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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
Newberg Lodge No. 104 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursday evenings each month. Visiting brothers are welcome. By order W H Woodworth W M and John Larkin Secretary.
Meetings are held the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 2 30 PM in the LO C F Hall Mia Minnie V Byers Pres Emma L Snow Sec The notice records officers and schedule for this local civic group.
A compilation traces the phrases mind your p s and q s humbug sub rosa and a feather in one s cap to colorful historic origins. It cites a London taproom ledger of pints and quarts and Irish coinage jokes linked to humbug.
The Mississippi River, costly to fix through jetties and levees, will be cushioned with vast carpets of willow branches to prevent new channels that could strand Memphis. Immense willow carpets, weighted by stone and secured with piles, cover the river bed to stop erosion and keep the current in its present channel.
In Bombay and other Parsee centers the dead are not buried but liberated at the Towers of Silence. Vultures, white walls rising on a hill, circle the funerals, and observers liken them to eagles though they bear a repulsive, leprous air. Augustus Thomas quotes the Vigilantes.
The National Woman Suffrage Association organized a hospital unit of women doctors and nurses and offered it to the United States. Government red tape or policy blocked acceptance because the unit was all female. France accepted the offer. a woman doctor later became a major in the American army, suggesting progress may be possible.
A riddle asks who wore the iron mask mystery man was either an umpire or a catcher. The query centers on identity and role in a sports context.
A method to identify rope fiber type uses a sequence of oil removal, 20 second soak in bleaching powder acidulated with acetic acid, water rinse, alcohol rinse, then exposure to ammonia fumes. Manila fiber turns russet brown while other fibers turn cherry red, a test now adopted by the U S bureau of standards.
The war may reduce insectivorous birds across the British Isles as forests are denuded and winters intensify. Many warblers and flycatchers have already perished due to harsh conditions, with long term insect plagues anticipated.
In Ryde Isle of Wight the floating relics of past conflicts loom near the western quays as seen from the Ports mouth ferry. The old gunboat gray hulls and worn masts hint at obsolescence yet a hint remains that some may yet have sailed to the Zeebrugge action or lie at the bottom near Bruges awaiting their fate.
In Case and Comment Munroe Smith recalls a Naples museum mural from Augustus era inscribed to perpetual peace. He notes how Rome’s wars, spanning Europe to Africa, mirrored a timeless hope for a warless future as world upheaval continued.
London suburbs see a new laborer called the moonlighter. Employed all day, he also works in moonlight hours in gardens and allotments to earn extra money. With a general labor shortage, suburban households increasingly rely on this dusk worker for digging and sowing vegetable plots.
Motion Pictures to Get Trade reports a planned tour by British film exhibitors to 85 key cities across western Europe, the Americas, and the dominions. The aim is to show British goods and industry through films under chambers of commerce, inviting major firms to present their productions in chosen cities.
Ensign Lloyd A Perry of the United States Navy dies in a seaplane accident in France after rapid advancement from Wiscon sin birth in 1895. Perry joined as seaman second class then became ensign January 17 1918 and naval aviator January 22 before assignment to France in March 1918 where he was serving at his death on April 12.
Advices from Sourabaye Java report oil gushers tapped at 900 yards depth in Tremboel fields. A second message notes an iron vein four feet thick near Milli. The geological survey chief estimates ore quantity at about 10,000,000 tons.
A 95 year old Maine man returned to work as a lawyer for a lumber company after a spring retirement and a health-boosting rest. He lives with his son, whom he calls the baby of the family, who just turned 32.
A boy asks his father to remove him from a public school and send him to an officers' training school he has read about. The dialogue reflects a wish to pursue police training rather than continue in regular schooling.
Alexander Peltier of Gravelbourg Saskatchewan says Canada’s altered homestead laws will soon bring the Northwest into productive union with American farming. He notes homesteaders may take 160 acres and prove up in three years then buy an equal tract at three dollars per acre. He cites fields yielding 25 to 50 bushels per acre and potential sale value of fifty dollars per acre.
New Jersey enforces a tenement house law requiring fireproof roofs and dormers in dwellings, with exceptions for buildings erected before the law's enactment.
Data from Alhajuela and Vigia detail April low flows in the Chagres River with a minimum of 466 cubic feet per second at 91.13 feet on April 7 to 10 1918 and a record maximum discharge of 180 000 cfs on December 26 1909. Vigia heights ranged from about 126 feet to 168.90 feet in 1909.
A dialogue contrasts hobbies with weather as one person favors fishing for its simplicity while another suggests golf. The exchange highlights relaxed leisure choices amid mild conditions.
A witty exchange notes that girls who admire soldiers are fickle yet display real uniform affection, highlighting contradictions in affection tied to military life and appearance. The comment contrasts loyalty with variability in romantic interest.
Quote exchange contrasts money value with soldier pay as a wartime morale note. The line highlights concern that monetary incentives fail to sustain troops, suggesting deeper sacrifice beyond dollars.
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