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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
4
The notice lists the Graphic Building address at No 000 First Street Newberg Oregon and gives office phone details with a White S residence. It states the paper is entered at the Newberg post office as second class matter.
The article notes a closed season on straw votes and mocks the search for a Newberg postmaster. It reports defeat for the single tax measure by a large margin and claims Oregonians refuse to be U'Renized at every election. It mentions a second lion hunt in darkest Africa as a humorous aside.
Republicans coast to coast cast ballots for Wilson to block Theodore Roosevelt, seen as a danger to national order, while Taft slumped. Wet versus dry sentiment cited with Marshal Snodgrass reporting 300 drunken arrests in a year in Cottage Grove during a wet period and only 30 in nineteen months after saloons closed.
Kansas Governor Stubbs, once a drawn leader urging Roosevelt into the fight, suffered a defeat for the United States Senate. His fall may not trigger Republican lament, as the one who leads in tearing down the house often ends up in the ruins.
At the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs J R Kelso at Ninth and Grant streets Clifford C Cady and Lottie G Huston united in marriage November 6 Rev S W Pot tre officiating After the ceremony the couple and guests departed to their well furnished home where they shared a right royal repast and then took the 110 motor to Salem
On Wednesday November 13 a public auction will offer seven head of good horses three cows and some yearling heifers and a cement age on the old Sanderson farm two miles west of Dundee.
Notice from Newberg City Council Yamhill County Oregon announces a proposed street improvement on First Street from Main to Center with bitulithic wearing surface. The council will meet Monday evening November 25 1912 at 7 30 in the council room to assess each abutting lot or parcel for its proportionate share. Dated November 7 1912 W W Nelson Recorder of the city of Newberg.
City of Newberg outlines grading curbs paving Washington Street and related sidewalk and crosswalk works from Second to Han cock, Sheri dan Main Howard and other streets. Bids must state per square foot material and build bids sealed with Street Commissioner by date. ordinance 285 compliance noted. right to reject bids reserved. The notice closes with a drought era Harper's note on water storage cactus forms.
Portion of College Street from five feet north of Second Street to Hancock Street, with First Street intersection excluded, assessable to each adjoining lot or parcel for improvements. Council adjourned meeting in Newberg on Monday evening November 25 1912 at 7 30. Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Dobbins October 30 a daughter.
Bids will be received until 6 PM November 11 1912 for sidewalk work on the street from North Street north to connect with a cement walk. Sealed bids are to be submitted to the undersigned.
A collage of anecdotes and excerpts from a periodical page contrasts French literary daring with early media stunts. It recounts Dumas signing a translated Iliad as his own version, a humor piece about overreaching editors, a suburban feud tale, and a child’s breakfast table quip highlighting family dynamics.
A mother questions how a box lid broke and Harriet explains she sat on it by accident. She insists she did not mean to harm the toy and offers to excuse herself, calling the scolding unnecessary. The exchange is reported in the Chicago News.
A fragment describes an ee ane statue of a young green figure unearthed or observed, details incomplete, location not specified. The readable text hints at artistic or cultural significance but lacks clear attribution or context.
A reflective meditation asking for spiritual guidance to love the best in oneself and to seek the ideal. The speaker requests tenderness, full sacrifice, and strength to endure sorrow while preserving the gift of life through generous living.
A small town mayor accused of beating his wife in a drunken dispute is questioned by their daughter. The girl testifies her father was not under whisky influence but under the kitchen table. The report from National Monthly notes the incident as a domestic quip.
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