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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
2
A late 19th century Oregon brief includes notes on anticipated Oregon Pacific extension to Boise, Columbia River jetty progress, nickel mine sale to an English syndicate, and local incidents. It critiques Salem and McMinnville politics, labor warnings from San Francisco, and chuckles over a World’s Fair hotel collapse.
A sharp critique links saloon business to public opinion and education. The piece cites Galen Wilson comparing two peach trees treated with ashes to show how prevention affects growth and outcomes, implying broader social lessons.
An 19th century article argues convicts and vagrants burden taxes and asserts that employing them on public road work could lower public costs. It notes the large inmate population in state prisons and the rise of tramps, urging trials of compulsory labor as a remedy.
A farm column advises on poultry husbandry including dust as insecticide, nest health, raising chickens and turkeys, feed choices like meat and chopped clover, and measures to control mites with kerosene. It notes brooder heat needs, fat content effects, and breeding vigor for four years, with cautions about clutches and water usage.
Advice on preventing chick losses and keeping poultry healthy with lice control, feeding ideas, nest maintenance, and fresh milk and bran as valued foods. Notes emphasize vigilance, dry nesting, and efficient use of eggs for farm profitability from the American and Orange County farm writers.
An engineering feat at Rock Island crossings the Columbia River where strong current and deep water made a falsework impossible. Engineers extended the bridge from each pier by 208 feet using ties and counterbalances to join the span, a historic first in the nation.
Richard H. McDonald Jr argues in the May Californian that the canal’s cost may reach 87 million dollars with a plan to raise about 100 million. He supports government construction and operation to keep American shipping free and limit profits, with foreign patrons paying only to cover expenses and a fair return on construction costs.
A San Francisco based firm offers free life size crayon portraits to anyone who sends a photograph. Described as of masterful quality and a truthful likeness, the ad urges readers to write for full details and to read their advertisement in another column.
The report notes America’s weak presence at the Crystal Palace exposition with sparse occupancy and ample space but a shortage of inhabitants, suggesting the nation needs a larger representation and plans to improve it.
May Bigelow Edmonds suggests in April Californian that America should use empty space at the Crystal Palace to house visitors. She imagines displaying American goods with beds for hundreds, with Yankee commissioners advertising lodging near Austria and Russia and a Spread Eagle hotel sign.
A St Louis Globe Democrat item claims coarse hair signals coarse organization and full cheeks imply strong digestion while a projecting under lip signals malignity and avarice. It links small mouths to indecision, long chins to low intellect, and round heads to obstinacy with various forehead and eyebrow shapes to imagination or folly.
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