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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
2
In Newberg Oregon the Graphic notes steady weekly publication and a slogan Can what you can. It comments on household budgeting as women trim pantry staples while men face rising barber prices reaching 35 cents for a haircut as more barbers demand payment.
The Graphic corrects last week’s claim naming Samuel Hobson as the photographer. W L Robertson states the photo was by his brother in law O C Yocum, who ran a Portland gallery. The piece notes growing express traffic and a wish for a dedicated express baggage car to improve passenger train speeds. The query asks Mr Scott to propose a date.
A Carlton donor funded a prominent flagpole with a flag raised on Independence Day, but the flag has not been displayed since. The donor threatens to cut down the pole, while Newberg keeps the flag flying year round, prompting calls for a balanced approach to flag display.
The piece urges students to enroll in grade school through college, stressing efficiency. It argues short cuts harm future prospects and notes a wartime need for college graduates in officer training camps. Emphasizes grit, preparation, and disciplined study to secure top opportunities.
The text urges students that money cannot buy success and that schooling requires effort. It emphasizes uphill work, overcoming obstacles, and fitting oneself to compete with stronger others. The future depends on self discipline, with the schoolroom as preparation for life's challenges and a college diploma reducing handicaps.
The edict from master tailors urges coats to be short next winter with possible pockets even under threat of abolition. The piece mocks the idea, notes women favor pockets in sport suits, and argues to keep pockets and trouser legs for men amid fashion shifts.
A Capper's Weekly excerpt criticizes senators for lacking tax remedies to cover war costs. It argues excess war profits, earned by munitions and related industries, should fund the war as government hesitates to raise funds. The piece repeats that God knows the money should come from profiteers.
Robert B. Haines Jr of Philadelphia, secret ary of the American branch of the Scripture Gift Mission, urged Wilson to send a message to soldiers. Wilson replied urging daily Bible reading as a path to loyalty, duty, truth, and happiness, claiming the Bible is the Word of God. Stories from trenches recount bullets piercing Bibles and soldiers' conversions after reading scripture.
The U S Weather Bureau report shows August 1917 as the driest since 1894 with only a trace of rain noted, officially marked by a big T. Meteorologist A H Thiessen notes the trace appeared on the 17th and compares past Augs in the 1890s and earlier, marking a 46 year span of unusually dry weather.
Maude Bell Sheffield wed George Washington Beers. Laura Alice Beckwith joined Milton William Potter. Maude Haworth married Asa Barry Butler.
Enos Ellis of Newberg and Sam Westfall of Sherwood halted by a woman and her daughter while driving a cow home. They explained to the pursuer that they bought the cow from the woman's husband and were asked to fetch it. Ellis joked with local children, promising to mislead future inquirers.
Superintendent notes announce the annual Teachers Round Table begins Monday September 10 at 10 a.m. and continues daily that week at 9 a.m. The teachers round table is invitation limited due to roster completion, and attendance for the institute November 21 22 23 is mandatory with full salary payment for the three days and district reimbursement of $5 per attending teacher.
The notice lists Sunday services at Newberg churches with Bible school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. including "Christian Stewardship" and "The Place of Baptism in Conversion." A 6:30 p.m. C E and Junior Endeavor session is noted and Wednesday Mission News. The Friends church shows 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship with "Bringing the Matter Home" and 8 p.m. evening meeting.
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