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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
Two fiftyish men in Herald Square discuss rising costs and shrinking thrift among the young as a bootblack and an errand boy illustrate the contrast with cheaper pastimes. They recall simpler schooling, meals, and penny pleasures, noting today’s youths spend more on luxuries despite modest wages.
German spies were adept at opening bags and reading letters. Gerard, ex-Ambassador, warns that keeping official gossip unpublished is safest, since rivals could learn it from spies. He recalls wartime advice to German officials to avoid risky behavior and avoid writing reports home.
A recent artificial leather uses cotton fabric as the base, comprising about three fourths of the finished weight. The fabric is treated with a paste of nitrocellulose oil and lead coloring matter, then a thin celluloid finish and pressed to imitate grain. It costs about one third of genuine leather and suits trunks, slippers, purses, upholstery, and car interiors, though upper shoe material remains unsettled.
A humorous Collier's Weekly note promotes homegrown produce with the slogan TTY 1. 0. b. the kitchen door urging readers to grow vegetables in the yard and ship none by freight, imagining vast congestion avoided by local bounty. It contrasts old methods with modern tools and mocks formal packing and routing.
The Liberty loan event in New York features Private Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. selling his service hat to raise funds. The hat goes for $5,000 before returning to the soldier. Vanderbilt and his father Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt attend the Globe theater with family.
William Freeman of Kennington Road sought possession of a house held by John Barnard O'Reilly and his wife. He claimed 64 in rent arrears. Judge Hodges refused eviction, noting the husband is at war and that Freeman would not dispossess a man fighting for his country.
Officials in the French army reportedly install typewriter stands that lift and lower every half hour so clerks alternate between standing and sitting. The change aims to combat sedentary work and is said to have improved output and welfare among clerical staff.
A new electroplating method coats aluminum with nickel silver copper and other metals. It can be applied to sheets rods wire tubing and aluminum alloys in castings or worked products. Nickel plating provides a hard finish with a fine non tarnishing polish and strengthens the aluminum without adding much weight.
A motion picture producer declares they now use artificial pies in all comedies as a patriotic measure. He notes imitations yield better results than real pies and praises a property man for inventing a smeary pie.
Quotation from a Kansas City Journal snippet features Gertie questioning sealed proposals while a strange remark about unsealed proposals is noted as dialogue. The fragment emphasizes confusion over formal bidding language.
A humorous exchange suggests women would enjoy baseball as men do. The line plays on interest and timing, noting the punchline in the last inning as the key to appeal.
Advice from Boys' Life on choosing a campsite with good drainage and airflow. Avoid large soft-wood trees and tall maples likely to drop branches or be struck by lightning. Steer clear of dense grass and narrow ravines where sudden storms can flood the camp.
Wireless music will ease boredom at an American base hospital abroad. A radio phonographic system from Popular Mechanics allows central transmission to 50 receiving sets. A complete overseas outfit has been sent, possibly in use now.
Excerpt captures a wartime trench exchange as pickets joke about delaying action. Two soldiers discuss not deserting a comrade and giving the Bowies a sporting chance in a tense skirmish context.
In a Patriotic agreement Farmer Corntessel notes fewer quarrels with Zeb Spicer as the struggle for world democracy puts Zed in line with his political views for the first time.
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