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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
7
The article argues blasting soil to aid tree planting increases root penetration, improves moisture absorption and promotes quicker, larger yields. It cites fall blasting as advantageous for dry subsoil, with lime for clay soils and careful post blast backfilling to ensure proper root placement and drainage.
An article describes blasting ditches using dynamite with holes eighteen to twenty four inches deep loaded with fifty percent straight dynamite. A single line charges seven to nine feet wide and thirty to forty inches deep, using electric caps in cold dry ground.
The article argues dynamite blasts can straighten creeks and remove rocks stumps and sandbars to deepen channels and expand tillable land for farming. It claims charges placed above bank and tied to electric firing ease roadbed work and improve roadside shade tree planting and drainage, urging immediate use.
The article describes four essential components a cap fuse powder cartridge requires the cap fuse the fridge and a crimping tool. It warns against unsafe methods such as punching holes through the cartridge and threading the fuse and emphasizes careful handling to prevent accidents.
The article warns that improper handling of cartridges can cause accidental ignition by breaking the fuse or leaving unexploded charges. It cautions against shortcuts in the handling of explosives and notes risks of hang fire lasting up to hours.
A note on a newer method of road construction using explosives as a rapid building technique. The report outlines how blast methods accelerate earth removal and soil stabilization, with potential implications for project timelines and safety considerations.
A fragment discusses whether William Middleton preceded Sir Walter Raleigh in smoking tobacco in London. It cites G L Appgept and Mr Apperson noting tobacco reached Europe by 1560, with later claims about public smoking by Middleton and Captain Price. The passage questions Raleigh’s primacy in introducing tobacco to England.
Recounts tobacco’s changing fortunes from condemnations by theologians and King James to Victorian disrepute and later popularity inspired by King Edward VII. Notes mentions of Ruskin, Burne-Jones, and a humorous image of Tennyson and Caroline in a Cheyne Row kitchen, contrasting attitudes toward tobacco.
The London Mail notes gossip and scandal differ from costs and rumors. Gossip is widely popular and serves as social currency, crowding out talk about others. Scandal angers some, but gossip remains entertaining and harmless in human nature’s stock in trade.
The source debates January name origins and the god Janus, noting two faced depiction aiming east and west. It explains Janus as sun god overseeing beginnings and endings, historically linked to war and temple closure during peace. The piece cites St Louis Globe Democrat commentary on myth versus calendar superstition.
The Louisville Courier Journal extols the mule as a hardy, faithful servant superior in endurance and thrift to horses. It praises his work capacity, frugality, and reliability in peace and war, while conceding occasional mild mischief and a nostalgic, almost mythic afterlife vision for animals.
A brief note outlines actions by United States officers connected to the Supreme Court case. It mentions general governance and legal oversight without delving into case specifics.
The piece notes northern Portugal fishermen began the Atlantic fishing industry on banks off North America and continuingly savor salt cod from Newfoundland. It mentions Portuguese settling on islands south of Massachusetts with dark eyed Iberian maidens.
Administrator Eli A White deceased seeks final settlement in Yamhill County Oregon. Hearing set for March 27, 1916 at 10:00 A M in McMinnville County Court Room. All interested persons must appear to contest or approve the final accounts and settlement. William K E Wire is a guardian or attorney filing the notice. Public notice appears in the Graphic and Semi Weekly Journal.
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