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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
4
A report notes six nations are at war while Sagamore Hill remains silent, signaling potential alarming geopolitical tension and urging attention from U.S. leadership.
The notice marks the hundredth anniversary of Francis Scott Key composing The Star Spangled Banner on September 14 and urges Newberg to celebrate. It references Fort McHenry and the Revolutionary War as the song’s inspiration and calls for immediate action.
A. L. Mills, a leading Oregon banker and North West financier, says he will vote in November to end licensed saloons. He argues the move is prudent for business, setting aside moral questions, and counters critics who warn of ruin to Oregon’s business interests if prohibition wins.
The remark praises a White House leader who avoids provocation and can keep the nation at peace. It notes that with Europe in bloody combat, careful diplomacy is needed to handle emerging knotty questions, and warns that a hot headed President who favors military display would frighten the public about outcomes.
Edward Adams Cantrell claiming Portland origins spoke to about twenty four attendees Tuesday night. He discussed social ism and many isms for over an hour, spending roughly twenty minutes on the advertised topic the twelve fundamental fallacies of prohibition. Cantrell said he was a preacher for fifteen years and portrayed as a once-bright minister now employed by a liquor dealer's association.
City ordinance requiring autos and wagons to keep to the right side of the street is observed with unusual strictness, drawing comment from residents about traffic behavior and potential penalties for deviation.
A city reader urges safer train- station passes, citing crowd dangers and calls for marshal oversight. The piece contrasts wartime reporting accuracy amid censorship and weighs Oregon tax reform, arguing homeowners with modest property should share tax burdens fairly.
Front page illustration in the August 22 issue shows a 393 foot loaf of bread beside Cologne Cathedral for Germany’s weekly rations. A 180 foot bacon side and a 188 foot potato scale food demands for 60,130,000 people with weekly meat, coffee, salt, and sugar totals. The daily provision cost is about 22,950,000 dollars, highlighting the financial strain of sustaining the war.
The Eugene Guard warns a proposed 1500 taxation amendment would shift taxes from cities to farms. It would exempt about 150 million dollars of property while most city homes are near 1500 value, leaving farmers to bear the tax load with little city aid.
Peter Radford argues for stronger farmer cooperatives and co operative laws to aid tenancy and access to capital. He criticizes marketing waste and suggests practical reforms to align farming and business, reducing interest costs and improving rural prosperity.
Alden Sherman reports from Los Angeles that the mayor and police oppose more electric liquor signs and seek an ordinance to restrict them. He notes cities ashamed of saloons and cites Sherwood. The paper previously printed folders for the Sherwood commercial club and discusses Miller’s real estate past and questions about business attitude.
The Young Campaigners urge temperance sympathizers to join a parade on Saturday evening September 5. Meet at 7:15 p.m. in front of the public school, march via Main and First streets to the post office for songs and an address by Rev. Whitely. Emma Langworthy, Captain.
Guardian Pichaud McGuire of Ward Livengned Mier and J Miller, guardian, sells the minors rights in real estate by county court order. The tract lies west line of the William Jones lot, with measurements from an iron pin, offering the property for cash in hand August 6, 1916. Attorney for the guardian is listed.
In the arctic tale from Youth's Companion, whale man Bill Horsley volunteers to cross ice with a dog team to reach caribou and rescue the Narwhal crew. Despite near death, exhaustion, and freezing conditions, Horsley drags his companion and dogs to safety, insisting saving the ship's crew justifies his sacrifice.
A teacher attempting to illustrate blood circulation asks students why blood wouldn’t rush to feet when he stands upright. A small boy answers with a quick quip that the feet aren’t empty, delivering a humorous historical classroom moment.
The Parsees refuse to burn or bury their dead as they deem a corpse impure and refuse to defile elements. They build towers of silence sixty feet high where the dead are laid to be devoured by vultures, with bones later thrown up and covered.
A Chicago Tribune letter claims the speaker cannot raise salary for his job. The alderman responds that he cannot grant a raise but offers to influence the appointment of a Renase man to the position.
A fragment describes snakes lacking external ears but sensing sound via internal ear bones and head vibrations. It notes the tongue as a sensory tool and mentions sensitivity to vibrations across the scaly surface.
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