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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
5
Newberg Graphic reports weekly from Newberg Oregon dated Thursday June 3 1920. Mention of mermaids visiting Saturday to test Willamette river temperature and cheaper wool prices from 24 to 30 cents per pound enabling cloth for patching trousers. The merry go round horses are readied and townsfolk anticipate lively town scenes.
Chicago lines up potential contenders as spring warms, though most are expected to look pale green at final adjournment.
The Spokesman Review cites that in under three years Americans paid as much in federal taxes as in the previous 55 years, noting high living costs and the impact of government spending. It advocates radical cuts and a national budget to curb waste, arguing state success with budgeting shows federal gains possible.
The Nebraska State Journal notes Chairman Bedford of Standard Oil argues for a candid policy shift toward Mexico to secure Mexican oil. It claims American aims have long masked economic motives and urges open negotiation over military intervention to obtain favorable terms.
In Wide World Magazine Roger Pocock notes Greenland Eskimos find life pleasant with minimal needs. Sea resources provide fat meat and skin for clothing and gear. drift wood supplies beams and tools. fur and stones craft winter wear and knives. Luxuries are rare.
Doctors J Diner and G Horstman tested stamps from fifty places for disease microbes and found they all carried germs including colon bacilli staphylococci streptococci pneumococci and diphtheria bacilli The American Medicine editor cautions that many people harbor these germs in mouths noses and throats and licking stamps is a dirty habit easy to acquire though stamps may not be a serious infection source in practice
The Washington Star reports the Supreme Court has eliminated the long noted whispering gallery. Chief Justice White described the gallery as magnifying spoken words across the chamber. Poor acoustics since 1902 have been corrected at a cost of $10,000.
In a murder trial in Indianapolis a large colored woman entered the crowded criminal court with a rifle in hand causing a tense scene. Police seized the weapon and found it unloaded after she explained she wanted to hear evidence while previously involved in a juvenile court case where the rifle had been used as evidence. The trial resumed afterward.
In 1919 New York ferries were followed by a canoe sailing without propulsion. Observers saw it ride the ferry’s wake, keeping to the forward side of each wave, traveling as fast as the ferry and gliding along the rough water kicked up by the paddle wheels. A Scientific American writer explained the effect as the canoe riding the wave like a surfboard.
A newlywed couple en route home from their honeymoon meet a former schoolmate who invites them to dine. The woman learns the guest is her first husband, leading to an awkward revelation as the friend exclaims their prior acquaintance. The anecdote captures a sharp, comic domestic moment.
Italy plans to employ about 1 500 blind soldiers. Some lack arms or legs. Inventors have created devices to aid reading, including a pocket battery and necklace with needles that prick to indicate letters, enabling the blind to read through recorded signals.
The Seville consular district reports a large but 75 percent scarcer bitter orange crop this year. Marmalade makers in Dundee purchase most of the fruit, while about 10 000 half chests remain available for other markets.
In 1905 Prince Ginori Conti began experiments with natural steam at Larderello Italy to obtain motive power. A large power station with three 2 500 kilowatt units was built. First unit started 1916 and four 36 000 volt lines run to Siena Leghorn Piombina and Massa. Wells reach 198 to 495 feet and are lined with sixteen inch iron tubes. Steam is gas freed before turbine delivery.
A London Morning Post item reports a Clemenceau anecdote in which the premier, upset a garden tree shaded his view of heaven, asks Jesuit fathers to cut it down while affirming his stance toward the church remains unchanged. The Jesuit, courteous but slyly humorous, promises action yet notes the premier will still “see heaven.”
In a New York state assembly debate Gov. Smith recalls his college, a Cornell graduate mentions the Poughkeepsie boat race, and Smith reveals his alma mater as the Fulton Fish Market after a joking exchange.
A terse exchange questions how a phrase on the ballot might affect voter sentiment. The dialogue implies concern that the statement will not influence the quiet or hidden vote.
A rural farmer reveals burdock’s weakness after cutting the tall weed with a scythe then pulling up the shrunk tap root. Cutting four inches above ground causes the root to shrink, enabling extraction and ending the plant’s parastic spread on that farm.
The piece argues against pessimistic views of postwar decline in European and English physiques. It cites a London News editor asserting recovery of tall stature and vigor by 1914 and predicts England returning to prewar fitness after 30 years if living standards hold. It ends with a Maryland child’s humorous prayer question about God’s bald head.
A newspaper fragment recalls a child's prayer and its enduring appeal to people. The text credits Sean Heavets and reflects on how youthful prayers move even the hardhearted, inviting remembrance of faith and hope.
A Scientific American report describes a method using electrolyte solutions to treat seeds before sowing. Seeds are soaked in tanks with a fertilizer solution such as sodium ferrite, then dried in a kiln. The process, said to boost yields of grain and straw in cereals like wheat, barley, and oats, has attracted about five hundred farmers to adopt it.
The heir net business of Chefon Thina faces chaos as Shanghai buyers go directly to makers in Chingchonfu region, competing with contracted firms. Prices have surged about 300 percent.
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