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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
6
An upbeat ad promotes a local store's summer furniture collection praised as the daintiest yet. Shoppers are invited to view prices, with a playful hint that prices are very low and may be eye catching, urging visitors to come in today for a viewing.
City Engineer T M Hurlburt says a durable bitulithic pavement on Kearney Street between Fifteenth and Twenty-fifth streets costs nearly 40 percent less by using the old macadam base as foundation. Residents, previously wary of high prices, now praise the work and compare favorably with standard basing methods.
A compilation of property transfers including Alex Anderson to J E Noble and Pearl Noble for 23 acres in Henry Hewitt and 3 other parcels, with values ranging from 500 to 5700 dollars. Transfers involve Dundee Fruit & Walnut Co, Christenson, Finley, Judd, and several other residents, affecting lots, tracts, and subdivisions in Newberg, McMinnville, and Sheridan.
The College nine defeated the High School nine 7 to 3 in a seven inning practice game Thursday. President Pennington left for Idaho Wednesday to support the endowment fund. Miss Jones spoke on Ellis Island during a chapel talk Monday morning. Seniors pace final theses while Mr Adams of McMinnville College visited for Y M C A conference plans at Columbia Beach. First and Second year Preps hosted Senior Preps in the girls’ gym Saturday evening. Glee clubs schedule a recital for Tuesday evening next week. Rain dampened baseball practice last week as Y W C A plans a Bakery Sale for June 1 to fund the Summer Conference.
A brief notice promotes a clubbing offer in two Oregon papers offering a semi weekly schedule and coordination between publications. The item highlights a promotional deal and its availability across the two local newspapers.
The Oregon Journal from Portland provides reliable market reports and world news twice weekly, with farm features, comics, and local notices. Subscribers can save by joining the combination with the Graphic and Daily Journal, offered at reduced rates.
Anna A. Rogers in Atlantic critiques American husbands overwork and gender roles. She contrasts French and English families where men share domestic duties with the wife, while American men become absorbed in work. The piece warns work addiction harms individuals and American civilization.
A report from the old Parker house shows visitors noting historic items on display in the hall including a long sword, a flintlock and a brick tiled hearth. Local residents joke about the display while awaiting further details from Lem Colburn’s account in the paper.
A man finds a hat in mud and discovers the wearer is buried to the ears, but the voice from under the hat reveals the real depth as the man realizes he is actually standing on a load of hay. The tale is recounted as a humorous yarn from Lippincott's Magazine.
A municipal official recalls a dinner for capital newsboys where two youths argued over whose hands were dirtier. One lad claimed dirtier hands and the other retorted the elder boy is older by two years, as recorded in the Star.
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