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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
2
Newberg Graphic issued every Friday morning. E H Woopwanp, Eprron & Prowiscea. Friday May 7 1897. Entered as second class mail at the post office in Newberg Oregon. Oregon will be full up to the throatlatch this season with prunes. Talk to neighbors about gravel for public roads. Spring crops in, it will be a good time to haul gravel on roads.
The statement suggests broad festive sentiment across the nation if Greece defeats Turkey while fully fit, implying national pride tied to a strong athletic performance.
In a shift toward a bold editorial stance Cottage Grove Leader announces Frank Wooly as the new editor and outlines a plan to run the publication with a wild and wooly approach.
The piece notes fortune favors Oregon with bright crop promises this season and suggests the hold-up gang fears Gov Lord may refuse to call an extra session to allow them a chance to address past failures.
Friends of Hon C D B Moores of Salem push for his appointment as register of the Oregon City land office. They describe Charley as competent deserving and a sound Republican making no better appointment possible.
A Boston observer wonders if Paul Revere living today would race a bicycle along a track or seek fame by visiting the nearest telephone station, prompting playful debate on modern speed and communication.
The Ontario News laments Idaho granting suffrage while women there must declare themselves a male citizen twenty one years old before voting. The piece critiques the oath as a paradoxical requirement tied to progress in civil rights.
The Roseburg Review notes apathy toward Mr U'Ren's remarks on the late legislative farce with many participants unlikely to face future public trust.
Indiana former governor Albert G Porter dies on Tuesday after a long illness. He was known as a forcible speaker and had a reputation as a clean and honorable politician. Jewel county Kansas hosts an old settlers reunion featuring brothers Sorick who have lived there twenty seven years without mortgaging their farms.
A Yale University remark in the Toston accuses a large number of students of losing money on Corbett and suggests ethics and political economy departments need strengthening. Ex-President Harrison has written magazine pieces but refuses newspaper commissions despite tempting financial offers.
Henry Watterson in the Louisville Courier Journal rails against Cleveland for a potential third term. He accuses the Reform Club of New York of backing Cleveland and says the idea of a Cleveland third term insults his party's reforms.
Three years after Ira Campbell praised Harrison Kincaid as secretary of state candidate, Campbell again notes Kincaid as a Republican gubernatorial contender in Oregon. The Myrtle Point Enterprise extols enterprising men as vital to town growth and warns against petty envy.
The text accuses certain rivals of plotting to harm more successful neighbors at the slightest provocation to injure them and destroy their business. It frames the claim as a warning about hostile conduct within the local market.
An exchange notes uneasiness in quarters over gos sip and criticism likely from Minister Hay and wife entertaining in London as they are known teetailers. Col. John Hay is not another Bayard who will bow to the Enghieh. He will follow his convictions and take care of himself too. No American need feel uneasiness about the results of his stay in London.
The Toledo Blade quotes Miss Phoebe Couzins admitting the futility of some reform efforts, praising her courage to acknowledge error. It argues the home is the unit of civilization with the husband facing the world and the wife maintaining the home as the proper division of labor between sexes.
A military post studied tuberculosis cases among officers in one building and traced the disease to dust from old uniforms. The discovery led to disinfecting remaining garments and urged tests of secondhand clothing, warning that donated clothing can spread infections and families should consult physicians before giving items of the deceased.
Jacob Mitchell of Udenville Ma endured thirty years of painful piles before trying De Witt's Witel Hoxel Salve. The remedy quickly and permanently cured his condition and is claimed to be equally effective for eczema and skin affections.
Community news items include Joseph Bailey surveying fruit prospects for Earl Fruit Co. in Newberg, John Welch’s Woodmen medal and chopping feats, Eugene/McClintock region artifacts found, and a gasoline incident at J P Irvine’s woodshed. Also brief notices on politics, unions, and a correction letter about the Graphic article.
Fragmented notes show patent medicine pitches for kidney and lung cures, multiple testimonials, and prices, plus scattered humor and jokes from period papers. Names like J. H. Knight and B. Cough Cure feature, alongside brief anecdotes and clipping blurbs from New York and Philadelphia papers.
An old newspaper fragment touts Wilbur's Blood Purifier as treatment for skin diseases like ringworm eczema and scrofula with a price of 1.00 per bottle. It also cites the B Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs and croup priced at 50 cents, and includes mock dialogue about brides.
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