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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1891
Page
2
Timetable fragment shows routes from Portland to Newberg with 9 40 a m departure and 2 40 p m arrival times. Rates to all points available from C B Frisell agent Newberg.
Fragments announce Turkey Day plans and a new midnight closing ordinance for Portiap saloons. Sheriff sale notices in the Pasco Headlight appear weak. A bank cashier was jailed to an asylum after a failed hold up. The Northwest and Gaarme offers run to January 1 with Northweat free for renewals. The Sunday Mercury editor faces indictment for indecent mail guidance. a quarrel with the North Yam hill Leader is denied.
E van Carrenter buys half interest in the Ledger and will run the editorial department. He is a fluent writer with friends in the valley, expected to boost subscriptions. The issue features Hungarian Prunes and Marechal Neil Rosen plates. send $2.00 to D. H. Stearn, Portland. Hillsboro Democrat urges farmers to expand fruit orchards and professionalize fruit raising in Oregon.
The text describes burial practices of Todiana and Calapooins near Oregon’s Willamette and Columbia rivers, including canoes with the deceased and grave vaults. It notes efforts by Methodist missionaries in 1834 near Salem, their mixed success, and the dwindling native population that limited civilization efforts.
The article notes a drastic drop in Calapoias populations from eight thousand in 1836 to about six hundred in 1840 and points to ongoing declines thereafter. It describes grave findings at Linn County mounds with four well preserved skeletons and artifacts, discusses origins of local names such as Willamette and Calapooia, and laments anglicized spellings replacing indigenous terms.
The passage notes how the 1854 territorial changes renamed places and how rivers and mountains accrued common surnames like Washington Jefferson Adams and Jackson. It laments the lack of taste in naming and fears fixed, unfixable legacies as time moves on.
A spirited piece argues against licensing saloons, condemning liquor as a town blight and urging temperance. It rebuts claims the saloon builds the town, citing ruined homes, lost souls, and tax burdens, while invoking quotes from Gladstone Lincoln and religious figures to denounce “the best thing for the town.”
The Toledo Weekly Blade plans a winter sensation by sending a million sample copies to new readers nationwide. Readers are urged to submit names and correct addresses by postal card or letter to Tie Pisoe, Toledo, Otto, with costs minimal and appreciation shown.
The Tue Toneno Weekly Blanc is a widely circulated Republican weekly with over 100000 subscribers and peaking at 200000 during a presidential campaign. It features politics and popular departments such as serials humor poetry campfire lessons puzzles and household advice. Subscriptions are one dollar a year with specimen copies and agent terms offered.
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