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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
3
A fragmentary dialogue shows a visitor calling at Mr. Highprice’s furniture store to buy, but choosing to go elsewhere, reflecting a casual street exchange and a nod to newspaper ads. The brief exchange includes the greeting Good morning and a claim of plans to visit friends before leaving.
Trade copy lists fabric prices and specials including 28 inch and 36 inch percale by the yard 56 inch bleached table damask 62 inch bleached mercerized damask and 72 inch special damask along with 56 inch blue and white and red and white table linen at unspecified terms.
Local ad notes deep discounts on shoes ladies suits and pantry staples. Special prices range from .20c to $7.00 on selected items including ground chocolate cocoa cereal rice lard sugar jars and bacon backs with multiple bulk bags and half price closeouts.
President and Mrs. Wilson witnessed the wedding of their daughter Jesse Wilson in the historic East Room. Attendants included her maids, Sayre as groom, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, and Rev. Sylvester Beach. Diplomatic corps and Washington society watched from seats nearby.
The National Fraternal Congress executive board adopts resolutions protesting Wisconsin insurance officials demand for a special 80 000 member assessment. The move is called destructive to fraternal insurance by the order. Olympia mayor Eldridge Wheeler named a University of Washington regent, succeeding Howard G. Cosgrove.
General Jose Ynes Salazar’s force is surrounded south of Saragosa. General Villa repels a multi‑front federal attack, lures the enemy from camp, then drives them toward their trains. Villa reportedly abandons his center as fires burn. In Boise Idaho Chief Justice Airshire plans to seek the U S Senate seat subject to Republican primaries.
The Saskatchewan government announced the grain harvest this year is valued at 110 million dollars. Of this total 71 million is wheat and 25 million is oats.
Manila reports the Philippine commission adopts an anti slavery law as passed by congress with several slight amendments. The move marks a key legal step in curbing forced labor practices across colonies and reinforces protective statutes for workers.
In Washington the senate began final debate on President Wilsons currency reform. The banking committee favored a regional federal reserve bank system with elastic currency and federal notes as U S obligations. A rival draft pushed by Hitchcock and Republicans proposed four public reserve banks and government control.
In Salem the state board of control granted Emma Thompson a meeting with her daughter Lillian Larkin, an inmate at the state industrial school for girls. A parole request was denied after a two hour session led by committee head Mrs. Jean Bennett of Portland.
Cecile Diethelman and Hulda Kraner from Lucerne Switzerland planned marriage with Kasper Kitts and Herman Young but changed minds after meeting them. They now seek to return home with no funds, a public subscription may be started. Roseburg couple wed in secret in their own home with seven day concealment before families learned of the ceremony.
Sixty six hop growers gathered in Salem Oregon to organize a permanent union modeled after the fruit growers unions uniting northwest producers. No dissent was recorded as the group moved to formalize their association.
Corvallis Farmers' week at the agricultural college runs December 9 to 13. Dr Hector Macpherson returns from Europe as a member of the American commission to present lectures and lantern courses on rural organization and cooperation using photographs to illustrate European methods. He emphasizes economical production cooperative marketing close accounting and cheaper credit as core rural economic principles.
Dr. C. W. Lassen, county veterinary, reports hog cholera in the east end of Umatilla County and has quarantined the infected stock. About 100 hogs have died, farmers are alarmed, and serum is being used to halt further spread.
Flora I Foreman, principal of the Quincy school, receives a vote of vindication from the school board over alleged socialist, sedition and atheism teaching. An appeal will be made to the state board of education. In St Helens John A Pender is found guilty of first degree murder for killing Daisy Wehrman on Labor Day 1911 near Scappoose Oregon.
Grants Pass files against Southern Pacific before the state railroad commission seeking a reduction in freight rates for steel rail and structural iron shipped from Portland to Grants Pass.
Governor West issued a proclamation offering a $2500 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone who commits homicide in the state. A second proclamation revoked all previously earned rewards.
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