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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
3
Bairds announces a strict clearance sale running January 5 through January 13 with large price cuts across fabrics clothing and decor. Yard goods discounts include flannel calico ginghams percales and dress goods plus 15 to 20 percent off coats suits undergarments and draperies. Odd lots and plain sale prices highlight the event with no premium tickets offered.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a traveler’s harrowing 1780 journey from Portsmouth to London. The coach’s rough ride, constant fear of death, and rainstorms highlight shadows behind stagecoach romance. Interwoven reflections compare eighteenth century travel with modern pacing and danger.
A middle aged man paused before the lion cage at the menagerie and fixed his gaze on the lion lying near the bars. no further details were reported about the incident.
A Dutch naturalist described nautilus troops and water filling, which recent findings debunk. Nautili inhabit the sea bottom, creeping on a muscular disk with the head, rarely surfacing. The shell interior has chambered divisions linked by a tube, and the shell displays exquisite pearly to mottled coloring.
Mark Twain faced a careful compositor who removed the humor from his proofs. Twain complained that the editor had eliminated the fun, leaving only a style bias and nonsense where laughter should be.
A Dublin born dealer in pet birds faced a customer who stuttered while seeking a parrot. The new Irish salesman quipped that if the bird talked worse than the customer he would wring its neck, prompting a tense exchange.
Analysis traces how royal manufactories like Meissen kept secrecy for 200 years while other crafts leaked discoveries. It notes tinware origins in England from a stolen secret, guarded for decades in Holland and revealed by James Sherman. The piece weaves in a comic aside about lending and graft.
John asks Jim for guidance after Bill seeks a loan of ten dollars. Jim quickly agrees to advise sending the money. The scene on the street shows informal personal finance concern among acquaintances.
An American recounts a miscommunication in Singapore over moth balls. He explains buying moth balls for clothing to keep moths out, only to learn the chemist called them aphthalated marbles, revealing differing American and oriental terms.
An anonymous donor sent Emperor William II a 100 mark banknote and a letter asking him to buy warm underclothes after a cold autumn review. The note notes the emperor looked inadequately dressed and suggests the gift be spent on warmer attire.
An American visitor tours a church where every floor stone bears the name of a nearly forgotten hero or saint whose remains lie below. A verger tells him the folk revere the walls, and the visitor quips about the lack of an up to date preacher.
The march harvests seaweed along France's northern coast. Workers cut seaweed from rocks with sickles, load onto rafts, and bring it to shore for use as fertilizer. Weather and tides slow progress as crowds gather the dried harvest for field application.
A story recalls van Dyck, Rubens pupil, pride in his art. After the canons of a church commissioned a painting, they viewed it and called him a "danker" and went on to...
Bert Somers a lively four year old is a neighbor's great pet and spends time with her. One morning Miss Sallie finds him in bed in his nightshirt answering her call. He explains he is in for sasain the line ends with a playful mispronunciation.
A Scotch clergyman recalls a party scene where a crusty Scot at a whist table shouts to a young laird’s daughter. He then apologizes, explaining he mistook her for his wife in the heat of play.
A Sunday school address by Bishop Goodman laments Africa vastness with ten million square miles lacking a Sunday echo noted as a call to save money and support missions. The account cites a public reaction and a refrain urging action.
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