27 Apr 1911
Page 6
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
6
Paint Kitchen Floors Don't Scrub Them offers a hard durable sanitary finish for floors, steps or any inside walking surface. It dries quickly and can be applied by the homeowner. Available in suitable attractive shades.
A compiled list shows E B Merchant Hardware Co and others transferring lots and tracts in McMinnville Newberg Amity Sheridan Everest and Kings subdivisions. Buyers include Nickell McGuire Breeding Deskins Madson Johnston Gordon Graves Hagey and others with prices from $10 to $7656.60.
Tales from Asia describe elephants used in timber yards to test log weight, move heavy beams, and place stones on tea estates. A Ceylon elephant once blocked an overseer’s check, then helped demolish a misbuilt wall. A Burmese captain recalls a mother elephant disciplining her frightened calf offshore.
In a Virginia wealth circle, Katie a Pennsylvania Dutch servant wife ten years into service draws a line with her admirer Jacob. After years of silent observation she offers half her life in marriage, and Jacob replies that he was about to propose. Harper's Monthly recounts the scene of restrained resolve and cultural nuance.
The Cambridge observatory tea marked by Sydney Smith’s witty remarks about Jupiter and celestial travel. Airy quips about Sir John Herschel’s Cape of Good Hope assignment elicited amused reactions as guests pondered the stars and fortunes.
The long official life of Lord Dufferin is recalled with fondness for his happiest days in Calcutta. He explains his preference by contrasting harsh climates faced as viceroy in Canada St Petersburg and India with earning relief from weather via dry warmth.
In a Galveston News tale, two children lacking cash seek a puppy. Mike McDonough offers a yellow pup to the siblings for 53 cents, gifting them the animal and lifting their hopes of immediate canine companionship.
In Burma a local version of tug of war pits a rain party against a drought party. The rain side usually wins, as weather is thought to respond to communal sentiment. A heavy rain outcome is followed by fertilizing showers, reflecting public opinion on the weather.
A mother catches four year old Alice playing with a brick in the parlor and warns that a second brick will bring a whipping. Later the child explains this brick is the one she already had, not another brick.
A European sovereign visited England two or three years ago and attended a bridge party. As evening fell the hostess asked to call for lights and joked that she could not distinguish the king from the knave, sparking amusement at the royal disguise.
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