This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
3
Shiloh Relief Corps No meetings held on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at 2 30 PM in the I C O F Hall. President Mrs Minnie V Y Byers. Secretary Emma L Snow.
A compact portrait of Mandalay highlighting its tableland setting near the Shan hills, a five square mile city with a larger military district, and a mild winter climate around sixty degrees. The piece notes British sanitary success in eradicating fevers, the relaxed garrison life, and Kipling’s evocative view of Mandalay with pagodas, boat flotillas, and distant bells.
The article describes early siege methods using pitch and sulfur to burn walls and create choking fumes. It notes caldrons of molten pitch and air blasts as another attack, and mentions Greek fire used by Byzantines against ships at Constantinople during the sieges of 1261 and 1412.
The YWCA War Work Council quickly set up girls clubs near cantonments and navy yards to foster patriotism. Leaders avoid scolding, emphasize constructive activities like dressmaking, Red Cross work, and French, while expanding emergency housing and social morality education through physicians and translators. A donor supports the cause, fearing for his daughter's future.
The piece recalls Civil War era fire alarms in the city with bell towers in the First district. An 1865 inventory lists a 12 000 pound bell, striking apparatus, stove, table, clock, spyglass, field glass, slate and book. The largest bell in City hall tower weighed 23 000 pounds.
The serpent's egg trick in fireworks makes a pellet appear as a large snake. Mercury sul phocyanid burns with a voluminous ash, and the escaping ash distorts into a snake shape as the pellet burns.
In a 1784 letter from England to an American friend, Ben Franklin noted London shops closed at 7 am despite daylight, observing residents preferred candle light and woke early, while grumbling about candle duties and tallow prices.
The reader ponders how places like St. Albans Melrose Chesterfield and Manchester near St. Louis arose with English names while Manchester roads carry German heritage. The Globe-Democrat notes the mix of Anglo and German origins among residents and asks who gave the English place names.
The Civil War in America was followed by the 1806 Prusso Austrian campaign in Bohemia ending in seven weeks at Koniggratz. The German war of 1870 with France was decided in less than a month at Sedan, with the rest a prolonged struggle for the defeated alliance.
The text describes pyrethrum powder once imported from Transcaucasia and used as a bug killer. It explains the plant’s origins from a relative of the Held daisy, the seed-sowing hurdles, and how the United States now produces its own insect powder in California.
Edward F. Bigelow suggests city dwellers can create a miniature pond in a yard and raise waterfowl. He recalls a lake owner who notes many admire wealth rather than practice, and advises starting small with a mother duck and ducklings or even a tub and a goose.
An old superstition about using onions to treat tuberculosis is debunked. Researchers studied the onion and found it has no medicinal properties for TB, and those who swore by it misled themselves. Victims of the disease are advised to seek real treatments, not onion remedies.
The piece argues that shared education lifts all classes and creates a common culture. It praises general education as the strongest democratic force, leveling society without lowering standards and enabling broader access to learning for the ambitious and able.
A well known senator provokes friction by proposing numerous changes during committee discussions. He would even amend the Lord’s Prayer to alter Lead us not into temptation to Give us strength to resist temptation. Meanwhile experts in Australia and the Philippines stress bumblebees for clover crop yields.
A historical look at coal’s unpopular start as a domestic fuel notes a 17th century London boycott by “the nice dames” over sea coal smoke and odor. It traces rising popularity by 1859 with mauve dye, sparking Punch’s term Mauve Measles.
A brief notice invites workers to submit their job-related work at the graphic office for processing. The call emphasizes timely delivery and proper labeling to ensure assignment and completion within the department.
The Birmingham Age Herald comments that if German forces capture American mules they might try mule steak. The Nashville Banner agrees, praising the mules for their war effort while rejecting the idea of mule meat as a dining option.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.