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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
6
In the age of specialization the old family physician who served as confidant and general healer fades from prominence. He once treated ailments from fevers to extractions, guiding homes with broad practice, but now doctors focus on narrow fields, and the era of the old family doctor is a memory. Emphis Commercial Appeal.
Sixteen national parks are maintained by the federal government including one in Hawaii. The others lie in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. Yellowstone spans Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and covers 3 348 square miles, almost Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Glacier in Montana and Yosemite in California rank second and third in size with 1 534 and 1 124 square miles respectively.
A large log jam on an Illinois river was broken when a brown bear crawled among the skids and climbed onto the key log. The bear frantically attacked the log, causing the pile to collapse. it was later found the key log contained honey.
A 700 acre venomous serpent garden at Butanta Brazil houses snakes for scientific study. Laboratories near the park produce serums to treat snake bites and researchers observe snake habits to learn escape methods.
The wild bees collect nectar mainly from buckwheat and attack blossoms tame bees ignore. They avoid propagated flowers and will not enter any hive, regardless of food. They are far more vicious than cultivated bees.
Motivational short instruction urging belief in self and humanity. Emphasizes fearlessness, love for work, persistence, hope, trust, and staying informed to remain up to date. Ends with a personal exhortation to act.
The Echis carinata or Indian saw scaled viper is about eighteen inches long and gray. It is common across the peninsula but not house dwelling like the cobra. It defies escape and provokes attack, coiling in a figure eight and hissing as it readies to strike.
Grant Duff records a talk with Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema who reported Browning’s extraordinary vision reading a distant picture with one eye and writing an ode on a tiny slip of paper with the other. Mrs. Andrew Crosse recalls Browning reciting the Vision of Judgment from memory during a Byron discussion.
The London Chronicle notes Charles Reade shared the trait with Victor Hugo and Wilkie Collins of writing standing at a high desk. It contrasts them with Mark Twain who wrote in bed and Sir Walter Scott who wrote best on a couch.
The article notes that stirrups were unknown to early riders and mounts used stones to mount on roads. Stirrups emerge in the fifth century but remain rare even by the twelfth. Horseshoeing is ancient, with Tarentum coin imagery around 350 B.C. and a claim that William the Conqueror introduced the first iron horseshoe to England.
The excerpt recalls the fable The Lion's Share where animals divide a feast. The lion claims one quarter for kingly prerogative one quarter for courage another quarter for his dam and cube. He then reserves the fourth quarter for anyone bold enough to dispute him.
The article cites Dr. Seaman A. Kna of the U S department of agriculture stating that rice was grown in Virginia by Sir William Berkeley as early as 1647. From half a bushel of seed, sixteen bushels were reported, but detailed particulars are lacking.
Crown-Willamette Paper mill workers in Oregon City walk out after wage demand rejection. Douglas county farmers form an agricultural council to work with the county agent and US Department of Agriculture. Oregon Poultry Breeders report half the state’s hens slaughtered. Hoover warns guards on grain elevators against a national food conspiracy. Albany votes December 3 to amend the city charter for concurrent elections. Bean harvesting begins in Polk county with yields 250 to 460 pounds per acre. Monmouth area has nearly 1000 acres in beans. Senate amends the deficiency bill to extend vocational education benefits, Oregon’s share about 4500 dollars. Three Oregon towns oversubscribed to a war library fund. Grants Pass lumber company catches and ships salmon daily from Rogue River. Douglas county near Youcalla hosts a large cinnabar deposit under development. Secretary Olcott appoints Chauncey Butler to head motor vehicle registration. Oregon Fish and Game Commission allocates 1500 for a Willamette River fish hatchery site. Walter Tice killed in fall from a water tank scaffold. Bonanza project dredging near Lost River nears completion. Grain samplers exempt from eight-hour law per attorney general. Sugar supply reassurance from Western Sugar Refining in San Francisco. Habeas corpus suit over Portland anti piking ordinance brought by Earl Hall. Fuel distribution committee members named by Fred J Holmes. Three fatal industrial accidents reported for week ending October 25. Legislature’s investigation committee considers civil service reform for state employees.
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