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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic outlines its weekly release pattern with Thursday morning editions. Details mention one office and residence locations in Newberg Oregon and provide placeholder fixtures for address lines.
The Kansas boxer Jess Willard is reported to have purchased a Kaw Valley farm of 700 acres for 175000. The account notes potential satisfaction from farm life versus past showmanship, and contrasts local undertakers Newberg with a New York advertising approach. The piece also recalls Water system plans and a Vancouver trip highlighting regional development and transport changes.
The article recalls Portland’s early water systems and typhoid issues, noting a 4 to 5 mile upstream pumping station to improve purity. It also mentions Poindexter Borah and Johnson as presidential candidates, with Californians opposing Johnson over the peace treaty and primary election politics shaping expectations.
A late legislative debate on forbidding picketing of Portland business houses failed. The Hillsboro Independents call picketing un American and a nuisance, arguing it harms the public rather than resolving labor disputes. The piece notes repeated strains where the public bears the burden and predicts a sharp political shift as sympathy for picketers wanes.
The Paris ceremony honored Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Dreyfus of the artillery corps with the Legion of Honor for his services. The event followed the long controversial career from conviction to pardon and public intrigue surrounding his fate.
The Spokesman-Review notes that after years of doubt and political entanglement the Dreyfus case moves toward complete rehabilitation. It highlights his wartime service in 1914 as a major of artillery during the Marne defense and credits his post pardon, while acknowledging the broader racial and political implications that surrounded the affair.
Delegates at the National Association of Retail Druggists convention in Rochester New York vote unanimously for a resolution opposing sale of alcoholic liquors by pharmacists and urge retailers to drop liquor permits. James F Finneran of Boston presents the executive committee report urging drug stores to be relieved from dispensing intoxicants even if federally allowed.
The passage urges stripping drug stores of liquor licenses during Prohibition, calling it a chance to separate medicine from alcohol profit and restore the medical profession’s good name. It frames liquor sales as a social stain tied to pharmacy practice and seeks legal action to end licenses.
To friends and neighbors who kindly assisted with sympathy and floral offerings we extend our sincere thanks for the kindness shown during our bereavement.
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