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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
Regular meeting held on the second and fourth Thursday evenings each month Visiting brothers are welcome Wm Clemmens Worshipful Master Frank Knapp Secretary
Regent street witnessed two women wearing monocles in the eye as a new fashion. An optician notes rising monocle orders from women with one defective eye, preferring gold rimmed designs for comfort and ease. The piece argues monocles suit sharp features and are not just masculine or decorative.
A 30 foot by 20 foot map covers 115 square miles of London showing nearly 40,000 estates. Wealthiest is the Duke of Westminster with 400 acres and a 15 million dollar annual rent. other great properties include Lord Howard de Walden and Redford, with rents ranging up to 10.5 million per year. Also noted is a musket once owned by Alexander Selkirk linked to Robinson Crusoe, bought for 6.25 dollars and insured for 10,000. Selkirk died at sea in 1723.
The Interchurch World Movement announces a 1242 dollar average salary for Episcopal ministers and details other denominations salaries as it plans a county conference in April. The drive funds hospitals clinics and homes for the aged and infirm with free ministerial care and support for church workers nationwide.
Youths read that swimming in the Dead Sea refreshes yet warns against water in the eyes. It notes Dead Sea salt content at 187 pounds per ton versus 11 from the Caspian, 81 Atlantic, 85 Mediterranean, and mentions fertile plains near its shores alongside a generally dreary basin.
A junior at the University of Washington studies the blacksmith trade to prepare for farming. She aims to own and operate a forge and farm, mastering bolt making, bar shaping, and plowshare pointing. Jazz holds no appeal to her.
Workmen uncover three skeletons near an 1812 fort at Kennebunkport Me. Two show evidence of Indian massacres or warfare with embedded arrow remains and tomahawk damage. The tallest skeleton may be that of a seven foot man, likely buried in an old cemetery later covered by fill.
The tale follows John O'Reilly who finds a sparkling pebble in a Boer house and, after testing it, proves it a diamond of 2214 carats. He shares profits with his host Van Nickerck and later exchanges the stone for a fortune, leading to the Star of South Africa saga.
Westminster Hall near the Tower and Westminster Abbey is described as London’s oldest standing edifice dating back over 800 years. Its famed oak roof, built under Richard II in 1897, survives with ship timber patches. The hall bears tablets marking trials of Charles I, the Earl of Strafford, Henry V rival factions, Hastings, Cromwell’s protectorate, and other key events.
An Exchange humor piece recounts Henry Ward Beecher replying to a dead letter notice. The Brooklyn postmaster sent Beecher a notice about a letter deemed dead, and Beecher's reply humorously questions the letter’s death and burial, even joking about cremation and other sick letters.
Classic storefront signs fade as electric displays rise. Wooden Indians, boot shop signs, barber poles, blacksmith symbols, and horse heads over livery doors fade from streets as advertising shifts to new formats.
A farmer lived with a troublesome scum in a creek running through his land. After the farmer’s death an oil prospector learned the scum was petroleum and the estate’s fields proved valuable as if holding rich gold.
Local dealers announce they are exclusive agents for a range of desirable car makes and invite customers to visit showrooms for explanations and selection.
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