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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
6
The Shiloh Relief Corps No 26 meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month at 2 30 P M in the I C F Hall. Mrs Minnie V Byers serves as President and Emma L Snow as Secretary.
A Canadian soldier, injured at Press in 1915 with shattered ankles and wrists, is saved by advanced bone surgery in a London hospital. He walks with full use of arms and hands, two inches shorter, and expects to return to the firing line. Surgeons treat the feat as routine, highlighting wartime medical progress and skill.
The census bureau reports growth in death statistics coverage, now including Hawaii and 73 percent of the continental U S population. The area spans 27 states, 43 cities, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii, with registration expansion since 1902 and strong progress in birth registration over the past two years.
A lieutenant recalls a wartime drill aboard a ship when the bell rang for lifeboats. During boat No. 10 launch a crew member fires at a target, and a surprised sailor cries out hearing about a submarine, asking where his life deserter is and claiming the submarine is moaning for his soul.
A wartime trade board member recalls a tale of a Pittsburgh girl engaged to a broker. Her father objects that the suitor cannot support her, and she retorts that he cannot either, revealing a sharp exchange on financial regard.
With coffee scarce in Denmark, retail prices reach up to 5 dollars per pound. Producers switch to substitutes, totaling about 15 000 tons of raw materials. Reports list 6 000 tons of acorns 1 200 tons of dandelion 1 000 tons of chicory and 2 500 tons of sugar beets roasted ground and sold as coffee substitutes. Acorns fetch about 12 cents a pound.
The piece explains early Christian dating used various eras from Rome’s founding to martyrs and Egypt’s Copts. It notes Denis the Little set Incarnation 753 A C, Bede’s critique, and scholars now place Jesus birth around 5 B C. It adds no reform likely despite 1923 A D.
A train ferry crossed from Newhaven to Dieppe carrying around fifty cars marking a historic railroading milestone. The service shows tides and docking challenges overcome with bridge floats and chained loading to secure the vessel during loading and unloading.
A McClure's Magazine writer details postwar devastation of orchards and shade trees in France. Houses and churches can be rebuilt with money, but fruit trees require time to recover. Orchards lie ruined, with white stumps and broken branches, yet some trees briefly bloom again as spring returns.
Years of experience and preparation are required for success in certain activities. The text argues that modern times demand the best from businessmen professionals and well-equipped individuals as the nation faces emergencies. It notes past years may have seemed costly but have prepared many to perform important tasks during perilous times.
The government fisheries bureau praises a new supply off central Alaska near Cordova. A vast bed stretches miles long and three to five miles wide. The razor clams differ from eastern market varieties in shape and growth, signaling a potential food source expansion.
A visitor jokes about a cobra’s longevity while the circus performer asserts the reptile’s life will be long. The exchange reveals a lighthearted moment about animal acts and the performer’s confidence in his trained cobra.
France orders five 4200 ton nonsinkable cargo ships from Foundation. The double shell hull design uses two parallel cylinders with diaphragms and a reserve buoyant space between shells. Officials say the craft can survive torpedo strikes and maintain buoyancy with sealed compartments and independent inner hulls.
Southern Pacific expands a conservation program warning workers in Los Angeles Sacramento and Oakland that compressed air, used to power tools, is costly. A half inch leak can erase engine output, with hourly costs from under one cent to eighty cents, as engineers note output drops when air is scarce. The phrase free as air no longer applies in SP shops.
A writer argues that the postwar world will not rebuild itself like the ruins of Ypres and Louvain. Real progress demands time, struggle, and willingness to pay a high price, with heroic effort and self sacrifice, not mere talk or dreams, to build God's kingdom on earth.
French factories report beet sugar by products yield a valuable cement from scum formed during beet boiling. The scum carries carbonate of lime, with 70 000 tons of beets giving about 4 000 tons of carbonate. Combined with 1 100 tons of clay, it becomes cement after evaporation and mixing. The material is dried in large tanks and heated in rotary ovens like Portland cement.
The piece notes the mourning caused by ship losses and the rarity of sailors returning home. it highlights widowhood as the grim norm and mentions funds aiding sailors' widows with babies. It praises voluntary subscriptions from crews, whose messes pride themselves on strong charity.
A London Tit Bits writer notes London’s aging beyond its famous towers and churches. Many landmarks such as Parliament, the Thames embankment, and major galleries arose in the last century while districts like Shaftesbury Avenue and Regent Street did not exist a hundred years ago.
An eminent New York physician estimates only about one in a hundred are truly happy. The piece notes rising doctor visits and psychology’s growing role in medicine, suggesting subconscious factors shape happiness amid modern life.
A Napoleon holograph letter from the Morrison collection sold at Sotheby's London with a stern warning to Louis XVIII to remain in exile, a bid by F Sabin at £485, and a future transfer to New York. Another Napoleon letter to Josephine fetched £150 in London Mall. a Bonaparte descendant in London inspected the lot.
Nora Bayes argues in American Magazine that the public seeks emotional impact over amusement. She contends crying helps audiences forget themselves by turning their attention to shared blues and personal troubles.
The article compares speed across locomotion methods from legs to airplanes. It notes that “a mile a minute” is a universal benchmark in everyday life, while flying offers a sense of remoteness that softens the perception of speed.
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