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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
7
Last Wolf Killed on British Soil in Scotland Tale
Harper's Weekly recounts a Scottish legend in Sutherlandshire where a shepherd named Polson and his sons trap a mother wolf and her five pups in a narrow den near Flen Loch. The mother dies after a brutal struggle while the pups are slain. this marks the final wolf killed on British soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Great Britain
Sutherlandshire
Scotland
Polson
Flen Loch
Salter
Harper’s Weekly
Not Enough For Him
A colored boy sent for private mail at a hotel postroom reports the sender’s reply about a letter meant for Sam Brown. The boy insists the letter should be for the Hon. Samuel Brown, Esq., arguing the addressed name would fill the envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Brown
Baltimore American
Feast of the Garlands in Swiss Cantons
In remote Swiss cantons a feast of the garlands brings marriageable maidens to celebration at sunset. They sing and dance while wearing flower chaplets. If a lad picks a flower from a maid, she may not notice until dawn when she ties the bouquet to the cabin handle if she returns his feelings.
Sample Ghost Story of Rufe Johnson
Rufe Johnson recounts wandering into a graveyard and encountering a ghost. He describes a panicked, comic chase and a long sprint before resting on a rail fence. The ghost reappears and asks if they ran, to which Johnson replies they ran plenty but would not run as far as what they faced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufe Johnson
Ghost
Varnished Chairs Unnerve Small Town Hall Audience
A lecturer recalls a surprising moment when a refurnished hall left the audience stuck to newly varnished wooden seats. One brave attendee ruptured the gag as others followed, sparking a comical rush toward the exits as the crowd freed themselves and applauded the escape.
Sardinia Stalls Between Middle Ages And Modern Roads
The London Chronicle notes Sardinia, once the empire’s granary, remained roadless until 1828 and faced feudal remnants until 1856. Pestilence from neglected soil and swamps hindered revival, despite its historic ties to the crown of Victor Emmanuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sardinia
Victor
London Chronicle
Plant Watering Scheme from the London Globe
The London Globe describes a simple automatic plant watering setup. A bowl of water is elevated above the plant using a box or stack of books. Wool strands are soaked and hung so water drips continuously into the plant soil until the bowl runs dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Education and Efficiency in London Labor
London shows relentless education effort yet two thirds of skilled workers come from the provinces. Seven of every ten dock laborers and most night-shelter seekers are London born. The piece asks if fierce competition or a flaw in schools explains the imbalance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Provinces
Thri Sy Avene
London Saturday Review
Arts of the Ancients Repeat Discoveries Through History
The article notes that discoveries often echo past knowledge from civilizations including France, Rome, Greece, China, and distant peoples. It cites omnibuses in 1662, Roman wells in the Sahara, Papin 1685 experiments, impenetrable ancient cuirasses, olive mills, iron houses in 1200, glass houses and cloth, and early homeopathy concepts, among other examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sahara
Papin
Journal Des Savants
Scotland
Gaul
Siam
Paracelsus
Pompeii
Aristotle
Dunio
Adriatic
Bert
Soiani
Ants Build Leaf Nest in Complex Coordinated Chains
A description from Harpers Weekly notes that in India Ceylon and Australia an ant creates a nest by tying two mango leaves with its body and mandibles. When leaves are far apart workers form a chain by gripping each other with mandibles to pull and weave the webbed leaf supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inai
Ceylon
Maustralia
Harper’s Weekly
The Father of Medicine Hippocrates and His Legacy
The New York American recounts Hippocrates as the origin of scientific medicine. It lauds his observational method, candor in mistakes, patient trust in nature, cautious practice, and famed maxim Life is short, and art is long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippocrates
Tony
New York American
An Eccentric Lord Refuses Doctors in Will
Matthew Robinson known as Lord Roke in the eighteenth century was famed for a long beard and a strong hatred of medical practitioners. He left a codicil disinheriting a nephew if he sought a doctor during the lord’s last illness, prompting the nephew to avoid medical care during his uncle’s final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Robinson
Lord Rokeby
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Thrguan
A. E. Wilson
J. L. van Blaricom
E.L. Evans
C. A. Morris
M. P. Elliott
First Street
E. A. Ellis
Generals Contractor
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Mcminnville
Oregon
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
R. B. Linnville
Arts OF the Ancients
Newberg
Kienle & Sons
China
C. B. Cummings
Newberg, Or
Yamhill Electric CO
Telephone
Lowney
Lynn B. Ferguson
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