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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
2
Inscriptions from Roman tombs show a wife invoking Pluto to protect her husband’s grave and a man warning against desecration. Other stones claim virtue, lament unfulfilled love, and warn against lavish gifts that invite robbery, reflecting social values and fears of the era.
A Burma marriage is civil and equal, with women retaining their names and property rights. The piece also recounts M Ziem’s tale of Chopin seeking a skeleton to inspire the funeral march, describing a night of eerie piano performance and a ghastly winding sheet scene.
A Roman feast at a wealthy host featured three courses with plant courses and eggs to begin. Birds like guinea hen pheasant nightingale and thrush were prized with peacocks valued especially for their tongues. Macrobius notes Hortensius first ate them and a single peacock cost 50 denarii.
The term admirable Crichton refers to James Crichton a Scottish prodigy who lived from 1560 to 1585. At seventeen he reportedly mastered twelve languages and received a doctorate of arts at fourteen. He was a poet musician sculptor artist actor swordsman and noted fencer.
An old fashioned London horse bus driver argues with a passenger who asks to stop at a house beyond the fourth lamppost with yellow blinds. The driver jokes about asking the man which room he prefers to be taken to in the family house or upstairs to his room.
A farmer at a village school offers sixpence to any pupil who can weight the moon and sea, plus the speaker. Joe answers with fanciful measures, and the farmer reveals his thought was about Sam, not the prize.
The London Chronicle notes that in Saxon England January was called wolf month or wolf moneth. The name reflected the harsher winter when wolves hunted more as cold and snow drove animals to scarcer food. Richard Verste’s 1673 Restitution of Banget te telligence In Antiquities records this etymology.
The excerpt recalls the son of Robert Browning and his wife, an earnest art student who faced high expectations. His father noted the burden of promise placed upon him, but gently framed it as a gift from having such a clever mother.
A letter from John and Mabel’s mother prompts plans for a visit and support. Mabel suggests helping with travel, and John approves, arranging a railroad ticket home once mother decides.
The write up details the Cork to Blarney Castle journey nine miles from Cork, describing the stone atop a 120 foot castle and the perilous kiss ritual. It notes nearby sights such as St Anne’s Shandon church and the River Lee, and shares a witty Boston pastor anecdote about kissing the stone. Connolly sums up Cork’s cheeky charm with a final quip about Cork girls awaiting kisses.
A bankruptcy case in a western England city reveals an odd ledger of customers. The names are descriptive phrases such as Woman on the key, coal woman, pale woman, egg man, little black coin in a cart, and Mrs. Irish woman, listing credit extended to various individuals tied to everyday trades and appearances. The eccentric entries puzzled officials seeking true identities.
A historical note recalls 1750 when Jamin Crabb secured a fourteen year monopoly to make sperm candles in Massachusetts. Within a year a Providence factory started and by the decade eight New England factories plus one in Philadelphia existed. Output cut candle prices from five shillings per pound. The designer observes that a dollar in that era equaled about three today.
A quip filled note on barbers and their blunt honesty. It jabs at baldness and barber shop talk with a wry tone and a nod to common salon wisdom. The piece weaves humor about appearance, conversation, and universal timing.
A fragmentary cartoonish note describes the personalities and their dynamics. One figure faces a harsh gaze of hunger as another speaks of mutual displeasure, highlighting social satire and character contrasts in brief dialogue.
A writer in St. Nicholas extols loons for wild behavior at lakeside gatherings They flap blaze and splash while screaming revealing both humor and annoyance The loon’s diving speed and endurance aid lifelike campfire tales of revenge and freedom after tethered capture.
Cadogan Morgan conducted the first experiments lighting solid bodies with electricity in 1785. He inserted two wires into a wooden stick, creating a spark that illuminated the wood a blood red. He also lighted an ivory ball, an orange, or an apple using the same method with wires within half an inch of each other inside the fruit.
A husband forgets his wife’s birthday and, in a quiet chess game, promises a birthday present by allowing her to take a pawn. The moment reveals a restrained, playful exchange in a domestic scene.
A London Family Herald portrayal recalls Nicolo Paganini as a genius whose brilliance bordered on madness. Anecdotes describe his austere appearance, gambling days, and miraculous rescue of his fiddle after losing 30 francs. An eyewitness account notes his gaunt figure, flaming eyes, and a performance that survived broken strings to roaring applause.
A local W. C. T. U. branch lists Miss Edna Everest as president, Miss Laura Hackett as vice president, Miss Myrtle Walon as secretary, and S. W. Atkinson as treasurer in the community notice.
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