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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
4
The Chula News recalls Ed H. Smith and its humorous take on Paderewski. The unsigned piece mocks the pianist as deceitful, claiming he never truly plays, flirts with tunes, and mimics sensation without completing a melody. It imagines audiences and romance lost amid his performance.
A reconnaissance detachment moving toward Dun-sur-Meuse in the Argonne drive is ordered off a shelled road by a traffic MP who cites orders. Shell bursts nearby as the column presses on amid dust and debris, a lone voice pleading for mercy.
The Christian Science Monitor notes new radio circuits linking America with Japan Hawaii and the Philippines promise inexpensive rapid communication aiding business and news transmission. Manila calls from California stations at 6 cents a word and Hawaii at 3 cents. Naval officials say national defense benefits accompany the enhanced facilities.
The Engineer notes airship design blends naval architecture with textile knowledge and mechanical engineering. Construction requires a highly organized shop due to many parts. A rigid airship sans machinery contains 20 000 parts, 20 miles of structural material, 60 miles of wire and over 2 000 000 rivets.
The London Telegraph notes the birthplace of John Ruskin in Hampshire era London. The house at No 54 Hunter Street Brunswick Square is a Georgian structure with a commemorative tablet. Ruskin arrived in London from Edinburgh to begin in wine trade and later married Margaret Cox in 1818. He, the author of Sesame and Lilies, was born February 8, 1819.
In a fragment, a character notices a man entering with a wondrous glow on his face and shining eyes. The narrator questions how such a figure could obtain or sustain this mysterious light and power.
The Home Seer notes Whe da Wilkins will stay in the army to get through the winter, believing no other way to move forward. The piece frames military service as a practical shelter against hardship rather than a choice framed by passion or duty.
Scholars in dream psychology conclude daily sorrows and anxieties rarely enter dreams. They suggest emotions from waking life are exhausted by day and need release in the unconscious. Mystics note dreaming of beauty signals peace and prosperity, while dreams act as a safety valve for pent up thoughts and feelings.
A neighbor in the morning annoys another with constant cheerful singing and whistling. The writer praises cheer yet questions if too much morning happiness can disturb others. The piece weighs the value and excess of a bright disposition.
The article traces the cigar store Indian from Sir Walter Raleigh to English colonists and its link to the tobacco trade. It recounts how Raleigh’s era popularized the red man figure as a sign of the industry and notes a legend of a servant’s comic throw over a master.
A historical note explains the Great Barrier reef once served as a beach of an ancient sea. Tilted sands became quartzite rock with white pebbles, leading to vast gold deposits. Modern methods make extracting gold feasible at about four dollars per ton of ore.
Edwin L. Sabin extols Collis Potter Huntington in Building the Pacific Railway as gifted in mind and tenacious in purpose. Huntington is praised as a consummate manipulator of affairs and noted for constant activity and the phrase I do not work hard I work easy reflecting his approach.
The Interchurch World Movement surveys report China’s old social regime lacking solutions to modern problems. Confucianism Taoism and Buddhism hold value but cannot produce the highest individual character or trigger social regeneration, leaving China adrift and a potential peril to itself and the world.
The Interchurch World Movement survey presented at the county conference finds most education for Central African natives is run by missionaries, with some government subsidies. Sparse populations force missionaries to cover large distances to reach people.
The Interchurch survey notes a female voice active at the county conference, awakening to advocate Western civilization in Christian terms. It argues evangelicals must shape this form against materialism, with churches deciding the outcome.
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