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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic records its Thursday circulation with editor and publisher WOODWARD and address lines for the Graphic Building at No 60 First Street Newberg. It lists office and residence phone formats and notes standard publication details.
The Newberg city fights over S P and Oregon Electric depot plans with reports of a $5,000 McMinnville depot and hints the S P may rent spaces in Newberg rather than build. Residents criticize old practices and demand better facilities while local readers note political shifts and turnout in Kansas.
Chicago elation surrounds Progressive leaders as forecasts place Roosevelt ahead in Pennsylvania by about 300000 and Illinois by at least 100000. California Kansas South Dakota Minnesota also tipped for margins, with Western, Middle Western and Southern voices predicting a tight race with Taft and Wilson.
The murder of Mildred Green a 12 year old girl in Eugene last Monday night by an unknown assassin adds to a two year pattern of similar crimes across Oregon. The cases carry a growing sense of horror and mystery as residents fear a continuing reign of terror.
A. G. Carruth editor and publisher of the Carlton Sentinel leaves for a two month vacation with his wife. They plan to visit a daughter in Oklahoma who is mother to twins and share fried chicken with relatives in that state and Kansas.
Attorney W M Ramsey writes in the Telephone Register that the Courier, edited by J H Upton, was the first Yamhill County newspaper, issuing in 1865 or 1866 with LaFayette as the county seat. He notes Newberg should be Newburg, though locals doubt an early spelling change.
The New York Sun article surveys global bed comforts and sleeping practices Japan, China, and tropics favor hard surfaces or compact mats while Americans seek softness with blankets and pillows. Russians prefer stove heat and cold-water plunges, Laplanders use reindeer skin nests, East Indians rely on mosquito nets, and Germans widely use feather beds both atop and beneath.
An Egyptian Review article by Daressy traces glove origins to the Twenty First Dynasty period. Mittens found with mummies date from that era and use the same material as gloves.
The text describes how ghent footwear matched pink or red kid stockings and mentions a white leather sandal kept secure by two straps passing between the big toe and second toe and over the instep. It highlights foot covering as a coordinated part of the costume.
An Italian paper notes Vesuvius eruption witnessed by his majesty while a German paper claims a royal prince was pleased to be born yesterday. A Spanish king’s officer asks the time. the reply is I will tell you the time you please.
An Irish customer jokingly asks for a yard of milk and marks a yard-long line in the counter bowl. The shopkeeper names sixpence and the man agrees to buy, saying roll it up. The lighthearted episode ends with a simple purchase.
Dialogue excerpt shows a student asking why a wake up was neglected and the response notes the student came home at seven. The citation from Fliegende Blatter appears as the origin of the quotation.
Holland sits below sea level and is shielded by dikes making the climate damp and soils light. Builders drive wooden piles about fifty feet long and one foot in diameter to support plank foundations to prevent wall settlement and cracking.
The report describes Dutch interiors with brick walls and no studding, using a wood frame and cloth wall covering instead of plaster. Ceilings use dry reeds with plaster, finished in whitewash. walls are cheaper than American plastered walls and rarely wallpapered.
A wedding breakfast party at the Garrick Club returns to the Globe where a lecturer concludes, inviting questions. H L steps forward, asks the lecturer who cuts his hair in a suave voice, then flees.
A brief note on cork production describes the cork bark being boiled after removal from bales to prepare it for processing. The article outlines the steps and purposes of cork manufacture in the factory setting.
The article details Cork production in Barcelona, from bark sorting and cutting to carving cork blocks and polishing disks. It notes French counting machines, burlap sacks, and a shift toward cork disks for stopper linings, plus byproducts like linoleum and cork tiling. Women workers and electric power in plants are mentioned.
The Rev. James Hamilton of Liverpool, on holiday in Scotland, slipped on a stone while fishing for sea trout with a boy. He fought to stay afloat in heavy wading gear and reached shore exhausted. He reproached the boy for not helping, and the boy replied he was thinking of it.
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