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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
7
A foreign student shares a comic lesson on English spelling and pronunciation. The narrator recalls letters, silent w, and the shifting sounds in words like low now snow and how teachers justify irregularities.
London markets host a curious weekly event at Caledonia market Islington where on Fridays stalls vanish and wares ranging from bolts to spindles spill onto cobbles. Traders operate without stalls presenting markets within markets and the scene reflects a dream like oddity in the sprawling meat area.
In 1817 Richard Thornton faced murder charges in open court and defied the accuser by throwing his glove, prompting a hypothetical duel. Lord El jenborough ruled the ancient practice lawful, a geld was ordered, but Thornton was discharged and Parliament later abolished the privilege.
A small boy asks about a provisional government and learns it is a government that must keep afloat daily to secure provisions. The Washington Star quote frames the concept in plain terms through a parent child exchange.
A Free Press item notes a group asking if they are good friends of the Browns and mentions plans to look after the Dalides Em EO fish while they're abroad. The tone hints at local social ties and a playful inquiry among residents.
An illustrated musing on memory and life from the Philadelphia Ledger featuring a Goethe quote about the challenge of recalling a newly met acquaintance. The piece reflects on seizing life with purpose and bid you to grasp opportunities wherever found.
Dr. John J. Reilly advises prompt action after a dog bite with wound care and cauterization, discusses Pasteur treatment, inoculation origins of rabies, and the difference from lynxophobia. It notes dogs' rabies prevalence, male dogs more often mad, and the lack of a known remedy beyond pain relief.
A wide survey notes roughly 10 percent of Americans earn their living by entertaining others in opera, theater, film, sports, circuses, and related industries. It lists performers, promoters, technicians, and support staff as part of the vast entertainment economy.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a clash at a club where a remark redirected a joke aimed at one person, highlighting tensions between two individuals including Simmons. The exchange underlined shifting relations and public perception of the quarrel.
Massenet recalls Liszt as a dry smoker who could not play without a cigar in his mouth. He would sit at the piano with the cigar clenched between his teeth and chew it through the performance, finally rising exhausted after the cigar was worn away.
A fragment from the St. Louis Republic quotes a suitor insisting he cannot live without the daughter while another person questions post marriage living arrangements with Mary. The exchange hints at plans around a proposed union and future residence.
A Baltimore American item quotes odd lines about walking on hot plowshares for love and a coy comment on cold feet. The fragmented couplet hints at romance and risky gestures in a quirky literary blurb.
The piece explains how famous lines are often misquoted twisting meanings. It cites Cowper Tennyson and Scott and notes misreadings of scripture like Habakkuk and the Bible verses in U.S. presidents farewell messages. It references the New York Sun report.
A London visitor and English speaker meets a Dutchman in Rotterdam cafe who smokes a large china pipe. The Brit admires the pipe, comments on its rarity, and the Dutchman notes it would break if used often, then takes several inhalations before removing the pipe.
Joachim the great violinist meets Carlyle during a morning stroll in Hyde Park. They discuss Germany and its great men like Frederick, Moltke and Bismarck. Joachim asks about Sterndale Bennett, Carlyle dismisses musicians as an empty, wind baggy sort of people.
The text argues that identifying flaws requires little skill while recognizing value demands knowledge and power. It notes many rush to harm a system or youth’s effort but few can praise worthy points. An ounce of constructive aid outweighs tons of destructive criticism.
The cartoonish dialogue extols truthfulness in child rearing. A writer explains that all other interests must yield to honesty. The scene shows Mrs Caller arriving at a gate and Jenay demanding secrecy, underscoring the harm of deception on influence.
The article recounts early U S Navy tragedies and puzzling disappearances including gunboats from 1805 notably No 7 sunk after leaving New York, the Saratoga lost off the Delaware capes after prize captures, the Monongahela carried overland by a tidal wave at Santa Cruz in 1867, and the Wateree flooded inland at Arica in 1868 later sold and turned into a hotel ruin in a tropical forest.
In Clynnog Wales an old cottage once a country tavern houses a sycamore tree grown from a seedling that took root in a wall corner above a stone slab. The tree forced its roots through the wall to reach soil below, yet no external root traces are visible.
The chief justice warned the firm the evidence fell short of conviction, then, two days later, the firm ran a London-wide ad reading reference by special permission the lord chief justice of England, provoking critique in the Christian Register.
A young lady visiting relatives on a farm watches her cousin play with a chicken. She asks what he would do if the chicken laid an egg. He answers that he would sell it to a museum, noting the chicken is a rooster.
A terse exchange hints at character and courage with phrases about gold heart iron grip and steel will. The cadence marks a folk style pun on mettle and personality as the scene closes with a blush indicating a shy reaction.
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