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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
3
Beginning New Year’s day at 6 a m the new parcel post law allows any United States resident to mail merchandise of all descriptions weighing up to eleven pounds and not exceeding six feet in combined length and girth. Deliveries will be made by wagon with the same regularity as the current letter service. The article notes the current staffing.
The article explains zone based parcel post with eight zones, local zones, and scales at post offices. It outlines 75 cent guide books, insurance, and items not accepted. It notes benefits to farmers shipping eggs and produce and predicts impact on express services.
The Post Office adopts a zoned parcel system with 1,800 units in the country. Centers of units determine circles for first and second zones, establishing rates from 6 cents for the first pound down to 12 cents for distant territories, plus a 1 cent per ounce rule for small parcels. Maps and guides mark unit numbers for each town, aiding clerks in routing packages.
Assistant Professor G. W. Pierce of Harvard physics devised a wireless telephone instrument with potential to revolutionize long distance communication. The device, endorsed by John Hays Hammond Jr, operated from Hammond's Gloucester laboratory at Freeh Water Cove. wireless power concentrated about fifty feet above sea level and linked to the Harvard Wireless club thirty-five miles away for about fifteen minutes.
Sir George Birdwood at eighty shares views on aging. He urges not to dwell on health or rigid diets and to enjoy life. He mocks a eggs bread and butter two meal plan as miserable and stresses the aim to live well rather than long.
Russian secret police pursue a major forgery network that flooded ruble notes into circulation in Russia and abroad. Four captured suspects including a drummer, a merchant and two others hold forged notes totaling nearly 250000 rubles. Interrogations reveal little about the forgers factory. Two suspects linked to France are being sought.
Harper's Weekly recounts engineering wonders across the United States. It highlights Colorado routes that climb to 11 660 feet with tunnels and loops such as Bow Knot and Yankee Doodle Lake. It also describes Arkansas canyon bridges with winded approaches and cantilevered braces spanning the river.
Chronicles recount a remarkable meteorological display in 1532 described as fire drakes or dragons. Eyewitnesses report flocks of glowing bodies in the sky and even four hundred flying together, with explanations ranging from spirits guiding treasure to vapors igniting spontaneously.
During a long sermon a bride leaves a note for her husband usher urging him to hurry home and shut off the gas. The usher delivers the note to the pulpit assuming it is for the minister, who reads it with a growing frown.
A London Telegraph quip recalls a father advising his son John that harmony depends on giving a good wife her own way, while a stubborn wife will push to take it. The wry line reflects practical marriage wisdom.
One morning Mr. Jon asks a prosperous neighbor to drive his overcoat to town. The neighbor agrees and asks how to return it. Mr. Jon replies he will stay in the coat to retrieve it easily, delivering a dry humorous rebuff.
The account describes how a highwayman demanded a 100 guinea loan repayment from Lord Stanhope using a watch as collateral. The weapon threat led to the transfer of funds, and the next day a letter with 100 guineas arrived, noting the loan had funded the sender’s new start in life and social reengagement.
The Chicago Record Herald reports a peculiar plant described by a French botanist Laghtry that allegedly coughs when dust settles on its leaves. When touched by dust the plant’s air chambers fill with gas, swell, and release gas with a small explosion producing a sound like a child with a cold, an uncanny sight to observe.
The piece traces firewater to English spirits shipped to America in barrels, then divided into kegs for overland transport. Traders diluted whisky to gain furs, and Indians learned fire would flame with undiluted liquor but quench when watered. A chief claimed it came from hearts of wildcats and tongues of women, amid its effects.
Lou learns Maude broke her engagement with Dick. Dick confesses he stole a kiss, but Maude objected because he did not steal it from her. The amused exchange appears in Lippincott's.
In reminiscences of Dr. Clarke at Harvard Oliver Wendell Holmes voices metaphysical wit. He compares metaphysics to a man splitting a log leaving him with two more logs to split, witty as ever.
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