Betty and Aunt Walk In Step
A fragment shows a girl named Betty running to catch up with her aunt who pacefully walks. The aunt replies with a garbled line about walking speed and a self referential remark.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
7
A fragment shows a girl named Betty running to catch up with her aunt who pacefully walks. The aunt replies with a garbled line about walking speed and a self referential remark.
An exchange urges encouragement for selling stock holdings. Rich plans to motivate others toward the idea and anticipates soon being ready to unload the stock he is carrying.
Dr Rankin spoke at home visiting school describing Camp Lewis Washington training camp. Students applauded loudly. Last Saturday Newberg high defeated Corvallis high 22 to 20 after trailing 14 to 8 at half. Corvallia team honored at reception hosted by Newberg high.
A compiled list shows transfers of residential and acreage properties in Newberg and Dayton areas. Transfers involve Holladay to the Black family, Rogers to Rogers, Wortman to Braly, and numerous other deeds, with prices ranging from $10 to $16,000 and parcels from 5 to 189 acres.
A brief, humorous exchange notes willingness to accept dinner invitations as a solution to a food shortage. The dialogue highlights social appetite for hospitality and collective problem solving during a scarcity period.
A New York World headline laments the end of $50 dinners and mocks the loss of even 50-cent meals, highlighting a shift in affordable dining expectations.
Walter Lord drove a Maxwell to a record ascent of Mt Wilson in 26 minutes 56.3 seconds, shaving 21.2 seconds off the prior mark. The feat, aided by favorable conditions, followed earlier attempts and surpasses the twelve cylinder car record set weeks earlier.
Oatmeal boosts meals with puddings bread cookies and soups suitable for dinner or supper. A baked oatmeal loaf makes 1 loaf of 144 pounds and a brown pudding serves five. Edna L Mills notes oatmeal is nutritious and economical to help save wheat.
A dialogue on new military gold bars for lieutenants shows how civilian and soldier errors arose from misread insignia. A young woman jokes about Tom’s gold bars prompting confusion as others ignore her comment, highlighting social gaps and etiquette in uniform.
The plan for a New York to Brest passenger steamers line faces hazards. Charles Lallemand notes Brest’s rocky approach and abrupt seabed rise, risking grounding within seconds after sonar readings. Fog blankets the coast about one day in eight, with several extended fog periods yearly, making harbor entry unreliable.
An Indianapolis barber, John, persists in offering massage, haircut, and manicure to a tired customer seeking only a shave. The customer declines, saying it is too hard to put his head together again after a wash. The barber’s persistent pressure contrasts with the customer’s reluctance and the shop’s usual politeness.
Mrs Staven asks the magistrate to try her chicken soup. The magistrate says he has tried it and the chicken has proved an alibi in the case. The quote comes from New Pack.
Mrs Blatbush laments absence of husband at war while Mrs Bensonhurst jokes about the quiet house and lack of a foe to argue with, reflecting wartime domestic humor in Yonkers.
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