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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
7
A chapel carved in the Swansea coal mine at Mynydd Newydd sits 750 feet below surface. It is a long low room with wooden benches for 150 to 200 men, used for Monday morning services before work and active since 1867.
Mrs Brown challenges the idea of disaster by urging Mrs Smith to live suddenly and leave the usual routines. Smith leaves for a fortnight and returns a month later to find Elsie Amy and the family thriving as if the mother were away, with a joyous, renewed home life and cleaner, happier routines.
A couple walks by a mill stream as a playful serenade erupts in praise of the lover’s beloved. A sudden gust rips away the maiden’s hat and hair, prompting alarm as her teeth are shed in comic misfortune, a London Tit-Bits anecdote.
Hetty refuses to join the Maying party as her schoolteacher uncle corrects her grammar on a sunny street day. He recites negation forms You are not going He is not going We are not going You are not going They are not going and proves her reply There ain't no body going.
A Maori chief captured after a fierce engagement mocks his captors. When asked why he did not seize British provisions and ammunition, he laughs and says If we had stolen your food and powder how could you have fought us.
A light exchange recalls a family still contending with rheumatic gout and neuragia as a friend asks about their well being. The humor lies in the misheard question about illness among the group and the reply about actual health.
The article surveys the evolution of waltz music from early forms in Beethoven and Mozart to the 19th century dominance by the Strauss family. It highlights Johann Strauss the father and Johann Strauss II the “waltz king,” notes their 400 plus dance works and The Beautiful Blue Danube, and includes praise from Wagner, Von Buelow, and Brahms.
A writer nicknamed Carlyle the roaring apostle of taciturnity and sought his speech while riding the Chelsea omnibus. The conductor’s reply to the question reveals a blunt, humorous judgment that Carlyle is a literary man difficult to understand but not a bad sort if approached correctly.
The note explains regional usage of maund meaning a butter carrying basket and maunder meaning to chatter. It cites South Notts and Leicestershire phrases like butter mawn and mauntering, with examples such as maun dering and maundering to describe talking oddly.
The passage cites Dickens on true gentility being natural and courteous to all, noting that polished airs reveal themselves as artificial when compared with innate good breeding. It emphasizes ease of distinguishing genuine manners from mere affectation.
M. H. Pinney of 306 N Main St Newberg Oregon promotes white lead used in paint. Ad asserts its superior character, longer lasting and brighter finish, with one coat outlasting three or four coats of competing brands.
Feeling His Oats the firm highlights careful selection of grain and feed for horses and cattle. They offer quality stock, ready to supply any quantity at bottom prices with prompt attentive service.
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