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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic announces a stricter policy on overdue subscriptions, extending the grace period to the end of the month and warning that papers in arrears over a year will be cut off. It notes possible collection agency involvement and asks honest subscribers to settle balances while discussing past leniency and future cash-in-advance plans.
With hen fruit selling at fifty cents a dozen, nearly any goose could be expected to lay a golden egg these days. The remark humorously suggests favorable market prices boost unlikely outcomes.
A brief quip notes that during wartime only sheep men might attempt deceiving others, implying skepticism about deception in the era. The line captures a sharp, witty aside on honesty and wartime strains.
The town marked Labor Day as usual with banks and post offices aside, most workers continued on the job praised for high wages and productive activity amid a busy period.
The writer recalls finding evergreen blackberry in Oregon as a novelty with few briars in the Willamette Valley. Birds dispersed seeds and now briars grow widely and the berries have become a major crop across the countryside.
Mary E. Bankson writes of the 52d annual G A R Encampment where officers were nominated amid harmony and many speeches. Mayor Baker received a grand welcome as women filled the packed church and Lois M. Knauff led the salute, with Bankson praising Baker and his long friendship.
Mrs Bankson praises the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment held in Portland. She lauds thousands of veterans marching and the Women’s Relief Corps presence at the White Temple, noting their dignified efforts and reports from all departments.
J Keller, a resident of Astoria, reportedly rose on Sunday with notes of local activity. The fragment references an Astoria figure and a Sunday event without full context.
The notice states that Mr. and Mrs. UW. M Pucles intend to relocate to Sukva for the winter season.
Jones Brox posted a short notice offering to pay eight dollars per ton for apples delivered on North Main Street. The crude ad lacks dates or contact details but specifies delivery location and unit price.
F C Walcott describes the brutal acts and widespread devastation seen along the road from Warsaw to Pinsk, detailing a scale of homelessness and horror as he recalls the Prussian system. He witnesses the disarray and fear in displaced communities caused by brutal military actions.
F C Walcott, assistant to Mr Hoover during relief efforts for Belgium Poland and northern France, describes direct contact with German officers and the famine and war devastation in Poland. He recounts a 230 mile stretch from Warsaw to Pinsk where hunger and cold killed up to half a million, bones scattered and collected for fertilizer, with bones and baby baskets found along the road.
Walcott warns that devastation from the Hun extends beyond Europe as refugees flood camps in Poland and Belgium. He recalls 1916 German drives, starved Warsaw crowds, and 800 000 survivors in camps awaiting aid. He argues Allied victory is essential to prevent American enslavement and famine.
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