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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
7
A Chicago businessman inherits a violin once worth little. A local professor of music tests the instrument and declares it a genuine old Italian violin worth at least 1000 dollars. The owner chooses not to sell, valuing it as an heirloom and carrying it home, wary of his companions.
The piece notes Lord Nelson’s sole direct defeat at Santa Cruz Canary Islands on July 24 1797. Fortified harbor and fifty gun batteries blocked a boat assault. British losses reached 150 dead and 100 wounded, Nelson lost his right arm, and two enemy flags were captured and kept in Santa Cruz Cathedral.
Teakwood is praised as the best shipbuilding material due to its essential oil that resists spikes and corrosion. It resists rot and decay, making teak ships nearly indestructible with beams remaining sound even after 150 years.
Tears result from a nervous storm in the central nervous system affecting tear glands. The glands excrete water profusely, though some secretion is always in progress to keep the eye surface clear of foreign matter. No central mechanism is at a dis-
The article recalls Matty Kilroy, nicknamed Bessasas, and his unorthodox balk during a Chicago club era game against Baltimore. It quotes Kilroy detailing his self taught training method, including 20 000 chalk marked throws to master a balk motion while keeping eyes on the plate, enabling a return two years after his arm was thought dead.
The Parsees are sun worshipers seen at dawn on the bay shore performing simple rites. They wear fluttering robes and display their figures as the day begins. Their religion emphasizes strict dietary rules and personal cleanliness, leading to evident health and large families.
The deathwatch insect makes a ticking sound from decaying timber but does not foretell death. Observation shows the noise comes from the insect feeding on rotting fibers in wood rather than signaling a person’s demise.
A man recalls a twenty year marriage and a plan to send coded notes to his wife while she stays with her parents. He explains how a daily "test" note prompts her return, claiming the method works unless the wife is uniquely different.
An elderly minister faces a two couple wedding with no rehearsal and two brides and two grooms. Lacking a plural form for man and wife he blurts out a quip: And now I pronounce you one and all, husband and wife.
Mark Twain recalls his first earnings at five dollars earned after choosing a public punishment over a fine for writing on desks. He recounts how a friend’s father paid the fee, noting five dollars was a large sum then and a whipping was less frightening.
A Yonkers Statesman item quotes a Boston talk where Mr Penn and Mr Hubb discuss the crooked streets. They recount a story of trying to dispose of an old cat and getting lost, only to be guided home by the very cat they sought to abandon.
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