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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
7
A Harper's Weekly article examines the skeleton trade, detailing how skulls and bones are prepared, cataloged, and sold for museums, medical schools, and classrooms. It notes factories in Paris London and the role of unclaimed bodies, with inventories of varied skeletons and criminal heads offered for display.
A reflective travel prose piece contrasts first impressions of the Grand Canyon with literary depictions. It recalls personal awe, or lack thereof, and questions how writers shape reader fear or beauty. The excerpt then transitions to a brief essay on golf, noting two styles and the practice of hunting for the ball in play.
Four boys aged eight or nine attack a peer over not joining a band the teacher wants for their school. The benevolent old man intervenes, scolding them and hauling them apart as the frightened boy worries about consequences.
Sir Robert Ball, after a lecture on Sun Spots and Solar Chemistry, met a young woman who lamented missing him previous night. He quipped that the talk was about sun spots, and she replied she would have been interested as she has suffered from freckles all her life.
A reflection on desire and contentment stating youth seeks excess leading to disappointments. As experience grows, expectations soften and pleasures become calmer as pursuits align with reality, according to a thought attributed to Lord Liverpool.
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