Fire destroys Newberg Transfer barn and stock
A gasoline explosion at the Newberg Transfer barn owned by 8. P. Timberlake set a blaze that consumed the barn nine horses, four horse trucks, a Republic truck, feed and other goods. Insurance was $1,000. losses approach $20,000 with other property and household items damaged. Firemen contained spread and the owner planned a spring relocation of the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberg Transfer
Horace Newlin
Springbrook
J. P. Soper
Miller Mercantile Co
Ford Delivery
R. H. Donahoo
Roy Shires
Republic
Mr. Anderson
Thrift and Production to Beat High Prices Says LA Leader
R H Ballard of Los Angeles new president of the National Electric Light Association says thrift and production will counter rising costs. He notes wartime gains, strong banking, near capacity factories, and foreign demand as a basis for optimism while urging continued thrift to curb inflation.
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R. H. Ballard
Los Angeles
National Electric Light Association
United States
Census Supervisors Named for Fourteenth Decennial Census
Sixty five former soldiers and sailors were appointed as census supervisors for the Fourteenth Decennial Census. Three women are included marking the first female appointees. one in New York, one in Texas, one in Nevada. About 100 lawyers and 265 farmers lead the diverse group, with physicians and business men also represented. character and honesty were emphasized in selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
Sam L. Rogers
New York
Texas
Nevada
Sam
Rogers
Y W C A Worker To Meet Working Women
Miss Clara Taylor of Taylorville Illinois, after two years in Russia, heads home to join the International Congress of Working Women in Washington October 23. She reports on Russian factory life, hours and conditions for women, and child welfare, shedding light on Archangel’s Hostess House and W C A activities. Delegates from Argentina France Belgium England Canada Italy Switzerland and others are invited.
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Russia
Mostow
Clara Taylor
Taylorville
Illinois
United States
International Congress of Working Women
National Women's Trade Union League of America
Washington
Mise Taylor
Howe
Archangel
Alec
Taylor
International Congress For Working Women
Great Britain
Women's Trade Union League of America
Philadelphia
France
Belgium
Finland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
England
Canada
Italy
Switzerland
Notable Bible Teachers Visit Newberg College Event
Dr. W P Wan of Albany and Chicago joined Dr. White and Dr. Gray in Newberg for a fall religious gathering. They spoke on The Authority of the Bible and The Second Coming of Christ at a well attended church event. Rev Chas Whitlock presided and attendees hope for future visits.
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W. P. Wan
Albany
Chicago
Newberg
Willamette Valley
Portland
Dr. Gray
Christ
Chas. S. Whitlock
Miniaterial Association
Metropolitan Singers Come Friday Night at Wood-Mar
The Metropolitan Singers will perform at Wood-Mar Halls on Friday evening November 14 replacing a booked Sousa engagement at the Auditorium. The act, a high paid attraction from Ellison-White Lyceum Bureau, promises a top musical treat for Newberg audiences.
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Metropolitan Singers
Lyceum
Wood-Mar Halls
Auditorium
Portland
Sousa
Newhberg
Meropolitans
Ellison-White Lyceum Bureau
Newberg
Exit the Old Oaken Bucket and Polish Well Reforms
American Red Cross health experts work with Polish authorities to replace dangerous open wells with modern pumping systems. Salvaged pump connections and valves from German depots will aid construction of new wells across several towns, reducing typhus and cholera risk amid wartime health programs.
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Poland
Red Cross
Amercians
Apparent Drowning at Lafayette Belied by Clothing
Clothing of a man named Grimer was found on the Yam Hill River bank at Lafayette last Monday. Sheriff Henderson said the drowning theory has collapsed after extensive river dragging and that Grimer likely fled, leaving the clothes as a blind amid an auto trouble warrant.
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Yamhill
LaFayette
Henderson
Newberg
Civil War Veteran Richard Linville Dies at 84
Civil War veteran Richard B. Linville died at his West Sheridan street home last Thursday after a long battle with age. He was born October 17, 1835 in Liberty Missouri and served from 1861 to 1865, rising to captain and earning promotion to major near war’s end. Linville later moved from Kansas to Oregon City and then to Newberg, where his family settled. he leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Presbyterian church led by Rev. George H. Lee.
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Richard B. Linville
West Sheridan Street
Presbyterian Church
George H. Lee
Liberty
Clay County
Missouri
Co. B
Co. H
Fifth
Missouri State Militia Cavalry
Thirty
Missouri Infantry Volunteers
Linville
Kansas
Oregon City
Newberg
Strawberries urged for Oregon hills and prairies
An article urges expanding loganberry and strawberry planting in the Willamette valley. It notes river bottoms yield best, but hill and prairie land should grow strawberries for canning and preserves. Cites varieties Wilsons Marshalls Etterberg No 12 and profitability from 2 to 4 tons per acre with careful care and autumn soil prep. Ground should be plowed this fall and set out in February to May with rows 18 inches apart and 3% feet between rows.
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League of Nations
Willamette Valley
Wilsons
Marshalls
Etterberg
California
Oregon
Apples prices echo Oregon apple industry’s early days
A Spokesman-Review reminiscence recalls high winter prices in England for apples and the rise of Oregon orchards led by Henderson Luelling. It traces 1847 to 1859 pricing, from $60 a box and $1.50 a pound to later abundance, noting shipping from Oregon to California and the impact of rail links on markets.
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Wiros
Oregon
England
London
State Department
Washington
California
San Francisco
Henderson _ Luelling
Northwest
Iowa
Oregon Country
Willamette River
Portland
Luelling
J. B. Cardwell
Oregon Horticultural Society
Long Time Railroad Man Dies at Woodburn
Samuel T. Johnson, a Southern Pacific station agent at Woodburn, died at his home Tuesday afternoon. He served the company 40 years, was 68, and learned telegraphy at Jefferson in 1874.
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Samuel T. Johnson
Southern Pacific
Woodburn
Jefferson
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