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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
6
The Shiloh Relief Corps No. 26 holds meetings on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month at 2 30 P M in the I C O F Hall. Mrs Minnie V Byers serves as President and Ber Beuma L Snow is mentioned.
In a New York Red Cross workroom a mother contemplates giving up her son to the war. A neighbor argues for preserving sons, while another mother, Auntie, honors her duty saying she did not loan her boy to the country but gave him. The scene ends with quiet gratitude.
The 1910 act required American ocean steamers with passengers to have wireless telegraph gear and an operator in good order. After the Titanic disaster, 1912 amendments required two or more skilled operators on duty during navigation to prevent overwork.
A mother with a sleeping infant faced a crowded street scene as others skipped nearby. In desperation she placed the baby in an overturned iron refuse barrel, lined with papers to form a makeshift cradle, where the child slept peacefully.
A bride and bridegroom debate gifts from the father revealing a rumor of a prior $1,000 check and plans for a silver tray as a second offering, highlighting expectations and family dynamics after nuptials.
The piece recalls General Pershing’s brief four word wartime phrase Lafayette we are here spoken at the tomb of Lafayette last September and compares it with other short dedications including Richard Mansfield at Garrick theater Philadelphia and a ship christening mishap in Cleveland.
A Vigilantes writer argues the United States is sacrificing milk for adults amid wartime shortages. Malnutrition threatens thousands of children as grain prices rise and farms sell cows. England and Italy cut cream and butter sales to preserve milk for babies. communities should curb milk prices and use morning bottle contents sparingly to aid soldiers.
The article describes a German ground fired device called flaming onions or chain rockets. Green emerald balls rise in long chains of thirty to forty or more, used to distract Allied bombers during night raids and ease airmen's tension.
The post office department approves numerous parcel post motor truck routes, totaling 3,000 to 4,000 miles with shorter lines. Routes span from Portland Maine to New Orleans, through the Midwest, and along the Pacific coast. Officials expect motor routes to aid distribution and reduce food costs.
In a local school, a student was sent home with a note suggesting the child had German measles. The mother read the line aloud and the child exclaimed that she had “Merica public measles” instead, eliciting a mix of humor and concern.
Brander Matthews argues in the Yale Review that dispersion of English speakers is not a danger but may benefit standard English. Local words like dad sad boas and boom start as regionalisms, spread through the United States and Britain, and may enter standard usage.
In a family vignette a man fears a seventh child cannot fit in the car with Mazie and Kitty noting seven in the family and the auto seat limit of six.
The London Chronicle explains that cheat bread or cheat-bread was a term for bread bought with coarser flour. It traced origin to the French scheter and noted bakers used flour not as finely sifted as rich-house bread, placing cheat-bread next to manchet in quality.
A satirical note reflects on George Washington and a coal dealer tale. It contrasts truthfulness with a harsh anecdote about a wife’s illness and seven children facing freezing conditions to obtain coal. The piece highlights moral contrasts and skeptical humor.
A Birmingham Age-Herald clipping questions the Jibblestons about recent clothing ventures and claims of patriotism. The short snip captures a social jab on style and national pride.
A brief dialogue contrasts Mrs Buzzer’s lack of serious talk with Mrs Come Up, noting her airy camouflage and the weariness it causes. The lines capture a social exchange filled with irony and mild wit among two women.
A household dismisses the cook after admitting food scarcity made keeping her unnecessary. The exchange shows tension over staffing as meals run short and the owner questions why staff remain when nourishment is scarce.
A French article reports using a common decaying fungus, called ink stand, to make indelible ink. In bottles the fungus decays into a black pulpy mass and yields a deep ink. adding gum arabic and cloves improves flow and preservation for legal writings prone to tampering.
The piece quips that soldiers complain about no baseballs for play and jokes about pitching tents, reflecting a light military humor vignette with minimal context or details.
Customer asks if flag colors will run. Salesman responds that outcome depends on regiment line of action.
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