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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic notes December 21 1916 as the shortest day of the year. The paper mentions post office matter and distribution notes, reflecting a second class matter designation and publication timing.
A complaint is filed that fir trees are being placed on private property for Christmas without consent. The note suggests some believe in excessive personal freedom and questions the limits of freedom of expression.
The Graphic received a letter from a Chicago man seeking a lyceum date in Newberg. Dr. Lowe an optician based in Long Beach California reports a South tour and remarks that tobacco revenue stamps paid fourteen million dollars in one town over a year. He notes many people send the “smoke of their torment” heavenward and asserts this spending is wasteful globally.
A reminiscence on persistent advertising habits contrasts with a call to keep campaigns alive after Oregon becomes bone dry. The Monmouth Monitor defends the Anti-Saloon League, cites union of temperance forces, and recalls historic editorials from the Albany Democrat about Bush and Salem smut machines.
The Graphic office has long served as a clearinghouse for lost items in New berg and surrounding territory. A recent clean-up revealed three untagged booklets left behind after a claimant departed with a bag containing handkerchiefs and small change. Five cent line ads draw in hopeful connections.
A note on David W. Craig and Oregon’s early press era, detailing the Oregon Style from the Argus in Oregon City to Asahel Bush in Salem. The Salem Clique, a Democratic politician circle including Bush and Nesmith, shaped state politics for years, with Bush leveraging influence as state printer under multiple administrations.
In 1798 at Fort Adams US troops were quartered after which General Wilkinson, losing his cue, forbade officers to wear cues. Major Butler refused to follow the order claiming he would die in prison. He arranged his burial so his eye would show above a hole in the coffin to mock the general.
The article notes longstanding Chinese aversion to soldiers, viewing them as loafers and threats in wartime. Japanese writer Yone Noguchi discusses the Chinese character, saying the army lacks glorified valor and willingness to die for the nation.
Po Chul writes a ballad titled The Arm Broken Old Man about a youth who fakes injury to avoid service. He endures pain while grateful for life as friends fall in battle. The piece juxtaposes this sentiment with Japanese loyalty to flag and emperor.
A how to on invisible writing using wet and dry paper on glass, plus a note on meteors showing color stages from yellow white to green and red. The piece cites Youth's Companion and London Family Herald as sources and includes a remark from the Kansas City Journal on blacksmith honesty.
The article describes three atmospheric strata up to 45, 125 miles, and beyond, with nitrogen, hydrogen, and a thin gas named geocoronium as leading constituents. Dr. Alfred Wegener is noted in the discussion of meteors and atmospheric layers.
Sandy the plumber and an apprentice work on a town job. The boss delays, Sandy returns claiming he was getting a haircut. The boss questions the timing and Sandy responds with a rebuking quip about letting hair grow in the boss’s time.
A London Tit-Bits spoof quotes a drill sergeant scolding Private Smith for slowness and stupidity. The sergeant claims an Egyptian mummy would be friskier, delivering a sharp wartime style insult.
A quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that healthy individuals struggle to value health over wealth, while a sick person grasps its primacy more clearly. The saying reflects common wisdom on health's true worth.
A humorous adage in the column notes a man who concedes when wrong is wise, but a man who concedes when right is married.
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