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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
7
The Stephens Ashurst bill aims to shield small cities and towns from cutthroat competition by mail order houses and large city stores. It requires producers to register brands, publish uniform prices, and permit redemption of listed goods when dealers quit, with controlled discounts and sale disclosures.
Melville Davisson Post notes that German science in document authentication can determine writing age and ink composition. Chemical tests reveal ink history and color changes, while paper watermarks and defects aid identifying forgeries. Police labs in Berlin and experts can quickly detect counterfeit alterations.
The article notes that purple is the royal color but Charles I chose a white robe for his coronation. It cites two earlier exceptions Richard II and Henry VI who wore white satin and met violent ends. It adds that Charles I died violently within twenty three years, amid a heavy snowstorm, prompting superstition about a third white king.
Victor Hugo fell asleep during a late evening dictation and awoke convinced hours had passed. The secretary revealed that only a moment had elapsed since the last sentence was dictated, leaving Hugo surprised by the length of his imagined dream.
A brief exchange about marriage and tobacco reveals attitudes toward comfort, control, and economizing. One speaker insists on the aroma and ease of telling a husband how to begin saving while the other notes personal restraint and practicality.
A San Franciscan owner of a valuable collection sought a signature to clear a dispute with the Table Ba al academy over the famous American painter Whistler. After four months the letter came back to the San Francisco addressee marked Unknown and unanswered.
The text reports a physician Dr Knowit receiving a large fee after attending Mrs Talkative for a nervous condition. He described an acute inflammatory flare and advised absolute quiet to avert a paroxysm. The fragment hints at a controversy over billing and medical judgment.
The piece argues that standard price cuts by large stores deceive consumers and destroy small towns. It cites a Washington Supreme Court decision and supports a bill by Stephens and Ashurst to fix uniform prices on trademarked goods, preventing dishonest advertising while preserving consumer welfare.
A vivid description explains sponge anatomy and circulation via ciliated cells. The passage likens sponge canals to a Venice like city, with currents drawing in water and nutrients through tiny pores. It cites Professor Thomson Be and Garrett Serviss from the Spokane Spokesman Review to illustrate the idea.
The passage notes various historical dinner times: in the sixteenth century meals were later, Disraeli cites Francis I era habits of rising at five and dining at nine, and Louis XII supposedly altered hours to please a young wife. It mentions dining at eight in the morning and bed at six in the evening as shifts.
Malaria experts from the U S Health Service warn discarded tin cans filled with rainwater harbor mosquitoes that spread malaria. A hole in the bottom of an empty can once caused a life, though empty cans should stay away from yards.
The mudfish rolls into a mud ball as season changes to prevent extinction. It breathes with gills in water and uses lungs when enclosed in a mud cocoon, a natural adaptation for survival.
Asia means morning or east and Europe is linked to evening or west while Australia is tied to lying to or in the south. The origins of Africa are uncertain with some conjecturing a Semitic root meaning land of wanderers.
Bishop X preached in the college chapel and gave an excellent discourse with no obvious connection to the text. At dinner Professor Y praised the bishop’s old man style, calling it truly apostolic as he traveled everywhere preaching the gospel.
A discussion of the shadowof or shadoof as an ancient irrigation device. The article explains the shadoof mechanics using a single or double upright frame, a leather bucket, and a mud counterweight. It notes the device lifts water up to twenty to thirty feet into Nile riverbank grooves for delta irrigation.
A man arrives with coal at an asylum and leaves his horse and cart outside. He finds the gates closed and cannot gain entry. He asks passersby for help, and a witness remarks that the man thinks he is a carter.
Insects threaten crops and shade trees as pests rise despite large spraying efforts. The author cites reckless slaughter of birds and insect-eating animals as upsetting nature’s balance, causing a rapid growth in insect life.
The article describes a cure for snake bites used by Central American Indians where the patient is bound tightly with creepers, the wound is cut, a live coat is applied to cauterize, and a tobacco and garlic poultice is rubbed in. The victim endures severe pain and anger, especially if the snake was non venomous.
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