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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
4
Local newspaper page from Newberg Oregon lists graphic building details at 600 First Street including office White 53 residence Bine 7 and indicates entry at the Newberg post office under second class Balter status.
A 1920 Portland anecdote notes station hold up by ex Standard Oil staff and moonshine operations cited to hint at local labor and crime patterns. The piece mentions Newberg population estimates by enumerators who will not reveal figures this week, delaying usable results.
The Graphic notes Wilson’s high esteem during his presidency but asserts his peak fame has passed. It argues autocratic dictation works in war but fails in peacetime, suggesting political power tightens once the war ends.
The Portland Gas Co expands a pipeline to Hillsboro and Forest Grove and reportedly conducted a secret survey to Newberg and McMinnville. Gas is noted as a household necessity in contemporary economies.
Governor Ol ott calls a special session as Senator Banks introduces a resolution Tuesday to thank the University of Oregon football team and coaches for their sportsmanship in the New Year game with Harvard at Pasadena.
The piece positions Poindexter and Hiram Johnson as northern and southern candidates on the republican ticket with Oregon voters urged to back Charles Evans Hughes? No, to vote for Lowden as the best guess. The tone reflects a regional recommendation amid a field of contenders in the nomination battle.
As the May primary approaches voters study candidates for president. Many in both parties would back Herbert Hoover if he would run, but Hoover says his hat is not in the ring.
In choosing a president, voters should seek a big, brainy leader for Washington and require the parties to nominate their most able standard bearers to meet the nation’s many pressing questions.
With sugar at 18 cents and prices unlikely to fall soon, readers are urged to grow their own sweets. Sorghum is recommended for table syrup and gingerbread, profitable for self supply and market sale. Middle West shipments arrive at 1.50 dollars per gallon.
A church bulletin highlights Rev A M Hills critique of a university professor accused of teaching infidelity about Genesis and the Bible. The piece condemns the professor with a drastic call for punishment, while noting no challenge to a Doctor of Divinity’s orthodoxy.
After the Verdun armistice, 600 allied soldiers gathered in the cathedral. Doctor Maurer of the Red Triangle led a multi faith service kneeling in prayer and guiding the group in the Doxology and Our Father. Americans sang My Country Tis of Thee while the English and French offered God Save the King and La Marseillaise. The French general thanked Maurer for guiding a grace filled moment.
A Turkish life writer notes that Constantinople hosts numerous guilds with long histories. The esnaf and other craft unions exercise authority, even punishing members for public offenses under Suleiman’s era. They admit workers irrespective of race if they share the trade, and lodge-based leadership enforces conduct.
Journalists from about twenty nations witnessed how Dunkerque kept schools running despite constant bombardment. Pupils marched to the cellar during attacks and sessions resumed quickly after repairs, showing unwavering commitment to education amid war.
The peanut crop has risen in importance due to agricultural development boosting production and land value. It aided Alabama during the cotton weevil crisis and boosted the South, with Virginia dropping from first to fifth in production. Peanut oil adds value. overall harvest and value reached a record high despite reduced acreage.
A Nova Scotia island community in Lunenburg county shows an unusual surname pattern with nearly all residents named Levy. Many families pick Old Testament given names, and locals claim descendants of Galilee era fishermen who followed biblical figures to the time of Christ.
A feature describes Persian dervishes as gypsy-like beggars who roam cities and villages. They carry a begging bowl conical cap animal skin cape and a nails studded club ready to demand tribute. They tell fortunes recite prayers sell charms and claim healing powers as they pass from place to place.
The article notes a shift from the traditional Mount Washington range to a Vermont set named as a presidential range. Between Middlebury gap and Lincoln Warren pass the Bread Loaf Mountain area hosts unnamed summits now gaining recognition. North of them Mount Abraham and Lincoln anchor the area, with Mount Grant Grover Cleveland Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson newly designated as part of the range.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls Violet Vanbrugh sharing a backstage tale from a tour of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet improvises when a phial is missing, grabbing an ink bottle and tipping it to her lips, causing ink to spill down her chin and dress as the audience roars.
The article notes plastic surgeons refocusing from battlefield disfigurement to civilian cosmetic fixes. It highlights potential future corrections for facial flaws and baldness by grafting skin from hair-bearing areas to bald patches, suggesting a hairless look could be a thing of the past.
Mr. R. W. Dalton notes growing popularity of shirts among Fijians and rising demand for soft tennis shirts with collars and pockets. Khaki shorts and trousers gain favor, worn beneath or instead of loin cloths, with umbrellas increasingly in use for dressy occasions.
The Y W C A announces a World Service Program to aid women postwar with a target of 3 000 000 for 1920 activities across the globe. Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr chairs the National Educational Campaign Committee as leaders urge churches and communities to support a broader effort through the Federal Council of Churches to speak on women’s conditions. Protestations note the program seeks 4 500 000 with 1 500 000 already secured and lists prominent society names among supporters.
Fifty two young women in the United States serve as Y W C A town secretaries. They organize recreation for girls and the community in towns under 10 000 residents, expanding youth services through local centers.
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