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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
6
A Travel Magazine excerpt discusses gender roles in China with a young Chinaman claiming women’s visibility in churches aids courtship. The piece shifts to a betting anecdote: a gambler wagers on sixes coming up ten times in a row, a mathematician notes the odds about 60 466 175 to 1 against it, and the bet would require about $600 000 to win.
In Brattleboro he lived then traveled to Montpelier. At a restaurant a waiter asks about a famous figure, the other waiter names the celebrated Kippers and wonders what he has done. The exchange ends with a humorous unknown. Washington.
The passage explains creating steel by adding carbon to iron, notes varied effects from hydrogen additions, and describes properties such as resilience in springs and tenacity in blades. It mentions steel when cooled and heated, with references to hardness, tempering colors, and hydrogen-rich water producing tougher files.
In Alaska amid gold rush peril a dog team saves a sled bound couple. Powell recounts two men who rushed to help after a woman and her husband struggled on a glacier near Valdes. They reach town with the rescue hailed as urgent heroic action by ready men.
In a small country town two men play a long quiet game titled nap. A customer enters, interrupts, and asks who will shave him as night falls. Tom delays, aiming to finish the hand before breaking the moment. London Scrape.
The passage argues that toes turn inward naturally when not confined by footwear and high heels. It suggests savages walk through forests with toes inward to avoid obstacles, while efficient use of the foot as a hand aid requires toe inwardness.
A visitor recounts Graham the camp overseer fending off a crocodile that seized his leg by the knee. After a brutal struggle the man punched the reptile’s eyes and survived, later recovering in hospital while the crocodile’s teeth remained buried.
Traces of skating appear across northern Europe from prehistoric times with remains found in many regions. Eskimos in the far north owned wheeled runners carved from whalebone. A Danish historian notes skating around 1134 and a note in Fitsstephen’s History of London mentions youths fastening skates by the twelfth century. The origin likely traces to Holland, possibly via Lincolnshire, where fens used skates in remote eras.
A curious European practice of safeguarding funds by a hat carrier who must show the hat alive return with the collected money. The carrier holds the hat in one hand and the fly in the other as a sign the funds are not stolen. If the fly is dead or missing, he forfeits his share of the money.
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