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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
6
The New York Times notes Andrea Mantegna’s three undisputed paintings in the United States. The Philadelphia John B. Johnson collection holds The Adoration of the Magi, the Metropolitan Museum’s Atman collection houses Madonna and Child, and Boston’s Mrs. Jack Gardner collection contains another Madonna and Child.
The New York Post notes that a small savings bank in New York City has invested $90,000,000 in real estate securities over thirty years with only $35,000 in losses. The bank's deposits totaling $3,000,000 annually earned 5 percent interest and paid 4 percent to depositors, leaving about $30,000 yearly as bank profit, after a modest $1,500 annual cost.
A remarkable instrument by Professor R. W. Wood features a revolving mercury reflecting surface protected against vibration. Magnification increases with rotation speed as magnets on a motor driven ring draw the mercury dish, forming a smooth concave surface. The device sits in a 14 foot deep sunk well on a solid foundation to damp shocks.
Folklore explains why the owl is a night bird and tempering tale credits other birds with giving singed feathers for fire, noting Polynesian red pigeon and French wren as examples in the mythic origin.
In a fable from London Lancet, a cunning wren replaces a plumage to stay warm through winter while the ill natured owl is condemned to eternal day solitude and perpetual cold at night, with other birds harassing it in sunshine.
A moral snippet notes that patience with small profits yields eventual wealth and wisdom. It asserts profits come more easily and in greater number when persisted, guiding the reader to cultivate steady accumulation over time.
A fragment from The Morning Blatt quotes a review of a stage show stating the Ingenue was rarely beautiful and the Soubrette was equally dismissed. The Chicago News notes the scathing tone and public reaction to the critique.
A brief skit features a hurried customer and a waiter in a sharp exchange. The customer insists on fast service while the waiter notes the custom of hurried treatment. The humorous dialogue captures a clash over pace and politeness.
A Baltimore American item notes a sardonic exchange about Mrs Svvages in a social note. The remark mocks her fashion sense while another speaker defends the salads she prepares, framing a light local clash of opinions.
A brief proverb-like line urges mastering anger through love and overcoming evil by good deeds. It extols restraint, generosity, and truth as antidotes to vice. The message emphasizes moral self-discipline and ethical conduct.
A Detroit Free Press item features a doctor arguing about payment size and a patient replying that his illness could have been worse. The exchange underscores contrasting perspectives on health costs and severity.
A brief, sharp exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features a biting insult and a defensive retort about self restraint and spared effort. The dialogue underscores tonal wit and social ribbing characteristic of the page.
The Chicago Herald reports a quip about Giddings granting his wife full credit for what he is. The remark asks what he has become, answering bankruptcy as the punchline.
The article describes Britain's naval gunners training at Whale Island in Portsmouth harbor. Sheds mimic battleship turrets with dummy great guns. Cadets practice range firing, loading, aiming, and firing as if at sea using real breech mechanisms and hydraulic cranes.
In 1877 Gold Hill Nevada three laborers attacked mining boss Tole in a barroom. Two pinned him, a revolver muzzle touched his stomach, and shooters fired twice or thrice before the assailants fled. Tole then fired the weapon’s charges outside, claiming luck saved him.
A Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry writer notes that air and light fade writing ink, with hydrogen peroxide exposure used as a stand in for long term aging. Violet typewriter ink bleaches quickly with sulphurous acid, while a perfect ink would resist oxidation or reduction. In the interim carbon ink remains the most reliable for permanence.
A historical note explains Broad Street in New York grew from a broad canal that allowed large boats and was later paved over. The Dutch called it Heere Graft, and Peter Stuyvesant ordered planking along the canal sides in 1657 before water gave way to a street stretching near Wall Street.
A cork lined ancient convent near Cintra Portugal known as Convento da Corticea or Cork convent sits inside a massive rock. Built to keep damp out monks kept silent under Capuchin rule from 1560 to 1834. Since 1834 the monastery was dissolved and is now open to the public with a caretaker.
The eldest son has no automatic title except Prince and royal status remains with all royal children. They are royal highnesses in their own right and may be served on one knee when the king is absent. In England they are of royal blood, unlike some other nations where princes may be mere nobles.
Lee Van Orsdal plans a new barn on his place while Miss Susie Evans learns to drive a Ford. Mrs. Monte Sleeper visits Mountain Top, and Wm Bryant with Leetis Davis drop by the ridge. Mrs. Arthur Lyons and Mrs. Harlan Smith visit Newberg. Families of A F Hertig and A H Boyd take an auto ride through Lafayette McMinnville Carlton Yamhill Cove Orchard and visit B Fryer’s prune dryer.
Glad news about W A Parrish improves. Ed Hobson hosts Mrs Ogilvie from Kansas. Henry Offel returns from Woodland visit. Dena Offel hosts needlecraft meeting with good turnout. Lee Jones and Ila join H C Ross for dinner. Jones recovering. Ethel Ross joins Ray Newby family at Spring Brook beach for ten days of camp life near Mc Phillips. Ladies meeting at Mrs Bryant's forms a 14 member Parent-Teachers Association with Mrs Eli Evans present.
Misses Ruth Meyer and Gladys Smail visited in Portland on Wednesday. Mrs. K L Tangen is ill. Austin Stevens and spouse visited Dayton residents W R Everest home. The Women's Christian Temperance Union met at Elizabeth Meyer’s home with twelve ladies present. They voted to subscribe for the Union Signal and named Mary Johnson Newhouse and Tangen as delegates to the County Convention at Newberg. Meeting adjourned to reconvene with Edith Walton in September.
A Humorous snippet from the Birmingham Age-Herald recounts a private exchange about a man named Dulson and his remarks on a new motorcar. The passerby notes the car’s “fine born” as a sly compliment in a casual street dialogue.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote reflects on the grim notion of men bidding for wives in Morocco. The speaker imagines the humiliation of being placed on an auction block and facing the possibility of no bids.
In a witty exchange Miss Cayenne defends caricature balance, arguing that only those pictured could utter such remarks. The Washington Star quotes the exchange as a commentary on public perception of humor and proportion.
An elderly father laments life to death as a child remarks on a stepfather after. The exchange captures a sharp, darkly humorous moment between generations. The vignette presents a compact dialogue highlighting family roles and mortality with noir wit.
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