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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1893
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic reports on plans for Thanksgiving, local politics, and amusements. Mentions Grant in Santa Barbara, a Sheridan mayor marriage, and Albany and McMinnville notes. Warns about curfew, roads, and highwaymen in Minneapolis and St Paul. discusses mining hiring, fruit trends, and Oregon prunes over apples.
A Port Stanley warning on milking prompts buckshot threats as a neighbor conflict flares. Oregon politics muses on two Thanksgiving days and a Sylvester monarchy while Portland contemplates the end of the First Street horse car line and a likely electric franchise.
The letter argues for abolishing justice courts citing rising taxes from petty cases and criticizes politicians. It cites a Polk County editor and urges taxpayers to demand reduced state, county, and city costs by applying business principles and substituting cheaper, qualified officials.
B S Paive who has arranged Oregon weather for three years is transferred to the San Francisco office. The move is linked to the current spell of fine weather in the region.
The Midway displays diverse foreign shows. Cairo street attracts crowds despite 25 cent admissions. Ferris Wheel impresses as a money maker with 1.509 million riders. plan to move to Coney Island. Japanese village earns praise for authenticity while Algerians and Arabs attract with vivid manners and slang.
The Amity WCTU convention praised Midway attractions at the fair with many nations represented, noting the famous Fer rein wheel and a nursery caring for 1900 babies. The event drew large day crowds, with a late night fall house and services at the M E church led by Rev Crandall. The gathering was deemed a success and urged to occur quarterly to boost public sentiment and local uplift.
The county temperance meeting at Amity drew mixed attendance due to heavy rain. Notable delegates from Newberg Sheridan Whiteson and others attended. Edgar Ballard and Detle CH Cox gave addresses to a receptive audience. The program included topics like Narcotics Mothers Meetings Purity in Literature and Art and Alaska Mission Work with thirteen new members pledging to the Amity union.
The piece mocks Oregon hunting statutes as jumbled. It cites February and December laws on deer, plus a birds close season note. It then quotes ex Governor Francis praising local papers for community value and funds, and Bill Arp on two paths to churches or jails with church openness and moral lessons.
The land office reports strong October activity with 47 cash entries including 33 timber claims, 45 homestead filings, 17 preemptions, and 24 final proofs. Receiver Paquet records total October cash receipts of 14 SIS 07, mostly from fees and testimony, with the remainder returned to the government.
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