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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
2
A store promotes a fine display of summer furniture and other goods under one roof. Shoppers are urged to bring glasses to view the low prices and asked to visit today as staff will gladly show the merchandise.
In Yamhill County a notice announces the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Rodolph F Miller. William Hommend is named as administrator, with Clarence Butt and others referenced in related proceedings.
Executor notice names Ulysses G. Miller as executor of Nellie A. Miller and Clarence Bult attorney for estate. Notice of final settlement for Eva Hume estate sets May 1912 hearing time at 10:00 am in McMinnville Oregon Court House. Interested parties urged to appear and contest accounts.
A Rogue River tale recalls an early Oregon trekker and an Indian ferryman. A packer crossing near Dardanelles uses a gauger on a salmon, the canoe capsizes, the white man and Indian vanish, and the packer scavenges his goods while the river yields no fate for the fish.
A long list of property transfers from Frank Barber to WA Fletcher in Sheridan to Henry Hopkins in Newberg and numerous deeds across McMinnville Willamina Amity and Newberg Ore. Transfers include parcels in blocks and specific lots with prices ranging from 35 to 4800 dollars involving dozens of individuals and multiple local firms and churches.
A humorous exchange highlights a tax assessor error that benefits a homeowner. After years of rising bills, the resident notes the current bill is not higher, suggesting a rare favorable miscalculation. The joke hinges on six years without an increase.
Next Sunday morning Mothers Day will be observed with the G A R and W R C as guests. The sermon titled Our Mothers. The vesper series ends at 4 30 Sunday afternoon with the sermon Appreciating What We Have. Strangers are especially welcome.
Monna E White 20 wed Edd M Essley 27 Josie M Rich 17 wed Kenneth R Chase 22 Gertrude E Andrews 24 wed Bertley C King 35 in a list of licenses issued.
A collection of humorous vignettes and witticisms drawn from social scenes. Bits include political jabs about a congressman, garden seed gifts, a wedding party anecdote on Fifth Avenue, hay fever from a grass widow, gas light quips, a drawing class joke, bargain sale chatter, an old lady quip about a dying lawyer, and related street humor.
In a brief dining car moment a man jokes about disciplining a boy after the boy laughs loudly. The mother defends avoiding spanking on a full stomach, and the man responds with a sharp line about turning the boy over.
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