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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic notes its weekly publication each Thursday morning from the Graphic Building at 600 Flist Street with office and residence phone numbers and postal service details.
A local note highlights the return of A E Scott with J P Hurley publishing the News Times in Forest Grove. It promotes the Newberg male quartet organized by Elias Day, urging purchase of season tickets from Kienle's Music Store and the Graphic office to ensure financial success.
In Willamette Valley October brings little rain and farmers seek moisture. C C Chapman urges readers to support the Newberg lyceum with season tickets to sustain the six‑lecture course at local centers. He notes his subscription and praises The Graphic as essential reading.
McMinnville’s lyceum committee secures platform speaker Russell H. Conwell for the season. The famed lecturer has previously delivered Acres of Diamonds in Newberg and Portland, making a season ticket worthwhile for attendees.
The Tammany Society adopted Indian chief Tamanend, a contemporary of William Penn, as its patron saint. The organization, despite its turbulent history, continuously resurges in New York, much to the annoyance of rival groups.
A six session lyceum series returns this season starting Thursday November 15. The Musial Art Quartette of Chicago will present the opening program led by Hugh Aspinwall, first musician.
Minnie W. Cooper reports Carl, a Newberg native in Co F 356th Infantry at Camp Funston Kansas, where 198 men bought over 450 Liberty Bonds and were allowed home briefly. He recovered from a operation, gained weight, drilled in harsh conditions, and praised the Y M C A facilities and services for soldiers amid mass troop movements.
A wartime regulation bill defines unlawful manufacture distribution storage and use of explosives with detailed scope including gunpowders blasting powders high explosives detonators and related compounds while excluding small arms. Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans famed Welsh orator will lecture on What America Means to Me as part of the Lyceum season, with plans for his upcoming appearance.
Curing a license from the county clerk, designated to issue license authorizing purchase possession and sale of explosives or ingredients. All persons handling the above should correspond with the county clerk for details. Penalty for violation is severe. C. B. Wilson, Co. Clerk.
A compact survey traces money from Genesis references and Lydian coinage to barter and early substitutes such as leather iron tin bronze and even tree bark. The piece notes pasteboard use in the 16th century and phones a history of durable materials as media of exchange.
A youth with notable football achievements but poor academic record was expelled from a preparatory school, the report notes.
The old statute book notes a 1825 act forbidding football as unprofitable for the realm. Earlier 1426 laws allow the king to arrest imprison and execute Egyptians or Gypsies as subjects of his majesty.
Mrs Jenkins says we are never sure of anything while her husband teases that quiet moments predict a new remark. The exchange frames a light social vignette about uncertainty and observation.
A Baltimore American quip notes the messenger boy could not be induced to run for office, framing a political career as unlikely for him.
A fragmented excerpt wonders about the Aa river as the world's leading river while noting a poor audience. It cites a New York Tribune. A speaker complains about the crowd's dullness and preparation for a lecture titled Truth Candor Know Thyself.
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