Newberg Graphic and Local Notes From Oregon Farm Life
Page from Newberg Graphic recounts local notices and short items: crop and orchard deals in Willamette Valley, peach tree sales by Oregon Nursery Co., medical and professional ads for Newberg and Woodburn, a bank opening in Woodburn, and farming remarks including French wheat hay trials and fall sowing. It notes regional personalities, travel quotes, and a harvest anecdote from Garfield area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menare
Wirt Broa
Oregon Nursery Co
Messrs. Lafollet
Collard, Jones and Hendricks
Wheatland
Willamette Valley
Capitol Journal
Oats Harvest Leads Akilah To Bright Forty Acre Return
Akilah living five miles west raised the area’s largest oats crop this summer. On forty acres he threshed 3340 bushels by machine, weighing to 4130 bushels sold at 41 cents per bushel cash, earning a handsome sum. A passenger on the down boat Monday was a Russian Finnish woman guiding five children to join a husband in Cosmopolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akilah
Cosmopolis
Old Country
New York
Olympia
Montesano
J. W. Maxwell
Aberdeen Herald
Old Lincoln Homestead to Be at the World's Fair
The old log cabin where Abraham Lincoln lived as a boy and whose site recalls Lincoln's father’s marriage to Nancy Hanks is likely a key exhibit at the World’s Fair. A die patch from Washington County Kentucky notes the cabin has sold to Chicago World’s Fair representatives for $10,000. Commodore Folger says the navy will provide a full display of modern naval engineering. Cin Cnve of the Japanese legation promised a great exposition from Japan. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio was a prominent presence at fair headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Washington County
Commodore Folger
Navy
Navy Department
Cin Cnve
London
Jagan
Gen. Grosvenor
Ohio
The Queen Offers Prizes For Word List Challenge
The Queen and publishers offer $260 for the largest list of English words from letters in British North America. Prizes include silver tea sets and watches. A Sealakin Jacket and a Shetland Pony will go to top entrants, with entries required to include at least twenty words.
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Europe
British North America
Canada
United States
U. S
Toronto
Oregon Coal Wealth and the Folly of St Legh Harnet
The Oregonian correspondent laments Oregon's coal riches go neglected while people import costly coal from abroad. He argues a 500 mile unbroken coal belt could attract capital and development, noting Oregon could supply domestic and industrial needs cheaply if local demand matched the wealth. The piece criticizes Portlanders for favoring foreign coal despite local abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legh Harnet
The
Oregonian
Oregon
Portland
England
Australia
Washington
Folly of the Task Baffles The Roseburg Plaindealer
Fragmentary line from Roseburg Plaindealer questions the growing difficulty of answering and understanding a certain folly.
Indian names linger on Pacific Northwest streams and peaks
The Chicago Herald laments the loss of native names as settlers rise westward. Indian toponyms survive in Oregon and Washington with many counties and places bearing melodic forms like Multnomah and Umatilla. Names persist from trapping and marriage ties shaping regional memory.
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Chicago Herald
West
Mississippi Valley
Multnomah
Oregon
Dolph
Umatilla
Snohomish
Skamania
Okanogan
Spokane
Kittitas
Yakima
Klickitit
Willamette
Tulatin
Walla Walla
Wallalla
Yaquina
Washington
New England
Cleaning Old Orchards Boosts Value and Reduces Pests
The Capital Journal urges Mr. Sam Clark and others to prune and clean aging orchards. Proper removal of moss and debris, burning trimmings, and thorough pruning can double fruit quality and market value. It argues cleaned orchards increase per acre income and curb pest and disease spread, advocating public policy and personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Clark
Niles
Oregon
Capital Journal
California Cure Named Free of Opiates by 1357 Trials
Among 1357 cough syrups manufactured in the United States only one was found completely free of opiates. The California Positive and Negative Electric Cough Cure, sold by C. F. Moore & Co., is praised as the best on earth for coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
California
C. F. Moore & Co
California Liniment Claims Cure for Many Ailments
An advertisement touts the California Positive and Negative Electric Liniment as a universal cure for catarrh, leprosy, and related pains. It is sold by F. Moore & Co and also claims to relieve neuralgia rheumatism heartache sprains burns and general pain.
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California
F. Moore & Co
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Oswego
Tualitan
Ar. Newberg Ly
Dundee
Agent Newbers
K. Korucen
EK. A. BoaneMan
Mgr. AG. FP
BP. A
J. Burt Moore
Pern
Port Ofice
Bowberg
F. W. Carman
M. D. Omes
Maine
Newberg, Orey
DPD
W. Lyle
Main Street
J. D. Carter
Newberg
Harold Clark
Newberg House
Marion Groner
Newberg Graphic
E. H. Woodward
Woodburn
Pacific Express
Lexington Budget
Woodbine
Woodburn Independent
Naminer
Marion
Central City
Iowa
Charley Burns
Ben Maas
Father of Waters
Horace
Uncle Sam
Linn County
Linn
Mr. Moore
Pleasant Home
Sandy
Spokand Review
Garfield
Lebanon
Roseburg
Vanxren
Corer
Wau
Parer
Dave Stone
Bank OF Newberg
Benj. Miles, Jesse Edwards
Moses Votaw
Benj. Miles, F. A. Morris
J. Edwards
J.C. Colcord
WM. Bond
Exchange
Ladds& Tilton
National Park Bank
Bank
Reel & Hunt
Proprietors OF the
Arlington Hotel
New Berg
John Atkinson
We. Powrn
J.J. SuirLey
Powell & Shipley
Frout
Jefferson Sts
DR. Young
Oneraor
Main St
Mas
Nettie Hasson
Newberg, OR
John
D. W. & Jas, Commins
D. M. Ramsey
Antoh
F.H. Howard
A. M Hoskins Shoe Shop
Christenson Bros
Oliver Sheel
Oliver
NewnEna Frourmac Mims
J. D.tarrant & Son, Proprietors
Jos. Wilson
Center Street
B.C. Mives
Jesse Bowanos
F. A. Morris
J.T. Ssrra
Astoria
San Francisco
Maris & Concorn
Center St
J. T. Smith
Notary Public
W. T. Shurtleff
Mcminnville, Oregon
H. Austin
J. Boyse
Austin & Boyle
Mareit
Orecon
Mitchell & Clark, Prop's
Chelalem Mountain
Newberg Real Estate Agency
J. M. Wright
Willamette Real Estate Co
Goodrich
Peskins
Eriends Pacific Academy
Wawae
Friends’ Pacific Academy
Edwin Morrison
Princ
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