Couple's quarrel ends with wife packing to leave
A husband says he and his wife had a quarrel and she has packed to depart. He claims she will not stay away long, noting she took only a powder puff and a toothbrush.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
6
A husband says he and his wife had a quarrel and she has packed to depart. He claims she will not stay away long, noting she took only a powder puff and a toothbrush.
A fragmented note mentions gate arrivals, ukuleles, and exchanges. It notes being up to date and asks about ukuleles, while signaling the Peter place confusion and suggesting a wrong location for ukulele seekers.
British liberals mark the birth anniversary of William Ewart Gladstone, praising reforms that expanded democracy but criticizing his foreign policy. His hesitations, they say, helped ignite later conflicts including South Africa and Sudan amid Prussia's rise and Alsace Lorraine negotiations.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Encke's comet, named for German professor Johann Encke, returns every three and a third years. It mentions his other discoveries and a historic miscalculation of Earth-Sun distance by about 2,000,000 miles, downplaying the significance of the small celestial event.
A patient in an oculist chair asks for a firm agreement that any coal dust removed from the eye remains theirs. The exchange shows insistence on clear terms before medical action.
The London Opinion quotes a soldier dialogue about combat tactics and outcomes. It describes how half of the enemy were killed with machine gun fire, half with rifles, then bayonets, and a final half taken prisoner.
Fragmentary dialogue poses a question about war length with an awkward follow up. The text appears as a garbled exchange or transcription error lacking concrete details, dates, or identifiable entities.
The article traces women in power from Heliogabalus and his all female senate to English parliaments. It highlights royal and abbess participation in the Witenagemot and later shifts under Henry III to Edward III when noble women were replaced by male delegates.
In a quoted view from the Atlantic, Joseph S. Ames notes the merologist gains prominence as weather data guides artillery aim, road freezing, and air squadron operations. He cites the need for atmospheric readings up to 20,000 feet and mentions attempts to block American weather reports from reaching Germany.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels commends Lyman Spaniard Peels seaman second class U S naval reserve for bravery and presence of mind in diving to rescue a fellow enlisted man from a rough sea on a dark night. Peels enlisted in the naval reserves at Washington August 16 1917.
Bronco Bob asserts Crimson Gulch differs from the old town as Prohibition reshapes life. A once bleak metropolis with only a depot and a saloon now shows signs of broader development and change.
In a scene, Miss Cayenne notes Gladys may not help soldiers much. She does praise Gladys’s enormous knitting outfit, saying it admirably suits her complexion.
Comic exchange shows a social worker reproaching a husband for idleness and his witty reply about leaning against the wife. The scene highlights domestic humor and marital roles.
A fragmented line notes life now on a higher plane and compares the past to present times as broadcasting or public discourse expands, suggesting improved condition or outlook.
In Texas reports, men were arrested for concealing whisky within tombstones a grave offense leading to legal action. The incident spotlights illicit liquor handling amid prohibition era tensions.
The article argues that Jerusalem's renewed access for Christian and Islamic scholars will unlock early Christian life and founder insights. It notes Jerusalem’s antiquity, its role between civilizations, and the broader impact of excavations at Mycenae Crete Egypt and Mesopotamia revealing a 6000 B C prehistoric era and new understanding of Babylon Nineveh and earlier cities.
Dialogue exchanges reveal playful flirtation about kissing and consequences with a light domestic tone.
English camp reports a detachment of boy soldiers with the eldest under nineteen. Removed from the front after ages were verified, some had spent two years fighting the Germans. Digestive troubles arose from relentless drills and excess plum pudding after combat.
A humorous exchange notes a long box office line, then reveals the crowd stands to buy sugar, highlighting a playful misuse of demand and attention in Louisville.
Polite dialogue suggests Percival’s proposal failed as the woman refuses him saying he sought marriage solely for her wealth. Accusations about a potential payoff are raised in the exchange.
The exchange mirrors a lighthearted quarrel over a future war epic. Tennyson J. Daft remarks on delayed writing while Festus Pester retorts it could wait fifty thousand years, captured with the Kansas City Star tone.
A humorous quip reflects wartime garden vigor with a farmer praising unusually large produce. The judge remarks on soil richness and oversized onions and cucumbers, while noting a caution against pumpkins.
A British flyer mistook a whale for a submerged U boat while hunting from the air. After bombing the target and seeing the "sub" surface, he learned the object was a whale, joining a string of similar sightings. The piece also notes sparrows as a pest and a plan to trap and cook them.
A Commonwealth advisory council report finds substituting alcohol for gasoline unlikely to meet demand. Only 4 million gallons yearly could be produced from all sugar molasses, while imports total 17 million gallons. With 50,000 tons of molasses available and a quarter used, vast waste remains and larger supplies are needed.
The article notes metals shaping wartime effort with aluminum rising in prominence and cites Professor Turner of Birmingham. It records Midlands foundries now surpass world output from 12 years earlier and recalls a baby’s rattle as the first aluminum article made in 1852 for the French infant prince.
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