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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
2
The issue notes Portland public schools numbers near ten thousand and reports Teddy Roosevelt's Republican nomination for New York governor. It criticizes the Oregon legislature for quick reforms and hints at political maneuvering. Calls for a dairy and food commissioner.
A stricter divorce law passed by the current legislature would be to the credit of Oregon. The existing lax law is not in the best interests of an enlightened people.
Oregon notes report a Portland venture as Astoria man intends an evening newspaper start amid statewide legislative scenes in Salem. The piece surveys politics, legislator absences, Cuba population estimates, and mock commentary on a future senatorship.
A.V. R. Snyder of the Transcript describes Jo Simon as able to keep quiet when advantageous a trait his fiercest enemies may still need to learn, as observed in the house proceedings.
Senator Adams of Marion county introduces a bill taxing dogs at one dollar for males and three dollars for females. Farmers tormented by sheep killing curs gain from this measure as it becomes law.
An exchange imagines newspapers freely criticizing individuals like readers do. It says each issue should be a mantel of charity with truth instead of gossip and suggests an editor releasing a cold fact edition would face a curious outcome.
A compilation of snappy editorial snippets from Roseburg Plaindealer Coquille City Bulletin Oregon City Enterprise The Herald and others. It mocks politics big and small notes on journalists publishers and wartime figures including Fitch Kyle Otis and Dewey.
The New York Times posed five questions on excavating the Nicaragua canal to senators and congressmen. Representative Tongue advocates prompt construction, arguing it is the era defining project for U S expansion and western growth with Pacific trade to rival Atlantic routes and Philippine retention as strategic. He supports government backing and ownership under Morgan bill principles to underwrite bonds and secure national control of the canal.
The Oregon extra session organized in Salem with Joseph Simon of Portland as senate president and E. W. Carter of Ashland as house speaker. Committees announced include Agriculture Forestry Education Elections Public Lands Railroads and Ways and Means with members listed for each panel.
The Winter Bartlett pear, exhibited by Fresno nurseryman George Reeding, is very like the Bartlett and Winter Nelis in appearance and flavor. Originating in Eugene Oregon, the tree bears well and ripens for shipment between October 15 and November 10 in the San Joaquin valley.
Werehon Jansk in Siberia lies at latitude 67 G4 N and longitude 51 KE, inhabited by about 105000 Jakut and Samat peoples. It records winter lows around minus 4 pale and summer highs near 86 pale with extremely dry conditions and rare winds.
A historical notice extols Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo as chief consulting physician and promotes his Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as premier treatments for weak and delicate women. It claims long experience and offers free confidential advice via mail.
The passage describes vast wasted land with scant vegetation and few trees. It notes hunting, fishing, cattle and reindeer herding, milk as the main food, and occasional bares as supplement. Homes are one-room wooden buildings with clay coverings housing people and animals, while wealthier groups eat and sleep better. The people are courteous and hospitable and highly concerned with honor at meals and festivals.
A reflective verse extols women’s rights in care and love. It imagines a woman’s duties beside the dying, in pity and sympathy, and as a partner protected by manly love. The piece asserts rights to nurture, to honest love, and to shared fortunes through life’s weather.
The obituary describes the death of Anna, a longtime Oregon resident, detailing his farming expansion with three youngest sons, a 200 acre family farm near Wilsonville, and his mother Evaline Prow who died at 89 in Grand Rounde. Survived by widow, four sons Marion C William F John P and George 8, and eight grandchildren. Funeral at Pleasant Hill cemetery conducted by Rev Skiels.
William Shelby Young died at his Pleasant Hill home in Clackamas County Oregon on September 18 1898 after a brief illness. Born January 12 1835 near Bloomington Indiana he lived in Missouri before moving with his family to Oregon in 1865. He married Isabel Bailey January 2 1887 and had several children with one adopted daughter Mattie who died at age 18 years. He farmed and took occasional mining trips to New Mexico and served in the militia during the Civil War.
The readable portion mentions a trust or organization and a manager or administrator role with references to a seal envelope and names such as Merbert and Pepe Cheers.
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