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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
6
A London physician's mortality study on wartime troops suggests deaths and wounds run high but deaths decline as disease vanishes. He notes about sixty killed and fifteen hundred wounded per thousand engaged, with many wounded recovering, and emphasizes improved protection, tactics, and equipment lowering fatality as the war continues.
A Sunday sermon at an uptown New York church urged citizens to act in wartime, stressing foodstuffs conservation. A small boy in Sunday finery sat with his red faced grandfather as the clergyman urged sober action and reduced consumption of candy and alcohol.
A London correspondent reports that eminent American geologists and a Board of Trade spokesman urged substantial spending to search for oil deposits in Great Britain. He stressed oil's importance, saying Britain could lack motive power without oil even if armed and funded.
Syracuse based New York state college of forestry warns chambers of commerce statewide about a severe tussock moth outbreak damaging shade trees next season. Egg masses appear white on elm branches and should be collected or creosoted to prevent hatching. Local shade tree and park commissions urged to act promptly.
A humorous exchange about dentistry. One dentist boasts patients sleep during extractions while another recalls patients posing for photos during procedures due to their pleasant expressions.
Mrs Jessup worries for Miss Eustacia who saved and gave to others yet feels empty as friends offer tea and flowers. Mrs Crane recalls how Miss Eustacia brightened summers with tea parties and charity. Lauretta King urges Miss Eustacia to come back as Mrs Crane plans to visit tomorrow.
Monsignor de Gibergues of Valence mourns his seventh nephew lost to war. A found letter to his parents speaks of wings broken in the blue heavens and a son’s final thoughts, prayers for forgiveness, comfort for loved ones, and hope for France and the Kingdom of God.
A comic exchange names a man the Miracle Man for claimed feats and jokes about his inability to persuade a woman that she snores in her sleep. The dialogue plays on humor about sleep noises and the limits of claims.
A judge quotes a defendant asking what she said after a kiss. The response mentions coming around Fridays hereafter as amateurs' night. The line emphasizes conduct and timing in the court record.
A post office scene features a man noting the post minister appears at ease who replies that the place is his stamping ground. The brief exchange highlights a local setting and a touch of humor about belonging.
A fragment quotes lines about weather and dust as a speaker contemplates loss and resilience. The text references windblown dust and a longing to avoid tears during blustery days. It evokes introspection in sparse, lyric diction.
Dialogue references shabby boats and painters mentioned by brothers. The exchange highlights concern over vessel appearance and the role of workmen in upkeep.
The Kansas City Times recalls Ole Bull’s failed Pennsylvania colony Oleana begun in the late 1800s. The great violinist promoted a model Norse settlement but misled by land dealers left hundreds of emigrants penniless after the land title proved invalid. Ole Bull held benefit concerts to aid the displaced settlers.
A railway compartment tale shows a new passenger declaring pacifism and wishing an olive branch, angering a severe woman who blasts him for his remarks. John Tamson exits amid shocked silence and a wry remark on his pacifist stance.
A Pari winkle resident muses on gas masks for soldiers and French children, then ridicules a town hall talk by Hon. Braggin Blow who is allegedly a candidate for re election to congress after friends urged it.
A young boy painted a caricature of President Wilson on a single grain of corn using water colors. The quarter inch long portrait, created in about thirty minutes, follows a prior similar work. The artist reportedly received praise from Washington.
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