Staple and Fancy Groceries Advertise Prompt Service
A local grocer promotes fresh fruits and vegetables and urges customers to phone in grocery orders. They claim prompt service and invite new trade from the most particular shoppers.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
3
A local grocer promotes fresh fruits and vegetables and urges customers to phone in grocery orders. They claim prompt service and invite new trade from the most particular shoppers.
Mr Chambers has moved out of Newberg after purchasing the Dolph farm. Mrs Harry Smith has been in Portland. H L Amoth is ready for plastering a new house. Mrs Marsh suffered a severe cut. Dr Barcroft dressed it. Harold Davis had a painful hand burn. Neils Nelson visiting Sherman county. Mrs A H Boyd visiting her mother Mrs DeWitt of Monmouth. Ladies Aid attendance large with fourteen at dinner. five new members joined. Four new members joined the W C T U. West Chehalem basketball rivals Fernwood and Dundee. 15 12 loss, 27 13 win. Church services revised for next Sunday. Mrs Luther Muzzy back in the community. Mrs Lou Carter returned from ten days in Portland and Oregon City with a ship crewman. Harry Carter ill with inflammatory rheumatism but improving. Potter Palmer pursued a guest who fled unpaid. reply cites bill of 8.62 dollars.
A physician notes a young glassblower who drinks 12 gallons of water daily and a tubful overnight, while others consume 50 to 60 pints in a day and remain unaffected. The tale highlights extreme water intake among workers.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt shows a pompous citizen denying membership in a ple brigade while Mr. Duthwaite presses for government service. The exchange centers on serving the country without pecuniary reward and the patriot’s duty to seek public employment.
A dialogue notes belief in fortune telling and Mercantile agencies as fairly accurate, with papa as a believer. The New Haven Register records the conversation as a human interest snippet about faith in financial prognostication.
City treasurer presents year ending December 31 1920 figures for Newberg Oregon detailing General Water Sewer Street City Park and Library funds. Shows receipts total 78944 18 with disbursements 89183 15 and net bonded indebtedness 143596 48 plus property lien and other obligations totaling 163905 39.
An excerpt from The American Legion Weekly features a plea where a father is urged to approve a marriage to Jim praised for bravery in France, noting two medals for actions including cleaning dugouts and mopping up.
The Baptists of Oregon announce a conference in Portland February 13 14 15 at the White Temple with Rev C A Brooks D D Henry W Peabody of Boston and Rev W H Bowler of the Board of Promotion. Mrs Peabody a missionary from South India and first vice president of the Foreign Mission Society speaks on mission needs. delegates from all churches expected at the mass meeting with Eugene sessions February 15 16.
Newberg's photopia venues begin Friday with Mae Mash in The Little Fraid Lady at Star. Monday to Tuesday feature Dorothy Phillips in The Right to Happiness. Wednesday to Thursday show Polly of the Storm Country with Mildred Harris Chaplin. Baker presents Fatty Arbuckle in A Reckless Romeo Friday and Saturday. Metro offers Hearts are Trumps Monday to Tuesday and Nazimova in Ma Dame Peacock Wednesday to Thursday.
Dr. Charlies Aubrey Eaton in Leslie's contrasts poverty and greed. He says poverty can spur thrift and virtue, while greed promotes self destruction and social discord, hindering lasting peace. The piece warns against infecting society with greed and fear of poverty.
In Japan marriages are steered by elder go-betweens who find a couple, inform parents, and arrange a meeting on neutral ground. If families approve after a preliminary look, parents meet again to finalize the match, binding it with an exchange of presents.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt laments widespread Bible ignorance among students and parents, noting the Bible’s deep literary influence and urging renewed engagement. The piece cites a professor’s English class test and warns that many miss biblical sources behind Hamlet and Lear. It adds a historic vignette about Charles VI’s yearly ritual until 1558.
The sixteenth century king Charles V and Holy Roman Emperor staged a self funeral rehearsal. A wax-lit church, a catafalque, and mourning cortege formed as he, in sable, watched his own obsequies and offered his taper to the officiating priest.
The text notes that wild sheep relied on agility to avoid wolves and that domestication altered their life, reducing the advantage of natural defenses. Hoof growth outpaces pasture wear and footrot arises. Wool, once essential at high altitudes, becomes a nuisance, making sheep vulnerable to ticks and maggots.
The elderly Aunt Martha, showing signs of mental stress, explains she waited on a street corner for half an hour as street cars and wagons crowded traffic. She finally crossed after they passed and came to the current location as fast as possible.
President Thanklin of Wesleyan University condemns profiteers after a professor is startled by a night visit in the cellar. A torch reveals a shadowy figure who jokes it is the weekly provisions man, prompting the professor to raise his hands in surprise.
The American Forestry Association of Washington offers to register memorial trees on its national honor roll, promoting ongoing care for trees after planting. The text notes many planters prematurely finish their job after soil is backfilled, risking poor tree outcomes without continued attention.
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