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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
4
Newberg Graphic editor and publisher Wood leads the Thursday edition from the Graphic Building at 600 First Street Newberg Oregon. Office and residence contact numbers listed for the newspaper.
The snippet notes a price of 1.50 dollars per year in advance dated Thursday September 26 1918.
The government to drop subscribers in arrears over a year after this issue. Some may be honest but fail to pay, others are deadbeats. The paper will switch to cash in advance soon, with a grace period to adjust. A Red Cross drive collects second hand garments for Belgians and a Liberty Bond list will follow.
The item mentions a Monday fair with 2.24 races as reported by The Oregonian. It compares pace to Kaiser's forces in a retreat, noting U S troops following the action.
The Telephone Register reported Wes Robinson of Amity expects about 18 000 dollars from two acres of prunes this year, a striking forecast that shakes faith in long cherished exchange integrity.
The text notes that a list of Uncle Sam's richest thirty totals 184 million dollars. It questions how much each wealth holder contributes as citizens are urged to aid the government during hard times.
Prone growers report a very favorable season with fruit ripening at a steady pace and weather ideal for pickers and evaporators. If this weather persists for another week, the prune crop will be nearly all gathered, boosting many growers' bank accounts to new highs.
A Portland observer notes junk piled along Third Street and a large rummage sale being loaded from an auto truck. The Red Cross sign on a nearby storefront invites curiosity as a vast collection fills a first floor room and additional levels below.
Mrs. W. H. Hitchen writes from Gwinner North Dakota praising the crop conditions and grain elevators. She notes extra freight trains and large scale farming with many threshing outfits and binders in use nearby. She says North Dakota has contributed to bread supplies and extends best wishes to the paper.
John C. Peterson of Estacada has moved to Newberg Oregon to join the Muller Mercantile Company in a responsible position after years in Springwater and Estacada. He had been a partner in the Cas- business in local towns.
A nostalgic poem celebrates the old home paper as a faithful friend that bridges distance and recalls familiar scenes and faces. It expresses comfort, shared grief, and the yearning to read its columns, imagining a heavenly reunion with the paper.
Mrs S M Crosby guests at Otterbrook and a long list of local visitors attends a Crawford family picnic. An appeal through the Red Cross requests clothing and materials for ten million Belgium and France sufferers, detailing needed garments and fabrics and guidance for drop points in Dundee.
A public sale will be held Saturday September 28 at the Wm Moor farm two miles north of Newberg. Horses cows farm implements and many other articles will sell to the highest bidder. Usual terms. WN Nelson is auctioneer Enos Bilis clerk. Bring your job work to the Graphic office. Subscribe now for the Newbers Graphic.
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