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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
6
Will practice in all the courts of the state with focus on probates mort contracts and drafting gas papers. Located on the second floor of the Newberg Building in Newberg Oregon.
The author extols Berlin’s pristine streets Unter den Linden Brandenburger Tor and Kaiserdamm praising wide tree lined avenues clean pavements and generous public works. It contrasts German street maintenance with American neglect noting soldier recruited street cleaners strict police rules pensions and city backed repairs against private delays.
The article recounts how Alois Senefelder, a poor musician, invented lithography after experimenting with a Kelheim stone. He conceived using acid to eat away unprotected stone, leaving the inked writing in relief, giving rise to the art of lithography.
Two men discuss the intelligence of birds overheard in Washington. They claim a wooden bird can learn to operate a clock and announce the hour by cuckoo calls, illustrating supposed cleverness of feathered helpers for a lady.
The article describes a vast mud lake in Java nicknamed the fire island. It notes the lake nearly two miles in circumference with central columns of hot mud rising and falling like timber. Two large bubbles near the western edge fill and explode about every minute.
The text traces the origins of modern banking from Venice and Genoa to the Bank of England charter of 1694 and notes Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in U S banking history. It highlights the first U S bank in Philadelphia in 1780 and the evolution of state and national trust roles including the First National Bank of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Company life insurance and trust developments through 1853.
A botanical expert notes that black and white pepper come from the same shrub. The black pepper is the seed with its outer covering ground, while white pepper is the seed alone. The covering provides most pungency and oil, making white pepper milder and black pepper hotter.
In New York City Uncle Eli, familiar with the metropolis, guides his wife Aunt Susan through crowds at the Hotel Astor during a luncheon. Susan, wide eyed at the city’s bustle, declares she must go downstairs to help Mrs Astor with the cook and dishes, breaking the peace.
In a brief tale from Youth’s Companion a teacher assigns Tim a shopping arithmetic: three pounds of lamb two pounds of potatoes half a pound of carrots and turnips and one pound of tomatoes. Tim cannot solve it while Marybell offers the answer Stew.
Ascot racing traces to early 18th century patronage with Queen Anne in 1711. George I and George II did not patronize the turf yet supported large-scale racing. George III offered a 100 guinea plate. Since those days the Berkshire heath festival has enjoyed royal favor each year.
A New York Post description follows Achmet the Constantinople bootblack as he polishes a visitor’s shoes to a high shine. The ornate tools and multi step process showcase benzine cleaning wax polishing and a final varnish for lasting luster. He charges two cents plus a tip of five cents.
Desert plants reduce leaf surface to limit moisture loss and deepen roots to reach scarce water. Some leaves vertical to avoid sun rays. In wet climates leaves have pointed tips to shed rain and prevent rot.
An Algiers paper advertises a local practitioner who runs as a hairdresser and dentist at 17 Rue de la Marine for seventeen years. The notice claims quick tooth extraction with no pain and portrays the dentist as warm hearted and proficient in all dental work.
In a Miss Mulock anecdote a lady and gentleman in a lumber yard by a foul smelling river hear the pine boards smell. The lady notes the scent while the gentleman rails at the smell. In a domestic scene Mrs Newbride hurries to her husband with a pie recipe, and he gently chides her for hot stove toil.
The piece traces early ideas on street numbering from 1512 in Paris to Berlin’s non street tied system and the late adoption in London. It notes slow uptake until 1789 in Paris and 1764 in London with Prescot Street as an early example, aided by urban growth and practical needs.
In Raleigh a man who inherited about 15 000 spent it on luxury and repeated sums in high living until penniless. Josephus Daniela finds him hungry and asks how he endures. He says he has arranged to get along without what he cannot obtain.
A Portly steamboat captain recalls a near disaster at Bear Creek mouth. He says the water was just deep enough to keep him over his head yet shallow enough that his attempts to swim would drag bottom, and credits his crew with preventing a fatal outcome.
The dialogue shows a tramp and hotel guest clash over money and social roles. Mrs Finehealth dismisses begging while a tramp argues fortunes differ by class. Vernon reports a shared memory linked to a carved tree and a fiancé’s shifting feelings as men threaten to cut the tree down.
The passage laments the transience of great cities and empires, noting ruins as warnings. It reflects on posterity failing to trace the rise and fall of civilizations and the vanity of mortal glory as expressed by Oliver Goldsmith.
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