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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
6
Baudelairean parody recounts Mar quis de Briqueville ordering a public horse execution after a carriage crash. A mock court convenes with a lawyer horse, the coachman and valets voting on death. The condemned animal is hanged in the marquis yard, the scene described with grim detail.
Indians used a fresh deer liver tied to a pole to lure rattlesnakes. A buck poked the liver until the snake exerts poison into it, the liver dried, was pounded into powder, and packed in a buck skin bag to coat arrows. The powder glued to damp surfaces and enabled poisoning arrows.
A foreman and worker debate iron plate size. The worker finally answers with a playful, nonstandard measure: the plate equals the foreman's rule length plus two thumbs, using a brick and the width of his hand and arm as reference. He adds from here to there, bar a finger.
A six year old girl in distress asks a passing man to hold her doll while she ties her shoe. The scene, cited from Woman's Home Companion, frames the boyish test of honesty through a child’s question to a stranger on a village street.
This article defines endocarditis as inflammation of the heart lining caused by germs in the blood, detailing acute and chronic forms, simple and malignant varieties, and the two main dangers to the heart and to brain or lungs. It explains valve injury, potential valvular disease, risk of arterial emboli, and strict rest as key treatment.
Two Irish soldiers in the West Indies bathed daily in a shark free bay. One spots a shark fin twenty feet ahead and, fearing for a friend, swerves toward shore while the other stays unaware until warned.
The text notes Fraunhofer and J W Draper established that gaseous objects show noncontinuous spectra with lines, while ignited solids have continuous spectra. This supported the view that many nebulae are gaseous, reflecting ongoing development in astronomy.
The article recalls anecdotes from Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft about actors and playwrights. It notes H. J. Byron contributing humor and includes a provincial landlady exchange about fleas. Byron’s quip mocks the landlady’s denial by claiming fleas are in fact married with large families.
An explanation of needle manufacture from steel wire coils. Wire is cut, bundled, heated, straightened, and ground to points. Two-needle lengths are stamped and stamped centers eyed, then threaded with wire, hardened, tempered, cleaned, washed, dried, and polished to near perfection.
The article notes George Washington originated a lottery to fund a road through the Comipe land gap near Fredericksburg Virginia. Tickets signed by Washington previously worth $1 now fetch about $50 due to the signature, though none are expected to draw a prize.
Hetty meets her schoolteacher uncle who corrects her use of grammar on a sunny May day. He demonstrates proper phrases like You are not going and They are not going, while Hetty concedes with a polite bow. The scene ends with the quip There ain't nobody going.
A Greek humorous vignette collection mocks doctors with spoof moments. Dintus dreams of Hermogenes the physician and never wakes. Marcus the doctor visits wall Jupiter, then lies in marble, his funeral held today.
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