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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
6
Franklin credits John Clifton for initiating street lighting in America by placing a lamp at his door in 1757. He notes that London globe lamps were faulty and describes his improved four pane design with a funnel to draw smoke and allow air, keeping lamps bright until morning.
An Austrian tale from the Vienna courts recounts a Wachau peasant caught throwing stones at rabbits. While he claimed the stones only scared the rodents, he received three days in prison. The judges argued that if a rabbit had been killed the man would have stolen it, so the punishment stood.
A Yale professor and a friend tried a joke on an Englishman in the west. The Englishman kept straight, saying he had laughed at it last summer, prompting amusement from the bystanders and the remark that humor travels differently across cultures.
The London Chronicle notes Richard Lovell Edgeworth father of Maria Edgeworth as an incorruptible member who refused 3000 guineas to sell his seat in 1798 Longford boroughs. He voted against the Union preserving his reputation and virtue in life.
The Roamanian royal crown, said to be the grimmest in the world, was fashioned by imperial command from steel of a Turkish gun captured at Plevna. On May 10 1881 King Charles consecrated it alongside a simple gold queen’s crown and declared the symbol of Roamania’s independence and power.
The article outlines water as a two gas molecule of oxygen and hydrogen, notes its dilution in nature, and explains ice expansion, freezing layers, and the impracticality of solid water covering bodies. It compares heat capacity to copper and explains why water heats slowly, remains liquid, and prevents steam-filled dangers.
A French medical weekly recounts a Strasbourg doctor being sent an unasked cigars and a 15 mark bill by a tradesman. The doctor replies with three prescriptions valued at 5 marks each, claiming the exchange settles accounts, while noting no consultation was requested.
A club acquaintance warned explorer Robert Peary of an important package arriving by express. The crate bore the label to be opened at the farthest point north. Peary opened it immediately to reveal a small keg inscribed axle grease for the pole.
A tense exchange unfolds as the Agent and Actor discuss contract terms. The Actor questions the legality of a verbal deal while recalling a prior verbal salary. The discussion highlights uncertainty around enforceability and compensation.
The New York American recalls celebrated actors who died on stage during peak moments of fatal lines. Sir Henry Irving near Thom as Becket’s dying aria, Samuel Phelps as Cardinal Wolsey, Van Biene in The Broken Melody, plus earlier deaths of Edmund Kean and John Palmer show how supreme acting can tax vital limits.
A young mother who sings at concerts objects to her husband singing to their baby at 2:30 am. He rises, picks up the infant, and begins to sing to soothe the child, only to be halted by the mother who fears it will affect her music. The exchange captures domestic tension over nightly parenting duties.
The musician Meyerbeer feared premature burial and left elaborate directions. He ordered his body kept untouched for forty days after death with the face uncovered and in the exact position believed at passing. On the fifth day procedures were to be performed on the throat and feet, and two guards were to watch the body day and night with bells attached to hands and feet in case of life signs.
An old account notes central Africa natives amazed by a passing train. They believed oxen pulled the locomotive until explorers explained the engine runs on fire and water, a moment of cultural misunderstanding during early rail travel.
A traveler annoyed by a newspaper report of his homecoming discovers a compositor’s typo changed a word to “and forged.” The error arose from missing the letter C, turning “changed” into a misprinted phrase. The humorous misprint highlights newsroom slips and reader surprises.
Orison Swett Marden argues that wealth begins with a mental habit of abundance. By persistently visualizing prosperity and rejecting poverty thoughts, individuals can transform their lives and ward off a failure mentality.
Jenny Lind visited Edinburgh in 1865 and entered a Princess Street music shop to buy songs. The young clerk, unaware of her identity, asked if he had heard the great Jenny Lind. After she confirmed, he admitted he could not afford to attend her concerts. She then urged him to play the song she held, and as he played, she revealed her identity and left without thanks.
Recent classroom misstatements include a Conservative as a greenhouse for moon viewing and Parliament disassembling in January. Other errors touch on India caste myths and abstract nouns felt as a red hot poker, with Napoleon and Trafalgar cited oddly by the London Mail.
Firemen face arduous snow clearing during blizzards. They remove snow from sidewalks and streets to curb to ensure unobstructed access from firehouses to avenues where car tracks are kept clear by electric sweepers.
A young officer seated beside a widow at a table d hote in India learns she is truly widowed and he changes his seat after misreading her mood. The anecdote reflects social expectations and mistaken assumptions in colonial setting.
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