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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
3
Fall and winter stock arriving, clearance on summer items to make room. Lawn and voile discounts. gauze vests and union suits sold at low prices. table linen and curtain material from 10 to 25 cents per yard. hosiery, corsets from 1 to 3 dollars. bath robe materials 40 cents per yard.
Fall blankets arrive at low prices with a value claim. Magnolia Steel Cut Coffee and Pure White flour offered at low per pound and per sack rates. Diamond C pure leaf tard and Rex Sugar Cured Bacon advertised with price points. Order by phone.
A 250 foot chimney scene unfolds as two brickmasons contend with a deranged colleague who cuts the ladder and vows to throw his partner off. After hours of struggle the sane mason gains the upper hand and the maniac descends, fading to days of semi coma. Two firemen later attempt the ascent.
A man falls for a handwriting charlatan who claims to read past, present, and future from writing. He recalls the con artist’s first jab about his orthography, noting the single letter shapes in the word handwriting revealed the supposed flaw.
A humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion describes Mr David misinterpreting a social visit as enjoyable and causing confusion. The man’s awkwardness and misunderstanding lead to a string of comic miscommunications during a call on a lady.
A hotel proprietor boasts his dog is the best rat catching dog in the state. Two large rats scurry across the office floor as the dog merely sniffs. A traveling man scoffs at the dog before warning about unfamiliar rats entering.
The passage describes barnacles as wanderers of the deep with shells fixed to supports and no stem. The shell attaches to a flexible stalk that ranges from one inch to twelve inches in length. Shell color is white to bluish white while the stalk is brown or slate colored according to Harper's.
The anecdote describes Schliemann, famed for uncovering ancient buried cities, as plagued by bad luck in early projects. A friend quizzed which leg and arm he used first when dressing, noting his habit was always the right side. The suggestion to reverse habits coaxes him to observe improved outcomes later in life.
In Curiosities of Law and Lawyers, Crook James recalls Lord Cockburn’s failure to win an acquittal for a murderer. After the sentence was fixed for the 20th, Cockburn’s counsel passed the dock and was seized by the gown. The prisoner lamented, I have not got justice, Mr. Cockburn, to which the counsel replied Perhaps not, but you’ll get it on the 20th.
In a dialogue Hardy notes that Hardy-She speaks with singular expressions. Tardy argues a concert was described as musical. Hardy denies the need for the word musical, while Tardy recalls some concerts he found not musical.
A survey of barnacles describes their classification as crustaceans in the Arthropoda group and notes their life cycle from free larva to sessile adult. It explains three orders of barnacles, attachment methods, feeding currents from their feathery legs, and a few varieties such as sea acorns.
A dramatic account explains the dangers faced by surveying parties in rugged canyon terrain. Engineers descend cliffs and ford raging rivers to lay track while the public dines unaware of the peril and the mayhem behind every mile of progress.
A boy sent for cobbler wax compares it with shoemaker's wax. The shopkeeper quizzes him. The lad returns and cites his father, noting a difference like that between a man and a donkey, only in breath. He departs quickly.
Jimmie Irwin reports a Sunday school teacher told a story claiming if he told a story the bad man would get him. He recounts telling stories twice and says the bad man has not yet harmed him, prompting a playful parental exchange.
A count laments his title and offers to relinquish it to become a plain citizen. An American heiress applauds the sacrifice and says she would give up her fortune, but the man vanishes before any action is taken.
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