News from Newberg social notes and visiting reports
Correspondence lists numerous visits and travel mentions across Newberg in a Sunday roundup. Names include Mrs. Hobson, Miss Ruby Fosner, Wendell R. Boyes, J. B. Roberts, the Hilgers and Brouillette families, Mrs. Livengood, and others visiting in Fernwood Falls City Portland Milwaukie and Willamina. The group notes trips to Cascade Locks and Bonneville fish hatchery and reports graduation graduates Everest and Gettman entering Pacific College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Fosner
Portland
Fernwood
Alfred Everest
Royal Gettman
Newberg High School
Pacific College
Local News Notes From Duncan and Nearby Areas
Springbrook G Terry moved into the Duncan brothers residence. W B Burke and Geo Emerson traveled to Portland last Monday. B Keech moved his house onto his new property. Ed Feary and family spent the weekend at Tillamook. Mr and Mrs McAdams returned to their farm from Lebanon Oregon. Jay Fullerton returned home briefly before resuming duties at West Timber. Vivian Hadley returned home after weeks at Tillamook operating a cannery during blackberry season. Miss Florence Heater had tonsils removed and is convalescing. A farewell party for the Duncan brothers was held before they leave for MacMinnville to attend college. Prune crop harvest is underway though remained crops may wait due to rain. Residents witnessed a Sunday morning fire at the Nazarene church in Newberg turning low clouds red.
Port land Prune Season Signals Short Harvest
Prune picking is brief this year as the crop is small. Robert Ramsay drove to Portland this week while Carlos Edward Johnson and Mary and Marguerite Johnson traveled there last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ramsay
Portland
Carlos Johnson
Edward Johnson
Mary Johnson
Marguerite
Local Church Meeting Updates And Student Departures
A. L. VanOsdol visits Washington area. Fendalls host in Willamina while Rev. Brock’s salary is raised and reappointed. Many youths leave for colleges including Willamette University O A C Monmouth Normal Pacific University Pacific College Newberg high school Forest Grove high school. Up Streamers boys tour Columbia highway last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Patton
Willamette University
Kenneth Fendall
Lela Yergen
Monmouth Normal School
Ralph Baker
Pacific University
Donnie Smith
Pacific College
Edgar Washbond
Newberg High School
Wilbur Baker Ias
Forest Grove High School
Up Streamers
Columbia
Ribbon Ridge Community Notes Highlight Local Visits
Fred Williams hauls prunes to Newberg while Clara Wenger visits Mrs. Hertig. Ellen Tucker of Portland stays with Mrs. Ormond. Miss Blanche Ruthraff of Seaside visits Mrs. Clifford Noble. J. C. Stevens from Portland visits the George Wengers. James Boatman shows health improvement. Families attend trips and reunions across Newberg, McMinnville, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Ruthraff
Seaside
Clifford Noble
J. C. Stevens
Portland
George Wengers
Sunnycrest Community Notes on Prunes and Visits
Sunnycrest reports Har len Halls helping Fred Herring with his dryer. Families move to Allen Fruit orchard for pruning work and others return from hop yard and camping trip. Cr Bradshaw showcases prunes at fair as best quality. W H Hubbard hosts and returns from Iowa and Kansas. Chas Hubbard travels to Portland. W H Hubbard to resume work as bridge carpenter. Crater helps Bassett with prune harvest. prunes quality praised. Alspaughs return from hop yards. they were tempted by the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. K. Hubbard
Portland
W. H. Hubbard
Farm Camp Moves Amid Rain As Work Advances On Bungalow
Weather forced relocation of a camp on the Craven farm west of town. Ben Craven progresses on a new bungalow with basement and foundation excavated and building materials on site for the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Craven
Local Families Tax and Trade Roundup in Oregon Trips
Roy McDougall family traveled to Portland for trade. Shoppers to Hillsboro included Mrs. Hoffman and Mr. Boatright. Families Finnegan and Mc Cormick joined Scholls grange, Versteeg toured Dayton and McMinnville, and Alfred Hutchens and others visited J. P. Jones home. Apple visits noted with Maynards. Hops picking at Metzler's. Prunes delayed by rain while late potatoes may benefit.
New Dental Anesthetic Promises Painless Procedures
Dr Joseph A Klein of New York introduces a coal tar chemical for universal local anesthesia in oral surgery. The liquid is applied on cotton to gums or cavities, producing numbness in two to eight minutes for one to six hours and is safe for all ages, with no after effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Joseph A. Klein
New York City
Klein
Australia’s Position in Maps Under Review After Time Loss
Wireless authorities in Lyons France report possible 100 yard mapping error along Australia north south lines. Chronometer based calculations from Cook era refined by cable checks may be off due to perceptible loss of time in transmitting seconds. Seafarers relied on Greenwich time to fix Australia’s location and maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Captain Cook
Lyons
France
Sydney
Mohammedan Law in Turkey and the Sultan’s Role
The New York Tribune notes that Turkish law rests on the Koran and Hadith with the sultan as supreme interpreter. Each sultan previously enacted statutes reflecting personal aims, later overturned by successors, making the sultan the closest thing to a supreme court justice in interpreting the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Supreme Court
New York Tribune
Blind See Light Without Eyes Claim by Dr Cantonnet
Dr A Cantonnet in Paris asserts eyeless seeing. He tested bandaged eyes and focused attention for hours to perceive light and large shining objects. He reports many blind persons share this ability and attributes it to Ranvier’s sensory cells transmitting to brain centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cantonnet
Medicine
Paris
Cantonnet
Ranvier
Sculptor Reproduces Saber-Tooth Tiger From Fossil Skeleton
Los Angeles artist William Spalding, former president of the Southern California Academy of Science, has carved a concrete reproduction of the saber-toothed tiger from Brea fossil remains. He combines skeleton proportions with external feline features to depict the fierce ancient predator that vanished before pyramid construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Los Angeles
William Spalding
Southern California Academy of Science
Brea
Spalding
Los Angeles Express
What He Wanted in a Washington Tea Table Scene
In a Washington social vignette a mother and child dine at a friend’s house as the boy asks for another dessert resembling Charlie Ross figures. The piece satirizes boastful manners and local slang, mentioning chiropatric jokes and mispronounced place names around the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charlotte
Charlie Rosses
Ralledge
Huwyler
Hulger
Washington Star
Tales Tersely Told
A compilation of odd facts includes Wolfskin parchment for banjos and welve thousand lepers in the Philippines. It notes June births are fewest, warts have no explained cause, cork world usage totals about 1200 tons annually, Loganberry origins, nine illness days yearly, seasoning boosts green wood strength, witch hazel blooms as leaves die, and coal powers railroads at twenty five percent.
Herb farming sees a coming science in medicine
The Homeopathic World notes herb culture as the coming field in medicines and highlights a Chalfont St Peter school and herb farm started by Mrs. M. Grieve. It lists medicinal plants used in drugs and many common herbs valued in medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. R., Horwood
Chalfont
St. Peter
Buckinghamshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cora Jones
Newberg
Mrs. Hobson
Wendell R. Boyes
Dodge Bros. Auto School
William Bish
Baby
Oklahoma
J. B. Roberts Home
William Hilgers
N. D. Brouillette
A. S. Livengood
Falls City
Fred
Alfred Worth
Wilamina
Gettman
H. E. Chapman
Beatrice and
Ida
McMinnville
Hornberger
Mrs. Chapman
H. E. Jessup
Milwaukie
Ruth
Theo
Roy Baker
J. J. Metzler
Mr. Philips
Ethel and
Arlouine Johnson
Parrish
Suny
Boyes
C.S. Miller
C. E. Lapp
L. E. Brown
T. L. Cummings
Grace Riley
W. T. Purcell
Weston
Oregon
Roy A. Gordon
San Francisco
California
W. T. Purell
W. H. Sanders
H. H. Livengood
A. 8. Livengood
No. 10
Petceden Oy
Cascade Locks
Bonneville
Chehalem Creek
Floyd Shaw
Henry Bass
Clyde Washbond
Ernest Russell
Wilbur Baker
Andrew Strong
Pde
Springbrook
G. Terry
Duncan Brothers
W.B. Burke
Geo. Emerson
B. Keech
Ed Feary
Tillamook
Mrs. McAdams
Lebanon
Jay Fullerton
West Timber
Vivian Hadley
Florence Heater
Miss Heater
MacMinnville
Nazarene Church
Warren W. Moor
G. C. Mann
Harold
Pearle Otis
Lineas Christensen’s
Pickard Place
Victor Hendrickson
Alders
L. H. Meyer
A. L. VanOsdol
Fendall
Willamina
Brock
Saland
Fred Williams
Clara Wenger
Mrs. Hertig
Mrs. Ellen Tucker
Mrs. Ormond
James Boatman
John Carter
William Carter
Mildred Sallee
P. C
A. F. Hertig
Clara Louise
Charles Sallee
Mildred
Eva
George Wenger
Mrs
Lee van Osdel
Burbank, Washington
Mrs. van Osdol
Fay Harford
Rich
Robert Rich
Irene
Kenneth Chase
Dorman
Doris
Lee VanOsdo
Burbank
Francis Rich
Sunnycrest
Mrs. Harley Hall
Fred Herring
Homer Fisher
Allen Fruit Company
Cr. W. Bradshaw
L. H. Gable
Hubbards
Iowa
Kanana
W. W. Alspaugh
Chehalem Mountain
Roy McDougall
Hillsboro
Hoffman
Mr. Boatright
Louis Finnegan
Ira McCormick
Grange
Scholls
Henry Versteeg
Dayton and McMinnville
J. P. Jones Home
Alfred
Cal Hutchens
Myron, Bryan
Ray Ego
John Ornduff
George Maynard
Boatright
Mr. Versteeg
al Versteeg
West Chehalem
C. W. Sinniger
Mr. Burton
Mohammedan Law
Bairds
E. C. Baird
What He
Wanted
Philippine Islands
Railroands
Englnd
W. E. White & CO
Realtors
Willamette Valley
First St
U. S. Nat'l Bank
Valiton Co
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