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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
3
A discussion on ventriloquism explains it is not a rare gift but learned through steady practice. It notes the tongue and larynx cannot be bypassed, and success hinges on misdirection and lip movement avoidance. Anecdotes from an old Philadelphia Ledger piece illustrate deceptive conversations and social humor.
A gentle man asks about room vacancies and whether a music teacher in the next apartment is present. The landlad y responds that the teacher has eleven children whose constant noise makes hearing the piano impossible.
A narrator recalls an English house party with playful but rough games. Victims endure bobbing with clubs, throne seating antics, glowing raisins in alcohol for snapdragon, and a tug of war ending with bruises but harmless mischief. The tone mirrors a satirical New York Press note.
A late night prison visit in a South American republic reveals a jailer’s absurd excuses as a prisoner declares his role. An Eskimo tradition explains the sun and moon as siblings turned celestial after a mythic chase.
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