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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
2
News from Tientsin reports north China floods causing over 1 billion dollars in damage. Streams became rivers two miles wide and up to 100 feet deep in spots, flooding more than 20 000 square miles with depths of 20 to 30 feet. Officials fear Tientsin will freeze and be uninhabitable through winter, with draining unlikely before end of 1919.
A noted German professor argues that prosthetic designers must not rely solely on patient reports or physician observation. Using cinematography inspired by Otto Fischer, he strapped Geissler tubes to a subject’s legs and filmed walking, revealing that one or two artificial limbs disrupt normal gait and cause energy waste and discomfort.
A Scribner's description notes two airplane extremes for combat and bombing. It cites a three seater with front passenger gunner, a pilot behind the motor, and a second gunner. The German Albatross speeds about 300 kph and carries three machine guns with synchronized fire and a small wing area.
A Baltimore Sun item describes a famous diner tipping with 25 cent Thrift stamps instead of cash. The waiter spent moments decoding the stamp gift before grasping the idea that such stamps could fund War Savings certificates over time.
Italian rice production totals about 660000 tons yearly with hulls making 100000 tons. Current stocks of hulls from the 1915 and 1916 crops total around 200000 tons, held due to export embargo, unable to be sent to Switzerland and Germany as cattle feed. Consul Joseph Emerson Haven notes this to the commerce department.
Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, Japan's top financier, now retired, is giving talks on ethics at Tokyo commercial schools. He says thirty years of business show morality and economics can harmonize and that he must teach this to young commercial students.
Mary Pickford suggests a sister star has grown fat and should have a love affair to remedy the situation. She describes the longing as a force that forbids growth and broadening in the industry.
Comedy exchange reveals a dissolved partnership between Mr Shad-Say and Mr Oyster. Both were “caught” and turned into oyster soup, ending their joint business venture in a humorous tale.
Harper's Magazine recollection presents Matthew Arnold as a rugged outward figure and a capable public man. It contrasts his practical duties as an inspector of schools and social ease with the inner poetic life he valued in himself as Celt influenced.
A freshman and a math professor spar over a proof in trigonometry. The student concedes that the result is highly probable rather than proven, reflecting a playful exchange cited in the Los Angeles Examiner.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin quotes Mae He stating the speaker is the apple of his eye and asks if forgiveness is possible for implying she is overripe and turning seedy.
A curious amphibious craft appears on Atlantic City beach. It runs on a 20 inch wide tractor wheel and 4 inch diameter rear wheels while steering with aft trail wheels. Howell, retired Rear Admiral, aims to use it for lifeboat service coast defense and seaplane tenders with greater capacity and reduced crew.
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle report notes Lake Ixby in Essex county’s Adirondack region hosts unusually large smallmouth bass. A visitor revealed autopsy findings on a two pound bass showing a beetle as its preferred prey. The beetle is claimed to be readily obtainable, easing future catches.
Britain ships more soap abroad than before the war. Nine months into this year exports reach nearly 16 million dollars, about 21 million per year, twice the prewar value. Prewar imports stood around 2.5 million dollars annually.
Luminous paint beacons have been used successfully for signaling at night. They convey a message up to 60 feet, using Morse code or large capital letters. The Royal Engineers of Britain are said to have first used these signaling devices.
A Marceline woman who runs a restaurant discovered 52 dollars in change and a 6 dollar check hidden in a desk, money unnoticed for years. The find was reported by the Kansas City Times.
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