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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
4
Newberg Oregon weekly paper enters second class mail at the post office in Newberg Oregon. This Thursday edition appears with standard masthead and local notices for readers.
Editor E H Woodward notes some Newberg traders sell cigarettes to youths in violation of state law and urges dealers to stop. Portland saloon owner Phil Metchan, active Oregon Home Rule promoter, is named. Residents northwest of Newberg warn about unpaved West Chehalem road forcing winter walks into town.
Our long time readers will notice this is the first issue of Vol. 23 of the Graphic. The phrase time waits for no man underscores the brisk start to the publication.
The progressive wing of the Republican party loses a strong leader as Senator Dolliver, trusted for honesty and renowned for forceful platform oratory and persuasive political speaking.
The Eugene Register notes a November ballot amendment permitting counties to bond for permanent road improvements. Voters in each county can approve bonding by majority vote, but approving the amendment does not compel counties to bond. it merely provides a mechanism for such bonds if a county desires.
The Newberg mayor urged confectionery and cigar stand owners to follow state law and city ordinances by closing on Sundays. The Graphic editor faced questions about endorsing his re election but defended the mayor saying officials must uphold sworn duties and enforce laws.
The piece argues in support of a city rest day ordinance as favored by Mayor Christensen. It claims health and economic benefits, urges business leaders to comply, and notes The Graphic may comment further if needed.
Announcements cover services at St Peters church Sunday 23rd at 10 30 am the W C T U meets at Mrs Mary Jane Newlin corner Second and Meridian next week refreshments provided Civic Improvement Club holds a called meeting Friday at 2 80 o clock all members invited Rally Day at Friends church next Sunday features an all day program and dinner with extended social time A reading by two ladies from the Gillispie School of Expression Portland is set for Friday evening October 28 with good music Further announcement next week
Rev W C Reuter plans three Sabbath sermons beginning next week with the first shot on the coming Sabbath. A large chorus of girls provides music at the evening service and the morning topic will be The Greatness of Man. All are invited.
A group of ladies met at Mrs. Terrell's home to discuss forming a Ladies Auxiliary to the College. They will meet next Saturday at 3 pm in the Association rooms on campus to complete the organization and invite all women ages one to one hundred to attend.
Miss Marie Brehm a temperance speaker of national reputation and organizer of the Oregon Dry parade in Portland will spend next Sunday in Newberg. She will speak at the Presbyterian church in the morning with plans for a union meeting in the evening.
Presbyterian young people plan a Sunday evening rally at 6 30 featuring an interesting program. All are cordially invited to attend.
A tall stylish woman in a new dress limps onto a rush hour streetcar and wins sympathy from fellow passengers. She sits with grace, then exits and strides away apparently fully recovered, smiling at the stunned crowd as the crowd reacts with disbelief and amusement.
Adelini Patti outlines eight personal traits she credits for her operatic success. She lists being pretty tolerably graceful effective dresser piquant public pleasing them good voice singing well knowing music acting fairly well with roles as key factors.
A schoolboy recounts a brief verse from the London News about Algy meeting a bear. The bear was bulgy and the bulge was Algy, a humorous pun quoted in casual conversation.
High grade Cotswold ewes offered from one to fifty head at 3.50 to 5.00. Also pair brown mares about 1400 pounds, one in foal to Perce, 575 dollars with harness. Bay mares 1300 pounds, 375 dollars with harness. One yearling draft mare colt at 150 dollars. Driving mare colt half breed German Coach 100 dollars. Two miles east of Dayton Oregon. Also a social aside about patrons supporting a saloon keeper.
The piece argues Peter I of Russia earned the nickname Peter the Great despite brutal acts. It cites Voltaire and Macaulay condemning his cruelty, detailing flogging of cooks, senators, and nobles, torture of his son Alexis, and execution-style punishment of associates, concluding the ruler’s monstrous character amid praise.
The article explains ambergris stems from diseased gray whales and notes historical naming: amber gris for gray and amber jaune for the fossil gum. It describes how sick whales sometimes shed the substance, washed ashore in ancient times, and how the term simply means gray amber.
Early writers describe squirrels as a vast pest to colonial farmers. In 1749 Pennsylvania paid about £8000 in bounties, supposedly saving a district of 640000. Western settlements held regular hunts, with two bands roaming woods from dawn to dusk to claim the most catches.
A board member quizzes a country pupil on parsing the sentence Mary milked the cow. The pupil assigns Cow as a feminine singular noun and Mary as the subject, prompting a reflection on grammar and the logic of subjects and actions.
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