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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
3
A London scene unfolds as Maxim’s agent searches for metallic mercury. A chemist shop clerk confesses no such item exists while other chemicals are plentiful. The story ends with the shopkeeper clarifying the term quicksilver and a remark about polite society.
A Detroit Free Press quotation depicts a dedicated man praising his partner Mandy. He claims her husbandly care kept him content despite long hours and constant work without fault.
A quotation exchange highlights a debt dispute with one party asserting Jenkins owes all he possesses while the other contends the debt exceeds his assets. The brief exchange frames a sharp financial tension between individuals.
A fragment presents a dated reflective line about gratitude and guilt, asserting that ingratitude absolves no guilt while other crimes may be offset by virtues. The terse aphorism hints at moral weighing and personal conduct.
The article explains diamond facets and proportions, noting 68 facets with 32 girdle and 24 below. It warns perfect stones are rare and pricey, urges focus on color brilliancy and cut, and advises buyers not to chase imperceptible flaws or pay top dollar for unattainable perfection.
The New York American notes that suprarenal glands secrete adrenalin when strong emotions like hate arise, raising blood sugar and fueling muscles. Adrenal removal weakens power, while injection invigorates temporarily, placing enraged men in a state ready for maximal harm.
Elmer Ellsworth Bates recalls Amos Rush and Charley Ferguson as legendary pitchers and hitters from early baseball history. The account highlights Rush’s blazing speed and a famed sharp curve, the old Brooklyn star Treadway, and Ferguson’s testing of control by pitching through a cigar box frame, with anecdotes from a Pittsburgh game and era legends.
Lord Kitchener once admitted his lack of eloquence at a dinner saying he cannot speak and prefers silence. The piece mocks British officers who fail to answer toasts with a quip about the bigger the gun the bigger the bore.
The Lemnos island in the Aegean is famed for a medicinal earth dug from a dry mound near Kotschinov and only harvested before dawn on one day yearly. A Greek priest and a Tur hodja attend in a ceremonial rite linked to its reputed curative and antidotal properties.
A narrator recalls a French tale where a man bathing in the Auvergnat region reacts to a large shark by diving and slashing the creature with a pocketknife. The exchange ends with a wry quip about bathing with clothes on.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a father warning against marrying old Stubbs money. The text hints at financial leverage and a clash over marriage plans. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable to establish a full report.
A curious Boxer era scene from Canton where President McKinley rests as officials discuss placing American troops under German General Count Waldersee. Secretaries Hay and Reed coordinate while a laborer named John interrupts by turning on a water faucet, then McKinley approves the dispatch and dismisses the water.
The London Mail notes Coleridge drafted over 200 lines of Ahabdlal Khan in a three hour dream and upon waking recorded the fragment. It credits dreams with inspiring The Ancient Mariner via a Cruikshank dream and claims Kipling’s The Greatest Story In the World arose from a half remembered dream of a ordinary youth.
Mirrors are glass with metal on one side. Light passes through glass, hits the metal backing, and reflects. The reflection occurs when light bounds from the metal surface, making mirrors solid to reflect.
In German folklore Frederick Barbarossa is said to lie in a enchanted sleep beneath Kyffhäuser in the Harz mountains. The legend holds his long red beard grown over a marble table as he waits to be freed when the ages end.
A London Opinion humor item describes a house mistress questioning a butler candidate who struggles to answer if he is single. He stammers Er er no, and finally says I am twine revealing a pun on being tied in couples. The brief joke centers on miscommunication and social expectations.
A humorous exchange shows a Scottish bachelor resisting a visitor over tea, arguing it is not trouble but expense. The dialogue captures Punch magazine’s witty banter about courtship and social manners.
Fragmentary quotation from the Birmingham Age Herald contrasts ambition with caution. The line “Trying to sell the stuff, son” reflects a pragmatic view of enterprise, while a saying from F de Neufchateau warns fortune’s smiles bring trepidation.
The official in the line of succession to the presidency oversees all military matters under the president, directs the distribution of stores, manages the signal service, surveys and improves harbors, and administers insular possessions.
The Chicago News recounts a classroom exchange where the teacher questions Tommy about his absence. Tommy insists it was not his fault and that he did his best to think up a good excuse but could not.
A wife reproaches her husband for overtalking as they recall his promise to fulfill every wish. He jokes that he should have kept silent while eating, revealing a moment of domestic tension and humor.
Bobbie visits his sister and asks Mr Binks for a screwdriver. She quips that he has a screw loose, reflecting a light domestic exchange from the London Mail.
Senator Sorghum quipped that a man who vowed to run for office chose a safer path after opponents forced a course correction. The remark, reported by the Washington Star, frames a campaign as a retreat rather than a race.
The text traces how water color moved from stiff eighteenth century style to modern brightness through figures like Nicholson, Copley, Sanley and others. It notes the Water Color Society exhibitions starting in 18 and marks Turner as the art’s master and influence, as discussed by Ruskin in Exchange.
Dialogue from a Boston Transcript note shows a burglary case at a station where the complainant says the thief stole 65 and that breaking occurred when the five was taken. The exchange highlights courtroom wordplay over burglary elements and the judge’s remark.
The article catalogues explosive insect growth and voracity with examples from hopaphis, gypsy moths, potato bugs, and other pests. It cites Forbush and Kirkland on rapid reproduction and potential devastation, then notes the beneficial role of insect eating birds and a remark attributed to Sir Isaac Newton on gravity.
A line from the Detroit Free Press questions how to explain remarkable success. The author suggests the subject’s constant focus on his own work left little time to analyze others' achievements.
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