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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
6
An health oriented note discusses choosing baking powder types by ingredients. It states Royal Baking Powder contains no alum or phosphate and emphasizes cream of tartar as a pure option derived from grapes. Royal Baking Powder Co. New York.
An analysis compares how nations christen battleships highlighting U S practice of naming after states versus Britain’s regal names like Invincible and Invincible. Germany France and Italy are described by place names or illustrious figures, with a playful note on imagining such names on American or British ships. Eskimo belief on spirits and wind voices ends the piece with a contrasting aside.
The Kanes state penitentiary in Lansing assigns entering prisoners to first grade with swift moves to second grade for minor faults. Second graders lose privileges and endure locked cell work, risking loss of good time. Punishments include deprive, luck and deprive, and jail with daily physician checks and sky view.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt describes a method for making government whitewash by mixing lime, salt water, ground rice paste, Spanish whiting, and glue. The mixture is boiled, strained, kept hot, and used as a wash, with instructions to stand for several days before use.
A London Chronicle note recalls how Bavarian Tyrolean villagers still discuss King Ludwig who spent on palaces and died by his own hand and murder. They pay the king’s debts, yet smile that he loved music and gave them Wagner.
A Washington Star quotation reports a street railway worker’s plan to solve crowding by placing a phonograph in each car that plays The Star Spangled Banner so riders will be obliged to stand up.
A brief exchange notes the duty to love neighbors and the ease of getting along with others. The Little One affirms, and the Mother reminds of instruction to love and harmony among people.
A compact survey describes how trees amputate limbs through abecess cells forming corklike barriers, enabling painless healing. It also notes jumping cocoons in South Africa where pupae hammer through shells to leap from containers like a tumbler.
The article highlights Mexican hand woven blankets crafted by Indian girls who earn a dime a day, starting at sunrise and finishing at sunset, admired for fine color harmony and flawless weaving. A Mexico City blanket bought five years ago remains vivid as a wall tapestry with perfect rainbow colors and no discernible right or wrong side.
The exchange features Farmer Corntessel responding to a question about an eight hour working day. He avoids a firm stance, saying he would consider his son Josh working three hours a day, two days in a row, as doing quite well. The quote appears in the Washington Star.
Hon. Maurice F. Egan argues in Youth's Companion that U S consuls must safeguard national shipping interests, report on trade conditions, and cultivate adaptability. Examinations train candidates. promotions follow merit, with salaries from 2000 to 12000 dollars and duty abroad as a career path.
In a Boston tramcar dialogue a passenger fears she will die before reaching port, while a crew member reassures her she will recover after ashore. The scene captures common sense as a product of experience rather than schooling.
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