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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
2
A new motor driven wood cutting device could end the days of the woodsman with the ax. It operates on a small motor and can cut a 30 inch trunk in minutes. The saw is a chain with replaceable teeth, riding on a frame with four rollers and ball bearings. The hollow handle serves as an oil reservoir.
The owner of a Shelby county watermelon patch has found a watch there. The watch is in good condition and may be returned to its owner upon proving property and paying the newspaper notice fee. The finder may require a full explanation of how the watch ended in the patch.
Mr and Mrs Henry Haveman traveled to Portland recently. Seth Seeley from Scholls visits the Brunson home for the week. Ivon Proctor returns to Mountain Top to help harvest prunes. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dunsmore and Alma Chourety visit Mountain Top Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Whitmore move back to Mountain Top, to the John Ornduff place. The Brunsons and their son Howard drive to Portland in a new Chevrolet earlier in the week.
Mr and Mrs John Ewert hosted relatives from Mr Angel last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Homer Vandale visit Mrs Vandale's parents Mr and Mrs John Neal. Adam Zenzen traveled from Portland for a brief home visit at the start of the week. Adele Barber, daughter of Dell and Mrs Barber, was sick earlier this week but is improving. Burnell Olson came from the Deep River logging camp in Washington to register last Thursday and stayed with family through Saturday.
Mrs. W. A. Parrish has been very sick for days. Mr Brunson of Willamina called on Fernwood friends. Verne Hobson of Newberg visited home folks. Claude and Rolla Renne returned from Tillamook county. Mrs A. S. Bryant and children returned from Nehalem. Mrs Evans and daughter Mabel from California visited Dave Jones. Mrs Evans is Mrs Jones' aunt. Mr and Mrs Jury Parker and Mr and Mrs Fred Hofmeister from Portland visited Hobson Jones. Mae Parrish visited Portland. Bristow and McLeod families visited Middleton to see Mrs Jewett ill. Mrs Lee Jones had a birthday gathering.
Miss Louie Morgan visits Verdun relatives while Chehalem Center pushes to fill the Salvation Army war fund quota. Families in Chehalem Center host visiting relatives and report on enlistees and training plans for soldiers. Wounded natives Chandy Chase and Wm Holland are listed as in base hospital overseas. Samuel E. Yarns funeral and granddaughters christening noted locally.
A fragment from Mary King Waddington’s My War Diary recalls a French village where a 13 year old girl and younger siblings carry farm duties after mobilization. With the father and two sons dead or in service, the mother is worn but the girl endures, asking only for warmth and shelter for work days in the fields. The piece highlights resilience across many French farms.
A Syracuse Post-Standard reader recalls winding an old clock that shatters, notes it is stamped Made in Germany, and muses that “Made in Germany” items and the Kaiser’s war machine have long shaped world events. The piece blends nostalgia with anti German sentiment from a 1912 era purchase.
The Washington Star reports an American inventor presented a mustard gas formula to the Bureau of Mines about 15 months ago. Benjamin P. Brooks, chief chemist of the Commercial Research Co., allegedly provided the formula and heard nothing more. The association notes Germany later developed the gas.
The article notes a shortage of Japanese silks and crepes during wartime shortages. Ships involved in Eastern trade have been loaned to the imperial government, reducing transport capacity. Scarcity grows for georgettes and crepe de chine while French and Italian silk supplies drop.
A Chicago News item recounts a servant named Matilda who, despite careful service, never gives a civil answer. The mistress offers a new calico dress and says she is glad to share the pleasure, but Matilda responds sharply about lacking consideration for her feelings.
A compilation of property transfers showing numerous parcels sold or deeded in Newberg and Dundee areas. Transactions involve First National Bank Newberg, Pacific College, City Park additions, Hurley and other subdivisions, with prices ranging from $10 to $8000 and sizes from under 2 to over 156 acres, including several two party coterminous deeds and mortgage style transfers.
War depresses market value and costs of operations, making many gold mines unprofitable. Gold as money loses purchasing power for mining gear and labor, reducing assurance for gold mining companies as the war drives up prices and costs.
The piece lauds U S credit strength noting 2 percent bonds issued at par in 1960 oversubscribed, compares to 1888 and 1901 highs, and asserts the United States never defaulted on bonds with no principal loss except voluntary sales during price dips. It cites International Confectioner.
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