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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
Instructions describe disassembling a cheap alarm clock removing the bell feet and winding keys, extracting the movement, cleaning with benzine and a feather, wiping dust from the axle holes, and oiling the arbors with rm oil while avoiding the balance to prevent running fast.
A brief note quotes a saying about policemen as the ready helpers in times of need, reflecting on public service and community duty. The snippet presents a glimpse of admiration for police work within a local newspaper’s voice.
National Geographic Magazine surveys the United States Bureau of Standards noting delicate instruments and experiments. It highlights ultra sensitive balances, heat and radiation measurements, bolometers, and a large testing machine proving steel strength and material limits.
Richard Le Gallienne recalls Nassau Bahamas with warm street life and the soft shuffling of slippers, a cooing crowd, and breezes from poinciana trees. He notes women's tongues as they chatter through a vibrant tropical day, capturing a vivid, sensory portrait.
A Columbus Dispatch reflection on how no two human voices are alike, regardless of appearance or similarity. It asserts that voice identity cannot be copied or imitated, and emphasizes that even faint whispers reveal an individual sound.
The future organizer of victories Von Moltke first tasted war in Turkish Syria in 1839. Attached to the sultan’s forces he watched Syrian forces under Brahman Pasha rout the Turkish army at Nesib. He escaped after two days and two nights with minimal food and water.
A Popular Science Monthly note describes erasing ink by dipping blotting paper in oxalic acid solution or potassium oxalate several times, drying, then pressing while ink is moist to remove it. If the ink has dried, moisten first before applying the blotter.
The doctor states humanity owes many debts to medical science as observed by the phi.
The fragmentary text presents scattered phrases about marvelous works and dialogue between male and female speakers. It mentions London and initials M A P but lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable entities. The readable content centers on impression and dialogue rather than a concrete news item.
A short note records a wager or bet to weigh options and consider outcomes. It mentions no specific people or places, focusing on the act of consideration and decision making.
The veteran Barkus recalls a night when Net Qeedwin mimicked him during a monologue at the Palace. He notes the audience roar and a moment where Robson praised the newcomer for halting the performance and unsuccessfully imitating him.
The passage recounts a strained home life between Carlyle and his wife, focusing on her jealousy and sense of being overshadowed by his work. An aunt recalls a quarrel where she angrily accuses him of neglect while he toils, culminating in a tea cup being hurled in frustration.
Harriet Mellon the young English actress defied Sheridan with wit and charm at seventeen. She refused to perform Lydia Languish yet impressed him by asking him to read it to her. Sheridan then read most of The Rivals and afterward enrolled her in the Drury Lane company.
Latin was an original European language giving rise to Italian French Spanish and Portuguese Many English words derive from Latin It ceased to be spoken in Italy around 581 and was first taught in the seventh century by Adelmus The use of Latin in English legal deeds began around the year 1000 increasing use of the vernacular.
A Yankee and an Englishman argued over river sizes in Reef area exchange. The American claimed the Thames lacks water to form a gargie for the Mississippi mouth, underscoring the vast scale difference between the two rivers.
Artifacts describe how curtain times shifted from 4 PM during restoration era England to 6 PM by 1834 and then to 7 PM twelve years later. The passage notes Garrick in 1741 also marked a 4 PM curtain.
A garbled snippet mentions marriage and an old adage about a tool for task. The text is incomplete but implies a personal note or transcription fragment with phrases about being married and a proverb. Entities are unclear due to corruption.
The article surveys ancient Chinese firearm models with nine foot barrels and iron-reinforced carriages, noting early engine designs and two-person crews. It traces progress to the bronze revolving cannon of the War of 1812 era, Gatling’s 1860 multiple-barrel gun, its drum magazines, rapid firing rate, and later improvements to reduce jams and breech-loading limits.
In a private journal entry a minister reflects that his wife departed with many of his private papers and he records that he did not forsake nor dismiss her and will not call her back. The excerpt frames a personal crisis amid religious devotion and marital strain.
A fragment describes Edwin saving a week's pocket money at Sunday school and using it to fetch medicine for his mother before planning to spend on a movie with Bill Brown. It notes his daily one cent allowance and Sunday offering.
Excerpt from the Love of Prince Bismarck urges dutiful trust in God and fearless endurance. It counsels accepting life’s perils with faith, hope, and submission when grief arrives, urging outward resilience as inner virtue.
London Standard notes an old practice where departing boys paid up to £25 to the flogging block operator as a show of zeal, praising Dr Keate the famed flogger and lampooning the absurd custom.
A fragmentary transcript notes a speaker saying a person has gone to mission work in a New York neighborhood. The dialogue implies concern about past behavior without detailing specifics.
Homer Croy describes vast beggar populations in China and their unions controlling towns. He portrays beggars as ragged, persistent, and demanding, with local chiefs enforcing payments from merchants under threat.
The article notes two odd editions: the Persecuting Printer's Bible printed before 1702 with the line Printers have persecuted me without cause, and the Eare to Ear Bible adapted to cockney usage in an 1810 Oxford Press octavo edition.
The article recalls the first national Thanksgiving at St Pauls London in 1588 after the Armada defeat. It notes English settlers adopted the custom in America early on, and Thanksgiving emerged as a natural human practice across histories.
Visitors to Guernsey can see Hauteville where Victor Hugo lived and died. A room once prepared for Garibaldi remains with items Hugo thought Garibaldi would like, though Garibaldi never visited. The room stands as a poignant reminder of the unfulfilled guest.
A fragmentary dialogue expresses hesitation and desire to comfort as one person asks to hold hands, seeking reassurance. The other responds that holding hands would bring gladness and courage, though the exchange is incomplete and non-specific.
The circuit court for Yamhill County Oregon issues a six week summons to defendants in a boundary and ownership suit by John A Fort to determine adverse claims to part of the James Morr land in T3S R2W. The suit seeks a fee simple title in Fort and a decree barring others, except Ellen R Butler under a 1910 contract. Publication runs Feb 10 to Mar 16 1916. B A Kirke, attorney for plaintiff.
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