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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
3
Red Cross Roll Call Sunday is being organized locally with plans for special services in Sunday Schools and youth meetings. The observance will feature discussions of peace time Red Cross activities and future work, with no subscriptions requested unless arranged by local chapter officers.
Government and Rockefeller Foundation efforts in Jamaica show progress. In Vere, a major sugar center, workers now put in six days a week instead of three, and healthier workers are migrating to Cuba for cane work.
National American Legion headquarters learned that a Dead Men's club could form from 2000 ex service men officially listed as killed in action. William Wart of Akron D one of the casualties who was gassed and left on the field at Picardy proposed forming such an organization.
Old singer M L Alban Gye recalls singing before Queen Victoria and Empress Eugenie at Balmoral. Eugenie began to cry after hearing the first song, the queen cried too, and Gye and others were moved to tears in sympathy before continuing the performance.
An old joke notes car upkeep is costly yet offers a perk. The optimist says in contrast to feeding a horse, modern drivers can economize by keeping the flivver in the garage and using a trolley car when needed.
Floyd W. Parsons outlines practical steps for removing particles from the eye and cautions against saliva on eye towels. He advises patients to pull down the lower lid, turn the upper lid outward, and use clean tools or a handkerchief, plus boric acid irrigation after removal. For corneal particles seek professional care and avoid direct drops on the eyeball unless advised.
The article explains that bark differs from wood and cannot be formed like wood. It outlines three bark layers with the inner food conduits, a green fibrous zone, and an outer cork layer that is dead. It notes cork is the bark of certain tropical trees and that outer bark cells are cork.
A Lawrence Kansas man joined a fire department as a new recruit after reporting at seven. A drill simulated a real alarm with him watching. Afterward the chief asked who should be notified in case of accident. the recruit said no accidents would occur and promptly resigned, after minutes as a fireman.
The government supports twelve demonstration and three experimentation farms as part of practical reservation industries. About 400 farmers, sockmen and assistants are employed near Indian communities to provide instruction and counsel. The service handles large loan sums for Indian self support and oversees loan liquidation. Total value of individual and tribal property, including recent mineral returns, is about 1 billion pounds.
A witty remark from the Baltimore American notes a young lawyer should master the art of securing a stay when he begins practice. The quip contrasts legal skill with practical delays.
Dryden jokes about stocking spirit thermometers while Wetmore reveals the items are alcohol filled indicating a joke about prop thermometers used for measuring alcohol content
Physiologists cited by Lavine and reported in the New York Evening Post say modern people average two centimeters taller than medieval men. Armor weight measured in museum catalogs seldom exceeded fifty pounds, much of the burden borne by the horse. remains unknown how much wearers actually endured.
In Mandalay Burma a Buddhist pagoda crown or thi was raised to the summit over 800 feet high. Buddhists from Indo China Himalayas Laos Chan Siam, warriors from Katshhin, sorcerers from Mot and others attended. A bamboo gondola and silk decorations ferried the gilded cap up the tower in six days with seven to fasten it.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a wife who took her neighbor's car by mistake after starting from home in a different vehicle. She found an officer speaking to the excited neighbor she had not spoken with in six months, creating an awkward confrontation.
The piece lists nineteen wars and conflicts, noting ten against Indian tribes led by the Black Hawk and Seminole wars. It adds Modoc war of 1873 as a possible eleventh, and highlights major wars like the Revolution War 1812 Mexican Civil Spanish and World War with Germany, plus minor encounters 1798 France 1803 Tripoli and 1899 Philippine war.
A vintage style note recommends using ordinary sweet table cream to rub on the face before washing with lukewarm water. It says cold creams can irritate sensitive skin, while sweet cream soothes a sunburnt nose and reduces burning without irritation.
A brief quoted échange from Everybody's Magazine shows an officer questioning a young colored boy who joined a ship at the cape. The boy, Algona Bay, claims he was not born but washed ashore, adding a note of maritime oddity and local color.
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