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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic dated Friday morning September 10, 1897 notes rising wheat and expresses disdain from sensational papers. It announces F A Carle resigning as managing editor of the Oregonian after eight years to lead the Commercial Advertiser in New York.
The exhibit space at the Portland fair has been doubled to accommodate growing interest. Organizers urge continued momentum in promoting home manufacturing as the central theme and takeaway.
The Graphic editorials show the editor of the county’s only independent paper in discomfort as calamity voices resist facing the truth. The piece hints at friction between critical reporting and defensive framing.
In the Santa Anna Blade a Westminster woman was robbed while traveling toward her home. The Paradena Star jokes that if she had stayed home or traveled differently the incident might have been avoided. The notice uses a moralizing tone about travel.
The Oregon congressional delegation submits recommendations for federal posts in Oregon United States district attorney John N Hall United States marshal Zoeth Houser Customs appraiser Col O Summers and Register of the Oregon City land office T T Geer.
The report says vast gold shipments from the Klondike via steamers vanish upon reaching civilization. The writer notes the paradox of matter expanding with heat and contracting with cold appears reversed in this case.
The Albany Democrat notes slippers seen as wedding attire clash with street fashion and propriety. It praises the Democrat man as non stuck up and suggests common cowhide shoes suit any newspaper man.
The Times notes Brownsville Woolen Mills run full tilt with orders from dawn to dusk and workers at the It wagon gain 5 percent on Wednesday. Oregon’s Portland manufactured goods fair aims to boost home industries with free admission and statewide press support. Officials monitor counterfeit silver as cheap metal no longer suffices for coin weight and tone.
Pope Manufacturing announces a chainless wheel for next spring. The firm aims to lead wheel makers and promises a thoroughly tested product, with praise expected from wheel men if the model proves successful.
The Del Norte Record sizes up Joaquin Miller, describing him as the Examiner's Alaska correspondent who can say more about loss than other writers. It notes he has penned six letters before reaching the Yukon’s mouth, a feat that eclipses the famed stream’s width.
The text alleges a winter scheme by a candidate for the Newbery post office to gain the job through aligning with Hon. John H. Mitchell during a senatorial contest. Emery supposedly advised that support would come from Mitchell to secure the appointment, with a McKinley-era power plan referenced and partial legislative involvement noted.
From the Poria Gazette comes an endorsement of Young White a bright fellow with potential to join Congress. The piece notes Kansas has not been bleeding much and hopes a capable new candidate may get a chance in the fourth district race amid Jaret campaign coverage.
Sanitary engineers defeated thick fog by pushing outside air through a wool bed beneath the House of Commons. A steam powered fan drew the air through cotton wool like material treated with ink, cleaning it before entry to the chamber, proving a notable invention.
A reflective poem recalling a childhood scene around a creaking grindstone by the shed. The speaker weighs harsh lessons from labor with fatherly advice about grease and motion, contrasting fond memories with a growing sense of anger at the grindstone’s grinding.
Richard Kaehne the beet sugar expert touring the valley asks McMinnville citizens what aid they would provide for a beet sugar factory He visits towns to gauge suitability and the town offering most support may win a recommendation from the German company He notes McMinnville beet crop analysis leads the nation in sugar percentage and suggests suburban landholders offer deeded land for a factory site
Mr Kuehne outlines a beet sugar project stating a 300 ton dairy sugar factory would need 3000 acres of beets and provide about four months work for 20 men. He seeks investor shares of 109 dollars and beet shares from the community and mentions 5 to 10 year contracts paying 4 dollars per ton for beets with 12 percent sugar.
D W Reidle reports from Southern Oregon that he has found a real Portland cement rock and is preparing samples for government testing. A good local cement could keep thousands of dollars in Oregon, reducing imports from England or Belgium as construction grows in Oregon City and around the falls.
Congressman Tongue reports strong Lafayette objections to placing the lock and dam below the city. If changed to the falls, the project may require a near total restart, delaying work for the season and risking withdrawal of funding. Tongue remains determined to resolve the chaotic status and push the improvement forward.
In Willamina area, Dupuy runs the hop yard for Henry Bros while Sniter works in the flouring mill. Mrs. Tull plans to run a lodging house in Porthand and H Carey works on the Modoc steamer from Portland to Dayton. Wheat, hops, wool rise in value. fields show damage from rains. Hop pickers work from dawn to night. prices noted as 24 to 2 per box.
A collage of advert copy touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and lung troubles, De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin woes, Wilbur’s Blood Purifier, and a vain joke about a tombstone epitaph. Anecdotes, misprints, and mock dialogue pepper the page with product pitches and humorous bits.
Fragmentary text mentions travel and expenses with references to a company department and a person, but lacks coherent details or a clear event to summarize. No verifiable names, dates, or locations are consistently readable.
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