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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
2
Portrait of the artist J M Turner resisting a visitor from Birmingham, Mr Gillott. The encounter at Turner's gallery ends with Gillott bargaining for several valuable Birmingham pictures after presenting banknotes the artist mocks as mere paper. The tale appears in a book on Turner detailing the dramatic scene.
A housekeeper overhears a dusky butler and a maid debating a ring bought as an engagement present. The ring is claimed genuine diamond and gold, costing $2.50, with the maid insisting the ring is a real diamond while the butler confirms its authenticity.
A Greek drama matinee series titled Antigone of Sophocles drew loud applause and calls for the author. The lead actor reminded the audience the author has been dead over 2000 years. A gallery reply urged producing the author’s mummy.
A Sunday service in a Mi town church featured a well behaved child described as a young owl during the sermon. Afterward the grandfather received compliments on the child’s conduct, with a Judge noting the boy will be challenged before entering church.
A London note recounts a gentleman testing a servant by chalking a line on the floor and ordering him to walk it. The servant, seeing no joke, asks which line to walk on, highlighting concern for sobriety and integrity.
The piece recounts Dr Bell born 1837 as a mentor to Doyle and influence on Sherlock Holmes. It describes his keen powers of observation such as judging a city from mud on boots and deducing occupation from clothing. Anecdotes show his wit with a patient and a bricklayer, ending with a claim that he declared, I am Sherlock Holmes.
Sir Norman Lockyer recalls Tennyson visiting Fairfax road in West Hampstead where a Cooke Equatorial telescope stood. The poet admired the Tycho region landscapes and clusters in Hercules and Perseus and mused about county families after moonlit celestial sights.
A fragment reflects on where honorable industry ends and avarice begins. The speaker questions sacrificing noble aims for wealth and charitable giving that may be a doubtful source of good, invoking Eliot.
In a London Telegram report a debtor enters a butcher shop and asks to pay for a leg of mutton. The butcher hands over the meat and the customer starts away. The butcher challenges the payment and the customer insists he does want it though he cannot pay.
A fragment recalls Willie seeking a word with his book and a fatherly exchange about the term phenomenon. The dialogue hints at memory of old language questions and a child asking what something is while the elder explains the meaning.
The ad claims a full line of lime plaster cement and other building materials, assuring best quality for intended purposes. It promises to save time and money by requesting an estimate.
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