Graphic News From Newberg Oregon 1912 Edits Taft Roosevelt Talk
The issue discusses rising costs in printers shops and wholesale price increases. It reports the death of Prof. Charles E. Lewis and praises his influence. It notes Oregon Democrat changes under new editor Wm. H. Hornbrook and comments on Taft Roosevelt politics and the value of shade trees in Portland.
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Graphic
Chas. E. Lewis
Prof. Lewis
Albany Democrat
Democrat
Nutting
Wm. H. Hornibrook
Oregon
March of Progress
Personality in Politics and Taft’s Narrow Popularity
The New Jersey primaries underscore Taft’s lack of broad mass appeal. He is portrayed as non political for a second term, yet criticized as a reactionary friend of corporations by detractors, while Roosevelt’s ties to big firms when trouble rose are noted.
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Taft
Grover
Cleveland
Oregon Register
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
White House
Tait
Cities and Trees
An editorial lament condemns removing old shade trees from residential areas as civic ugliness. It contrasts the value of trees for beauty and comfort with a tradition of treating trees as obstacles to development, urging preservation amid urban growth.
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Albany Herald
Signposts Point to Nearby Villages in Silesian Warmbrunn
In Warmbrunn's Silesian mountains a carved sign depicts a farm laborer with a scythe and old dialect inscription "To Giers village, one hour" directing travelers. Another post shows a schoolboy with a slate bearing the nearest village name, both lifelike and painted in natural tones.
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Warmbrunn
Giers
New Zealand Harbor Board Debates Buoy Plan
A new harbor board member in a New Zealand town attends meetings for the first time. The board considers placing two buoys at the harbor entrance and the new member proposes substituting one man for two boys, citing age and responsibility concerns.
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Harbor Board
New Zealand
Evicted Poet Reflects on Former Home
The exchange centers on a Washington figure, Rimer, and a proposal to place a table on his old city home. The poet responds that he was evicted for nonpayment of rent, showing lingering bitterness.
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Rimer
Washington Herald
Russia's Royal Train Strong and Luxurious Heirloom
The Russian royal special train is the heaviest and most luxurious in Europe. Built to endure dynamite charges, it cannot traverse many European lines due to light rails. It includes a chapel library bathrooms drawing room dining room and bedrooms with servant quarters at the rear in a vanlike carriage. It can adjust to Russian or mid European gauge.
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Russia
Europe
A Reduction of a St James Park Routine
An old gentleman, famed for his daily walk around St James Park, is asked by a friend if he still follows his exercise. He replies he can no longer run the circuit and back.
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St. James’ Park
A Well Bred Customer And The Etiquette Of Hands
A village butcher tells his wife about a new resident who seems refined yet ignorant of meat distinctions. The tale moves through social aims of precision and propriety, noting how a handshake carries signals of peace or conflict among different cultures.
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United States Depository For Postal Savings
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Studebaker Corporation
Studebaker
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