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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic notes few Thanksgiving turkeys in the Newberg markets and says a fat hen may serve for the holiday given current prices. The item reminds subscribers to check their renewal date printed on the paper to avoid losing copies.
Montgomery Ward and Co prominent in Portland with a large store near the forestry building on the old fair grounds begin page advertisements in daily papers. The move is viewed as pressuring Meier & Frank Co to respond.
John B. Yeon is named to the State Highway Commission replacing the resigning Simon Benson. Governor Olcott approves the selection, citing Yeon’s extensive road building experience and popular confidence in his good work.
Newberg voters face two upcoming elections with dates to mark. Saturday brings the school election at the grade building while Thursday of next week holds a city election to pause on several proposed charter amendments.
The Indianapolis Times notes the fall of pie as a daily staple due to higher costs and new laundry irons. Pie served in quarters gave way to six and eight slices. In restaurants a single eighth of a 30 cent pie now costs ten to fifteen cents, if paid at purchase.
A nostalgic critique argues pie and coffee prices rose unjustifiably while sugar remained affordable. It notes profiteering in pie and laments lack of a government price inquiry. Also announces a club gathering the first Saturday each month at 2 pm at an undecided location.
Rev Chas B LaDoux and R W MacCullough promoted as evangelists of note urging unity among churches under the slogan Back to God Save The Church They call for closer fellowship and a love feast with meeting place to be announced in Newberg Interested parties should contact A A Anderson at Commercial hotel Newberg
The Newberg Farmers' Club meets December 4 at 2 p.m. in the A. Rupert Co. cannery auditorium with a speaker from Rupert Co. discussing market prospects for fruits. Lewis of the Oregon Growers Cooperative Association will offer a second view for expert guidance on profitable plantings. Members urged to inventory crops and decide whether to leave, dig up, or graft tree fruit.
A Philadelphia anecdote shows the generosity of Americans toward the blind as a passerby offers help and the blind man asks to be taken to a restaurant to be filled. The Philadelphia Record notes such acts occur widely in cities worldwide.
Le Moniteur de la Bijouterie reports the Charlemagne reliquary, a gold round capsule containing a cross fragment, enriched by Empress Eugenie and gifted in 1804 to Napoleon I. Napoleon III reportedly kept the talisman in the Tuileries for imperial fortune.
In June the exhibition and sale of a picture catalogued as by Rembrandt titled Heraclitus and Democritus, owned by Capt. Alston-Roberts-West, drew attention. Thick varnish deterred cleaning, but experts later deemed it a splendid Rembrandt from around 1660 after cleaning. bought for 4800 guineas by Mr. Goudstikker of Amsterdam.
In Japan a soy bean derived artificial milk replaces scarce cow’s milk. beans are soaked boiled until white liquid, then sugar and phosphate of potash are added. Boiling resumes until it resembles condensed milk when water is added it is nearly indistinguishable from fresh cow’s milk.
Mr. J returns from work to find Mrs. J in a rare cheerful mood claiming she found a hat for 37.50. He replies he will not be a goose and buy it, foreshadowing a lighthearted quarrel about the purchase.
A Birmingham Age Herald anecdote presents a peculiar barber shop moment. A polite man responds to dust with humor after a barber brushes away debris, illustrating a brief, witty social vignette from daily life.
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