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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
6
An article excerpt describes a Japanese train guard in Tokyo performing polite rituals when checking tickets. The observer notes bowing and a formal Japanese announcement, highlighting politeness and the elaborate courtesy reflected in everyday transit interactions.
A young woman in a Williamson building elevator compliments a shy boy messenger calling him a gentleman of the old fashioned sort. He reddens, retrieves his note, and begins to whistle as others follow suit.
A reminiscence from Youth's Companion recalls Uncle Erastus who cared for a mule and fed him. He vows to adapt the cart and mule with a backward turn if the animal balks so his son can still reach the hill. The tale blends humor and frontier practicality.
A Pittsburgh Gazette Times quip contrasts marrying for money with a witty exchange about attachment. An actor notes that a rich wife may tire of the spouse or cut the allowance, while a man who says he married money recalls a woman who never parted with a penny.
A judge recalls rebuking a man who defended his wife in an implausible tale. He notes the husband’s lack of belief yet accepts his duty to back his spouse. The reflection highlights sympathy for fragile domestic narratives in judicial life.
New York Press describes rulers famed for extraordinary strength. Augustus the Strong and Peter the Great reportedly bent iron bars, snapped horseshoes, and lifted anvils. Legends extend to Charles the Great, Albanian prince George Castriot, and Russian Alexander II nicknamed the Russian Samson.
Bulwer-Lytton entertained a young Australian at Knebworth. The guest, shy and clumsy, dropped a china bowl from the mantelpiece. Bulwer-Lytton reached from his sofa and caught the bowl before it shattered, quipping that he would rather not have written money than have lost crockery.
An elderly man of about ninety three on Kearny Street encounters a willing tramp asking for a meal. The man, feeble yet prosperous in air, replies that the stranger should be ashamed to beg, declaring he is an orphan. The exchange highlights a harsh social moment and the notion of independence.
A man lifts a woman in an intimate scene then roughs her to the ground. He mutters that the work in the doll department is tough as he recovers, suggesting a harsh moment in a local feature titled Princeton Tiger.
A cigar shop confession details a method to fix juries using paid canvassers and staged evidence to sway a murder trial. The narrator claims 20 canvassers spread photographs and opinions across a county, ensuring jurors favored the defendant, leading to an acquittal in a circumstantial case.
A husband returns from a long trip with a handsome fan for his wife. She admires it but notes there is no matching gown. He realizes the gap and over time buys fans to match her existing wardrobe, a small domestic lesson on generosity.
A southern man claims daisies were unknown in the south before the Civil War. He says Union campaigns spread the flowers as Sherman marched and soldiers fed horses with hay carrying seeds, turning southern regions into a field of daisies.
A Washington Star remark explains leave to print as a device enabling a speaker to pretend he has delivered a congress speech and for friends to pretend they know its contents. The quote frames leave to print as a display of familiarity and participation.
A London Chronicle excerpt describes a mall encounter where a boy identifies his left side when asked a geography question. The exchange ends with a polite correction and a humorous touch about finger counting.
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