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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
6
Effective August 15 1019 schedule details for travel from Portland and Newberg to Imperial Hotel include departure times 8 30 A M 11 00 A M 1 00 P M 2 30 P M 4 15 P M 6 30 P M with weekend only runs and theatre party reservations via Portland Main 3314 and Newberg Black 120.
The school launches Good English Week with five pep divisions creating posters and a best design prize. Football teams represented Newberg and Forest Grove with a 15 to 14 Forest Grove win. Professor Straub of the University of Oregon spoke urging college training and mental effort. Subscriptions for Country Gentleman yielded 101.50 for the Annual. A Spelling Hospital in History I class flags students missing three or more words.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m. morning worship 11 00 with Christ s Aim and fine choir. Y P 8 C E at 6 20 Missions in Asia led by LaVerne Hudson. Evening service 7 30 Evidences of Christianity III Divine Predictions. Mid week worship Wednesday 7 40 Jesus King Mat 21 Our aim to highest days of Christian service. Geo H Lee pastor.
A brief poem fragment from the Louieville Currier-Journal notes a pause at a quaint inn for rest and a serving of eggs. The lines evoke simple traveler life and rustic dining in a colonial tone.
A 1921 notice from Bradley T. Fowkes urges disabled ex service members to seek medical treatment and compensation under the War Risk Insurance Act. It encourages filing forms 526 539 and 545 via Red Cross or American Legion posts or the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Seattle, with expedited attention for delays.
The Parent-Teacher association will hold its regular monthly meeting this Friday at 7 30 p m at the school house. Mr and Mrs Casteel of Taulatin visited their daughter and family Mrs Wm Ray. Rev and Mrs Paul Lewis were in Portland recently. An infant daughter arrived January 6 to bless Mr and Mrs P W Baughman.
The notice outlines a Bible school at 10 00 a m with a goal of 100 attendees, communion and preaching at 11 00 a m featuring Phene Sutton, Junior Endeavor at 4 00 p m, Y M C A meets at 6 30 p m, and a song service with preaching at 7 30 p m by Phene Sutton. Dinner welcome from minister C H Phillips. The Detroit Free Press joke follows.
Useful homemaking hints cover cooking substitutes, cleaning methods, fabric care, stain removal, and small practical shortcuts. Tips include water in place of milk for tender omelets, kerosene in wash water to clean glass, silver knives for fruit, lard on tinware, soda to speed butter, starch for stain removal, and clever ironing and storage ideas.
The Lyceum Magazine recounts Dr. Ng Poon Chew the famed Chinese lecturer losing his trousers en route to a lecture. In a Pullman car in Arizona a thief stole his pants while he slept. A fellow traveler lent him a pair while the pocketbook and money were also taken. The incident prompted Chew to offer to mail the thief the coat and vest to complete the suit.
A voice on the line asks if the hosiery department has flesh colored stockings. The weary saleslady confirms stock and the caller probes for options like pink yellow or black in a brief Cincinnati Enquirer moment.
The Ladies Aid will meet next Wednesday at the church replacing the usual Thursday date. Organizing efforts aim to bring State Agricultural School staff to share ideas on various industrial lines. Sunday school officers elected last Sunday include William Dolph as superintendent and DeVere Fendall as assistant, Floyd Shaw librarian, Gertrude Strong and Daisy Smith secretaries, with Lela Yergen and Mrs. Dolph as organists. H. C. Baker and wife visited relatives in Portland over the weekend.
The Church of God schedules three services next Sunday at 11:00 a m 2:30 p m and 7:30 p m with the afternoon event focused on divine healing. The notice invites all to learn how God can be their healer and save the soul.
A Tomlinville photographer tells a couple to imagine they will marry tomorrow. The Arkansas sitter reacts with amused exasperation, saying that may be exactly what she plans to do. Kansas City Star.
A humorous Florida Times-Union quip debates freedom and propriety with a jibe about men ogling short skirts. The witticism contrasts a belief in individual liberty with social restraint in a light, observational tone.
After Henry Ford’s September 1 takeover, the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railway reported a 20 percent rise in gross earnings for its first Ford-controlled month. October 1919 earnings reached 430 830 while September 1920 climbed to 564 492, signaling broader plans to develop regional rail capacity and supply coal year round.
A reflective line on knowledge suggesting it is wiser to refrain from learning when what is learned would be false or useless. It underscores caution about overestimating information without accuracy or value.
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