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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
6
A Newberg Oregon lumber ad at 306 N Main St promises the highest quality and a square deal. It invites customers to shop with confidence even without expert knowledge, urging readers to ask others who know.
London News recounts Deacon Brodie of Edinburgh a skilled wright and council member who led a double life of respectable craftsman by day and burglar by night. His gambling dating and cockfighting drew him into crime until a confederate betrayed him leading to execution. The tale ties to a legend that he inspired the Jekyll and Hyde story.
The famed composer Rossini owned a king bestowed watch that could play Moses in Egypt. In a cafe a stranger challenged Rossini claiming hidden functions, wagering 10000 francs. The device revealed a second tune and Rossini’s portrait, proving the wager before the stranger revealed he was Michel Plivee, the Waker of the watch.
In a Dictionary of National Biography note Carlyle cites Sir Spencer Walpole who, amid financial strain, was rewarded when Lord Egmont left him £10000 in his will. The windfall allowed Walpole to quit journalism and devote time to his History of England From 1815, his defining literary achievement.
The article notes Assamese oath rituals involve standing inside a rope circle to vow truthfulness. It mentions Siberian lawsuits where a bear's head is presented and the Ostiak gestures to eat it if lies are told. It also cites Indian tribes swearing by a tiger’s head or by a dog split in two to signify the perjurer’s fate.
A wary Bailie Mac duff was lured to a friend's house where the host won 50 shillings in nap. After losing his last shilling the bailie stormed off angry but quipped he could not eat ham worth 50 shillings, per London Answers.
The minister beams at a faithful parishioner in a Glasgow Scotsman excerpt. The clergyman expresses pleasure at her regular Sabbath attendance while she enjoys a comfortable seat and little to think about on the day.
In Brianza Lombardy a peculiar group uses pan pipe like firlinfoens made of reeds with long bass pipes and smaller upper pipes. The players often learn tunes by heart from a gramophone and, though ignorant of music, perform energetically. The march allegedly induces intoxication sensations from vigorous blowing and head wagging.
On Ascension day Whitby preserves the horngath custom from Henry II times. Lords hunted a boar into a hermit's chapel, the hermit died after the lords slew him, and he decreed a yearly penance. Lords now drive stakes to the water at low tide each anniversary. if the erection fails after three tides lands pass to the Whitby abbot.
John Muir recalls a fear of the sea from childhood and how a strong servant forced him into the surf, describing his misery and hiding from bathing as the time neared. The Atlantic Monthly piece urges caution with fearful children at the shore.
Four boys fold into a right angle and sit as if on chairs to find themselves seated on the knee of the boy behind. The prank ends in laughter and amusement as described by the Christian Herald.
A strip of anecdotes from London Strand Magazine illustrates how vowel misplacements produce humorous or misleading phrases. Examples include This day is big with fate becoming This day is big with fat and Man, know thyself becoming Man, gnow thyself.
In a Tennessee town a pantheistic physician challenged Dr Emmons. When asked his age the doctor said sixty two. The physician claimed he had lived since creation and boasted of Eden presence. Emmons replied with wit noting a third person present in the Garden.
The London Spectator explains the great church at Constantinople is Agia Sophia meaning House of Divine Wisdom. An oft-told legend says an angel instructed a boy watching the tools to tell Emperor Justinian the church should bear the name.
A child named Flossie asks if she must marry when grown. Her mother answers “Just as you please,” noting most women marry, and Flossie reflects on Aunt Jane who has sought a husband for twenty years without success.
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