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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
3
The article notes Mindoro in the Philippines has about 39,700 inhabitants with 18,000 Pagalogs, 7,200 Mangaynes, and 2,000 Visayans. It weaves in phrases on home, work, and rural life, including voices from readers and local dialect snippets.
A dense page of ads and notices from Portland listings includes services such as cleaning and dyeing, drugs by mail, farm loans and tracts, mortgages, hides and wool, optician services, plumbing, personal ads, paints and wallpapers, sanatoriums, colleges and trades schools, silo and grain bin makers, tailoring, country meat market notes, and promotional notices. The document features business names, addresses, and service scopes across various categories with dated real estate and sale mentions.
Alfred Reeves of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce notes war demand pulled plants into war material production. Passenger car output fell to 60 percent of 1917, trucks rose to 219,056, and total 1918 figures show exports, values, and war contracts shaping the industry as it returns to peacetime levels.
Farmers are urged to adopt sprouted oats as a winter feed to boost egg production and reduce costs. The sprouts provide succulent green feed with minimal waste, improving efficiency for both laying hens and growing stock, especially when free range is limited.
The Oregon state highway commission approves a historic 1919 road improvement program. It plans to spend 8,025,200 dollars funded by a 6,000,000 dollar people voted road fund plus automobile and road taxes. Engineers estimate 3,000 workers will be needed with preference given to returning soldiers.
London trials 100 uniformed women constables to assist officers of their sex, assigned to city beats and sworn in to support policing efforts.
A playful meditation on perfection and love. The essay compares a man’s flaws to meaningful gaps left by absence and contrasts creative acts with personal impact. It hints at how true value outshines counterfeit grace.
Reports from the mints show a total of 307 614 000 one cent pieces turned out by the United States in 1918. This is a record coinage and reflects rising prices and war tax needs. The penny’s status shifts from despised to indispensable amid wartime economic pressure.
A dramatic poem fragment depicts a theater audience watching a lavish pageant as a blood red form intrudes on the stage. The Conqueror Worm looms as the ultimate tragedy, while angels and formless powers move scenery and mock human affairs. Poe is credited.
Tailors at the National Association of Clothiers convention in New York predict men will wear baggy trousers dubbed umbrella pants as a solution to wartime cloth surplus. They urge double breasted coats and Prince Albert styles to use remaining fabric and curb personal liberty.
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