Newberg Graphic Highlights Local Education and Prohibition Views
The Newberg Graphic notes Polk County backing for home rule over Normal schools with Monmouth favored over Ashland and Weston. It quotes Uncle Jim Rowell vowing to shut saloons near Newberg and mentions Ella Young Flagg earning 10 000 a year as Chicago schools superintendent, signaling the weight of educational opinions.
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Polk County
Monmouth
Ashland
Weston
Jim Rowell
Newberg
Uncle Jim
Ella Young Flagg
Reform Saloon Closure Anticipated by Home Rulers
The piece foresees homes and churches reforming saloons with Bible readings in the morning and noon prayer. It notes Brother McAllister may add an evening song service with the crowd singing Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight.
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Brother McAllister
Tie votes mark early Oregon elections and saloon defiance
The record shows tie votes for representatives in Yamhill County in 1882 between J. E. Magers of McMinnville and J. C. Nelson of Newberg, with Nelson winning after a second election. A county surveyor tie later gave Maloney the office by lot. Prohibition foes in Portland and Newberg hint at challenges to Sunday closing and saloon openings despite reform efforts.
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Timothy Brownhill
George W. Briedwell
Yamhill
J. E. Magers
McMinnville
J. C. Nelson
Newberg
Mr. Nelson
J. C. Cooper
H. S. Maloney
Maloney
Oregon
Portland
Vaughan Street
Ben Test
Two Boys at Work Show Differences in Ambition
A local notice recalls hiring two boys for after school work. One demanded early pay and disappeared again, while the other finished the task and waited for payment. The writer asks boy readers to judge which path leads to real success in life.
City Water Shutdown Warnings and Apple Show Ahead
The letter urges warning before water shutoffs for repairs and suggests a whistle system with the electric plant. It notes the Oregon Apple Show in Portland with prizes for top displays and for beginners. It also discusses education, practicality, and the need for reform driven by public demand.
Mrs. Young Targets Fads in Chicago School Reform
Ella Flagg Young, Chicago superintendent of public schools, calls for a return to fundamentals in the curriculum. She criticizes fillers and superficial teaching and argues that education should focus on core subjects to prevent unprepared graduates from entering business life.
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Young
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Bargain Day Offer for Telegram Subscriptions
Subscriptions for the Evening Telegram are welcome at $3.50 from now until Jan 1 1912. The Telegram and the Graphic can be supplied together for $4.50 during the same period. This limited offer provides a good daily paper at a nominal price, and it won’t last long.
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Evening Telegram
Telegram
Graphic
Not True to Life in Realistic Stage Show
A backer criticizes a stage manager for failing realism in a production. The promoter defends the work while complaining about the stage gimmickry such as a pasteboard train and a heroine entering a Pullman car incorrectly. The exchange shows tensions between realism and theatrical devices in the Cleveland Plain Dealer critique.
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Sta
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Coleridge as Conversationalist in Debates
Coleridge was a prodigious talker whose fluency often left fellow debaters speechless. Edward Irving recalled asking if one could get a word in, only to be told none wished to. A tale involves Coleridge buttonholing Hazlitt and drawing him into a long discourse.
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Coleridge
Edward Irving
Sunrise and Sunset Convertible Picture Sells for One Thousand
A studio visitor mocks a painting asking its title. The artist explains the work as Sunrise In the Alps and reveals its convertible nature offering a sunset view when rotated. The buyer, Mr Hogricht, contemplates the price of one thousand dollars. The exchange appears in the Chicago Port notice.
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Alps
Chicago
Indian Summer Origin and timing in North America
The article explains Indian summer as a mild late autumn spell in North America typically in November with clear skies and hazy horizons. It notes Indigenous harvesting traditions and a nine day second summer before winter, likening it to St Martin's summer in England and the Mediterranean.
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North America
England
Mediterranean Countries
St. Martin’s
New York American
Newcomers Learn Village Etiquette in Lanesboro
In Lanesboro a city family moved in and faced wary locals. Mrs Deacon Holland recalls advising a balance of visits and quiet days Fridays when neighbors invited them to pace life. The Cope family adapted, earning sympathy and fit with local routine as residents kept up with the times.
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Lanesboro
Deacon Holland
Laugha
Giad
Welcome Nugget of Ballarat Elusive Great Gold Find
The elcome nugget, the largest gold nugget ever found, was dug at Bakery Hill near Ballarat Australia during early gold mining. Weighing 2159 ounces it sold for 46625 dollars and yielded about 21 dollars per ounce in rice. Melted in London it measured twenty inches long and five wide. The two discoverers fainted when they unearthed the lump thinking they had found a reef.
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Bakery Hill
Ballarat
Australia
London
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Newberg Graphic
BE. H. Woodward
Armory
Oregon State Horticultural Society
N. B. Hamm
Spitzenburg
Willamette Valley
Frank W. Powers
Lumberman's
Mrs. Young
GC. B. Verdant Hardware Co
Dupont
Graves Music Co
Kienle & Sons
M. O. Hirsch
Portland, Or
Lowney
Lynn B. Ferguson
Red Goose School
Red Goose
Nash & Finley
First National Bank
The
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
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