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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
2
Fernwood defeated Willamette Club 26 to 21 in a hard fought basketball game on the Witter floor Saturday night. The first half was especially tight as rooters from both sides created high interest at the Fernwood gym.
County court recommended Fred Hosford as road supervisor of district No. 5. Promising results from road discussions, urging more meetings to secure better roads. Pacific College talk at West Chehalem Union church. Basketball loss to Pacific College second team 32 to 10. Ladies Aid reelects Mrs. Calkios as president and elects Mrs. Shaw secretary. next meeting January 19 invites all community ladies.
Trived to cay to make an extended visi teer ca aod daughter, Mr. Mrs. Jack Sawyer. Mrs. Wrng recovering from an ilives hopes climate will help. Roy Shreve spent f days on acreage at Rex. George Wallner of Portland visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A H Dean. Freda Kane missed days of school due to grippe. Helen Scott of Newhe visited the Misses Erna and Freda for coasting. Mrs. Merrett Fox of Tacomi visiting the family of F. Doree, left for home. An eight pound baby Arlene arrived at the Sawyer home. Family all doing fine including grandparents Wright. Work on Friends Parsonage for Mrs. Fr ees Liter at Rex field proceeds slowly due to bad weather. Mrs. F Doves entertained local youth at a jolly Saturday evening. January Ladies Aid met at Mrs. O Woodworth with topic well discussed. Annual election: N L Wiley re elected president. O Woodworth vice president, Perry Miller secretary treasurer, A H Dean assistant. Lunch served. next meeting at Mrs. C G Lewis in February.
The article notes rising rice prices and experiments in wet years showing prairie soils suited to rice with sufficient water. Pumps were deployed to lift bayou water to fields, quickly expanding cultivation. The first large pump arrived in 1804 on Bayou Plaque mine in Acadia parish near Crowilay.
A fragmentary page mixes apocalyptic musings on a sun catastrophe with a note on Argentina’s Inca Bridge over the Rio Mendom. The text references scientific speculation by Professor Flammarion, a colonial road over a water viaduct, and a humorous exchange about a patient and doctor from the New York Post.
Readers question which postage stamp is the rarest with claims of stamps existing in single copies. The note cites stamps printed and used with no confirmed survivors and mentions stamps like the 20 williamtam surcharged in violet and other penny stamps with only one known copy.
A garbled newspaper quote traces a critique of social norms where men are valuable and women are bound by contract, noting frustration with protective attitudes toward science and the female body. The fragment attributes these remarks to W L and George in Atlantic.
Fragmentary OCR text lacks clear event or entities. No identifiable people, places, or organizations to anchor a coherent news item.
The text describes the European wildcat and asserts the bay lynx of America cannot be domesticated. It notes the bay lynx is wild, has a yellowish brown coat, a short tail, is a good swimmer, and has partly webbed hind feet. It frequents mountainous regions of North America.
A London Tidbits note explains how nose shapes reflect personality. A turned up nose signals a weak mind and coarse traits, while a strong, uniformly colored nose marks a passionate, sanguine thinker.
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