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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
6
Sir Oliver Lodge explains in Harper's Magazine that weight depends on distance from Earth and location, not on matter’s state. A body's weight varies with altitude and depth, with minimum force at the core and maximum at the surface, while pole to equator shifts relate to Earth's shape and radius.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that in early times riders rode on the right to keep adversaries on the shielded side, using the horse’s body as protection and to guard the gun arm. It contrasts with Europe where riding on the left persisted.
An observer notes crabs stripping a damaged claw and wonders if pride fear or danger to speed drives the creature to perform self amputation. The piece compares crabs to lobsters as agile fighters prone to losing limbs in skirmishes.
A New York society woman at an Authors' Society benefit says authors prefer harmony yet tend to be unfriendly. She recalls asking a noted playwright why he never attends confreres first nights, and he explains that bad plays annoy him and good ones do as well.
Two aged Scotch fishermen, smelling of drink, sleep on the beach. As the tide rises a wave wakes the nearer man who mutters that they should leave the changing drink “in this house,” then both drift back to sleep.
A young lawyer in an unnamed town feels discouraged after seeing a door sign reading Will return in an hour. On return he finds the reply What for A prank from Chicago News style.
The article describes published love letters in Italian newspapers, noting their 174 word Italian expression and cost of $1.74 at advertised rates. It observes regional differences from Palermo to Milan, where letters shorten to a single line in the column as readers imitate an Italian theatrical style.
The Earl of Warwick known as the king, who toppled and installed monarchs during the Yorkist Lancastrian wars, hosted 30 000 dependents across his manors and castles. He inspired loyal militia through generous hospitality and bravery until his death at Barnet in 1471 after a fog caused friendly forces to collide.
The article notes a single whist hand presents 635 013 559 600 possible cards. It adds that even with 1,000,000 men dealing one card per minute nonstop for 100 million years they would cover only one one hundred thousandth of all card variations.
On October 8, 1895 Professor W C Roentgen, while testing a rocket vacuum tube, observed rays passing through black paper and lighting a fluorescent screen six feet away. This marked the start of our understanding of X rays and their vast value.
A foreigner uses the expression out of sight after a friend says how are you and a later encounter prompts the clever retort you don t see me. The Chicago News notes the humorous misinterpretation of a common greeting.
In 1886 Algernon Charles Swinburne nearly drowned at Etretat while swimming alone at Porte d Amout. A semaphore lookout heard cries and Vallin the fisherman rescued him after a swift pursuit by boat. Swinburne recovered, preached republican doctrine, and recited Victor Hugo to the crew before the Marie Marthe reached Yport.
The article notes Florida springs formed by subterranean channels where streams emerge. It highlights the large Silver Spring in Marion county as the best known, with a basin over thirty five feet deep and unusually clear water visible to the bottom.
A Negro woman asked a telegraph company to send her watch to a nearby city. An agent replied that the firm cannot send a watch. She pressed, saying she had previously sent four dollars and could not understand why money could be sent but not the watch.
A New York Globe item recalls a quarrelsome mining discussion among congressmen. One western member defines bonanza as a hole in the ground owned by a champion liar, provoking sharp satire on speculation and political talk.
The London Fire began in a baker’s house near the Tower on September 2 1666 and raged for three days and nights. It consumed about two thirds of the city including the cathedral Royal Exchange and around 100 churches.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal correspondent analyzes the term nepenthe from The Raven. The piece traces its ancient use as a memory loss potion, notes opium content, contrasts with love philters and conjure bags, and concludes nepenthe likely dulled memory rather than conjuring a revived love.
A humorous tale recounts M. Lamany waking in alarm after a dream. He claims to have heard himself utter a sentence with a grammatical error, prompting his wife’s concern and a humorous reminder of linguistic devotion.
An English gentleman, Mr. Thorndyke, dined with the Allisons. Louis Allison asked if he was English, and the guest affirmed with a laugh. The child then joked that Englishmen are the most capable house servants, a line cited from the National Monthly.
In a London World column a quip predicts that in a hundred years people will suffer old age as currently we suffer bronchitis or tonsillitis. A reply imagines future grandsons asking about a man who joked of an aeroplane trip to shake off old age.
The fragment describes Marian gathering apes with many present and dropping some. She hurries home to tell her mother confr et that two were broken and asks to fix the chickens so they will oo y.
In Yonkers the Statesman features a cryptic exchange about a couple seeking a treatment to reduce flesh, with a sharp offhand remark dismissing slimming concerns and a humorous line about unseen “fint.” The brief item reads as a tongue in cheek society or editorial quip reflecting local tone.
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