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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
6
The notice lists theatre party and special trip reservations for the Portland Newberg Stage. Departures from Newberg at about 12 45 p m Tuesday through Friday and 12 30 a m from Portland, with return trips midnight. Fares 75 cents one way and 1 25 round trip. Contact D M Haskin 310 N School St Newberg Oregon.
An Indianapolis News item recalls a yarn about a whistling motorman on the east Washington line who played Lohengrin and prompted jokes from a fat man and others. A running joke centers on misheard stops like Arsenic and Whetstone before the car clears at Keystone Avenue.
The New York Bohemian daily editor B. C. Gregr, born of a Scot ancestor from the MacGregor line, leads Czecho Slovak thought in America. He is viewed as a sage by about 700 000 Czecho Slovakians in the U S, with a deep interest in international affairs.
A San Francisco insurance man argues the public misunderstands fire insurance and attacks on rate regulation arise from this. He warns legislative interference risks harming a complex industry and urges informed policy discussions.
State of Oregon bank report sworn February 26 1921 by cashier R P Gill. The balance sheet lists assets including U S government securities bonds cash in vault and checks, and deposits from individuals and municipalities. Contingent liabilities and notes payable are noted along with corporate attestations from directors.
The article explains how fire insurance rates are set from hazard, expenses, and legal reserves. It outlines classification of risks, solvency tests by the insurance commissioner, and the impact of building quality, fire departments, moral hazard, and regulation on premiums. It notes prudent underwriters use past experience and expected accidents to set rates and that competition can lower prices if rates are too high.
A reporter notes that insights into fire insurance profits come from interviews with leaders in finance commerce and state affairs who invested in many fire insurance companies that have failed under current conditions.
A third degree disciple of Buddha from Huang Shan describes two classes of monkeys and a Great White Monkey King. He claims the ruler is over twenty feet tall, with ten foot arms and four tusks, and was once seen up close with five attendants. The beings listened politely as the monk spoke.
The writer describes extreme loneliness in a Riga hotel room near Petrograd. He details hunger cold and isolation, contrasts it with a sense of duty fulfilled as he reflects on the stark, desolate night.
The notice lists services: Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Every fourth Sunday at 2:30 p.m. there are Divine Healing services. The invitation promises those 2:30 meetings will interest and profit attendees.
Card of Thanks. I wish to thank the ladies of Newberg for their sympathy and kindness during my illness. Mrs. Sarah E. C. Lapp.
The article contrasts marriage customs in Japan and the West noting that love marriages are rare in Japan while young Japanese women envy nations where love matches are common. It discusses perceptions that Occidental marriage appears rosy to Japanese and vice versa for American girls.
Not In His Calendar Little Dickie notices a closed drug store on Nut Sunday. He longs for Monday to buy something cool and gasps at the church holiday closing. He jokes that there is no Nut Sunday in the church book and scowls at the sign.
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