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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
2
Newberg Lodge No. 104 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursday evenings each month. Visiting brothers are always welcome. By order W H Woodworth W M John Larkin Secretary.
Shiloh Relief Corps No 28 holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 2 30 PM in the LO O F Hall. Pres Mrs Minnie V Byers and Sec Emma L Snow are listed.
A Faridpur palm associated with miracles dies. Sir J C Bose investigated the tree and found plants react to environmental changes. The piece also quotes Gratebar on delaying replies to difficult letters, urging thoughtful, friendly responses after a waiting period.
A boundary rider on vast Australian sheep runs used a seven piece damper to mark days. One hungry companion ate Tuesday and Wednesday from the damper and then threatened Thursday, prompting the rider to declare he would not know the day of the week.
A familiar Swiss toy barometer signals sun or storm by a small man or woman stepping out of a miniature house. The woman appears in fair weather and the man in storm, driven by a simple mechanism where catgut contracts in dry air and expands with moisture.
An Australian company commander reports a tally to battalion headquarters of seven thousand Huns dead in front of his sector. He explains he counted one corpse close by and estimated two thousand, choosing efficiency over risky No Man's Land counting.
A speaker recalls a remarkable show of respect as Ferdy bowed from within a marching club to a woman, prompting about 300 young men beside him to lift their hats in unison, a moment described as the greatest ovation of his life.
A fictional dialogue features Senator Sorghum discussing broken promises. He notes a promise is disposed of not by breaking it but by letting it fade away, suggesting a calm approach to unkept commitments.
A man recounts attempting a peanut and milk remedy for insomnia, then describes a surreal dream sequence with a dragon, two headed bull, windlass task, a vision of a passing train, and a clown pulling down a tent, ending with waking after nearly ten minutes of sleep. H. B.
A sale in London this month will feature a lock of John Milton’s hair reportedly once belonging to Addison. Johnson is said to have kept the lock after comforting Milton's daughter, with portions shared to Leigh Hunt and Browning. The piece inspired Keats and later fetched nearly $1,000 when reauctioned in New York.
A discussion on the power of kind words and their lasting memory. It notes that harsh or unkind remarks often regretfully mark interactions, while affectionate words remain a pleasant memory for the speaker.
To join steel with soldering iron use a flax of equal parts cast iron filings and calcined borax ground to a powder and spread on the seam. Melt borax colophony carbonate of potash powdered hard soap and powdered glass with steel filings added, apply while hot, and grind fine after cooling.
Dr. Frederick Peterson argues in the Century that medicine should shape laws affecting marriages, housing, food, education, work, poverty, and crime to improve national health. He envisions physicians guiding policies to prevent social diseases and raise the body politic.
Seven women at a motor factory drive newly finished cars from the plant to the shipping dock to free skilled workers for other tasks. They embrace the job despite grease and dirt, preferring it to traditional female roles and claiming it helps support the war effort.
The lobby talk in a Washington hotel centers on modern methods with a short humorous tale from Congressman Claude Kitchin of North Carolina. A young man plans to ask for his beloved’s hand, but the woman suggests skipping the courtship ritual and just telling her father.
A quaint local chronicle kept by Peter Roberts, notary public of St. Asaph, notes marriages among the Welsh gentry. On a Saturday evening in the era, Richard Parrie, former Bishop of St. Asaph, his widow being remarried, joined in marriage with another, and the unions of William Mostyn with Anne Parrie and Richard Parke with Marie Mostyn are described as having occurred on the same day.
The text argues that white hair does not signal weakness and compares lusty old age to a flourishing tree. It cites the Redeemer with white hair as a symbol of enduring strength, noting an old man bears fruit to the end and only falls through a great natural catastrophe.
A historical portrait describes the Eskimo of Herschel Island and Fort McPherson as a cheerful, practical, and industrious community. They are honest, good with children and elders, eager to learn, clean, well housed, and capable traders, yet tuberculosis is common and beliefs about death are calm.
The Scientific American cites studies showing salmon and alewife swimming speeds near the limits of fishways. G Denis reports salmon at 3.15 meters per second for at least 14 meters. G P Napier estimates sockeye limiting velocity between six and seven miles per hour. H von Bayer notes fishway currents should not exceed ten feet per second. Emergon Stringham finds alewife can move through ten feet per second flow in Massachusetts fishways.
The passage urges breaking free from mechanical daily habits and seeking outdoor exercise. It encourages mingling with updated ideas, visiting other establishments in the same line of work, and adopting new methods before it is too late. It frames the current path as prosaic and warns of stagnation.
The passage contrasts various forms of courage from a sudden impulse to stick-to courage and everyday resolve. It elevates the quiet courage shown hour by hour in doing the obvious right, accepting losses and penalties, as the highest form of bravery that keeps the moral world stable and the common life secure.
A small enclave north of the long pier near Santa Monica hosts Japanese fishermen living as in Nippon. Native dress food and daily routines mirror the Flowery Kingdom with Sundays featuring traditional sports geisha tea and bonbons presented to visitors and youths displaying wrestling and jiu jitsu.
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