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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
5
The paper urges readers to register before deadlines, notes the editor is home with a bad cold, and describes the 1920 Thursday issue dated April 15. It lists office locations in Newberg Oregon and mentions post office publication details.
Oliver F Kilham Director of Agriculture at the high school offers guidance for both youth and parents in the high school notes. His message emphasizes thoughtful preparation and steady effort as students plan for their futures.
A call urges citizens to register and vote in the primaries urging Republicans to support Herbert Hoover. The message praises Hoover as a clean, capable former Newberg lad who can steer the nation through economic unrest and industrial turmoil. It asks voters what they will do to put Newberg on the map.
Wm Fowler at his Wheatland home marked his fifty year anniversary with a tale of selling a Portland road saloon business fifty years ago. The piece contrasts old anti saloon sentiments in Newberg with modern outcomes showing saloon influence fading across Oregon and the U S as a whole.
This ad highlights a complete assortment of trimmed and pattern hats and a new line of Smart Tailored ready to wear items. It promotes children's trimmed and untrimmed shapes in a wide variety and claims unusually reasonable prices versus city shops at Gregory Block, Newberg.
Four negro denominations with over 4 million members join in an Interchurch World Movement drive to raise about 10 729 263 for educational missionary and benevolent work among African Americans. County conference speakers outline the combined campaign.
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson defends snow huts against concrete houses. He argues Eskimos prefer igloos for health warmth and sanitation, noting Pribilof islanders never lived in snow huts and northern natives would not switch. He compares candlelight in snow to electric lights and says snow houses endure any conditions.
The famed Comstock lode was found in 1859 by Pete O'Riley Pat McLaughlin and Old Pancake Comstock while washing gravel for gold. They drilled a four foot hole and found sulphide of silver beginning the Big Bonanza yielding rich ore. The discoverers later fared poorly with O Rily insane McLaughlin died poor and Pancake killed himself.
Rev. D A G Mair will relinquish a comfortable parish to wander Scotland as an itinerant preacher. He plans to live in Glasgow’s poor districts in winter to study and aid neighbors, relying on God’s promises and embracing evangelical poverty as a holy vocation.
The American Forestry association in Washington seeks reports and pictures of trees with historical significance. The Dumont Kennedy Elm in Crawfordsville Indiana is noted as larger than the Huntington Elm, a longtime size champion. The Wye Milla Oak near Eastern Maryland is credited with a 51 percent greater girth.
The Inverness magistrates heard the dancing craze arguments as Ballie Petrie dropped opposition to dances past midnight. Baille MacAllen proposed a two o clock cutoff but the decision allowed dancing until four o'clock in the morning after deliberation on potential evils.
A brief note on pise de terre describing its French origins and meaning “earth battered between boards.” It cites Pliny the Elder’s definition, mentions use in Rome, Hannibal’s watch towers, and possible earlier use in Cheops era, with examples in France Spain America and colonies.
An Indian soldier from South Dake named Wounded-With-Many-Arrows honors his mother Susan Loves the War of Wakpola South Carolina by naming her as beneficiary on his $10 000 government war risk policy. He served in the great white father’s army in Washington and returned unharmed with tales of war.
Samuel Ryder of a prominent English seed firm reveals payment of 12000 dollars for blight resistant potato seed. He claims the hybrid could yield 38 tons per acre, up from four tons, with results possibly realized in two to three years as more seed stock is secured.
Readers are urged to subscribe to the Graphic to stay informed about local events and daily happenings. The notice emphasizes timely updates and ongoing connection to the community through regular issues.
Interchurch World Movement county conference to programize church work in Benton county Oregon. Survey findings suggest consolidation of rural churches under single Protestant care to create stronger congregations and a $1200 pastor salary plus housing.
Wireless in China plans three early stations. One to be erected at Urge in Mongolia, a second at Urum abi, 1150 miles southwest of the Mongolian capital, and the third at Kashtar in western Turkestan. Materials awaited, service expected day and night to 1000 miles.
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