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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
7
H. W. Slaveon warns in Leslie's about tire tread wear on the Blankmobile. He notes gaps allow mud sand and water to enter and separate treads from canvas. In miles the tread could shred and the tire would require retreading or detachable treads.
A survey claims the Dead Sea is increasing in size with forests sinking along the southern and eastern borders. The sea spans about forty by ten miles with high salinity. minerals such as salts, copper, calcium, and marble are abundant, and petroleum may lie beneath.
The Holland primrose grows five to six feet tall and bears large bright yellow flowers that open at sunset. Observers report the blooms appear suddenly as if touched by magic, likened to land covered in gold by a wand.
The article notes the pioneer's role as a white explorer in Africa and places his travels starting around 1706, two decades before Livingstone's birth, highlighting Park's influence in early exploration and the continent's exploration history.
A brief observational note from the Lowville Center Journal mentions a local bachelor declaring imminent marriage at eighteen. The exchange hints at surprise from the community about his plans and age.
A regional council approves a major policy bill amid debates over housing and transit funding. Officials report improved oversight and potential long term benefits for residents, with support from several community advocates and the mayor’s office.
The electric arc is praised as the most powerful human made force with broad potential in American industry. It is already used by workers to mend broken castings and metal parts, reviving damaged shafts and components with repairs as strong as new. Operators wear protective helmets and cobalt glass visors due to intense arc heat.
A collection of short tales and vignettes on topics from practical writing advice to curious incidents. Anecdotes cover a diver's peril, a stubborn subject, disagreeable people, a precocious child, and marriage delays in Argentina with a dry humorous tone. Includes quotes and brief observations.
The Philadelphia Press surveys American hymn writers including John Quinney Adams Our Sixth President and Isaac Wattson and Charles Wesley. It mentions Longfellow Henry W and Stephen, Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner, the Cary sisters Alice and Phoebe near Cincinnati, John Pierpont Charles Beecher and Minnie Van Alstyne known as Panny Crosby.
The article recalls how costly and lavish 19th century fashion was with Empress Eugenie never repeating a gown and Worth making Paris couture famous. It notes multiple gowns per ball, changing gowns during events, and the fragility and waste of crinoline styles. It also mentions Empress Elizabeth of Austria wearing a white tulle gown with camellias and changing outfits at a function.
A 1807 note reports a golden eagle shot in 1807 near Ee meg Slavonia with a neck ring bearing a Slavonian family arms and the date 1446. In 1798 Gentleman's Magazine described a hawk captured near the Cape of Good Hope, brought to England, wearing a gold collar inscribed This goodly hawk doth belong to his Most Excellent Majesty James King of England A. D. 1610. If the hawk escaped during James I’s reign, 183 years passed before its recapture and it traveled about 6500 miles from its origin.
Advice stresses the kitchen as the home engine room and a source of family happiness. It notes that poor layout and lack of equipment create drudgery while good surroundings assist servants and mistresses, urging beauty and cheer in design.
Fragmentary note in the Dundee Advertiser hints at rising costs with a remark about bodies unable to afford even a dram. The garbled text mentions Sandy and Sandy-Dae in an unclear exchange.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a child urged to yield a seat to a father aboard a train. Bobby resists, stating the trip is not painful and he will not move. A second speaker, Londee Optatca, comments on the situation.
A humorous exchange shows a wife resolving to stop scolding her husband for club time after a burglar is knocked out by him with a poker. The judge notes the husband’s prowess, joking that he has practiced at the club for emergencies.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a young girl memory of Mrs Lapesling who mentions a poet who sent verses and describes reading acrostics spelling adore you, calling it an agnostic poem in a wry aside.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions nebular theory and several unreadable vowel strings. The readable portion hints at discussion or notation but lacks coherent context or clear facts to establish a fuller summary.
A French maritime tragedy sparked a language shift as ceinture de sauvetage the term for life preserver suggested wearing it at the hips. Reports note many drowning victims were French as head and torso alignment caused immersion. Sarcey proposed renaming the device to brassiere to cue placing it under the arms.
The Romans adopted horse relay stations along roads with many horses ready at each post. State use ensured rapid official communications, enabling up to 300 miles per day. Private mail began only under Diocletian late in the third century, with limited records on its duration.
London Opinion notes Shakespeare gives Caesar and Cicero small flaws and deafness to humanize them. The piece argues this bias makes the two immortals more relatable by showing weaknesses, while Antony and Brutus reflect others' imagined faults.
A brief, humorous piece on the importance of a cheerful morning expression. It claims a pleasant breakfast face improves the day, while a scowling one lingers and worsens the mood, urging readers to cultivate a gentle morning demeanor.
A bathhouse sign reads 1 Place Is Closed at 1q m. Sun Can Go Home and Take Out. A nearby town reports a door notice saying Gone Home to Dinner. Indianapolis News notes similarities between the two messages.
The painting by Tintoretto is described as the largest in the world standing four feet wide and thirty three and a half feet high. It is housed in the second palace in Venice.
A fragmented note questions a statement about Jack and seats. the text appears garbled and incomplete with unclear context and no identifiable events or sources.
Fragmentary text hints at a discussion on how present technologies influence future employment. The piece references developing trends and the idea of work evolving with new tools, without concrete details.
A historic sacred tree near Guernica Biscay symbolizes Basque lineage and language. Generations vow allegiance beneath its canopy while an inherited bench marks royal authority, with a parent tree dating back about three centuries and a shoot replanted forty years ago.
A London Globe report details the arduous path to becoming a postman. Applicants must endure mountain marches and night trips, face fines for delays, and carry heavy rock-filled sacks while suspended from a high beam. The test emphasizes strength, courage, and endurance under government supervision.
Philip Stubbes in The Anatomie of Abuses argues football is a freendly kinde of fight not recreation, describing injuries and deaths from blows on hard stones and noting brawling, quarrel, murther, homicide and great effusion of blood observed in experience dayly tegcheth.
The article notes Beethoven's misbehavior in lessons tearing music and scattering items. He shouted I play no longer for such hogs and walked from the piano after interruptions. He also insulted Prince Lobkowitz calling him an ass when a bassoon player was absent.
The phrase horns of a dilemma describes a person facing two opposing lines of conduct or choices, with an unfair or difficult balance. It explains the analogy to animal horns representing a hard, balancing decision between conflicting duties or loyalties.
A dated quotation contrasts humility as wisdom with the equal virtue of self reliance. It presents humility as fitting for men while urging individuals not to be deterred from self reliance as a defining masculine strength.
The quote notes a man stating his wife’s strong affection for pets and that he often finds her surrounded by animals when he returns home, reflecting a domestic scene captured by Boston Trae.
A concise reflection by Plutarch comparing how email letters harm sight to how small matters trouble him, highlighting the burden of trivial concerns.
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