Vol.+1,+No.+1+(27+April+1882)

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Forest Grove, Oregon ("E.Plurabus Unum" + Drawing) April 27, 1882
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LOCAL.
Lyson Bros. do good job work. Marion Reeves has gout home to work on the farm. Mr. A. Lee has recently re-painted his house. Mrs. Lysons and Mrs. Scott called at this office this week. Public rhetoricals passed off nicely last Friday. The Graham Bros. are fishing down the river. Miss Daisy Stott visited friends at North Yamhill on Saturday last. How long before we will have another wedding in this place? Prof. Fobb returned last week from a trip down the river. First-class furniture at I.L. Smith and sons. When you want printing done, come to Brysons Bro's Forest Grove, Oregon. If its good wood you want, go to Beecher Scott. Mr. David Smith was the (?) one to pass the filthy lucre over the //Aurora//'s counter. Visit the store of Day (?) Hal & Lamberson when you are in Portland, if you wish first-class furniture at a reasonable price. James Connor, who has been visiting relatives at this place, returned to his home in Portland last Saturday. Miss Ella Geiger has gone to Coos Bay on a visit to relatives. Miss G. will be gone all summer, and will be back in the fall to attend school here. One dollar and fifty cents will secure a subscription to this paper for one year. Its equivalent in butter, eggs, potatoes, etc., is all the same. The IOGT Lodge will meet at 6:30 pm Saturday, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting other business before it is time to attend the open temperance meeting. All members are requested to be at the lodge at the hour appointed.

HILLSBORO ITEMS.
Politics keeping the people busy. There was a large attendance at the anti-monopoly mass meeting last Saturday. Two tickets are now in the field, and the people can choose themselves the ones they wish to serve them. The fire company is prepared for all emergencies. The //Independent// office has received a new lot of type. H.B. Luce is making extensive improvements, on his farm south of town. Mr. L. has one of the nicest farms around here. School opened here on the 17th, with Monroe Powell, Miss Emma Yale, Miss Lucy Morgan and Miss Ivy Robinson as teachers. The attendance is quite large, and the prospects are flattering for a successful term. The question of a high school is agitating the minds of the people. Such a school is very much needed here. Dr. Bailey, the new director, is very much in favor of grading the school and getting permanent teachers for the same. Geo. Freeman has returned from the State University. He is very much pleased with that school, and will return there in the fall. The faculty is composed of competent teachers and are well known (in?) the state as first-class educators. Our (?) should feel proud of this Institution and do all in its power to keep up the good name it now has. Washington county has been well represented there this year and will have a full representation (?).

//Hon. H W Scott was in the city last week.// //Born to the wife of (?) W. Crane, Apr. 22, a daughter.// //A little boy in this place took three rotten eggs to one of our merchants and sold them for candy. Merchant sold.// //The IOGT will give an open temperance meeting at Cong. Church next Saturday// //evening. Full house desired.// //At the GFT last Friday evening, the question Resolved that all R R and P P lines should be owned by the Government. Aff., John Querin...The question was decided in favor of the Negative. The question, Resolved that the veto of the Chinese Bill by President Arthur was unjustifiable....This is a live question and....(?)//

Groceries at Long's Candy Store.
//Coffee, Tea, Four Kinds of Sugar...By granulated...and two kinds of ...Also nuts, walnuts, almonds fresh roasted peanuts, oranges and lemons, fresh taffy candies and notions, spices, etc.// //Brushes and combs, pocket combs. All cheap for cash.// //Remember the place, next door to Langley's shoeshop, Forest Grove, Ogn.//

(Advertisements: Clow's Variety Store, Owl Cigars, H.C. Liester (lawyer), R Price (physician))

The Political parties are fast diminishing-- fast dealing and I will soon be one of the past--to be remembered. It is giving its position to the rising generation of Woman's Rights who will soon be hanging their Laurels of heroic deeds on the door-knobs of their homes and crying out in a silvery voice freedom! freedom! for our (rights?). And as the little slip of paper is stuck in the ballot box, they should remember that Welcome Warren is still alive and has just received a splendid lot of oranges to make their mouths water, so they will not need any of that liquid on the stand to keep their throats from parching while they are lecturing. There would not be any more brand monopoly if every body was as honest as Johnny's flour is good. Nor would the President have vetoed the Chinese Bill if he could have called around just before he didn't sign his signature and tasted his sugar devoured some his can fruits and burned his tongue two or three times on of some of John's delicious Red Hot candy. Nor could the Capitalists live long if they didn't buy their tobacco of Johnny Warren. The Woman's Rights would soon vanish if they did not get their Family Groceries there. The little rag muffin who patrols the streets hunting something food could not survive if they did not visit Johnny's occasionally and ge ta box of figs or some of his sweet crackers.

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AURORA
Forest Grove, April 27, 1882

//HOWDY.// //-// In presenting this, the first issue of //Aurora//, before you, we wish to say that we are some school boys who are trying to climb the ladder and gain for ourselves that which every man, woman and child should have, and that is an education. No one should be without it. We have chosen printing as our profession and have thought we could work our way through school by doing job printing and also issuing a small paper, and if there is sufficient encouragement is given, we will enlarge the sheet. Few are the encouraging words we have heard since we first proposed starting a paper. Almost everyone has used such expressions as these: "You'll make a failure." "It won't pay you." "One paper in the county is enough." "It's a bad idea." "You'll bust up before a year." "Give it up." Such sayings as these are not very encouraging. But we have enlisted for the war and propose to win. We would like for all that feel an interest in building up the town would give us a subscription and if they have a business give us an advertisement. We cannot give a first-class paper because we have not material enough, neither have we the where-with to buy any. Do not expect too much from us, on this account. Most of our furniture is home-made, as we believe in patronizing house industry, and especially when we cannot do otherwise. At present we shall attempt to print nothing but locals. Give us a trial and we assure you value received.

Dr. & Mrs. Brown of Hillsboro was in the city last Tuesday. Elmer was formerly f this place, but is now a rising young physician of the above place. The Dr. called and left us an ad which will be found in another place.

James Smith, Lela Laughlin, Harry Gist, Miss L. Hampton, Witt Lysons, Lincoln Laughlin and Joseph Baily took the degrees at the degree meeting of I.O.G.T. last Tuesday evening. Mr. Gilliam, our Lodge Deputy is an earnest temperance worker and is doing much for the cause of temperance in this place. Would that we had more such as Mr. Gilliam.

The I.O.G.T. of this place have received a nice organ, which adds greatly to the interest of the lodge. Geo. Naylor recently brought the farm of Issac Herreil of of 160 acres about 2 1/2 miles northeast of here. The compensation was $8,000. Why can't Forest Grove have a Telegraph Office? Quickest time on record A. H. Hampton started for Vanquinna Bay last Saturday. He was only 14 hours from bar to bar. The P.O. is out of one-cent stamps. If you want a good baggy of ... to Bronson's. His work speaks for itself. A number of girls of this place were out horse-back riding last Tuesday P.M. G.F. Mead (?) Hillsboro called at this office last Tuesday.

THAT PONY -- About two weeks ago a pony belonging to Judge Wescott of this place strayed away and not withstanding search had been made to every store and back alley in town, the pony was not heard of till this week word came from Portland to Mr. Hoxter, that one of the horses belonging to a band brought from east mountains recently, was found making its way through the bunch grass country. Having asked for passage on an up river steamer, the pony was placed in the pound and $9.00 charged for the same. Beecher Scott went to Portland last Monday and brought him out next morning. The total charges on the horse was $13.00. We advise the Judge to sell that pony the first chance he gets, or he will not get first cost.

There are some fine paintings at Smith & Sons, which are the work of Miss Rosa Wilcox. Mrs. Merges, of Portland is visiting friends in this place. She intends remaining about two weeks. Quite a number from here attended the political meeting at Hillsboro last Saturday. The ticket which was put out is acknowledged to be a good one, and no doubt we will have a good canvass. Miss Callie Campbell has secured the school at Iowa Hill. Candy exchanged for rotten(?) eggs at Warrens. A fine assortment of candies, &... at Long's candy store. Attend the open temperance meeting Saturday evening. Mr. Thos. Rosavas in the city last week.