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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
6
Pens and paper are stationary. Cutlery is dull. C cheese firm and fairly active. Butter strong and inclined to be slippery. Whisky lively and unsteady. Hops lively and active. Gunpowder inclined to be being.
A columnist questions the president’s approach to appointing a field marshal. The piece reflects on whether leadership should be created by the individual or designated by higher authority, noting common opinions on self-made roles.
Willett Charles Smith of Norwalk Connecticut recounts his nerve racking escape after being captured when the Esmeralda was halted by the Moewe. He hid inside a fertilizer bag aboard a ship bound for Sweden and survived six days without food or water before reaching Christiania and an American bound voyage.
A fragment recounts a dream where one person imagines the other loves them. The text notes that scientists say dreams go by contraries, suggesting a paradoxical interpretation of dream content.
The Des Moines Capital comments that no Prussian or German prince has been killed or wounded in three years of war. It notes the emperor has six sons none wounded, while autocracy remains well fed and unaffected. It dismisses rumors of court indulgence at Verdun and says mourning affects common people, not the royal family.
Canon Parfit of Jerusalem describes Eastern scenes in London and Baghdad. He recounts poverty and beggars for baksheesh while the sultan plans a new pontoon bridge after floods. The crowd is taxed, £40,000 raised. bridge cost £4,000 with the rest allegedly pocketed.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports housewives in Rochester New York are testing a phantom mince pie with an undisclosed formula. Critics say no substitute matches the New England mince pie for flavor and tradition, preserving the dish as a gustatory poem and epicurean delight.
United States Bureau of Census figures show 1917 ginned cotton totals reach 10,142,858 bales before December 13, counting round bales as half and excluding linters. 1916 and 1915 totals were 10,838,799 and 10,306,309 respectively, with sea island shares 83,352, 110,163, and 84,110. Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina contributed 35,177, 43,104, and 5,071 sea island bales in 1917. December 1 preliminary total is 9,716,098.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that a pilot and observer used an airplane to herd a herd of horses near Hicks, Texas. The plane flew about 40 feet above the animals, startling them and driving them toward the far end of the field, aiding the farmer’s round up.
Friends at a Hoover luncheon discuss a menu marked nine hundred fifty calories. After a pause and pencil tapping, they realize the phrase means a thousand calories and the group nonchalantly resumes eating peanut loaf.
Three Russian famines in 1891 1906 and 1911 stand among the nation's most severe. Government relief over ten years after the first famine totaled about 125 million dollars but funds were not expended wisely or efficiently.
A child answers matter of grace with a playful remark about eating a grape that was not blessed. The mother and girl speak in a tone reflecting a simple domestic moment drawn from a religious background.
A wartime correspondent details the broad use of camouflage from deceptive numbers to fake units. A U S reserve officer proposes papier mache soldiers as decoys to mislead German forces and spare real troops, allowing real troops to advance.
A terse exchange shows a father asking why the son avoids Sunday school while the boy notes they have already celebrated Christmas, reflecting a domestic scene on religious observance.
In Carmel Indiana residents hunt at night for possums and coons but success has been limited this winter. Miss Gertrude Graves, home alone, heard excited barking and found a possum treed in a grape arbor. She reached up, grabbed the animal, and placed it under a tub to await supper with sweet potatoes.
A humorous tale about an ambitious colored trooper who jokes he will soon earn a commission after overhearing officials debating officers. He quips that lieutenants, captains, and majors all “do nothin’ and know nothin’,” highlighting a satirical view of military ranks and sinecures.
A fragment recalls attempting to find work for two friends, but they were refused. The terse reminiscence hints at a shared hardship in seeking employment and the sting of rejection.
A wartime correspondent describes versatile wireless gear used on the western front. A cavalry radio unit weighs about 640 pounds carried by four horses with an engine, dynamo, transformer, receiver, and aerials distributed across mounts. The system covers 28 to 30 miles with fuel and components stowed in wooden cases and fiber containers.
The New York Medical Journal discusses three main categories of the feeble minded and argues for a near continuous scale of mental development from infancy to adulthood. It urges psychiatrists to explain why the proposed three stopping points fail to capture gradual cognitive variation.
Nannie Lancaster writes in the Washington Star about a common brown horse found dead on a street cobbles. The piece reflects on labor, mortality, and the elusiveness of justice, asking where the worker goes after life ends and noting the lack of clear answer.
One of the finest war memorials in the world to be built in Egypt by Australian troops as tribute to fallen comrades in Egypt and Palestine. Each Australian soldier there contributed $1.25. The memorial features a broken column on the Suez Canal bank. New Zealanders plan a similar monument at Bir el Abd for those who died at Romani.
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