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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
3
An old advertisement lists fabric and table linen prices. It promotes heavy outings per yard and various Percale widths 28, 36 inches, plus Bleached Table Damask 56 and 62 inches, special 72 inch Bleached Mercerized, and 86 inch Blue and White and Red and White Linen.
Look us over before purchasing. Prices range from $5.00 to $21.50 for winter shoes. Special values from 90c to $7.00. LADIES SUITS offered at about one half price as a close out. Save money by trading at Porter's.
A dated catalog of staples lists items such as three cans of corn and tomatoes, eight cans of pink salmon, ground chocolate, Cocoa, Grape Nuts, Cream of Wheat, oats, various rice and sugar quantities, bacon, lard, Mason jars, and a note that cash payments for produce are accepted. The entry reads like a marketplace price list with weights and brands.
A reflective meditation on self importance and social presence noting how quickly life resumes after a person’s absence and the ease with which a void is filled. The passage stresses humility and the illusion of indispensability in a community.
Pendleton man W. T. Reeves, Stanfield pioneer who conceived the battleship Oregon leading the first fleet through the Panama Canal and who secured petitions signed by 65 000 school children, received an invitation from Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to be a guest of honor aboard the Oregon during its canal transit.
Hood River Commercial club seeks exhibit space at the San Francisco Panama exposition to estimate funds for next year’s county budget. The plan is to aid the court with two exhibits, one in the Oregon building and one in the palace of horticulture.
Judge Hamilton of the circuit court voids the October 13 election in school district No. 6 where $3000 was voted for a new school house. The ruling says October 18 Columbus Day made the voting day illegal as elections are quasi judicial and not mere administrative acts.
A yearling Jersey cow owned by Johnny B. Stump of Monmouth won the sweepstakes against cattle from across the United States at the National livestock show, per a telegram from Chicago.
Governor West Crystalizes stance on land surveys and indemnity bases. He says the Interior Department could face trouble if it holds up title to all surveyed lands passed to the state when surveys were approved. About 15 000 acres are involved though fewer than 1000 are surveyed, a ruling would mainly affect other states.
Milton J. Thomas a rancher near Walla Walla drove his wife and five children along the Weston Athena highway when a tire blew out causing the auto to leave the road and overturn two or three times pinning the occupants beneath. All five children and the parents were painfully bruised.
Mrs. W. F. Craig died at the family home near Enterprise after a brief illness. Doctors cited acute peritonitis caused by ingesting raw wheat that did not digest and triggered abdominal inflammation.
Hood River physician Dr. F C Brosius, a major in the medical corps, has been awarded a silver medal by the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard in recognition of his 15 years of service.
Charles Cook shot and wounded David Rowan on the street, then turned the weapon and murdered himself. Jealousy is listed as the motive. Rowan was with Cook's wife at the time of the shooting.
Washington reports on the Senate Banking and Currency Committee aiming for a four regional reserve bank system with a $100,000,000 stock offering. Other items note Carey Act project redemptions, mileage bill politics, postal reform dynamos, West Point exams, stock transport liability, civil service implications, and the Jessie Wilson Sayre wedding set for November 26 at the White House.
George Bingham of Oregon City was mistaken for a deer near Trail and killed by a gunshot. Oregon senators push for land and water bills, while a new vinegar plant opens in Eugene to process apples. A Medford murderers’ execution is noted, and a Portland firm loses overtime for workers on the Salem Supreme Court project. Hay shortages loom in Wallowa, and a rancher’s fatal shooting by a relative is reported. Oregon Borax launches soda deposit development in Lake County. Guard competition to decide a statewide trophy is announced for November.
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