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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
7
article describes bell making from alloy composition to casting mold and tuning. It explains copper tin ratios, avoiding excess tin to prevent cracks, aging copper preference, mold setup, and tuning to achieve five coherent tones for a musical chord.
A historical account explains how Dutch rulers protected the Ceylon cinnamon monopoly by making wild cinnamon illegal to buy or sell. It describes cultivating shoots, harvesting two inch circumference sprouts, stripping leaves, peeling and drying bark, and packing the quills into tight nested bales for export. It notes aroma loss if packed with coarser bark and mentions attempts to prevent this on ships.
Detaille left his master to join the French army as a poor art painter during the Franco Prussian War. He sketched battles under fire to inform his later works German Troe and Conquerors. The Paris salon of 1872 rejected these realist paintings to avoid offending the victorious Prussians.
The managing editor pressured the city editor over a story Pounder submitted about a man scattering money in downtown streets. The editor dismissed it as a Pounder fake, arguing true events would have been pursued.
Indians have adopted a simple form of gambling based on five daily New York cotton quotations. Locals guess the total of the five figures and the closest correct sum wins the stakes.
A classroom moment shows a student named Johnny struggling to use the word defeat in a sentence. After the teacher explains the meaning, Johnny reads a childish mispronounced line about shoes being tight and hard on the feet. The anecdote is attributed to National Monthly.
Norway allows divorce without proving fault but requires a year of separation. Couples apply to a magistrate who sends them to a conciliation board. if reconciliation fails, a separation order is issued. After a year, the ministry of justice must finalize the divorce if requested.
A reader recounts boiling water poured into a thin glass tumbler that cracked and shattered. The wise caller advises always placing a spoon in hot glassware first to avoid such accidents.
The sea greyhound or dog fish is described as a long cruel looking fisherfolk dread. It is a legless hunter with two emerald eyes and a sharp bony protrusion on its back like a sickle. Its mouth lies beneath its body, akin to a shark's.
A curate in England, honored by parishioners on his marriage, began his speech with a witty line. Reverend E. J. Hardy notes the moment in How to Be Happy Though Civil, highlighting the curate’s remark that he would not call them ladies and gentlemen.
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