Local notes and social updates from Newberg
D P Strait recovers at home after grip illness and visits to town. Several residents travel to towns and events, including Cecil Thorne with Parker party, Phipps speaking at Presbyterian church, and Jeff Hale visiting Warsaw Indiana relatives. Poultry show in Newberg January 6 to 9 draws attention. apples and farm life feature Baldwin samples. school fire drill mishap leads to brief alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Thorne
Morrow County
C. W. Parker
P. M. Edwards
Corvallis
M. McDonald
Yamhill County
Newberg
Phipps
Presbyterian Church
Jeff Hale
Warsaw
Indiana
G. A. Graves
Portland
Dundee News Highlights Local Visits And Health Updates
William Wilson remodels and enlarges his home in Dundee. Local residents travel to Portland and other cities for visits and training. The Dundee school held Thanksgiving exercises and sent a donation to Boys and Girls Aid Society. Mrs. Thun undergoes stomach cancer surgery in Portland hospital. Mrs. Ainsworth visits San Jose for holidays. Mrs. Greer travels to Tacoma for her ailing father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson
W. A. Graeper
Portland
William Riefenburg
Red Hills
John Herring
Elsie Stahl
M. Mueller
Joseph Roberts
Keyes
Mamie Pier
Dundee
Boys and Girls Aid Society
Thun
Howard Ainsworth
San Jose
California
E. S. Greer
Tacoma
Washington
Street Assessment Proposed for Washington Street Newberg
The city council of Newberg Oregon will assess the cost of grading curbs and paving Washington Street from Second Street to Hancock Street excluding First Street intersection. Each abutting lot will bear a proportionate share. Meeting December 16 1912 at 7 30 p m in the council room. Dated November 27 1912. W W Nelson Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Newberg
Yamhill County
Oregon
Washington Street
Second Street
Hancock Street
First Street
City of Newberg
W. W. Nelson
Bitulithic Pavement Proves Its Strength in Albany Wreck
An Albany wreck showed a box car running over newly laid bitulithic pavement for some distance without damage. The test supports taxpayers’ claim that bitulithic is the best by test despite unforeseen stress from ordinary traffic and extraordinary events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Assessment Roll for 1912 in Yamhill County
Summary of the 1912 assessment roll finalized by the County Board of Equalization for Yamhill County excluding railroads and public service corporations assessed by the State Tax Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yamhill County
County Board of Equalization
Administrator's Notice of Final Settlement for Miller Estate
Ulysses S. G. Miller as administrator with the will annexed of Rodolphus F. Miller deceased files final accounts in Yamhill County Oregon. A hearing is set for Monday December 28 1912 at 10 o'clock A M in McMinnville County Court to show cause why the account should be settled and the estate discharged. Clarence Hutt is attorney for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodolphus F. Miller
Yamhill Counnty
Oregon
Mc Winnville
Ulysses
G. Miller
Notorious London Executions and Near-Resurrections Chronicle
A 1705 Tyburn hangman Smith was suspended after a quarter hour, bled, and revived. William Duell, hanged in 1740, revived at Surgeons Hall and was transported. A Cork robber hanged in 1767 was cut windpipe, revived, and attended the theater that evening. Fauntleroy, executed in 1824, rumored to have a silver tube in his throat to escape death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Tyburn
William Duell
London
Surgeon’s Hall
Cork
Fauntleroy
London Chronicle
Shorter Than Tall
A Missouri bank reports its cashier missing with a vault shortfall. A Kansas City detective arrives to get a description but learns the cashier was unknown in height, yet $5,000 short. The line humorously notes the missing funds as the key clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Young Scottish preacher loses nerve in first license sermon
A youthful Scottish preacher, nervous and loud, delivered his first licensed sermon to friends who attended. One unable to be present asked how he fared at the first opportunity.
Fragmentary Dundee note with doggerel about rats
A brief, garbled Dundee line references rats and a fright at Boulton kir. The quotation recalls a long-ago scare, delivered in rough vernacular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulton
Dundee
Bridegroom Absent as Bride Escapes Widowhood After Runover
In a church gathering the groom is missing when a messenger reports the bride was fatally struck on her way to the church. A month later she recalls narrowly escaping becoming a widow, reflecting on the danger and close call.
Gems And Omens From Ancient Beliefs In Stones
Harper's Weekly notes how stones were believed to influence minds and fortunes. Amethyst for drunkenness, sard for friendship, cats eye for wealth, coral for fear, and diamonds with tales of misfortune the Saucy diamond linked to royal thefts and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleex
Charles the Bold
Nancy
Saucy
Henrietta
France
Charles I
England
Harper’s Weekly
Glimpse of Montenegro from a King’s Window
A New York Post correspondent recalls Montenegro’s rugged landscape near Cetinje. He notes stark mountains, small pockets of soil, and the capital’s simple life with the king seen at a window. The hotel host is a war minister. Austrian and Italian ministers dine in full dress each night. The telegraph office delays a pencil message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cetinje
Montenegro
New York Post
Multilayered Java Landscape Described in July Field Scene
The passage portrays dense Java populations and intensified cultivation up steep hill slopes. It notes July in the Leles plain as a sea of ripe golden rice with villages among coconut trees and brown roots. White chimneys rise amid vast sugarcane fields across the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Leles
A Cardiffian Exhibits Phenomenal Appetite
A Cardiff man accepted a wager to leave no trace of food eaten. He consumed three pounds of fat pork chops two ends of potatoes two pounds of bread a blackberry tart two feet across half a pound of cheese water cress four Spanish onions and then asked for more, all without a drink.
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D. P. Strait
Grip
Roy and
Abel J. Ellis
Zimbi Ellis
Rainsley
Colorado
Alice Heater
Newbery
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Honolulu
Palace Hotel
Huber Haworth
J. C. Clemenson
Wm. McLaughlin
Spaulding Logging Co
Salem
Nampa
Idaho
Asa Morse
Ki & Son’s
Lyceum
Ed McKern
Bally
Masonic Lodge
Dayton
Yamhill County Poultry Association
U. S. National Bank
Joseph Hall
Ladies Aid Society of
West Chehalem Union Church
Joe Matty
LaFayette
Charles O. Whitely
Friends Church
Mary J. Moore
Richmond
Jared Binford
Carthage
Dan Putnam
Pullman
Benjamin Heater
Putnam
Springbrook
Amity
Levi Bennett
McMinnville
R. H. C. Bennett
T. H. Thorne
Third Street
Mrs. J. W. Baird
Mrs. S. W. Anthes
Tillamook
George H. Herriott
Los Angeles
Axum Newby
Robert Pemberton
Whittier, California
C. T. Whittlesey
McCoy
Cove Orchard
Gaston
F. L. Hill
Ribbon Ridge
Vancouver
Misses Coats
Witter Mercantile
Rangea
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