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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
3
Local notes report Moore’s school books supply push and 5 cent desk pad. Portland-bound visitors, new bank timber, academy opening plans, and farm work fill the town pages. Immigrants arriving, rail work expanding, and new subscribers noted as fall terms begin.
Ex mayor Daniel F. Beatty of Beatty's Celebrated Organs and Pianos, Washington New Jersey, has returned home from an extended world tour and sent a request for catalogues and advertisement.
The Lomona California Progress article notes Oregon prune culture in its infancy with strong growth expected in Chehalem valley. It reports contracts and prices from 27 to 45 dollars per ton, with growers like A Loud and Gr C Muir securing high returns and optimistic forecasts for a large future crop.
A million feet of lumber ordered for west side line improvements as rail and rolling stock are prepared for conversion to a broad gauge route. Depots will be rebuilt or painted, new uniform platforms added, and trains will soon run Sheridan to Portland in a single day.
Mary Alma Blair, daughter of M. J. Jones and wife of G F Blair, died aged 23 years 2 months 12 days from pulmonary disease at her father's home on Friday the 22nd. Born June 6, 1867 in Delaware County Iowa, she lived a devout life in the Congregational Church. Funeral by Rev Horace Lyman at the Congregational Church, interment in Buxton cemetery. Her young children, a girl and a boy, survive. The piece also notes social reform commentary on inebriety and abstinence.
A reader notes watermelons arrive late this season and do not stay fresh long. The column mentions a potential improvement promised by the WCTU and references a Granate and American Farmer loft rental at 150 dollars per year. Paul Maeve is cited with a questionable claim about a tally.
The weekly meeting attendance is reported as good and Miss Willard is featured with a discussion titled A White Life For Two. Mrs. G. I. Real of Bloomington notes the Bloomington W C T U as the state’s largest and praises radical, nonpartisan stance against the licensed dram shop while advocating prohibition as a key moral aim. God bless the party that dares to stand for the right.
A visitor recalls Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer hosting notable Berlin women including Fran Schulz Caner and Dr Tibartinx. The group champions women’s elevation through medicine dentistry law and academic pursuit while challenging gender barriers and urging a new university for women. They admire figures from Straw burg Munich and beyond and follow lectures from prominent scholars.
A Western Swinelerd urges farmers to visit fairs to compare labor, gain new ideas, and improve earnings. He notes wives benefit too from kitchen and dairy insights. Bring notebook, talk with exhibitors, and prioritize the fair’s advantages over unfinished home tasks.
Community items report baptisms at the river foot of Bridge Street, school bell signaling the new term, seminary activity, and local moves. Residents include Dr Michanix, Mike Rhoda, Lily Gariier, Mrs Hill, ex sheriff Mirria now Jel, and James from Ballerton taking the telegraph office. The Oak’s comedy slated for Friday.
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