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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
3
The service next Sabbath morning will address Why Does God Hide Himself. In the evening the meeting is under the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. program includes solos recitations anthems and an address by Mrs. Dr. A N Fisher of Portland. Everyone invited. Bring friends.
New York street name Bowery traces to Stuyvesant’s Bowery the home of Peter Stuyvesant in New Netherland. The term evolves from roots meaning to dwell be grow and home across languages from Anglo-Saxon Dutch Sanskrit Icelandic and Swedish. The Bowery’s origin reflects a dwelling place rather than a village.
The tale of Petronella, an eleven year old allegedly kidnapped by Italian equilibrist Caratta, sparked poems in Gottingen in 1764. Dan iel Schiebler later shared the story with Goethe in Leipzig, influencing the creation of Goethe's Mignon a decade after.
A pale lank village youth with an artistic bent vanished from his usual haunts, drawing attention for his striking appearance. A storekeeper returning from a city discovery identified him as present in the nearby art museum, prompting speculation whether he was a curiosity or an artwork.
A man asking for subscriptions for a home for needy children offers to help ragged youths at a gate. The resident rebukes him, saying those children are her own, and slams the door. The brief London Mail note highlights a humorous misidentification.
In a lively exchange at a church sociable, two residents clash over suburban living. One notes delays and missed trains, while the other insists city life has drawbacks and favors the suburbs. A judge presides as explanations of suburban benefits unfold.
A butler explains how six months of attentive service and small observations led to a wage raise. He details how he anticipated a guest’s needs by serving a left handed guest from the right side, revealing the guest’s preference and earning his master’s approval. The tale underscores watching both big and small factors in service.
Edwin Booth, behind the scenes, asked a visiting actor who planned to imitate him in Hamlet. The actor feared his own impersonation would ruin the performance, prompting Booth to remark that he would imitate himself. The next morning a paper claimed the imitation ruined the show.
In a west end house a dinner and reception proceed with guests. The mistress orders dinner for no one else but a relation of little importance. Moments later the maid announces to all in a loud tone that the same relation of little importance is present.
Dialogue excerpt from the New York Herald with Celia debating reincarnation and a playful remark about returning as a cat versus a dog’s life. The lines explore beliefs and lighthearted existential musings between Celia and Celia-Do.
A Washington Star reader recalls a grim prank that turns comic when a man bribes fate by disposing of his dead cat Elvira. The plan backfires as a bystander steals the wrapped corpse on a suburban car platform, leaving the owner amused and secretly $5 curious about the thief’s reaction.
O S Marden argues in Successine that superstition has no real power. He says a numeral 13 adds no force to misfortune and a drop of ink could cause harm only if it is the same shape.
A London Standard anecdote features a flustered exchange about flirting with a dangerous man. A sister remarks on a supposed admiring stare, but the confession reveals the speaker was watching her own reflection in Saphead's glasses.
A brief London Standard quip shows a cartoonish sick list exchange. A boss notes the illness as ague and jokes about collecting 15 shillings owed, implying a light, humorous debt tease between a master and servant.
A reporter recounts a surreal dream after dozing at the desk. He details turning life events into an extensive narrative, spanning childhood to a career on a morning paper, ending abruptly when he awakens from a pin in the chair.
The article notes electric fishes use natural batteries to feed. It highlights gymnotus electric eel capable of powerful shocks that can even kill large animals. It also mentions the malapterurus thunderfish and torpedo electric ray with electric powers for food and other effects.
A famed writer visits a bookstore but gains little clerk attention as a stout gentleman scouts a pad. The head clerk jokes about completing a library, asking if Balzac fits in the last two feet seven inches of space. The author weighs the rare purchase with humor.
At an Atchison Globe gathering a man, asked which book helped him most, answered that his wife's cookbook did. He explained that after marrying he decided to work rather than eat, sparking amused reactions from the women present.
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