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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
6
A fragment from Jane Addams' recollections describes a boyhood fear of hell and death after lying, triggering nightly confessions to a forgiving father figure. The excerpt blends reflections on guilt with a scene of a crisis in a royal setting where a king pushes through a speech despite earlier failure.
William V struggled to read a manuscript in the House of Lords as his eye faltered in dim light. He paused frequently, unable to decipher the text, and stumbled over phrases.
The excerpt Reflects on the value of gentle illusion in life. It suggests that believing others admire us and that our benevolence remains intact helps us dream we are doing good. The tone is wistful about social perception and personal reassurance.
Spare Moments recalls figures famed for memory and recitation. Milton could repeat Homer, Lawsom claimed Bible, Macaulay boasted of Pilgrim's Progress and Paradise Lost, Leiden could repeat an act of parliament after hearing it, and a London reporter wrote debates verbatim without notes. Henry Clay lacked poetry recall but remembered names, faces, and arguments.
A British captain visiting Rajputana faced a tiger on a narrow hill path. The beast grabbed his coat but toppled him toward a chasm. When the tiger recoiled sneezing from snuff, the captain found himself alive, aided by the tiger’s accidental snuff explosion.
A man scares a milkman at a street corner by demanding the first premier of England. The startled driver freezes, while bystanders watch as the exchange escalates into a crude joke and unexpected confrontation.
At a country ball a gentleman tried to introduce a companion to a stout young lady who seemed to pine for a dance. She rejected the offer calling the companion a cart. Later she overheard him seeking an introduction and refused again saying she is a cart but not a donkey cart.
The article explains tortoise shell as the outer scales over a sea turtle shell. It details shelling by spreading dried leaves to smoke the shell, causing joint separation without harm, inserting a blade to pry laminae off, and notes many turtles die though most survive to regrow a new covering.
The article argues cold plunges fail to cleanse skin properly and urges thorough washing with warm water soap and a brush. It stresses skin pores and perspiration, noting that brushing and vigorous drying remove skin scales more effectively than a quick cold plunge.
A clumsy man, moving with a jerk as a car started, knocked down an umbrella rack and snapped a handle. He asks for forgiveness, while a woman and an acquaintance remark the umbrella was the one his wife uses, prompting a brief, comic exchange on buying a new umbrella.
Far up in the mountains of Ceylon a gigantic spider weaves a bright yellow web with threads as thick as embroidery floss. The net spans five to eight feet and is hung by 10 to 25 foot mainstays that can stop a pedestrian like a low hanging clothesline. Natives collect the webs to weave mats and screens.
Aristippus pressed Dionysius for a grant but was rejected until Aris fell at the tyrant's feet. A bystander blamed Aristippus, but he replied that the fault lay with Dionysius who carries his ears in his feet. The tale mocks cunning flattery and misplaced blame.
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