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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
2
A short notice from Parlor Pharmacy advertises its ice cream as a delightful refreshment for ladies. It invites customers to offer a treat to their lady friends, highlighting the presumed enjoyment and the giver’s generosity.
A message urges enforcing the Sabbath as a weekly day of rest and worship. It argues legislators should close places of amusement on Sunday, back a national Sunday law, and build a Christian nation by honoring biblical commandments and promoting humane, duty driven citizenship.
The 1914 Oregon tax harvest reached $23,083,000 with a grand total of $18,313,468 in state collections. For 1916 projections show $20,951,668 in total collections a drop of $2,131,332 from 1914. County taxes amount to $338,412. cities and towns show a $14,657 rise for 1915 versus 1914.
Bruce Jones of Laramie Wyoming is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs C H Jones for a short time. A L Jenkins who obtained a
Miss Ethel Jenkins visits sister Mrs. Boyl in Salem for a week. Miss Mary Strate from Portland plans a brief stay with her parents. Bert McMillan and Guy Hickman head to harvest near Heppner. Ladies Aid holds a July 1 meeting at Mrs. Doree’s home. Maud Haworth, Springbrook, welcomed as Rex's young people class teacher. Mrs. J Sommer hosts sister Mrs Castricious from Minnesota for a summer visit. Frank Paris of Portland with Mary Wallace and Florence Conway of Madison spend time at A H Dean’s home.
A description from Goodwin's Weekly explains torpedoes as steel devils twenty one inches wide and nineteen feet long. They are propelled by a compressed air engine, guided by a gyroscope, reach forty five knots then slow to fifteen, and travel from near surface to fourteen feet deep with a range over 11 000 yards. The head carries two hundred to three hundred pounds of gun cotton and is fired by an explosive nose at impact.
The article imagines future warfare with wireless weapons and giant submarines. It envisions a day when a single blast could obliterate a human army division and notes advances in 17 inch naval weapons and ten ton torpedoes.
A description from a Pacific island, Tutuila, notes villagers gathering on the seashore to form a semicircle with palm branches acting as sieves. They swim out, then drive fish ashore where they are killed with sticks, creating a large, organized fishing front. Light Drinker and the Shaw family are mentioned in unrelated social notes from Harper's Magazine.
The brief item notes a children's story fragment about an elephant demonstrating polite behavior. Details are sparse but imply a scene by water and a narrow path with attentive conduct.
The article recounts historical torture methods such as the pillory and barrel devices used by ancient Romans Persians and others. It notes the punishment of Mithridates for killing Cyrus at Cunaxa and a Persian killer left to die in the sun. It also mentions weather experiments with cannons and cloud effects on sound.
Fragmentary note discusses thunder and air compression by extreme velocity. Mentions speeds near 186 330 miles per second and air reaching a solidlike state, then trails off with incomplete reasoning.
The note advises sailors to avoid jibing during rough wind and waves. It warns of danger from an boom or boat swinging toward water and emphasizes staying alert, keeping speed appropriate, and adjusting sail luffing to prevent upsetting.
Fragmentary ancient notes recount boiled drinking water practice in Rome and Egypt. Pliny mentions Nero boiling water then cooling it before storing in glass or silver vessels, reflecting early concerns with water quality and storage methods.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes early references to diving by Homer, Aristotle and Livy to recover treasures, and mentions Alexander the Great ordering divers to attack Tyre. It observes that ancient knowledge progressed little in probing deep seas, cited as six miles in depth in some areas.
Two thirds of Jones makeup is curiosity, the rest wit. He compliments neighbor Brown on a horse and asks price. Brown replies I gave my vote, and Jones concedes you got him cheap in a blunt witticism from the Chicago News.
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