering poultry and related farming services.
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