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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
3
The French Foreign Legion An Iron Hand In a Glamour World
The article portrays the French Foreign Legion as a glamorous but ruthless force formed in 1831 in Algeria. It describes a highly diverse corps with adventurers and criminals seeking danger or protection under the tricolor. Discipline is strict with swift punishments and merciless court martials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Foreign Legion
Algeria
Meyer
Europe
Frankfort
Five Centuries Old Villa Falconieri Garden
In the dark ages a patch of simples was tended by patient monks. By Medici times money funded wisdom and art. Villa Falconieri's formal garden, over five centuries old, remains famed as the world's most beautiful and dignified ornamental garden, inspiring painters and poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de’ Medici
Villa Falconieri
Dream of Cool Fools and Cypress Views
A fragment from the New York Press notes Japan’s artistry with perception, describing how every glimpse over walls or through windows becomes a perfect picture, capturing a culture of visual imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
New York Press
Envy Silenced by Fatal Resolve of Duke of Dantzic
A tale about Marshal Le fevre, favorite of Napoleon, who confronts a childhood companion’s envy. He retorts that the rival can have riches and titles only at the cost he paid, then proposes a garden duel firing a musket sixty times to settle the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Lefevre
Dantzic
Napoleon
Finish the Jam Pot Lesson for a Naughty Child
A London Tit-Bits joke recalls a mother warning her daughter not to touch jam pots. The child secretly samples one, then the mother scolds, and the daughter humorously reframes the consequence by planning to finish the pot but not repeat the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Young heiress defends farming passion with colorful quips
A young heiress declares she is a farmer while lamenting losses from planting. A rising physician at her table counters with a humorous twist noting he loses every plant he grows. The exchange showcases witty social banter.
Proper Umbrella Care When Wet
Do not leave a wet umbrella standing on the point as the water spoils silk and rusts wires. Opening it and leaving it standing stretches the silk making it baggy. Shake out water and stand the umbrella on its handle to drain.
Moonshine Mining in California's Hidden Veins
Former California governor James Gillett recalls illicit moonshine mining near Grass Valley, where miners hid operations using night work and a mercury pan lookout. He notes state leniency as hydraulic mining ended by law due to river sediment and traffic disruption, while moonshine activities persist on a small scale and remain romanticized in old tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
James Gillett
Nor
South
Sacramento River
Necounty
Grass Valley
Tey
Chicago
Notices at St Pauls Cathedral Prompt Multilingual Edict
English French and German notices warn visitors not to wander during service. The Nervy reader recalls odd notices abroad including a Belgian photographer caption and a Swiss hotel dining room confession about disappointing wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London Spectator
Cuckoo Makes Its Home In A Clock
A Spokane Spokesman-Review snippet recalls a teacher’s natural history talk about birds. The field sparrow nests on the ground, a kingfisher into hills, a woodpecker in trees, and a boy answers the cuckoo lives in a clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Burglary Jibe Surfaces In Courtroom Exchange
In a Boston Tran script scene a lawyer cross examines a witness asking if her husband is a burglar. The witness confirms and jokes that she chose between a burglar and a lawyer because she was getting old, implying she picked the lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
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Whitten
Mr. Whitten
Foster M. Mills
Dennis C. Mills
French Foreign Legion
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J. L. van Blaricom
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
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