Springtime Near as Orchard Sprayer Returns
The town notes spring is near with the odor of orchard spray pumps in use. Residents expect spraying to resume soon as warmer weather continues.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
3
The town notes spring is near with the odor of orchard spray pumps in use. Residents expect spraying to resume soon as warmer weather continues.
Fans in Oregon back Walter McCredie to assemble his 1916 Beavers team. News notes repainting of electric cars to portray Portland, Eugene and Bartern instead of Southern Pacific. The fate of the Willamette Valley Lines slogan funded by Mr. Bell of the Imperial hotel remains unclear after a fifty dollar prize payment.
The article notes John T. Smith is away and did not read a lengthy Graphic feature. It mentions George H. Himes and a prior 5000 word piece, while referencing Mr Smith not fully recovered from recent big feeds.
The fragment discusses Washington DC’s dry laws and political shifts. It notes potential congressmen responding to public will and predicts radical changes in public policy. It mentions Hobson bill support and a gloomy Independent view of the capital’s outlook.
A distorted passage references a writer describing an advance order during a legislative session and mentions presidential views, with a vague note about travel routes via Reno and San If a dry friend in dry New.
A humorous note comments on Oregon’s remote geography and long travel distances between towns. It jokes that future railroads and cars will ease travel, and suggests the legislature’s leaders could cut distance by changing routes via San Francisco, Salem, and Portland with humorous exaggeration.
Lucille, a well brought up five year old, returns home pleased with herself. She tells her mother she was a good girl and recalls telling Mrs. Applegate she enjoyed herself and ate more than expected.
The remark notes that riding a hobby is fine if you know how to quit, and suggests jealousy carries a price that cannot be measured.
The text explains Hawaiian letter sounds for a and i, noting a as al in word fragments. It gives an approximate pronunciation guide for Hawaii and mentions syllable emphasis and comparisons to English sounds, with several fragmented examples.
OCR snippet shows incomplete text with phrases like true love never run e and references to a figure “Jife” and “saree 7 that Jife” making a clear event or facts unreadable.
The fragment recalls a 1790 note about conveyance and a key to the Bastille sent across the Atlantic. It references Carlyle’s French Revolution analysis, the Washington hall table, and a grim tally of casualties as the Bastille’s seizure echoed in a Jericho like voice.
A mangled excerpt shows a boy denying something to look the bees in the face while others discuss there having been a dozen of that kind earlier in the day. The text includes quoted lines and partial phrases about a situation and claims of being told so.
Fragmentary notes reference Rouget de l Isle and the 1814 bombardment of Baltimore. A young Baltimore lawyer wrote The Star Spangled Banner, later known as the Key poem, amid ballad traditions and Dublin weariness.
A fragmented caption text from the Cincinnati Enquirer mentions apes and an artist in a cryptic exchange. The lines hint at a misunderstanding of a picture with odd wording and missing context, leaving readers to infer the intended meaning.
The interchange explains the hyphenated name as indicating a married name shown alongside the husband’s surname. The speaker notes Burke and Martin relate to the same married woman Watkins clarifies the convention.
The article explains how a jumble cipher uses two color coded dictionaries red blue and blue red to map words such as emperor and kangaroo. It notes the method relies on the inviolability of the two dictionaries and warns that a government using the same cipher abroad risks exposure if outsiders obtain a view of the books or a photo of its pages.
Pat notes a man’s denial of a photo likeness then sees his portrait labeled the ugliest mug in town in a showcase, highlighting a quip from the Pittsburgh Chronicle about mistaken identity and a sale of the photograph.
A historical account notes J F X O'Brien sentenced for high treason in 1867 Fenian era to hang drawn and quartered then remitted to ten years. He survived until 1905 becoming the last person judge announced sentence in that manner.
A reader recalls a question from a child about a phenomenon described as a boy turning into one. The narrator notes the boy became more curved and alert, listening intently, and then asks how the dot was kept under him. The passage emphasizes curiosity and a prompt, direct question.
In Leigh near Bolton a memorial stone bears a strange line about "a virtuous woman is 5s. to her husband" explained by space limitations that prevented a frown being cut. The note is appraised by London Notes as a curious inscription from a bygone era.
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