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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
4
The notice lists publication day Thursday and office location at Graphic Building No 0 First Street in Newberg Oregon with phone numbers and post office mailing designation as second class matter.
Expectant youngsters are alerting parents to start holiday purchases early. The note mentions Uncle John D and the electric light people providing comfort during the long dark nights as winter sets in.
The lyceum program in Newberg seeks broad community patronage. The second number features William Sterling Battis on December 5, presenting interpretations of Charles Dickens stories.
Authorities advise that paving on North Meridian Street will not finish until spring. Arrangements will allow entering town from the north with teams to cross onto Edwards Street to access the area.
The writer argues that Oregon law now treats women as equals to men and urges that Newberg, with many competent women, should appoint a woman to the post office position. The piece advocates gender equality in public appointments.
The Dayton election saw women voting and the next morning the Oregonian praised Mrs Ella Harris of Dayton as the first Oregon woman to vote. Newberg elections had women voters for over twenty years, a common feature that brings smiles at the city’s practice.
Observer notes a two day showing of Custer’s Last Stand at the Gem featuring authentic troops from the regular army and Crow Agency Indians. The Fourth of July 1876 crowd recalls Sherman’s heated battle remarks in Indianapolis, amid long standing grievances over harsh treatment of Native peoples.
A visiting editor recalls returning to his old Indiana birthplace. He reunites with two Kansas brothers and old schoolmates at a large log pile bonfire. The triangle of beech trees, frost colored leaves, and a harvest feast create a warm, moonlit gathering that lasts into the night.
Mrs. Platte and Mrs. Pickard’s mother visit Portland. Oldham family arrives to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Childers. Virginia Marie Strait died at five days old. Funeral held at Mrs. Mary P. Johnson’s home led by Rev. Walter Wilson, burial at West Chehalem cemetery. Thanksgiving services planned at the school with sermon, music, readings, and a basketball social. A silver medal contest by WCTU is set for November 30 at eight with the college quartet.
A sermon uses frog symbolism to warn that Protestant and Catholic authorities and secular leaders will unite in a boastful plot that would suppress free speech and mails. It predicts a great social earthquake and Armageddon where divine power gathers the forces of the masses to defeat the anti religious coalition.
The Count de Vergennes created cipher passports listing a stranger’s history. Color signified nationality, border fillet for status, dots for position and fortune, a decorative flower for appearance, and punctuation after the name for religion. The pattern reportedly indicated morals and occupation to determine surveillance or release.
The article traces coal use from ancient times to medieval Europe and beyond. It notes Aristotle and Theophrastus among early references, English and Belgian early mining mentions, Newcastle's early prominence, and Scotland’s twelfth century workings, with scattered dates across Europe and China.
Old man greets a friend at marriage in a humorous exchange about wedding costs. The joke centers on the dressmaker being the spouse. The quip reflects light social humor about matrimony and expense.
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