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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
The June 20 1918 Newberg Graphic notes changes in work for women with Valley Canning Co saw mill and Springbrook cannery seeking female labor for the season. It also mentions W J Morris still active as a farmer with a corn patch on First street west of Anderson Motor Co. store building.
In a recent commencement address Rev. Charles E. Tebbetts stated that 250 years ago William Penn drafted a comprehensive plan for a world federation. He linked Penn’s vision to ex-President William Howard Taft’s modern idea for a federation of great powers.
A Polk county farmer paid 25 for New Burbank wheat to sow sixteen of an acre. The crop now stands five feet tall with stalks up to ninety kernels. Originator claims it outyielded sixty eight top wheats in uniformity and other traits, derived from a single kernel.
The Salem Journal criticizes a policy that would halve flour sales for six states while others continue. It argues the public will bear necessary privations for soldiers but demands equal treatment for all. The piece mocks the food director and calls for reconsideration of the plan.
Herbert Quick argues farmers resist sudden agitation yet illuminate endurance in a long national struggle. He notes farmers hear the first blast slowly, require time to decide, but once mobilized sustain a stubborn, decisive role in victory.
A writer praises the word susurrus describing the Florida mossy river breeze. The vivid term reveals meaning instantly and sparks longing for warm Florida days amid a New England chill, inviting readers to linger by a sleepy river.
A rambling World War I column blends a roughhouse tale at a gas works with a stubborn stance on defeating Germany. It contrasts a noisy fight over peace with Uncle Sam’s resolve, then references German cultural critique and a French writer’s Atlantic Monthly discussion of Prussian manners.
Mrs. Marie Tangen visits Mrs. A J Palmer in Dundee. A son weighing eight pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robt Ramsey on June 18. Ramsey family currently at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R W Staley. In school elections W R Everest won re election as director and Mrs Carrie M Johnson was re elected clerk for a fifth term.
Dialogues mix wartime chatter about doctors and internes at a hospital once holding German prisoners. Snippets joke about wounds, brains, and shell scars as gossip threads weave through a London Tit-Bits style sketch.
Grant Freuler is called to the army and will depart next week. C L Gell is finishing piling at the Tom Kerr place near St Paul with John and Jim Johnston helping in the woods this week. The war savings drive begins Monday June 24 with a district quota of 2400. Walter Ray and Jack Larsen families enjoyed a Sunday drive to Wilhoit in Mr Ray's Ford. Mrs Homer Vandale visits her parents Mrs and Mr John Neal and is recovering from illness in Portland.
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