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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
7
A medical note stresses that hands spread disease as they touch many objects daily. Emphasizing routine soap and water washing, it cites Dr. Eccles and the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette and warns against neglect, urging cleanliness to protect family and public health.
A fragment discusses antique lotteries in Europe, noting a 1446 draw referenced by Crowe and Cavalcaselle as the earliest known scheme with prize lists and accounts. It also mentions 1569 Paris lotteries by the Duke d Invernois for marriage portions, with £20,000 at 40,000 tickets and harbor repairs as profits.
A Brooklyn Citizen writer reports Mr Murphy asking about Mrs Doolan after their daughter's wedding. Mrs Doolan grieves a pair of new kid gloves lost that evening and plans to recover them by a cunning ad. Doolan jokes he advertised the gloves as an old cotton pair to trap the thief.
The article notes Cossack whips are hard leather tapering to a point, triangular in shape, capable of fatal wounds. A common stroke cuts the eye and cheek, illustrating the brutal effectiveness used to quell disturbances.
The 1805 encounter near boro North Carolina shows eleven year old Jo seph Adair using diplomacy and marbles to engage a cautious Indian. He calmly offers marbles, demonstrates skill, and after a precise shot the Indian pockets his marbles and vanishes into the forest.
An early tale speaks of Dr. Chalmers a tutor who kept his dignity despite petty slights. Resented by pupils and spurred by a biased mother he endured exclusion from meals until a final insult prompted him to depart.
A Welshwoman Catherine of Berain known as the mother of Wales founded many families. She first married John Salusbury and had Sir John Salusbury born with two thumbs. At her husband Sir Richard Clough's funeral he offered aid, Maurice Wynn proposed, she refused, and she later married a fourth husband before dying in 1591.
A Burmese ruby market method is described with buyers and sellers using a copper plate and sealed heaps to grade rubies by size color and shade. The process relies on sunlight tests and silent bargaining with specialized grips, as both parties judge fairness before final sale.
A northern sheriff investigates a death case where neighbors crowd the room containing a drowned person. In a comic moment a man declares with gusto that he is the body's ither, prompting the sheriff to assess if he has any real information.
The article notes the electric eel is very old and cites historical beliefs from Abyssinians and Hindus that it could cure nervous diseases. Humboldt describes methods of driving horses into water to attract eels, though later travelers doubted the practice. Despite this, the electric eel has been known to these peoples for centuries.
The article surveys theories on insect luminescence noting one idea that females glow to attract mates and another Darwinian view that light serves as a warning to predators. It suggests glowing insects may deter birds and predators to protect the glowbearing life of the species.
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