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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
4
Newspaper line lists Woodward Bdetters and Publishers offering subscriptions at 1.50 per year in advance.
The piece urges voter engagement and accountability in Oregon politics, criticizing opportunistic editors and urging registration before May 15. It discusses Governor Chamberlain’s campaign, the Cake nomination, and the risk to reformers, while noting Sam L. Simpson’s poem attribution and John Fleming Wilson planning a Newport weekly.
The Whittier Register cites a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling declaring editorial columns unsellable by a newspaper. The note recounts a publisher who sold columns to a railway, then sued for payment, with the contract deemed void.
A Pennsylvania paper warns of dwindling timber for hammer handles, and an Oregon correspondent recalls historic timber moves from the plains era. The piece hints at notable figures and local attention to wood supply implications.
A motorist loses control and a dangerous parade of cars heads toward Portland at high speed through Newberg. The incident prompts calls for a marshal to intervene and stop such street racing in the city.
The excerpt denounces Cham berlain and the Portland Journal for advising Republicans how to vote. It ridicules the "good fellow" and "non partisan" candidate and criticizes the media for a thin sham meant to mislead gullible voters.
A city warning states that boys who shoot robins and other birds may incur fines and penalties. The notice emphasizes legal consequences and aims to deter wildlife harm.
A long list of property transfers is recorded, detailing buyers and sellers such as G L Baker, M Michael, Clarence P Frost, Wm Armstrong, Angeline Wills, Eddie Perry, F G Howenstine, Annette Loban heirs, G W Buchanan, A H Ohms, Paul Fundman, Lopp Peters Co, James Hammett, Ira C Hanchett, E B Barthrop, Jesse Edwards, Wm Dibble, N N Stanley, Jao W Barcroft, Jacob Shubkde, Loren Ryan, FA Elliott, Bank of Newberg, Effie Otis, EL McCornack, Jos W McCornack, W M Pitman, Andrew Kershaws, J D Baker, CW Hudson, Hattie Haskins, Noah Heater, Guy Heater, Pacific Face Brick Co, with varied acreages and prices from $1 to $7000.
A series of real estate transfers recorded, including J M Crawford and wife to Henry Gee and W T Vinton for lots 4 and 5 in McMinnville valued at 2000 dollars, Frank Chapman to E A Henderson for lot 6 in Chapman’s addition Sheridan at 220, and multiple farm and city property deeds with various buyers, sellers, and nominal sums. Other entries note United States to William Hartless, Eliza Cook to Joe Flannery for 20 acres, Jonn Smith to Joel Flannery for 20 acres, and two parcels in Hurley and Large addition Newberg for 1 dollar each. Additional transfers include Bessie A Harrison to Mrs Adie Harrison for land in section 30 and related deeds totaling 10 dollars in several cases, with water main right of way and Carlton allotment transfers also listed.
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