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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
3
Oregon displayed its best fruits grasses and vegetables at the Northwest Products Exposition. State representatives oversaw the exhibit while thousands of booklets leaflets and folders were handed out to land seekers visiting the two week show.
A collection of famed literary hoaxes and frauds details How society misread false travel tales from Gamelii Carrieri Du Halde Varillas and others plus the City of Rome shipping fraud case. The tale shows authors forging works and misreporting voyages with a dramatic chase to uncover the truth.
A traveling salesman, now famed as a Petra, was blocked by a manager who tore his card and sent him away. The boy returned with five cents and the message, but the salesman sent a second card and declared he sold two cards for five cents. He secured the interview and closed a large sale.
In eighteenth century science, belief in stones and metals falling from space gained traction. The British Museum now houses a collection that surpasses previous boundaries, illustrating the expanding understanding of meteorites and their celestial origin.
A hard drinker, advised to eat whenever he craved alcohol, followed the rule and was cured. The habit lingered, and during a hotel stay he misread a crisis as a food cue. He rushed to the desk shouting about a man in 153 and requested ham and egg sandwich.
A sensational 1891 tale claimed Sailor John Brennan of Sligo survived the City of Rome disaster after it foundered off Newfoundland. Reports circulated from St Johns to Trepassy, with Brennan reportedly arriving exhausted from Peter's River. Investigations showed conflicting timelines, revealing the rumor as unfounded.
A young man with a passion for poetry believes the world will recognize him after death. He writes for years hoping for posterity, but a clever girl tells him his poems aren’t published in his lifetime. The Denver Times notes his misguided vanity and delayed recognition.
A cat's eyes glow not by producing light but by reflecting light that reaches them. In darkness the eyes appear invisible until there is at least a small light source. A reflective layer behind the retina gathers rays and concentrates them into a horizontal beam, potentially exerting a hypnotic effect on rodents.
An attendant at a deaf and dumb institute endures a quick fire inquiry from a female visitor. She asks how to summon the inmates to church. The attendant retorts that they are summoned by ringing the dumb bells. Loudon Answers.
Francois Buloz of La Revue des Deux Mondes offered Lamartine an advance of four thousand francs for an article. Lamartine later delayed and then offered a poem instead. When pressed for repayment the minister insisted no more was owed, and Buloz finally called the matter square.
A tale shows Ernest Shackleton remarking on a rainy day as a flood joke to a maid named Mary. The maid, unfamiliar with the Bible flood story, replies she has not read the papers lately. The joke hinges on Noah and Mount Ararat as she misreads the reference.
In the West Indies the sunset bird is named for its calls near sunset and sunrise. Natives fear the jumbie bird fears killing it brings death. Another local bird, the Soufriere bird, nests near the Soufriere volcano with a belief that the first sighting brings death and killing invites evil spirits.
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune a wife objects to formal name introductions at a gathering. The host agrees to drop the formal style and greets guests with casual, playful nicknames. The dialogue contrasts rigid manners with informal hospitality.
The prisoner’s counsel demands justice with sarcasm while the judge replies he cannot grant more than fourteen years under the law. The exchange captures a courtroom moment reflecting limits of sentencing.
Frederic Villiers recounts a bloody Paris commune episode where An fea apa mans and Archibald Forbes escape execution after washing their hands. The two Englishmen hide in a wineshop and a yard, then narrowly survive a firing squad as others are killed at the wall.
The tale recounts a misled cow hunter chasing a feeble animal across the country until a new trolley line in a town appeared. A conductor shouts Cedar Street as the cow owner denies knowledge, vowing the cow will be caught only when he sees her again.
A husband explains a frugal system to avoid spending on presents. After marrying, each spouse gives the other a five pound note on their birthday and retrieves it later, continuing this cycle for twenty five years without any net cost to either. The tale appears in London Tit Bits.
The article notes that Greek and Egyptian philosophers held the Earth as round long before Columbus. It argues that awareness of eclipses and lunar motions exceeded what many know today, and that Columbus’s idea was anticipated by over sixteen centuries.
A former actor notes the thrill of being filmed while acting on stage. A prominent dramatic critic quips that this captures precisely what critics endure in cinema, underscoring the challenges of recording live theater.
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