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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
4
Hoover calls for falling food prices as Newberg residents welcome the forecast. Fred G Bale’s lecture The Fourth Line of Defense in Wood-Mar Hall draws praise. Newberg touts cannery capacity 100000 feet daily with creamery prune plant and iron foundry, boosting new buyers.
Citizens discuss returned soldiers facing unemployment and the strain of cordwood shortages. They weigh Alaska coal prospects, private capital, and the impact of delayed federal action. A Graphic reader urges street name signs be embedded in new concrete sidewalks for durability.
The president's serious illness ends any chance of a third term and clears the way for other Democratic contenders to enter the race. Several unnamed figures are discussed as potential candidates.
The piece notes the nation needs a strong, wide minded statesman for future years and mentions a Public Service Commission bulletin to inform auto owners about railroad crossing warnings. It urges cooperation among state and county officials, railroads, and drivers to reduce accidents, while observing that many drivers ignore warnings despite signs and newspaper notices.
The piece argues for reestablishing commercial ties with Germany after World War II, noting plans like the Paris tariff pact to favor mutual trade. It urges measured policy over vengeance, warning that hostility long term harms peace and prosperity, and that German goods should be admitted on fair terms to revive general prosperity.
Local residents travel and visiting spans include Mrs G W Ferrer and daughter Eva in Salem, Mr and Mrs Wm Moore returning to Nebraska, Miss Milter ill and unable to sing, and planning for a future service hymn. Pacific City salmon trip, ten day vacation plans for J Carl Nelson, and bricking work by G A R veterans at the college dorms.
The passage argues that prosperity depends on ending isolation and maintaining favorable relations with Germany. It warns that harsh penalties may provoke retaliation and that religious or worldly motives may influence policy, but practical expediency and broad agreement likely determine course.
Mrs C C Murton of Portland is spending the week in Newberg to visit her husband, the manager of Miller Mercantile Company.
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