Newberg Graphic Seeks Readers in Early September 1903
The weekly Newberg Graphic reports a farmer with a small grain yield as this year’s lucky man. It notes the death of the famed African adventurer Fans Pasa by cannibalistic beheading and quotes local editorials on harvests. It announces the Portland Industrial Exposition from Sept 27 to Oct 23 and records university leadership changes at Willamette University with Dr. Whittaker resigning and Prof. W C Hawley acting president.
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de. Warfraker
Willamette University
W. C. Hawley
Dr. Whittaker
Oregon
Virginia
Detroit
Lunhegan
Women Plan Statewide Canvass for Equal Suffrage Drive
Kansas women organize a comprehensive canvass through fall to educate voters on equal suffrage. Noted female lecturers from across the nation will assist in the campaign.
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Kansas
Chinese Labor Exodus Sparks Portland Tension
In Butteville area nearly 590 people camped for work were shuttled toward Portland by employment agencies. 75 men led protests against Chinese labor drawing in tense crowds as the sheriff arrived with a posse to keep order amid uncertain outcomes.
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Portland
Gutteville
Butteville
Toledo
Marion County
Noll
Oregon Peach Plums and Bartlett Pears in Market Outlook
Oregon fruit shipments face high prices and slack packing while California plums and prunes flood the east. The piece urges proper picking and wrapping, green Bartletts, and notes better returns if eastern demand supports shipments, with discussion of Woolly Aphis resistance and vetch forage trials in the Pacific Northwest.
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Earl Fruit Company
Chicago
Sacremento
Oregon
California
Atlantic
Oura
Walter
Oregonian
Vetches in Oregon Climate and Cultivation Details
An article discusses growing vetches in Oregon noting they are legume crops suited to Western Oregon's climate. It covers soil needs, sowing time in October, seed rate about one bushel per acre, demand for grain to support vines, and harvesting by mowing rather than grazing for multiple cuttings.
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Col
Cornelius
Col. Cornelius
Pacific Northwest
Willamette Valley
Duairymen
C. H Selamidt
Portland
Northwest
Oregon
England
United States
Cornelius Fioda
Acre
Salem
Yamhill
J. E. Magers
Eugene Lopez
Judge Cowls
Lacy Bewley
McMinnville
Home paper power and town pride in local ads and events
A long editorial extols support for the home newspaper as a town’s mirror and growth engine, urging residents to back local ads, pay subscriptions, and invest in community journalism. It notes the Newberg Fair, state tax issues, a tree climbing gag, a wedding, arrests for trespass, and regional curiosities, all tied to Oregon life and civic responsibility.
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Washington
Neway
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
California
Oregonian
Iles Thoughts on Newspapers and Reading Habits
A humorous voice explains why Ile subscribes to a city weekly larger than his own paper yet reads none due to time and eye trouble. He traffics between neighbors’ papers, resents editors political stances, and jokes he'd run a paper that clearly takes sides.
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Ile
Tle
Newspaper influence surfaces in trouble and disgrace
A De Cordova Star reflection notes how people ignore newspapers until facing trouble then seek secrecy. The writer observes readers denying ads as worthless until accused, then plead for coverage to shield reputations and avoid widespread naming. Public awareness and circulation impact behavior.
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Decota Star
Superintendent L J Baker to Move to McMinnville
From Our Exchanges Yamhill County Reporter reports Prof L J Baker new city schools superintendent will relocate from Lafayette next week and occupy the Otis house on the college site His daughter Mable becomes a LaFayette Seminary teacher and his son attends McMinnville College others follow the same path in the same move
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L. J. Baker
la Fayette
Otis
Mable
LaFayette Seminary
Ellesteon
McMinnville
Washington Apples and Pears Impress at World’s Fair
A visitor questions the Washington state display, asking if the apples are geeseberries. An attendant asserts the apples are the largest ever seen from a tree in Washington and claims the pears are likewise the biggest from the hills to the pike in Washington. The exchange ends with the visitor confirming Washington as their origin.
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Esid
Washington State Building
Washington
Stranger Confesses Plan to Move to Oregon
In a Toledo Blade excerpt, a gallery attendant admits to an observer that he intends to relocate to Oregon next week, describing the apples and pears as the biggest he has ever seen raised in Washington.
Alaskan Island Life and Mission Work in Metlakathla
An 1895 letter from Elwood Weesner in Meriakatuna describes Annetta Island and Metlakathla village with harbors, a 20,000 case cannery, a water-powered sawmill, and church and mission buildings. He details school and church services, wedding customs, native oratory, and daily life, noting friendly bands, guest houses, and a longing for home correspondence.
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Meriakatuna
Alaska
Annetta Island
Metlakathla
Port Chester
Newberg
Duncan
Portland
Oregon State Weather Service Daily Weather Summary 1893
Weather summary from Wurixre ct Strixceroon Oregon for August 1893 notes elevation 400 ft. Mean temperature unknown. Departure from normal -0 percent. Maximum 99, minimum 45 recorded on 7th. Precipitation total 0.03 inches with -0.34 departure from normal. Greatest 24 hour rain 0.02 inches on 22nd. Wind direction not specified. 21 clear days 7 cloudy days. Days with at least 0.01 inch precip and days with 0.04 inch or more match August figures.
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Wurixre Ct
Strixceroon, Or
Evan Ducaiemenenk
Weather report notes small rise in max temperatures
The maximum temperature is about 7 higher and the mean maximum only 1 higher than last year, indicating less variation than some suppose. Epvexp Rogrxsox, Voluntary Observer.
Domestic Keys Department Seeks Household Tips
Woman's Work magazine initiates a feature inviting readers to send practical household and culinary bits. Submissions may be published as space allows with cash prizes for the best key. Subscribers are asked to send 50 rents for a yearly subscription to the Athens based magazine.
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America
Beat Home Monthly
Athens
Georgia
Independent Daily Capital Journal Promotional Appeal
An advertising notice promotes the Daily Capital Journal as an independent, public-spirited newspaper. It invites readers to switch from high priced dailies, offering a sample and promising a full month for one cent, with a money-back guarantee and emphasis on impartial journalism.
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Oregonian
Cada
Horri Brothers, Fosters and Proprietors
Sa'eny
Oregon
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Elwood Weesner
Seattle
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Oregon State Weather Service
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Wills Beautify Music Hall
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Department of Art and Science
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E. W. Allen
Capital Journal
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F Ford
Grangelist
Des Moines
Iowa
Ss. B. Men. Mee. Co
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H. D. Fox
Hardwick
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Kinioe
Congress
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