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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
6
The piece argues that buying sugar by the dollar, hundred pounds, or barrel lowers cost per unit. It explains manufacturers and merchants benefit from large quantities, advertising, and bulk handling, reducing expenses, waste, and prices. It notes advertised brands tend to rise less than nonadvertised ones.
Fred C. Kelly argues in American Magazine that surety companies protect employers like insurers against losses from dishonest employees. They verify long employment histories, investigate gaps, and judge honesty by consistent work records to identify reasonably good risks.
A London Standard note explains a Moroa funeral custom where the heir must provide a spirited mare led by a laughing woman. The mare, dressed for the occasion, must be procured and later sold or the deceased’s ghost will unrest the heir. The tradition prompts bewilderment over the laughing requirement.
Card games began in India in the ninth century and spread to Europe before the thirteenth. Saracens popularized them in Spain and Italy, then Germany adopted the pastime around 1275. France mentions its appearance in 1393, and heraldic cards appear in England by 1660.
In Upper Village Homer Byrd after Mary Byrd’s funeral buys property repairs the house and opens it to work, drawing village attention. The Women’s Improvement Society debates his actions while Esther Fray quietly supports him as he seeks a new life and remarriage.
The Panama canal zone faces heavy ant and insect problems. Concrete posts are treated with a platform gutter moat filled with oil insecticide to form a barrier the pests cannot cross, keeping them from invading buildings.
For nearly a century thread came only from linen and silk until Napoleon burned silk stocks in Hamburg. Paisley makers lost their raw material and adopted cotton, creating a new industry in cotton thread. The piece notes cotton’s suitability and mentions its use by fishermen and barges, while describing Goufas as large lobster basket like vessels carrying mixed cargoes and rowed with a paddle.
The text explains circular boats used on the Tigris named goufas. They are woven from pomegranate branches and coated with bitumen both inside and out. The material is praised as a remarkable use of bitumen, a resinous vegetable substance.
The Violet land crabs of Jamaica dwell in inland colonies two to three miles from the sea. Each year at spawning time they march straight toward the coast as if the ocean were already in sight, displaying mysterious knowledge of their destination.
A dialogue fragment shows a wife accusing her husband of not loving her after six weeks of marriage. He defends himself saying he did his best, while she bluntly insults him. The scene centers on a troubled marriage and failed romance.
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