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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
2
Publication header lists weekly schedule and contact numbers for the Graphic Building at 600 First Street Newberg Oregon with separate office and residence phones and post office entry as second-class matter.
A San Francisco liquor dealer jailed for supplying wet goods to Oregon bootleggers faces a $10,000 fine under Judge Bean as Oregon enforces its dry law. In prune news, a dry rot scare in prune orchards eased with expectations that all ripe fruit will be harvested.
Newbery veterans and 5 000 Civil War old soldiers marched in Portland for a grand G A R parade. The day was perfect and crowds packed the streets for possibly the largest gathering in the city. A Newberg visitor urges tidying streets and clearing weeds along the parade route for a neater town.
Democratic papers seize on Oswald West remark linking governor to meeting state finances under a 6 per cent limit. They argue if Withycombe cannot meet rules the Democratic candidate can. The piece notes cost increases since the war and questions the opposing candidate's personal expense record.
An editorial in the Hillsboro Independent argues that campaign pledges to cut public spending are easy to make but hard to deliver in Oregon. It notes gradual budget increases as needs grow and warns a new governor must know real requirements to avoid costly missteps.
A compilation of property transfers lists multiple deeds and prices involving Harry W Alsop Walter and Eva Brixey Julia E Angle Helen Sedgwick and others across numerous parcels in acres with sums from 10 to 5000 dollars. The second item quotes F C Walcott describing German occupation policies detailing starvation exploitation and sexual violence against occupied populations in Poland Belgium and northern France and commentary on the Prussian state’s aims and actions during World War I.
Captain Walcott details Prussian brutality and starvation used to enslave captive women. He recounts weeks of eyewitness experience inside and behind enemy lines, portraying a system he calls monstrous and unthinkable but real.
Sous-Lieutenant Bozon-Verfuras, Guynemer's pupil, is made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor after his seventh official victory. He flew with Guynemer on September 11, 1917, and seeks to avenge the ace. One feat involved shooting down three planes in four hours. He served as a cavalryman before joining the air service.
In Chicago a women led anti German club vows to taboo high art, literature, music and talking dolls with any German stamp or flavor. They pledge to keep their stance after the war and to urge nationwide support for ignoring all things German to deny the Kaiser aid.
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