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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
6
Attorney Clarence Butt announces he will practice in all courts of Oregon focusing on mortgages contracts and the drafting of all legal papers at the Bank of Newberg Building in Newberg Oregon.
In Germany a newborn receives a Christian name at christening and is shown to relatives inside a richly embroidered tragkissen. Gifts of gold and silver are placed in the pillow as the device passes among guests. A wiegenfest follows with tableaux of the child’s life and a gypsy hostess foretelling happiness.
Judge Robinson tried to disbar Curran after accusing him of anonymous pamphlets. Curran claimed no precedent existed and challenged the judge about contracted law libraries. He joked that his shelf bears authors’ names and warned the court would be the best thing the judge has committed this term.
The Northumberland household book records sixteenth century nursery breakfasts for Lady Margaret and Master Iram Percy. Each day features bread, beer, butter, and fish or eggs with sprouts or white herring, with variations including boiled bones and buttered eggs.
In a witty London Answers snippet a banter about a pocketbook ad reveals a tangled tale of a roll of banknotes, checks and papers. Bertha Bullion’s father takes the paper and the exchange hints at a loan from Bertha to fund the advertisement.
A quote from Sir James Crichton Browne urges a period of subsidence before sleep to allow nerves to settle. He notes this applies to both children and adults and suggests 7 or 8 o'clock as a desirable start for evening recreation.
Walter Towers explains how a will is made and witnessed, notes about dating and filing, and describes revoking methods and probate. He emphasizes keeping the original, secure copies, and the role of executors or administrators under Iowa law and court oversight.
Seated in his creer room the superintendent faced a convict who demanded he move. The official offered a pardon for good conduct and suggested the inmate might leave, but a pistol was drawn when the drawer was opened.
The article states Ludwig Hoecker established the first Sunday school in 1740 at Ephrata Pennsylvania, predating Robert Raikes by forty years. Hoecker taught Bible verses on memory cards for neighborhood children and later had the cards printed before his death in 1792.
The London Chronicle recalls a 1524 panic when astrologers predicted the Thames would overflow. Residents fled the city for weeks, carrying valuables to the countryside while Father Thames allegedly stayed unmoved on the river banks.
A cook informs her mistress with hesitation that she plans to marry, asking for a week's notice. The mistress expresses surprise and asks if she is leaving to better herself, to which the cook replies that marriage is the reason.
Harper's Weekly notes the limited number of naked eye stars on a clear night, detailing magnitudes from first to sixth and explaining how telescopes reveal far more. It discusses Argelander’s star chart, photographic surveys, and the theoretical total of about 100 million stars, versus Earth’s population of 1.5 billion, under assumptions about light absorption by ether.
Boswell identifies nine original Club members with Sir John Hawkins withdrawing due to late hours. Reynolds confirms Hawkins behaved poorly toward Burke, prompting expulsion. Johnson coined the term unclubable from Hawkins refusal to pay for supper, claiming he ate none at home.
The article recalls Tennyson as a smoking poet of the Victorian era and notes his rival contemporaries Browning and Swinburne detested tobacco. It describes his visit to the Arte club seeking a smoke free room and his exclamation praising James I for executing Raleigh in a charged remark.
James Heidegger a London court favorite and early eighteenth century opera manager was famed as the ugliest man on earth. Mrs Delany called him the ugliest man ever formed and he boasted of it, though Lord Chesterfield supposedly faced a harsher countenance. A rival woman emerged but Heidegger’s onstage headdress secured his unanimous win.
In New York a young man accused an elderly business man of stealing fifty two dollars from a bet. The man proved innocent. $52 was found on him and the culprit identified as Jimmie the slick pickpocket. He admitted the sting failed and walked away.
The Kaiser’s first visit to a royal wedding was in March 1863 with King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Five year old hectoring future emperor behaved, while uncles the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught were seated beside him to keep order. He shuffled during the long service and allegedly bit both uncles in the calves in earnest, drawing tears from them.
The London Daily Chronicle explains a classic gender difference in buttoning clothes. Men traditionally button left to right as swords were worn on the left, while women buttoned right to left for quick access with the right hand in emergencies.
A judge and a joking lawyer discuss the doctrine of transmigration. The lawyer says he would rather be an ass than a horse because an ass can be a judge, while a horse never can.
A London Invalid Children’s Aid Association meeting at Grosvenor House heard a child say her father had no Christian name. When asked what her mother calls him, the child replied “Blockhand,” highlighting the unusual name tale in London reporting.
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