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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
3
Bairds advertises heavy 54 inch all wool dress goods in popular colors at 1.25 per yard and promotes a complete line with special values at 50 cents and up.
Try a PARISIANA spring corset and see why shoppers call it the best value. Available to fit any figure with prices starting at $1.00 and rising.
Our department offers what we believe are the best values for the price with no space to quote prices. We invite you to come in and inspect them for yourselves.
A collage of witticisms and rural observations plus local social items. Jim Buckley faces possible eye loss in Portland. A Valentine party at Elmer Walter’s home features heart shaped invites and games. Local visits include Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Coates in Newberg. A surprise eighteenth birthday for Lester Parrish and a health update on Mrs. Powell. Fernwood schoolhouse to host a socialism debate next Saturday evening.
A Black church tale recalls Brer Johnson reluctantly delivering a eulogy for Deacon Jasper. He admits his vow to speak well, yet quips that they all hope he is gone to a place they know he is not.
The Presbyterian church lists next Sunday morning sermon on The Imperial Christ and evening sermon on A Good Lawyer. A second answer to What Shall I Make of Myself is to be discussed.
The master recalls a forgotten letter left on a library table. He searches in the afternoon and questions Ezekiel who claims to have mailed it despite lacking an address. Ezekiel explains he mistook it for an anonymous note and sent it without the name or address.
A conversation between a voter and Mamie suggests differing views on women’s suffrage. The aunt presses for dignity and voting rights while Mamie supports some form of female voting, reflecting early 20th century debates on suffrage.
Grace C Forsyth aged 25 weds Lee R Hayes 24 Mary Rutgers 22 weds Oscar Bodyfelt 34 Annie Bernard 32 weds John 5 Roscoe 41 Mabel Pearl Stewart 17 weds F E B McBride 24. The excerpts list marriages or engagements among residents with ages.
A Cairo Museum incident recounts a correspondent and guide who mockingly commented on the mummy of Ahmose I and felt a suffocating pressure as if a cord tightened around the neck. The event, considered uncanny, fuels superstitions that mummies retain wizardry powers and seek vengeance on profane observers.
Ten percent of mail in Russia is opened by authorities under government orders. Every town has five experts who study mail after opening. Some envelopes can be steamed open without traces, and this indicates systematic mail scrutiny.
The New Year gift custom traces to ancient Rome with Strenia the goddess of gifts. Romans offered to the goddess and to the sovereign, then extended into Christian Europe. Over time the practice shifted but remained tied to January 1.
The piece notes umbrellas appear in Egyptian and Nineveh monuments and on ancient Greek vases, showing they predate Christianity. It states umbrellas reached London in the mid eighteenth century with Jonas Hanway, whose umbrella drew ridicule as he used it publicly.
Jennie deduces a logic puzzle about a guest missing a train. The telegram says Missed train will start some time tomorrow. If she starts tomorrow at the same time she will miss the train again.
In Murad II’s reign a feared band of Constantinople dogs prompted an Englishman’s injury and sparked calls to remove thousands to distant islands. The sultan ordered exile to uninhabited lands with boats carrying the beasts, some sinking, others landing on Asia’s shore. Reclaimed once the populace demanded relief, the dogs were returned to the city amid celebrations.
A six year old, red haired urchin in a New Jersey suburb provokes concern with his in house swearing. A outraged mother reports her daughter shocked by his language while the boy is placid at home and his mother questions how to handle him. The tale reflects parental worry over a child’s conduct.
Four year old Homer twins after a bath were dressed and sent outside to play. A muddy hollow under an elm becomes a makeshift pool as the boys practice kicking and stroking, exclaiming they are learning to swim.
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