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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
4
A Thursday morning notice lists the Graphic Bus office at No 600 First Street and an address at ace Systemes in Newberg Oregon. The fragment confirms location details for business operations and points to a street level commercial address.
Memorial Day gathers old soldiers and civilians in Newberg to honor departed comrades. A Coos Bay Harbor resident voices national sentiment, urging the community to support those who serve it. Local cordwood cutting is short by two to four inches, with advice to buyers to not pay for what they don’t receive.
W. H. Jenkins, traveling passenger agent for the Southern Pacific, was in Newbery on Tuesday. The Graphic notes its fifteen year relationship with Mr. Jenkins as a reliable, accommodating official in past dealings.
The Globe Democrat argues the Chicago convention must decide the Republican platform soon as the event nears. It notes the Colonel seeks nomination as self sufficient on principles and may ignore the Taft held platform while still facing a declared party platform rich with tangible Republican values.
In a Dallas Oregon letter Mr Howard J Hughes urges The Oregonian to answer a series of bold questions in the newspaper columns. He writes Please answer the following questions in the columns of your daily paper and the editor promises to take up the query serially. The piece frames the editor as a trusted voice and signals a thoughtful discourse.
The author critiques current U S political debates by likening the Mexico war to internal party strife. He mocks labels progressive and reactionary and explains single tax with local quirks, suggesting the truth seeker tackle easier celestial questions instead.
A barefoot man with fringed trousers and dirty face approached a librarian asking for Shakespeare. After confusion over editions, the librarian pointed to The Merchant of Venice, but the visitor rejected it saying he wanted the edition about Dr Jay killing Mr Hyde cited as a line from an old Washington Star item.
In a New York Sun report a defense lawyer cross examines a doctor who testifies about a black eye from an assault. The physician describes a severe contusion near the frontal bone with extensive bruising and tissue infiltration before being relieved from further questioning.
A Harper's Weekly retelling cites Pliny the Elder about a secret aluminium alloy found from alumina clay. An emperor orders the metalworker executed to prevent a gold devaluing breakthrough, leaving questions whether the world lost early access to aluminium for centuries.
Sam Hussey recalls an early Kerry rate carriage bought by Miss Mullins who greeted its arrival with awe. A dance outing with the coachman on pillion left her with a chill that turned to pneumonia and she died murmuring Thanks never took out the carriage that night.
The 1715 London lighting measure repealed prior acts and required housekeepers with doors facing streets to place burning lights from 6 PM to 11 PM on all dark nights between full moons, under penalty for noncompliance. The provision aimed to illuminate streets and reduce hazards during periods of darkness.
Tea is found in every tent and in Siam where hospitality is shown by giving tea to strangers. Travelers need not ask as it is always at hand, but each person must carry his own cup. Some cups are costly works of craft, made of fine wood and often lined with silver or gold.
The opinion of the jury reflects a long, tense session in a bare room. They doubt the defendant's guilt but curse the lack of opportunity, suggesting he might have acted if given the chance.
A mechanical engineer explains how skyscraper steel is planned months ahead and stored for just in time use. Storage yards on the Jersey side hold beams and girders organized for rapid loading onto a crane and barge, with orders directed by the steel superintendent to keep the erection process efficient and synchronized.
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