09 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1891
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment references trials, notices, and internal matters with names like Jacobe and Schoen, mentions of church, rein, and fishers, plus scattered numbers and dates. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent events, but indicates legal or civic notices and ad hoc items from a historical newspaper page.
Local church listings outline services for Presbyterian Friends Evangelical Baptist and other congregations with Sabbath school times meetings and devotional gatherings. Organizations including C A W T U G A I L announce sessions and quarterly meetings with dates noted.
Historic timetable item lists East and South Route via Southern Pacific from Portland with departures and arrivals, stops at Woodburn Mt Angel Silverton Brownsville Coburn and Corvallis, dining cars on Ogden Route, times around 8:00 AM to 7:80 AM and service notes for feeding passengers.
Announcement lists sleeping car service for second class passengers and through tickets available at LM First Street via J B Kirkland. All trains arrive and depart Grand Central station. Narrow Gauge lines to Diviston Portland Willamette Valley and connections to Sellwood Milwaukie ferries.
An observatory report describes a vivid display of St Elmo's fire on Sonnblick mountain in Austria at about 10 000 feet. High pressure over central Europe, shifting winds, rain turning to sleet and snow accompanied by violet light brushes on lightning gear and rocks.
The Pacific Coast summary notes promise in Washington iron and a copper-smelting furnace in San Diego. Oregon forms a naval reserve at Portland. Nevada discusses an irrigation convention at Reno. Los Angeles notes beet sugar prices. A San Francisco tin plate plant may hire 1,000 workers. Lick Observatory reports a faint periodic comet. and Portland hosts a Catholic provincial council aiming at Northwestern unity.
Education notes claim Sweden surpasses most nations in popular education while Massachusetts reports 248 towns with free libraries and Kansas trains teachers for $200000 yearly. Articles discuss university enrollments, new Chicago superintendent, and a scientist at Lick Observatory refining the refractometer for future astronomy.
Secretary Proctor approves new army tactics to be implemented after preparations. The President sustains Colonel Compton of the Fourth Cavalry after a court martial for failing to prevent a lynching at Walla Walla, reducing his sentence to two years on half pay. Mint and Treasury tighten foreign gold deposits while World’s Columbian Exposition status prompts dispute over funding and authority. Comissioners seek engineer support but are blocked by the 1224 Statute, limiting army involvement in private work.
The article notes Georgia's pending bachelor tax proposal and confirms arrangements for a Polytechnic excursion to the Chicago World's Fair. It mentions a Twin City Athletic Club assignment, export duties on logs, and varied regional updates from Wisconsin to New York.
A sprawling collection notes individuals in politics, arts, and society. Nebraskan couple Mr and Mrs H C Bittenhender receive Prohibitionist nominations for judicial posts. sculptor Partridge makes a bust of James Rungell Lowell. various aristocrats, diplomats, and famous figures including Francisco Cortisi and Louis Cartigny are mentioned with brief biographical angles.
A sweeping collection of early 20th century notes covers railroad expansion in Africa, Afghanistan opening to Russia trade, Russia Persia talks, logistics of gutta percha supply, and various European political moves. It notes aviation, electricity in Rome, Jewish communities in Vienna, and naval adoption of carrier pigeons for maneuvers.
Six German anarchists were sentenced in Coblenz to six months to two years for circulating prohibited literature. A mob in Swainsboro, Iowa, hanged Charles Mock after he allegedly assaulted a white woman. Sheriff Simons whipped seven prisoners in Newcastle jail. A mayor was shot in Spennerville, and Andrew Gage, Madison County clerk, was murdered in Hanville. Domestic trouble reportedly sparked a later incident.
The Portland market reports broad wholesale activity with large shipping orders and steady prices for staples. Fruit and vegetables are plentiful in many lines though rum and prune supplies wane. wool and hides are weak, and local business shows limited strength with weak demand in some sectors. Wheat markets remain dull as European cables weigh on prices and shipments.
A long list of grocery item prices including coffee, sugar, dried fruits, canned goods, and vegetables. Items include beans, prunes, figs, peaches, pineapples, berries, corn, tomatoes, sardines, oysters, salmon, condensed milk, oats, corned beef, chipped beef, tongue, and deviled ham with varied per unit costs and per dozen or per keg references. The text reads as a fragmented wholesale style catalog with numerous typographical errors.
A fragmented notice lists various meats and prices including ham at 18 cents per pound, smoked eel, breakfast bacon, and ham varieties. It mentions potential per pound rates like 7e to 12'ye and references items such as Gascon and compound products with unclear spellings.
Market fragment lists prices for sheep pelts wool tallow and shearlings with ranges per pound and per unit. Mentions Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon, with quality descriptors from good to poor and several price points such as 1.25 and 10e per unit.
Child named Bessie Mamima asks about thinking on good things. Mamma confirms and guides the practice to think on arithmetic for the evening. The exchange reflects a domestic moral instruction scene from Burlington.
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