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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
4
Newberg Graphic notes the arrival of autumn in the Willamette valley and hosts local sentiment on President Woodrow Wilson. The piece mentions the season’s joy and a humorous line about Eskimos naming their boy babies Woodrow after the president.
A public call urges school boards to prohibit smoking in schools to protect air quality and student health, warning that cigarette smoke harms learning environments.
The Police Commission of San Francisco pursues a vigorous drive to clean up the Barbara Coast area. Citizens can still stand on the bridge at midnight while some men row into Marion county territory to cross back as night falls, returners appearing fuller than the full moon.
Gus C Mosier seeks the Republican gubernatorial nomination while Col Robert A Miller exits the Democratic race. Timothy Brownhill leads the San Anselmo Herald as editor and manager. Sheriff Watt Henderson visits from the county seat, and C N McArthur aims for Congress from the Third District, a grandson of U S Senator James Nesmith.
Walter C. Woodward formerly of the Newberg Graphic and now a professor at Earlham College publishes Political Parties in Oregon. The Oregonian and Judge McBride praise the book as valuable and accurate in early Oregon history. The Telephone Register lauds Woodward as a fine young man.
Common hogs draw respect as prices hover eight to ten cents per pound. O M Plummer, secretary of the Portland Union Stock Yards, promotes boosting Oregon hogs into the Bon Ton class with a laudable effort.
A 48 page illustrated booklet on Pacific Northwest swine husbandry offers breeds, breeding, and care guidance. Free copies available by addressing Mr. Plummer at the Stock Yards in North Portland for farmers interested in hog farming.
The editor rejects unsigned letters and contributed articles. The paper insists on having the writer's name before publication. Despite repeated notices since the dawn of newspapers, unsigned submissions continue to fill the waste basket.
A columnist muses on identity and origin tracing echoes of ancient cultures near Yuca tan while pondering vanished peoples and the idea that early American foundations include diverse influences. The piece questions where these peoples went and challenges Alibi proof in a reflective, speculative tone.
In 1608 Sir Christopher Newport, wrecked off North Carolina, reached Chesapeake Bay and chose a harbor for shelter calling it Point Comfort. Over years other Atlantic spots bore the same name, and Virginia’s became Old Point Comfort to distinguish it.
In Strand Magazine a tale recalls Priestly, an elder omnibus driver in Hull in 1863, who jumped 1,000 hurdles each 3 feet 6 inches high in 61.5 minutes. It claims the record has never been matched and notes his 1863 start and about 850,000 miles driven for the Central Omnibus company.
The text notes sound speed in air at 32 degrees is 1,090 feet per second and increases by one foot per second for each extra degree. It adds free electricity travels 288,000 miles per second and a perfect conductor wire transmits at 112,924 miles per second.
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