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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
7
A local shop at 607 First street offers a wide line of all wool fabrics despite wool and dye shortages. The dealer promises six days of service weekly with tailoring, cleaning, pressing, dyeing, and hat blocking. Seasonal greetings accompany the sales pitch.
The Scientific American reports four laboratories in China currently manufacture vaccines for smallpox plague and typhoid with a fifth planned in Peking. Hong Kong PS smallpox plague and typhoid vaccines are produced. Shanghai hosts two labs one municipal producing several vaccines and a second Japanese firm making only smallpox vaccine. Nanking runs a fourth plant manufacturing smallpox vaccine sold near banking districts at about five cents per tube.
A Western man invested heavily in tomato plants and cans last spring. The crop failed to fill 10,000 cans he provided, yet the rise in can prices doubled this season. Empty cans are worth more than filled ones, making the venture profit gaining overall.
The Oregon notes cover annual society gatherings in Salem and Roseburg, corn shows in Independence, and officials in Portland. Deaths include Sarah C. Gaines in Portland aged 77 and Presley Comegys in Eugene aged 87. Other items: irrigation tours in central Oregon, Winters’ road and water projects, and various state public notices on bonds and licenses.
Oil "mined" from shale in western Colorado expands rapidly as war prices drive demand. Distillation extracts oil from shale rock without wells, with rich deposits found in the Grand valley region and several large reduction plants under construction as capital flows in for profits.
A young girl Catherine visits soldiers at a camp and becomes eager to help. She rips apart a recently knitted sweater for the Red Cross, prompting her mother’s surprised exclamation as the scene unfolds.
A small boy asks a man if he purchased Liberty bonds and contends that everyone should know the responsibility. The boy presses the issue, implying the adult’s inaction affects all.
A mother questions her son about trouble with keeping house while noting his wife can cook. The son responds that she can but she won’t.
Dashaway and Willie discuss a practical joke about deceiving Willies sister. Willie boasts that he pretended Dashaway was another man to gain approval, hoping the sister will agree to see him, marking a comic encounter in Hearson's Weekly.
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