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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic notes its weekly issue appears every Thursday morning. Include contact details for the Graphic Building at 0 First Street, Newberg Oregon, with office and residence listings and postal information.
In a state report, Dr. C. M. Gardner deputy state veterinarian notes that among twenty nine cows tested ten percent show illness with twenty one affected. The finding is mentioned in a local paper as a reminder of animal health concerns.
The Senate approved by 65 to 20 a resolution sending a federal constitutional prohibition amendment to the states. Twelve Democrats and eight Republicans voted against it. It is expected to pass the House easily. Chautauqua circuits are booked in Marshfield Bandon North Bend and Powers for next year leaving few towns in Coos county without events. Coquille lacks this summer tent attraction and the Sentinel touts one. Some think two Chautauquas in Yamhill county are excessive.
A household with chickens faces rising feed costs and in Practice should reduce flock size to match available grain. The piece argues against simply counting grain but suggests trimming birds to balance the daily ration amid high prices.
Report notes disparate conditions with low rainfall in June lowering moisture for crops. Poorly prepared soil at planting and inadequate cultivation hurt seed returns, while well managed fields show fair gains in corn growth and overall yields remain uncertain.
The Youths Companion explains khaki is a color name from an East Indian word meaning dusty. US soldiers wore khaki uniforms adopted by government but later replaced with olive drab for lower visibility and easier dyeing in both cotton and wool.
The Hood River Glacier argues newspapers nationwide, from big dailies to small weeklies, are a crucial wartime asset for spreading information and enabling rapid mobilization of U S war resources against Prussian autocracy. The piece emphasizes the value of newspaper white space in conveying messages during the war era.
The editorial argues newspapers are vital to rural communities like Oregon, citing cooperation in Liberty bonds Red Cross drives and war census. It urges reciprocal support from authorities and readers and criticizes reliance on official pamphlets over press notices, while noting national wartime exports and an embargo debate.
The Oregon Register warns that impending feed scarcity could devastate Oregon’s livestock sector. Farmers are selling, markets are flooded, and replacement of dairy herds will be slow and costly. Despite current high prices, long term dairy prosperity depends on preserving herds.
While Congress stalls and debates, powerful business interests push ahead to corner this year's crops and reap large profits, leaving the public in the dark about the unfolding regime.
A letter from a Kansas brothel describes a man entering employment with an eastern electric company. He will be confined in a large stockade for a year with boarding houses and recreation. Wages double his current pay while building a wartime device to deter submarines.
Various Salem residents visit relatives and host guests in August. Notables include Mrs Alma Hunt and Mrs Hoskins, Dick Baldwin of the U of O hospital unit, and Miss Florence Rees with Miss Laura Hammer. Army service calls and harvest trips are noted, plus a Ketchikan art instructor appointment. The weekly church calendar features a two o’clock meeting, missionary day, and the Christian Endeavor program with talks on integrity and foreign missions.
An event titled The Land of Covered Faces drew a well attended audience as the Masters presence manifested during the gathering.
Miss Gladys Presnall visited Miss Ruth Meyer last week. Mrs. Florence Carpenter plans a visit with her daughter and family, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer. John Fort and wife and daughter left Tuesday for Crater Lake in their car. The W C T U will meet Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer next Wednesday at 2 30 PM. all ladies invited. Rev H G Crocker and family with Mrs Palmer of Portland and others began a coast trip by auto, their second beach trip this summer.
A Popular Science Monthly report notes that coughing every fifteen minutes for ten hours wastes energy equivalent to 250 heat units. It compares this to the nourishment in three eggs or two glasses of milk and cites a German expert on coughing energy loss. Normal cough expels air at four feet per second, while violent coughing reaches 300 feet per second, linking persistent coughing to emaciation and constitution weakness.
The text questions whether wood engraving originated in Europe from Eastern influences or was independently rediscovered by a European craftsman. It notes ongoing uncertainty about when the first European woodcut appeared.
The text argues that European wood engraving dates from the first quarter of the fifteenth century and credits Chinese origins as a significant source, highlighting their influence on many modern inventions.
The text notes drops vary in size from large to small and long to short. It defines the minim as the unit for the druggist with 480 drops per fluid ounce and 76,800 per gallon. An experiment to fill a one ounce measure suggests 400 drops per fluid ounce, and the average drop is about 20 percent larger than the minim.
The passage outlines an ancient draft among Israelite tribes commanded to number every male twenty years and older eligible for war. Moses and Aaron assemble the congregation on the first day of the second month to declare pedigrees by fathers’ houses and tally the names of those able to go forth to war.
Dr Beverley Robinson of New York warns in the New York Medical Journal that rickets in children is caused by the wrong foods. He cautions against too much pasteurized milk proprietary foods or cereal and urges brown bread and butter stewed fruit roasted apple and a little meat daily.
The speaker notes concern for two to three year olds who are healthy but at risk if rickets develops from faulty diet. He cites Osler that rickets appears even in wealthy families under good hygiene and is common in children fed condensed milk or cow's milk with high starch foods. Rickets causes knockknees and bowlegs due to insufficient animal fat protein and lime salts in the diet.
An English curate, once engaged to a frivolous young woman, weds her widow mother after the mother counseled marriage to avoid ruin. The curate, unable to break the engagement, chooses between them and ends up marrying the mother, while the young woman marries a wealthy stockbroker.
An old exchange warns that unkind wit harms charity and justice. It argues biting humor offends others and distances friends, noting that a witty person is often discontented and spiteful despite otherwise being pleasant.
The southwest United States hosts ranches dedicated to breeding rattlesnakes and other reptiles for sale. Markets include museum owners, circus people, side show performers, zoological enthusiasts, and chemists seeking various potions.
In a note from the Loutaville Courier Journal the letter cites classroom contradictions noting English composition urges originality while arithmetic demands the standard correct answer. The writer questions teaching consistency and educational approach.
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