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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
2
The Oregon State fair is set for September 30 to October 8, announcing the event in Newberg Oregon. The notice appears in the Friday issue dated May 14 1897 and lists it as a second class mail matter.
The article notes Japan has moved to the gold standard, a shift cited amid arguments by free silver advocates who had claimed prosperity under that monetary regime last autumn.
A Kansas lawmaker saved from a $150 salary to lift a $1600 mortgage, a frugal show that pales beside Oregon youths said to have done far better. The piece notes the Kansas legislature had not yet organized.
The Willamette Falls at Oregon City yields about 56,000 horsepower, nearly triple the output of the falls at Minneapolis. This power is seen as the foundation for Oregon City to develop into a major manufacturing hub.
Five removal methods filtration settling recom condensing calcimining and electrification are proposed but a plain Eastern Oregon breeze defeats them all for lifting dust.
Albert Tozier, secretary of the Oregon State Press Association, will oversee affairs on Press Day at the state fair. The piece notes Tozier as a well known newspaper man in Oregon, unlikely to be unfamiliar to the industry.
The Toledo Blade notes a surge in American bicycle manufacturing from about seventeen factories in 1890 to upwards of seven hundred, with annual output around 1.5 million wheels and 25 to 30 percent exported. It praises Yankee industry for strong global competitiveness.
The early summer number features bright color plates for dresses trimmings and millinery and includes literary pieces by a quintet of famous women. Mary Cadwalader Jones contributes At Home and Abroad while needlework lovers gain Emma Huaywood Bertha Blodgett and others with patterns and project ideas for tatting crocheting lace embroidery and a wedding box.
An Oregon imprint outlets speculation that Corbett may not be seated and that an extra legislative session could be called by September. Editor J. 8. Smith of Linn county’s imprint is tied to the populists and their hopes, while critics mock the idea and recall last winter’s controversies.
The writer recounts a seven day stay in LaGrande meeting notable locals including N. S. Helton and family O C Wright Mettie Morrin and A T Haworth of Russell Co Portland He notes Wrights busy dry goods department and Morrin in millinery Haworth repairing engines and compares elevations of Wehalem Grand Ronde valley and Latrande over Newberg The piece also describes La Grande’s growing population and surrounding geography with intermittent OCR errors.
A correspondent describes La Grande as a regional hub with rail and city works, detailing coal bunkers, brick blocks, water works, and an electric plant. The valley hosts many sawmills, fertile soil, large wheat and fruit farming, and extensive irrigation supporting cherries, prunes, apples, strawberries, and grains. Nearby Union boasts a model townscape with orchards and flowing water. Cove is highlighted for fruit production and irrigated diversification as the writer tours the Willamette valley area.
Graduation exercises at Armory hall featured a reading by Miss Ione Hutchins and several student speakers. President Chapman of the University of Oregon was listed but did not attend, as diplomas were presented by Prof. J C Hodson with remarks on perseverance and time management.
The article blends medicinal advertisements for Cough Cure and Panacea claims with a short obituary. It notes deteriorating public health topics and ends with Eben Hayes’s death at age 72 from an apparent sudden collapse near Middleton, Pennsylvania, and burial beside his brother.
A burglar entered a house quietly but was confronted by a woman in the bedroom. She ordered him to remove muddy boots to spare her carpet. He left with his partner waiting outside, and the burglar whispered he could not rob the home. The moment unsettled him as he recalled home.
A curious incident unfolds as Kitty recounts her late brother's odd scare on a new beau. The man recalls that Kitty’s sister always kept an iron at the bedside, a detail used to unsettle the suitor and deter romance.
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