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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
6
A writer in American Magazine quotes a superb salesman who explains that any person can sell to a buyer, but it takes skill to sell to a reluctant buyer. He advises deep product knowledge, honest persuasion, and adapting to all people, using a calm, natural tone and avoiding overtalk to close the sale.
The article explains how the gravedigger beetles Rectophorus, a group of 43 species, locate and bury dead animals. It notes their European and American distribution, distinctive yellow markings on black elytra, and their digging-adapted legs and acute odor-detecting antennae.
The article notes emeralds remain in demand with fixed specimens exciting auctions due to rarity. It mentions the Duke of Devonshire owning a premier faultless stone from Nuzo Colombia, source of modern emeralds. It also clarifies ancient great green stones may be beryls or green corundum labeled oriental emerald.
Marcus Aurelius advises starting the morning by acknowledging the day's encounters with difficult people. He notes their faults arise from ignorance of good and evil, and contrasts their ignorance with his understanding of good as beautiful and bad as ugly, ensuring he remains unaffected by others.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt quotes a man famed for his many lawsuits urging avoidance of court. He recalls trying a noncourt route and learning a hard lesson after resisting an offer, underscoring skepticism about litigation.
The figure Asmodeon appears in Tobit as the killer of Sarahs seven husbands. In the Talmud he is named as prince of demons and credited with driving Solomon from his kingship.
Lines from a Passing Show quote a father praising his daughter and remarking on her large hearted nature. The exchange features a father and son in law like banter about inheritance of qualities.
The sixty six books of the Bible were written by about forty men during a period of 1 600 years.
A reflective aphorism compares merit to a river, suggesting true substance remains calm and unobtrusive as depth increases. It emphasizes quiet strength over noisy display, echoing Hazlitt’s view of intrinsic value.
Peter Clark Macfarlane notes in Collier's Weekly that nine months of training forge a military aviator who must be a soldier, mechanic, and daredevil. The job demands physique, nerve, skill, and calm under constant gunfire, weather, and evolving contingencies.
Dr Takata, Japan's minister of education, cites economic strain on the middle class as salaries lag behind living costs. A primary school teacher earns about 15.50 monthly while a four person family needs 17.33. A magazine editor with wife and two children spends 32.75 monthly, often borrowing from relatives. Two thirds of Tokyo doctors earn no more than 50 monthly, illustrating broad financial pressure across professions.
The cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid by President Polk on July 4, 1848. The marble shaft rises to 555 feet with a 55 by 55 foot base, tapering to under 35 feet at 500 feet. It contains about 18,000 marble blocks, lifted by steam powered elevator within an iron framework. the aluminum capstone was set December 6, 1884.
The inventor explains that ideas come from nature. He cites examples like hollow pillars and wheat straw for strength, carriage springs from horse hoofs, and natural tools such as scissors from tortoise jaws and chisels from a squirrel, illustrating nature’s design influence.
A rustic aphorism from the Atlanta Constitution advises not to chase trouble but to work the land. It suggests daily bread comes from honest toil in the fields and that some people seek steady ground with help to till it.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt shows a terse exchange on thrift and personal duty. A speaker asserts no waste while another retorts to mind one’s own business, mentioning tea leaves and eggshells as the only things tossed.
Quote from the Washington Star notes Methuselah as the oldest man but mocks him as one who never attempts anything new. Mr. Groucher suggests he spent life simply growing old, highlighting a humorous critique of limited achievement.
A sharp remark about Mrs. Brown known for spreading gossip in London society. The speaker mocks her habit of repeating rumors, claiming she never withholds news and always seems to have heard it first.
The article explains coal’s value beyond a black lump, noting its role in dyes, lighting gas, and chemicals like benzine and toluene. It traces coal’s origin to ancient vegetation, transformed by pressure and heat into the complex material fueling civilization.
Walter Prichard Eaton in Harper's Magazine extols mountaineering pleasures from the ascent to returning to camp. He praises scents of balsam smoke and tea, twilight, and views of lupines, violets, and snow peaks. The piece notes camp camaraderie and the lure of highland life.
D. Mac Lachlan of Islay reports a gander aged sixty six, once owned by a Bridgend hotel keeper. The bird has aged with vigor for 45 years under one owner, then 21 years with the present owner’s father-in-law, remaining active and seemingly young.
A London Mail snippet shows Blobton quipping to Cox about a wife’s name Duty and Coz explains she adopted it claiming every married woman’s middle name is Duty due to being done or neglected.
Quote from the Baltimore American notes a businessman praised for success who talks up his goods but is revealed to deal in furnaces, implying a hollow sales pitch. The exchange questions how customers are misled, answering that the deception is in the product, not the talk.
A Birmingham Age-Herald humorous snippet notes Godspur owns a white hen that lays an egg daily. A friend quips he even had a phonographic record made of the bird’s cackle, sparking playful pride.
The cithern a guitar like instrument cited in I Maccabees iv 54 was used by the Chaldeans and likely entered Palestine after Hebrews returned from Babylonian captivity.
A brief quoted exchange from the Boston Transcript ponders luck with gems opal versus diamond. The light dialogue centers on preference and superstition in jewelry.
The quote frames a skeptic as a man who sticks paste on the back of a postage stamp. It reflects playful humor from Puck magazine and its era.
Notice that the last legislature required all dogs to be licensed by con stables in each district. Owners must pay the license to H. R. Morris, constable, at the Commercial Club rooms.
The Government seeks farmers and fighters with 2,300,000 acres of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands revested in the United States. Open to homesteads and sale, it includes a large map showing land by sections and soil climate rainfall elevations and temperatures by county. Postpaid one dollar from Grant Lands Locating Co Box 610 Portland Oregon.
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