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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
3
In northern British Columbia W H Wright recalls a perilous bear encounter while hunting. He and Pope stood on horses as a grizzly charged downhill, then moved in for a shot when the bear paused to dig a ground squirrel. Pope fired and hit the bear heart. The bear tumbled past them into a lee of firs.
The 1787 encounter in Vienna where a youthful Beethoven played for Mozart, who then urged his friends to watch as the boy would “make a noise in the world some day or another.” The tale, from Chambers Journal, notes rare authenticity in such fame forecasts.
Sound travels in waves from the disturbance, with the strongest impact in the ear closest to the source. A person with one deaf ear cannot locate sound direction, even for nearby disturbances.
An old farmer resists a female canvasser asking him to sign a suffrage petition. He studies the document with suspicion and replies that he will not sign to keep a restless wife quiet, ending with a quip about trouble from a constantly moving woman cited from Ladies' Home Journal.
The piece recounts the ancient poison curari or urari used by Amazon Indians for hunting. A German professor sought its plant origins for a century without success. Dewey Austin Cobb later tested curari on a buck, observing a deer die about eighteen minutes after impact, illustrating its mysterious composition and lethal effect.
The piece describes the basking shark as a large creature often reaching about forty feet. It notes its sluggish, nonaggressive nature and diet of small fishes and crustacea, its saillike dorsal fin, and its vigorous thrashing when harpooned. It mentions Icelandic coastal hunting for liver oil to adulterate cod liver oil.
A humorous snippet shows Mr Hobart favoring advertisements that promise ancient look for new furniture. He reads aloud to his wife as she browses stockings for their son. Mrs Hobart dismisses the gimmicks noting Tommy’s feet serve as the real process.
At Oxford Lord Curzon wrote two letters in poor handwriting and misplaced them into the wrong envelopes. A reply from his uncle read in rough terms that the writer wanted money, and a Bank of England note for a needed amount was enclosed as payment.
A Rochester Post-Express summary discusses belief in ghosts versus scientific disbelief. It cites Podmore on ghost testimony and hallucination, notes Shakespeare and Plato on haunting, and concludes that brains may project images even when belief persists. The piece contrasts fear and curiosity with scientific limits.
The piece traces early mail service in colonial America from 1676 when John Hayward was appointed to carry letters, to 1711 arrangements for summer and winter letter reception in Boston, to 1738 Henry Pratt as riding postmaster on routes from Philadelphia to Newport, and notes that postage stamps appeared in 1847.
The text traces population estimates from Augustus era reaching 57 million, notes Romans limited geographic knowledge, contrasts 1492 Europe population of 40 million with modern Europe near 400 million people, and cites about 100 people per square mile.
Mr and Mrs Harold Prince return from a California motoring trip. Bessie Yee of Gervais Oregon visits cousin Bernice Keyes. William East begins hauling for a new house. Wm S Allan travels to Portland and discusses plans with Dr Swetland of A K Armsby Packing Co who aims to build two packing houses this summer. A Dun dee fruit growers meeting is set for Feb 23 to discuss the proposal. Armsby plans a March inspection tour to decide plant location. Leon Cut finishes fifty acres of apple planting on Otterbrook tracts. Rumor says Gilmore has changed angles again. Nelson recovers from a la grippe relapse. Elmer Imus recovers from a pitchfork injury. Booker, from Emporia, Kansas, buys Otterbrook timber tract. George Waggoner buys Crosby home and plans a real estate office nearby. Leon Cyr and family move to Otterbrook avenue. L L Eddens visits Newberg on Wednesday.
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