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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
2
An advertisement extols savings with U S National Bank Newberg Oregon urging readers to start an account from wages to build a secure nest egg. It contrasts thrift with wartime generosity and frames saving as protection for illness and future needs.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a man explaining that he taught his wife to drive, leaving him back on the street. The quote hints at a domestic dispute or financial setback reflected in the terse exchange. No further names or places are readable.
Newberg Lodge No. 164 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursday evenings each month. Visiting brothers are welcome. Secretary Frank Knapp, W M Wm Clemmens.
The passage links Cecrops founder of Athens and Cadmus bringer of letters to Boeotia with Thebes citadel and legendary figures. It notes Boeotians as underappreciated yet foundational in letters, morals, and law, and connects Phoenician exiles to Jewish Joshua shaping literary and moral progress.
A lyrical passage by Richard Jefferies describes wind carrying perfume from bean fields and firs, vast cloud masses moving across the sky, silent vapors overhead, and a wind with effortless power shaping the land. It contrasts calm earth with strenuous air and a smoky hillside lit by a red flame in bright sun.
The article notes magnetism can extract iron from tiny areas such as the eye. It describes Edison’s magnetic ore separator, where ore dust splits by magnetism as iron is deflected aside. It also mentions a magnetized tack hammer used with a device to assemble strawberry baskets efficiently.
A letter from William James describes a two day experience with mescal a toxic cactus preparation given by medical men including Weir Mitchell. The user reports vivid color visions a stomach upset and a subsequent day of katzen jammer with little else. The note references U S government distribution to medical staff and claims a fairyland like effect.
Experiments in France show adding aluminum to brass drastically alters its internal structure and color. Small amounts from half a percent to 5 percent yield a deep golden hue, 7 percent gives a rose tint, and 10 percent produces a pale white shade, aiming to improve seawater resistance for submarine hulls.
Describes a unique annual pattern in Cambodia where the Tonle Sap River reverses flow. In the rainy season it runs inland enough to float steamboats, then reverses outward, draining a large lake in its riverbed and leaving only a trickle in the dry period.
A dialogue notes accidents vary on an icy hill with no fixed number, describing a sliding scale of incidents and outcomes.
Shiloh Relief Corps Ho. 28 meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 2 36 p m in the L O O F hall at First and Meridian Frances Woodruff serves as President and Emma L Snow as Secretary.
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